College of
Sciences and Technology
Action Steps
for
Strategic Plan
2002-2007
Prepared
By
Dr. K. Jayaraman
Acting Dean, COST
December 2002
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College of Sciences and Technology
Mission Statement
The mission of the College of Sciences and Technology parallels
the mission of the Savannah State University ‘to graduate
students prepared to perform at higher levels of economic
productivity, social responsibility, and excellence in their chosen
field of endeavor in a changing global community’.
The mission of the College of Sciences and Technology is to
deliver high quality education, scholarship and research in
sciences, engineering and technology. While the College is
committed to equip the students with the knowledge and
applications of sciences and technology to enable the region and
nation to excel with a competitive edge, it is also committed to
values associated with human well-being, health-care,
environmental quality and responsible citizenship. The College
shall promote interdisciplinary working internally and healthy
collaborative work and community service externally.
Savannah State University’s Mission
Abstract
Savannah State University, with its long tradition of serving African American Students,
offers a uniquely sensitive and supportive community, rich with abundant opportunities for
students to develop leadership skills that foster individual and group values and successes
in pursuit of cultural, social, and economic advantages. This vibrant tradition has been
expanded to serve all students regardless of race, ethnicity, or culture. Individual
intellectual growth and character development are assured through both intra- and extracurricular experiences blended with community service encounters designed to enhance the
appreciation and value of diversity in both ideas and peoples.
(The full mission statement is available in the SSU Catalog)
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College of Sciences and Technology
……. to deliver high quality education, scholarship and research in sciences, engineering & technology …..
GOALS
Grants Acquisition
and Research
Faculty and
Staff Development
Academic Excellence
Engagements with
Community, Alumni,
Industries &
Professional Societies)
Alliance with
Schools, 2-year
Colleges &
Institutions Abroad
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Goals and Objectives
of
College of Sciences and Technology
Goal 1:
Academic Excellence in Education
Commitment to establishing and promoting the culture of academic
excellence in education
Objectives:
Improve undergraduate education through high quality courses,
curricula and programs to prepare students with knowledge and skills
for fulfilling the employment needs of today and of the future
To be a College of Computer age, integrating computer technologies
into curriculum and instruction - classroom and online learning
Create a learning environment and utilize teaching techniques which
shall foster and promote
Communication capabilities (written, oral, and computer)
Societal, cultural, humanistic, economic, environmental and
ethical values
Interpersonal, teamwork, organizational and leadership skills
Interest and aptitude for lifelong learning
Exert a focused attention and energetic thrust on the successful
running of collaboration degree programs like GTREP and on
accelerating education in specific areas for Yamacraw certification
Introduce innovative graduate programs of high academic standards
and quality –important stimuli for increased research activities
Improve and enhance teaching effectiveness, academic advising,
faculty-student interaction, and evaluation of students’ learning
Design and implement exit exams appropriate to the major and
specific professional/ career needs
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Goal 2:
Faculty and Staff Development
Develop, maintain and promote a faculty dedicated to excellence in
teaching and continually exposed to current developments in their
areas of specialization and to new technologies in delivery of
education
Objectives:
Encourage active participation of faculty in training courses,
workshops, seminars, and conferences
Promote communications, contacts, consultancies and joint activities
with public organizations, research centers, industries, and other
professional bodies
Boost faculty participation in grant-writing and research activities
Expand the role and activities of industrial and other advisory
committees
Encourage faculty membership in professional societies
Develop and implement a better system of teaching evaluation
Expanding professional development opportunities and defining career
paths for college staff
Promote Savannah State University traditions and a strong bonding
within the University community to fully realize its vision and mission
Goal 3:
Grants Acquisition and Research
To encourage, support and promote the role of faculty as well as
students’ participation in grants acquisition and research endeavors
Objectives:
Encourage faculty to attend ‘grants-writing’ workshops
To ensure that the faculty put in their best to generate external
funding
To enhance the college’s research profile, productivity and quality
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Goal 4:
