Utah Tech 2020 (Status to Stature) Implementation Teams

Question 1

Goal 1:
Promote student success and increase retention and completion rates at all degree levels

Answer

Goal Leader: Peter Gitau

Strategy 1:

Develop comprehensive recruitment approaches that are more academically focused

Implementation Leader:

Brett Schwartz, Darlene Dilley

Team members:

Quinn Monson, Laralee Davenport, Haylee Ream, Bryant Smith, Vicky O’Neil

Strategy 2:

Develop and Implement a Structured Enrollment Program by Fall 2016

Implementation Leader:

Tom Picklesimer

Team members:

Andrea Brown, Ami Jo Comeford, Ross Decker, Katie Armstrong, Mike Olson

Strategy 3:

Develop an organization and processes to serve students entering UT, through their first year, or until they meet structured enrollment requirements. To allow these to operate collaboratively, they should be organized with a Dean or Associate Vice President over them.

Implementation Leader:

Jonathon Morrell

Team members:

Mace Jacobson, Larry Esplin, Chris Gifford, Madison Brostrom, Katie Armstrong, Sarah Black

Strategy 4:

Develop a comprehensive climate for increasing both the full-time and adjunct faculty role in student retention

Implementation Leader:

Chelsea Richards

Team members:

Bruce Harris, Kyle Wells, Richard Featherstone, Leonor Ceballos, Sarah Black, Shanna Alger, Jameson Hardy

Strategy 5:

Develop an organization and processes to provide students with access to high-impact educational opportunities from when they enter as first year students until after they graduate and beyond.

*To allow these to operate collaboratively, they should be organized with a Dean or Associate Vice President over them (e.g., a Center for Engaged Education).

Implementation Leader:

Ali Threet

Team members:

Tyson Pulsipher, Luke Kerouac, Kelly Bringhurst, Susan Hart, Shane Blocker, Anilee Bundy, Stephen Armstrong

Question 2

Goal 2:
Broaden and enhance academic programs to facilitate growth

Answer

Goal Leader: Michael Lacourse

Strategy 1:

Develop New Programs or Areas of Study

Implementation Leader:

Pan Cantrell

Team members:

Warren Anderson, Andrea Brown, Clint Buhler, Jared Dupree, Brett Schwartz, Summer Fackler, Chris Durham

Strategy 2:

Create the School of Interdisciplinary Innovation to Promote Pedagogical Excellence

Implementation Leader:

Bruce Harris

Team members:

Nancy Ross, Mark Jeffreys, Denise Burton, Charles Cornwall

Strategy 3:

Improve Quality and Course Delivery

Implementation Leader:

Bruce Harris

Team members:

Scott Allen, Michelle McDermott, Jared Johnson

Question 3

Goal 3:
Invest in Faculty and staff recruitment, retention and professional development

Answer

Goal Leader: Paul Morris, Bryant Flake

Strategy 1:

Improve total compensation for faculty and staff/Create a compensation program that consists of a progressive tier system that includes and enhances an incentive based salary structure

Implementation Leader:

Travis Rosenberg

Team members:

Paul Morris, Bryant Flake, Greg Esplin, Michelle McDermott, Samuel Tobler, Ali Threet, Sylvia Bradshaw

Strategy 2:

Create a compensation program that consists of a progressive tier system that includes and enhances an incentive based salary structure

Implementation Leader:

Travis Rosenberg

Team members:

Paul Morris, Bryant Flake, Greg Esplin, Michelle McDermott, Samuel Tobler, Ali Threet, Sylvia Bradshaw

Strategy 3:

Improve hiring and retention procedures

Implementation Leader:

Bryant Flake

Team members:

Paul Morris, Travis Rosenberg, Michelle McDermott, Samuel Tobler, Ali Threet, Deb Millet, Sylvia Bradshaw, Bruce Harris

Strategy 4:

Maximize professional development opportunities for faculty and staff

Implementation Leader:

Andrea Brown

Team members:

Debbie Bryant, Gregory Esplin, Allen Fox, Jack Freeman, Jyl Hall, Debi Robinson, Laura Snelson, Don Steck, Ali Threet, David Zielke

Strategy 5:

Participate in “Great Colleges to Work For” Survey

Implementation Leader:

Andrea Brown

Team members:

Debbie Bryant, Kindra Celani, Gregory Esplin, Allen Fox, Jack Freeman, Jyl Hall, Debi Robinson, Laura Snelson, Don Steck, Ali Threet, David Zielke

Question 4

Goal 4:
Promote the success of underrepresented faculty, staff, and students by enhancing support for inclusion and equity

Answer

Goal Leader: Brenda Sabey, Doajo Hicks

Strategy 1:

Provide accessible and equitable educational opportunities and resources for minority and underrepresented studentsincluding women, adult learners, and learners with disabilities; by centralizing and making minority-related services and resources more visible

Implementation Leader:

Doajo Hicks

Team members:

Craig Harter, Baako Wahabu, Florence Bacabac, Susan Ertel, Michael Lacourse, Deb Bryant, Chizu Matsubara, Lisa Welch, Del Beatty

Strategy 2:

Improve intercultural competence by providing yearly workshops and trainings with a goal of 100% faculty, staff, and administrator participation by Fall 2019

Implementation Leader:

Daneka Souberbielle

Team members:

Bruce Harris, John Burns, Michelle Cabana, Deb Millet, Lisa Harris, Melanie Hinton

Strategy 3:

Create and implement a diversity action plan to improve recruitment and retention of diverse students, to foster an inclusive environment

