Strategic Progress Report 2007
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Strategic Progress Report 2007
Missouri Western State University
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Academic Affairs and Enrollment
Management
– Implemented annual recruitment plan.• Increased the ACT for
first-time-in-college direct from high school (FTIC DHS).
• Increased all new undergraduate first-time enrollment.
• Increased FTIC DHS Missouri student enrollment.
• Increased new transfer enrollment.
• Increased the number of new full-time non-traditional students.
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Academic Affairs and Enrollment
Management
– Restructured VIP Visit Days (now Open Houses) in order to make faculty a center focus of the campus visit days.
– Created a one-stop, web-based account for students that integrates admissions, housing, financial aid and scholarships.
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Academic Affairs and Enrollment
Management
– Facilitated student programs.
• Griffon Edge was updated to support students beginning their university experience.
• 692 Griffon students participated in five neighborhood groups in the Mid-City Excellence area.
• Students provided over 3,000 hours of community service.
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Applied Learning and
Student Development
– Developed a comprehensive assessment plan. • Submitted research to the Journal
of College Student Development for publication.
• Published in Volume 4 of the HLC's 2006 publication: The Future-Focused Organization: Quality Assurance, Quality Improvement.
– Successfully launched a regional Conference on Applied Learning in Higher Education.
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Applied Learning and
Student Development
– Named to the Campus Compact President’s Higher Education Community Service.
• Received “Distinction for General Community Service.”
• Received an Institution-Wide Campus Compact Grant in 2005-06.
• The Applied Learning Director was selected as a finalist for the Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award.
– Funded (SPIF) faculty/student teams to participate in Summer Research Institute.
• Included the team that competed at MIT and received first place in Best Oral Presentation and three other awards at the International Genetically Engineered Machines jamboree.
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Applied Learning and
Student Development
– Student achievements • Two of three psychology students who
presented research received first place awards at the Great Plains Student Psychology Convention.
• Two teams of nursing majors presented research at the Mosby Faculty Development Institute.
• An art student received first place for her graphic design portfolio at the American Institute of Graphic Arts.
• A student in political science was named the National Nontraditional Student of the Year by the Association for Nontraditional Students in Higher Education.
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Applied Learning and
Student Development
• Student Achievements• A chemistry student presented her
work at the Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy.
• A student athlete was named to the ESPN Academic All-American team.
• A student graduated from the ROTC Leadership Development and Assessment Course at Fort Lewis, WA with the top rating of “excellent.”
• The certification pass rate for students graduating in health information technology was 16% percent above the national average.
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Information Technology
– Implemented storage area network and residence hall network upgrade, and began replacing high-speed data network switches.
– Upgraded Banner version 6.X to version 7.X.
– Facilitated successful completion of the FCC mandated transition of Western's Instructional Television Fixed Service (ITFS) to the new Educational Broadband Service (EBS) frequencies.
– Successfully evaluated and implemented the Classroom Response Systems (clickers).
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Facilities and Grounds
– Completed the LEMAP assessment of our campus safety and security operations.
– Completed the Facilities Condition Audit for all our major facilities and operating systems.
– Began implementation of the Computerized Custodial Assessment Program with Hillyards, Inc.
– Completed a comprehensive signage and way-finding proposal for the campus.
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Image and Advancement
– Prepared a long-range marketing plan.
– Evaluated Marketing and Public Relations branding and strategic messages.
– Communicated the “Western Advantage” to targeted audiences.
– Communicated the quality of Western’s commitment to applied learning and excellence in student.
– Created Western Reports as a bridge to the community and to enhance programming on Channel 39.
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Image and Advancement
• Created Development Council to coordinate development activities on campus.
• Secured funding for University Plaza.
• Developed Discover Gold alumni campaign with ads and framed photos on campus.
• Increased alumni chapters and regional events.
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Community Services,
Community Partnerships
and Workforce Development
• Received the Governor's Award for Collaborative Excellence in Workforce Development for the "Another Smart Move" at the Governor's Conference on Workforce Development.
• Developed the Institute for Industrial and Applied Life Sciences as a joint public and private cooperative effort to enhance life sciences training in the Midwest and beyond.
• Developed Downtown Center for outreach into the community.
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Community Services,
Community Partnerships
and Workforce
Development
• Recognized by Learn and Serve America as an institution on the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction for General Community Service.
• Reported a combined total of 38,268 hours of employee volunteer service to communities in the region.
• Western employees held 154 positions as board members or officers.
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Planning and
Budgeting
– Completed in-depth analysis of the physical condition of all major operating systems, for all academic facilities, linking capital needs to University priorities.
– Purchased a software package that will create a standardized format for University policies and prototype for posting website policies.
– Reviewed and reorganized student employment program.