Engagements with Community, Alumni, Industries,
Professional Societies, and other Institutions
To build, promote and sustain healthy relationships with community,
alumni, industries, professional societies, and other institutions
Objectives:
Develop a distinct identity (based on excellence in teaching/research)
and to promote and market this identity through collaboration with
community, industries, professional societies and other institutions
Improve dissemination of the college’s mission, goals, objectives and
achievements
Build strong alliances and promote good working relationships
Offer short-term continuing education courses, provide technologybased distance learning courses, and improve community’s access to
university’s resources
To enhance the contribution to cultural, social, and economic
enrichment of the community
To increase funding from private, public and self-generated sources
Goal 5:
Alliances with K-12 Schools, Two-Year Colleges and
Institutions Abroad
Initiate and strengthen alliances with K-12 schools and 2-year
colleges to boost students’ interest and aptitude in higher education,
to attract students to pursue S&T education, to provide guidance in
student preparation, and for use as a powerful recruitment tool
Objectives:
Conduct summer camps for school students as part of SEA Project
Disseminating information on education and careers in the field of
S&T
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Promote opportunities for interaction and sustainable relationships
among faculty and student counselors
Active faculty involvement in recruitment campaign
Establish student and alumni networks to aid in recruiting
Establishing articulation agreements with 2-year colleges (making
curriculum adjustments to facilitate the admission of their graduates
into our 4-year BS programs)
Availing of all opportunities to build partnership and articulation
agreements with institutions abroad (to aid faculty exchange, joint
research projects, study abroad schemes, international student pool,
etc.)
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Highlights of
Savannah State University’s
Strategic Plan 2002-2007
(With Excellence and Equity as Keys to Continued Success)
The Strategic Plan 2002-2007 has been developed on the fundamental premise
that Savannah State University is an asset to the city, region, state, and country.
Expected Outcomes:
The expected outcomes are as follows:
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SSU will become the institution of choice for higher education in the service
area, the region and the state, as a result of focused curricula without peer.
•
SSU will become a center of economic, social and cultural development
based upon quality and demonstrated effectiveness of educational programs
and public service.
•
SSU's student-centered focus will promote greater satisfaction among the
students resulting in strong word-of-mouth university promotion by satisfied
clients.
•
SSU will attract and retain quality students, faculty, staff and administrators
as a result of human and professional advantages accruing from affiliation
with the institution.
•
SSU students will become known in the external community for their love of
knowledge, leadership, commitment to learning, and effectiveness in
applying that learning to resolve social, cultural, and economic issues.
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Planning Themes and Focus Areas:
The conceptual framework for implementing this phase of planning will be based
upon the following planning themes and focus areas:
Comparative Advantage
Institutional Capacity Building
Recruitment and Retention
Professional development
Image and Communication
Comparative Advantage:
This includes:
Academic Advantage
Applied Learning Advantage
Residential Advantage
Community Involvement Advantage
Leadership and Collaboration Advantage
Time-Efficiency Advantage
Recreation and Leisure Advantage
Institutional Capacity Building:
This includes:
Quality Benchmarks
Program enhancements
Academic Excellence
Technology-Driven
Physical Investments
Capital Investments
Program Access
Accountability
Building Relationships
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Recruitment and Retention:
This includes:
Defining the Niche
Student Market
Inclusion
Strong Beginnings
Positioned for Competition
Student Advisement
Beyond the Classroom
Housing Advantage
Student Outreach
Career Preparation
Tools to Attract
Alumni Role
Image and Communication:
This includes:
Consistent Visual Image
Community Partnerships
Ongoing Input
A Business-like Image
Service With a Smile
Diverse Opportunities
Campus Accountability
Campus Safety
Professional development:
This includes:
Development Funds
Teamwork
Research Funds
Lifelong Learning
Support for Teaching and Learning
Professional Growth
(Source: Savannah State University: Strategic Plan 2002-2007 - August 2002)
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Strategies and Action Steps
of
College of Sciences and Technology
The strategies and action steps of the College of Sciences and Technology aim at
successfully achieving the outcomes expected in the SSU’s Strategic Plan 20022007 through planning for improvements based on the planning themes and focus
areas as outlined by SSU in the Strategic Plan.
