President's Report 2025

2025-26 UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS ARTS AND LETTERS Art English Graphic Design Media Art Pre-Art Therapy

Online. Designed and taught by racetrack professionals with backgrounds in the racehorse industry, the program blends theoretical knowledge and practical skills. In the fall of 2025, five students were enrolled in the program – an increase of three students from the previous academic year. In the spring of 2026, the equine department has a total enrollment of 37 students. KINESIOLOGY the fall of 2021. The proposal included a request for capital funds to create two new classrooms and purchase equipment. In 2023, three concentrations were added to the major: Health Science, Exercise Science and Recreation Science. Students can also choose from minors in Sports Coaching, Nutrition, Kinesiology and Myoskeletal Massage Therapy. In the fall of 2025, 69 students were enrolled in the program. PM to BSN In the fall of 2020, the Kinesiology major was first offered on campus as part of a nearly $1 million Lilly Endowment Inc. grant and the Exercise Science major was first offered in to 24 seats due to the number of applications submitted and a second cohort of the same size each year. The first cohort started in January 2023. In May 2023, Union Health Systems in Terre Haute announced a $250,000 gift over three years to expand the program and launch the August cohort with 24 more students. The first class graduated in May 2025. There were 81 students enrolled in the fall of 2025. Sunsetting Process Only a few programs have ended during Clark’s tenure – the associate degree in paramedic science and the bachelor’s degree in music and music therapy. At least once every five years, faculty undergo a peer review process that requires departments to examine the viability of their program. Faculty write a program self-study that is submitted to the assessment and program review commwittee, made up of faculty. They talk to program leaders and write recommendations for Clark, who works with program leaders to create an action plan. “If a program is struggling, we discuss ways to change enrollment. Is it by combining with another major or redoing the major?” she said. “There are some programs strong enough to say their content is useful for students, and they want to make it work, so we try to repackage it to make it stronger and more robust so it can bring students in.” The online Paramedic Science to Bachelor of Science in Nursing (PM to BSN) program was presented to the Indiana State Board of Nursing in November 2022 and approved for 16 seats once a year. In December, a request was made for approval of up

BUSINESS AND LEADERSHIP Accounting Business Administration Digital Marketing General Business Human Resource Management Marketing Sport Management Supply Chain Management EDUCATION Kindergarten-Grade 6/Mild Intervention Preschool-Grade 3/ Mild Intervention

Special Education Mild Intervention/ Grades P-12

EQUINE Equine Studies Equine Pre-Vet Science

GENERAL STUDIES

NURSING Nursing - BSN Paramedic Science to Professional Nursing SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS Biology* Computer Science

Kinesiology Mathematics * 3+2 Engineering Dual-Degree

SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE Addictions Counseling Criminology Human Services Psychology

SPECIAL PROGRAM Transition to Teaching

*Qualified SMWC graduates with a baccalaureate degree in Biology Pre Professional can receive a Fast-Track Interview track and an Early Decision Track to Marian University’s Tom and Julie Wood College of Oestopathic Medicine.

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