DIXIE 2020

Goal Leader: Peter Gitau

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

2

Develop and Implement a Structured Enrollment Program by Fall 2016

Implementation Leader:Jaimie Kearra

Team members: Andrea Brown, Ami Jo Comeford, Ross Decker, Katie Armstrong, Mike Olson, Tom Picklesimer, Jay Sorenson

3

Develop an organization and processes to serve students entering DSU, 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: Jeff Hoyt

Team members: Larry Esplin, Chris Gifford, Madison Brostrom, Katie Armstrong, Sarah Black, Jonathan Morrell

4

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

Implementation Leaders: Jim Heandiges

Team members: Bruce Harris, Kyle Wells, Richard Featherstone, Leonor Ceballos, Sarah Black, Shanna Alger, Jameson Hardy, Chelsea Richards

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 Leaders: Ali Threet

Team members: Tyson Pulsipher, Luke Kerouac, Kelly Bringhurst, Anilee Bundy, Derek Esplin, Brenda Armstrong, McGarren Flack

Goal Leader: Michael Lacourse

1

Develop New Programs or Areas of Study

Implementation Leaders: Pam Cantrell

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

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

3

Improve Quality and Course Delivery

Implementation Leaders: Bruce Harris

Team members: Scott Allen, Michelle McDermott, Jared Johnson

Goal Leader: Paul Morris, Bryant Flake

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, Rae Matalolo, Erin O’Brien, Nancy Hauck, Deb Millet, Andrea Brown

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, Rae Matalolo, Erin O’Brien, Nancy Hauck, Deb Millet, Andrea Brown

3

Improve hiring and retention procedures

Implementation Leader: Travis Rosenberg

Team members: Paul Morris, Bryant Flake, Greg Esplin, Rae Matalolo, Erin O’Brien, Nancy Hauck, Deb Millet, Andrea Brown

4

Maximize professional development opportunities for faculty and staff

Implementation Leader: Nate Staheli

Team members: Deb Millet, Sylvia Bradshaw, Jim Haendiges, RC Morris, Kelly Bringhurst, Bruce Harris

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

Goal Leader: Brenda Sabey, Doajo Hicks

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

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

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

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

Goal Leader: Nancy Hauck, Kelly Bringhurst

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

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

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

4

Continually publicize all university efforts related to Dixie State’s positive impact on the community

Implementation Leader: Jyl Hall

Team members: Stephen Armstrong, Curt Walker, Rachel Ramsay, Bryan Poulsen, Brent Yergensen

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

Goal Co-Leaders: Jason Boothe and Jordon Sharp

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

2

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

Implementation Leader: Jason Boothe