This strategic plan framework of COST spells out the fundamental strategies and
action steps that will shape and guide what the COST is, what it does, why it does
it, and what it will become in future.
It shall form a basic template for managing results and also a prerequisite for
effective performance review and budgeting.
The COST shall consider this framework as indispensable tool for:
•
Addressing its mission (in conjunction with SSU’s mission)
•
Making progress in spite of the complex, emerging and changing resource
problems and constraints
•
Focusing on accountability, and on achieving better results and faster
performance
•
Assisting to take advantage of emerging opportunities
•
Providing guidance in setting performance targets and procedures for
evaluation of progress, and in decision-making
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The success of this strategic framework is based on:
A teamwork: Active, understanding, and committed participation at all
levels
Effective leadership, providing encouragement and support, and
ensuring consensus and commitment among participants, but
conscious of economic realities
The College will direct its human, physical, and financial resources to successfully
achieve the outcomes expected in the SSU’s Strategic Plan 2002-2007 through
implementing action steps developed for the planning themes and focus areas as
outlined by SSU in the Strategic Plan.
The framework below includes the strategies and action steps to be taken by COST
including the responsible person(s) for carrying out the action steps along with an
anticipated timeline for initiation and/or completion of these action steps.
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Planning Theme/Focus Area: COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
To maximize excellence by identifying and expanding upon internal strengths which are
comparatively better than those offered by competitors in the higher education
environment and in which COST has achieved a special competence that is not matched by
faculty and staff at competing institutions.
College Action Steps
Components
1. Academic
advantage
Person
Responsible
Timeline
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Create academic Center of excellence
in Marine Science
Dean/Chair
2003-04
•
Enhance collaboration with Georgia
Tech in offering GTREP
Dean
2003-07
•
Develop new MS programs (Biology,
Envl. Science, Biotechnology,
Engineering Technology, and
interdisciplinary programs like
Technology Management)
Chairs/Dean
2004-05
•
Develop Honors programs
Faculty/Chairs
2003-04
•
Recruit and retain quality faculty
interested in and committed to
teaching
Chairs
2003-07
•
Perform annual review of courses to
ensure curriculum quality
Chairs/Dean
2003-04
•
Identify business and community
needs, respond through curricula
changes, and offer continuing
education (certificate) programs
wherever necessary
Dean/Chairs
2003-04
Faculty/Chairs
2003-07
Dean
2003-04
Chairs
2003-04
Faculty/Chairs
2003-04
•
Improve multicultural awareness and
international perspectives in curricula
and college environment
•
Foster international collaborative
agreements involving faculty and
students in the areas of teaching,
research, and service
•
Improve education opportunities for
part-time students, and develop class
scheduling options responsive to
student needs
•
Increase student satisfaction with
college services (improved access to
computer labs, enhanced advisement
services and individualized attention,
etc.)
•
Make education more accessible in
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time and place, by removing, to the
extent possible, the constraints to
teaching and learning caused by time
or location
•
2. Applied
Learning
Advantage
Provide support to faculty who wish to
create web-based materials that are
suitable both for enriching campusbased instruction and for off-campus
learning
Faculty
2003-04
Chairs
2003-07
Chairs/Dean
2003-04
•
Develop weekend, summer and
evening programs to improve access
for students whose work prevents
them from choosing the standard day
schedules
•
To align programs with students’
interests and with current and future
needs of industries, community and
state
Faculty/Chairs
2003-04
•
Conduct annual interviews with
employers and community leaders
Dean
2003-04
•
Continue to develop and expand
current programs to provide a variety
of practice opportunities for students
Faculty
2003-04
•
Develop new opportunities to expose
students to real-life problems relating
to community needs and industrial
practices
Faculty
2004-05
•
Include research assignments and
summer internships in the curricula
Faculty/Chairs
2003-04
•
Include adjunct appointment to
facilitate incorporation of practical
instruction of students
Chairs/Dean
2003-07
•
Perform a curriculum quality review of
individual courses within each year of
the professional program to ensure
incorporation of appropriate content,
active learning techniques, and the
desired abilities/skills
Faculty/Chairs
2003-04
Chairs/Faculty
2004-05
Dean/Chairs
2004-05
•
Develop programs for providing
training to specific companies
•
Develop graduate level certificate
programs for regional industry and
business
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3. Residential
Advantage
4.
