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Campus Review
March 6, 2012
ic as possible. Due to the website
upgrade, an online submission form is not
available. An MS Excel file is available
or you may send your submission to Heidi
Benford, Staff Council chair , at heidiben-
ford@clayton.edu via email. The Staff
Smith Awards Committee members are
Sara Holmes, Shawnda Jennings and
Across the Campus...
Tiffany Robbins, and are not eligible to be
nominated.
Veterans Resource Center
The Grand Opening for the Clayton State
Veterans Resource Center (VRC) will be
Friday, Mar. 16, at 11:30 a.m. President
Dr. Thomas Hynes will be in attendance.
The VRC is located on the first floor of
the Student Center, next to The Loch
Shop. All student and employee veterans
are invited.
Action Step II:
Develop and implement
student, faculty and staff recruitment and
retention plans that target underrepresent-
ed groups.
Action Step III:
Maintain and expand
student programs and services that enable
students to put into perspective their own
view of diversity within a global context.
Action Step IV:
Initiate a curriculum
review to determine how multiculturalism
can be woven throughout the student’s
overall learning experience.
Action Step V:
Provide the opportunity
for the study of international cultures uti-
lizing current University resources.
Action Step VI:
Develop and implement
innovative study abroad opportunities and
exchange programs for students, faculty
and staff.
Action Step VII:
Create no later than
December 2011 a two-phase “contract of
social responsibility” for each enrolled
undergraduate and graduate student that
initially commits.
• All enrolled students to adhere to the
principles of academic citizenship
(e.g., academic honesty, tolerance of
opposing
views,
representing
University values); and subsequently
enabling students to make a deeper
commitment by taking a specified
number of courses in service learning
and by agreeing to fulfill a certain
amount of hours of community service,
if they so aspire.
C.
Foster learning that engages students, fac-
ulty, staff, alumni, and the greater community.
Action Step I:
Devise intentional efforts
to connect alumni with current students
through the creation of Alumni liaisons
within each academic program, Student
Affairs, Athletics, and Continuing
Education.
Action Step II:
Assess the needs of adult
learners and their families to address the
most effective ways to engage them with
the University and the community.
Action Step III:
Assess the role of
University Housing, Greek Life,
Athletics, and Campus Recreation in fos-
tering a continuous student-alumni learn-
ing environment.
Action Step IV:
Develop innovative
Continuing Education opportunities for alum-
ni, family members, and their employers.
Action Step V:
Develop and implement
programs and activities that encourage
alumni to return to campus, participate in
teaching and learning opportunities, and
connect with current students.
Action Step VI:
Provide a means to doc-
ument a student’s affinity groups and
transfer the information to Alumni
Relations after graduation.
Action Step VII:
Collaborate with com-
munity partners to plan and implement
campus events to bring together students,
alumni, and community members.
Action Step VIII:
Work in partnership
with the Boards of Education of Clayton
County, Fayette County, Fulton County,
and Henry County to develop a pre-K-16
pipeline that encourages students to seek a
baccalaureate degree and beyond.
Action Step IX:
Create internships that
actively improve the civic life of Clayton,
Fayette, Fulton, and Henry counties with
local organizations.
Action Step X:
Develop strategic partner-
ships with local as well as global institu-
tions/corporations to provide learning
opportunities for students, faculty and
staff that will make them more aware of
global complexity and its social impact on
the state and region.
Action Step XI:
Seek to attain classifica-
tion as a Carnegie Community-Engaged
institution by 2015.
Action Step XII:
Document and increase
the development of meaningful research
projects and service learning opportuni-
ties that benefit Clayton, Fayette, Fulton, and
Henry counties, focusing on such issues as
education reform, political engagement,
immigration, transportation, economic
development and the environment.
D.
Expand and allocate resources strategi-
cally according to Mission and Values, to
support overall institutional effectiveness.
Action Step I:
Develop and implement
Corporate and Foundation fund-raising
programs to benefit university activities.
Action Step II:
Assess how to strengthen
advocacy efforts with federal, state and
local governments to secure new appro-
priations for the University.
Action Step III:
Create a budget process
that enables the reallocation of resources
to invest in the goals set forth in the
University’s new Strategic Plan.
Strategic Plan, cont’d. from p. 2
Strategic Plan, cont’d., p. 10