Implementation Leader:

Brett Schwartz/CJ Ferguson

Team members:

Jonathan Morrell, Everton Araujo, Katie Kamachi, Adriana Brandt, Felipe Navas, Abu Kahn, Kyudong Kwak, Jennifer Meyer

Strategy 4:

Create and implement a diversity action plan to improve recruitment and retention of diverse staff and faculty and to foster an inclusive environment

Implementation Leader:

Travis Rosenberg and Melanie Sponaugle

Team members:

Michael Lacourse, Nancy Hauck, Nancy Ross, Robert Carlson, Sheila Cannon, Melanie Sponaugle

Question 5

Goal 5:
Engage with the Southern Utah Region to strengthen civic, cultural, and economic life

Answer

Goal Leader: Nancy Hauck, Kelly Bringhurst

Strategy 1:

Create a unit for central coordinated oversight of all university community service efforts

Implementation Leader:

Kyle Wells

Team members:

Jeff Jarvis, Brad Last, Eric Pedersen, Jordon Sharp, Gerald Bryant, Shandon Gubler, John Pike, Larry Bergeson, Jeriah Threlfall, Linda Sappington, Terry Draper (IHC), Mark Mortenson, Nancy Hauck, Anilee Bundy

Strategy 2:

Using the Carnegie Framework, inventory they university’s current efforts in community service, engagement, community organization leadership, and student experiential learning opportunities and develop an annual reporting methodology to record the amount of participation by students, faculty and staff

Implementation Leader:

Nancy Hauck

Team members:

Andrea Brown, Kelly Bringhurst, Travis Seegmiller, Debra Bryant, Tracey O’Kelly, Van Mangus, Ali Threet, Denise Burton, Matt Kearl, David Zielke, Elizabeth Bingham

Strategy 3:

Create a rubric to define mentor roles, community service, service learning, and leadership with community organizations

Implementation Leader:

Nancy Hauck

Team members:

Sandy Petersen, Kathy Cieslewicz, Rico DelSesto, Munir Mahmud, Travis Seegmiller, Helen Saar, Dee Murray, Del Beatty, Linda Wright, Greg Bartholomew, Shandon Gubler, Joel Griffin

Strategy 4:

Continually publicize all university efforts related to Utah Tech’s positive impact on the community

Implementation Leader:

Jyl Hall

Team members:

Stephen Armstrong, Curt Walker, Rachel Ramsay, Bryan Poulsen, Brent Yergensen

Strategy 5:

Hold an annual Community Service Fair to identify mentors and assign them to individual departments, and to place students in community service opportunities

Implementation Leader:

Nancy Hauck

Team members:

Katie Armstrong, David Zielke, Doug Zainsbury, Katie Kamachi, Anilee Bundy

Question 6

Goal 6:
Establish a strong brand and identity for the university

Answer

Goal Co-Leaders: Jason Boothe and Jordon Sharp

Strategy 1:

Highlight the unique characteristics of the university’s academic programs and its location to local, national, and international audiences, and align the university’s mascot and nickname with its strategic direction

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Strategy 2:

Strengthen the athletics program in performance and competition in order to improve the visibility and image of the university

Implementation Leader:

Jason Boothe

Team members:

Luke Kerouac, Derek Dawes, Mo Eckroth, Robyn Felder, Nate Staheli, Ken Beazer, Gail Smith, Lance Brown

Strategy 3:

Forge alliances with local and regional businesses, alumni, and community members in order to engage the resources of the university with its service region

Implementation Leader:

Lance Brown

Team members:

Joel Griffin, Tyson Pulsipher, Shane Blocker, Len Erickson, Dave Clark, Anilee Bundy, Jennifer Ciaccio, Douglas J. Holt, John Rasmussen

Strategy 4:

Develop an aggressive communications and marketing strategy consistent with the university’s strategic plan

Implementation Leader:

Jordon Sharp

Team members:

Jyl Hall, Steve Johnson, Tyson Pulsipher, Rex Frisbey, Lance Brown, Brett Schwartz, Karman Wilson

Utah Tech 2020 (Status to Stature) Implementation Teams

Goal 1: Promote student success and increase retention and completion rates at all degree levels

Goal Leader: Peter Gitau

Strategy 1:

Develop comprehensive recruitment approaches that are more academically focused

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Strategy 2:

Develop and Implement a Structured Enrollment Program by Fall 2016

Implementation Leader:

Team members:

Strategy 3:

Develop an organization and processes to serve students entering UT, through their first year, or until they meet structured enrollment requirements. To allow these to operate collaboratively, they should be organized with a Dean or Associate Vice President over them.

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Strategy 4:

Develop a comprehensive climate for increasing both the full-time and adjunct faculty role in student retention

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Develop an organization and processes to provide students with access to high-impact educational opportunities from when they enter as first year students until after they graduate and beyond.

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Goal 2: Broaden and enhance academic programs to facilitate growth

Goal Leader: Michael Lacourse

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Goal 3: Invest in Faculty and staff recruitment, retention and professional development

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Goal 1:
Promote student success and increase retention and completion rates at all degree levels

Goal 2:
Broaden and enhance academic programs to facilitate growth

Goal 3:
Invest in Faculty and staff recruitment, retention and professional development

Goal 4:
Promote the success of underrepresented faculty, staff, and students by enhancing support for inclusion and equity

Goal 5:
Engage with the Southern Utah Region to strengthen civic, cultural, and economic life

Goal 6:
Establish a strong brand and identity for the university