Accomplishments

Review/update of the Campus Strategic Plan

What have we accomplished?

Strategic Priority I - Preparing students for a 21st-century global economy by delivering innovative and relevant academic programs:

1. Additional online programs-joint and campus
2. - dramatically increased IUOCC offerings
3. Budgeting for new programs and facilities
4. Key program – required in some majors, embedded in co-curricular programming
5. Expanded study abroad, increased externships
6. Developed diversity plan
7. Nutrition lab
8. Library/Learning Commons
9. Next generation learning labs
10. Main Building renovation
11. Math Commons
12. Increase in diverse student enrollment, international and domestic
13. More embedding of co-curricular activities in the classroom
14. Regular program reviews, curriculum reviews, and revisions
15. Increase in diverse faculty

Strategic Priority II - Increasing college enrollment and degree attainment in north central Indiana:

1. AVCAA for Student Success
2. Reimagining FY (AASCU)
3. Strengthening FYS
4. Student Success Academy
5. Student success retention plan
6. Enrollment is up
7. 4-yr., 6-yr. graduation rates continue to increase
8. Growing athletics program
9. Strengthened Career Services programs (e.g., Career Fairs, internships & externships, peer mentors)
10. Addition of Director of IR
11. Cleaning up Academic Advisement Reports
12. Progress on degree maps
13. Expanded success coaches
14. Secured Women in Philanthropy grant
15. Summer Bridge program
16. Secured grants to support campus programming
17. Increased dual credit programs
18. Entrepreneurial ways to support the educational needs of the region
19. ABC program
20. Telling our story through marketing efforts
21. CAPS
22. Use of Royall
23. Teaching financial awareness
24. Attention to DFW rates

Strategic Priority III - Promoting the culture of discovery and creativity among students, faculty, staff and community members:

1. Increased representation of students at conferences, state & national
2. Increased presence of art on campus, student art, downtown art gallery
3. AAMA approved
4. Annual faculty recognition ceremony
5. Access to Foundation Center grant opportunities
6. Expanded honors program
7. Expanded funding of research, undergraduate & faculty; two new research awards
8. Grant for cyberinfrastructure support from NSF
9. Field
10. Applied & Community Research Center
11. HS student writing & poetry competition
12. KEY Program
13. Sustainability Task Force
14. Assessment Coordinators Workshop and adoption of Task Stream
15. Strategic Priority IV - Being a valued regional partner by enhancing relationships with community members and alumni:
16. Progress on Bicentennial goal
17. 68% Campus Campaign participation
18. Bicentennial Campaign Network Committee
19. Built an alumni survey to be administered in August
20. Advisory Boards in key counties
21. Facilitated creation of NCIRPO
22. Increased outreach to schools
23. Programming for students, parents and teachers in the region (e.g., Walk into My Future)
24. Alumni recognition events
25. Reinstated Alumni magazine
26. Athletics
27. CEP in education
28. School/program advisory boards
29. Over 150 visits to the service region by faculty and administrators
30. Increased participation through business consulting projects in the region
31. Increased community participation through Design Center projects
32. Collaboration with Family Services Association
33. Community outreach through Student Life and Career Center
34. Regional Grand Challenges networking event at IU Kokomo

Strategic Priority V - Supporting the professional growth of faculty and staff:

1. Increased travel funds for faculty and staff
2. More workshops offered on campus (e.g., CTLA, diversity, conflict management, leadership)
3. Healthy Initiatives Committee
4. Onboarding plans and new hire orientations for staff
5. Deans’ development fund for professional development
6. Improved distance learning environment & technology
7. Finance and budget training
8. Certificate opportunities through CTLA, Accessibility Center, Campus Diversity
9. (e.g., accessibility, safe space)
10. Outside speakers, annual academic affairs retreat, faculty learning communities
11. Food pantry
12. IT info shares on emerging technology
13. Increased use of Fitness Center, open to alumni now
14. Kim’s Café, nutrition
15. Kingston Crossing
16. Adding a CAPS counselor
17. Quality Matters training for peer reviewers
18. Explorance Blue
19. New support position for CTLA
20. FACET, Regional Grand Challenge
21. Funding for business faculty data analytics training
22. Wellness programming, personal training