Community
Involvement
Advantage
5. Leadership
and
Collaboration
Advantage.
6. TimeEfficiency
Advantage
•
Incorporate the new state-of-the-art
residence facilities for freshmen as
positive magnets in the brochures and
programs designed to attract and
retain students
•
Arrange, as part of recruitment
efforts, for visits of these residence
halls by students, their parents,
school counselors and community
leaders
•
Chairs/Dean
2003-04
Dean/Chairs
2003-04
Develop opportunities to involve
students in programs sustaining the
social good (Habitat for Humanity,
National Engineers Week activities,
Science Fairs and Summer Institutes
and Camps)
Chairs/Dean
2003-04
•
Increase awareness of opportunities
to participate in community affairs
Faculty/Chairs
2003-05
•
Enhance representation of the college
on community affairs committees
Dean
2003-04
•
Avail of every opportunity to impress
the influential community members
Dean/Chairs
2003-07
•
Enhance student interpersonal skills
by incorporating small group
discussions and student collaborative
learning teams within the curriculum
Faculty
2003-04
•
Ensure active participation of science
and technology students in the
activities generated by the Student
Affairs Division and COBA
Faculty/Chairs
2002-03
•
Enhance student proficiencies in
communication skills, critical thinking,
use of technology, and interpersonal
skills
Faculty
2003-07
•
Implement services for time
management (assisting students to
become better organized in their
academic and social life)
Faculty
2003-04
•
Develop time management as an
effective stress management tool
Faculty
2003-04
•
Help students to anticipate and plan
courses
Faculty
2003-07
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7. Recreation
and Leisure
Advantage
Assist students in developing course
charts, weekly time management
schedules, etc. and in assigning
priorities
•
Implement programs for study and
test-taking skills
•
Develop and provide effective mean
of preparing students in taking
Regents Test in Mathematics
•
Support and encourage students
through faculty attendance in
statewide and regional tournaments
•
Plan and organize to expose students
to the leisure and recreation avenues
locally available
•
Encourage students through faculty
participation in visual arts, music and
performing arts events
•
Assist in identifying and developing
efforts to promote programs involving
arts and games, and also nontraditional recreational activities
Faculty/Chairs
2003-04
Faculty
2002-03
Faculty/Chairs
2002-03
Faculty/Chairs
2002-03
Faculty/Chairs
2002-03
Faculty/Chairs
2002-03
Faculty/Chairs
2003-04
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Planning Theme/Focus Area: INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING
To strengthen academic programs, student support, infrastructure, technology
enhancement facilities and ‘friend building’, as appropriate, to garner capital and other
resources in support of the mission of the University
Components
1. Quality
benchmarks
College Action Steps
•
Prepare Chemistry program for
accreditation by the American
Chemical Society (ACS)
•
Establish a committee to develop a
self-study report for Chemistry
accreditation
•
ACS visit for accreditation of
Chemistry Program
•
Review the new ABET guidelines for
reaccreditation of the Civil Engineering
Technology, Electronics Engineering
technology and Mechanical
Engineering Technology degree
programs and make necessary
changes
•
Establish a committee to develop selfstudy reports for accreditation of the
three Engineering Technology degree
programs
•
ABET visit for accreditation of
Engineering Technology programs
•
Preparation for ABET accreditation of
Computer Science Technology
program
•
ABET visit for accreditation of
Computer Science Technology
program
•
Perform annual assessment activities
to determine if the College is achieving
the desired educational outcomes for
its students
•
Submit a College Annual Report to the
VPAA
•
Conduct periodic satisfaction surveys
Person
Responsible
Timeline
Chair/Dean
2002-03
Chair/Faculty
2002-03
Chair/Faculty
2004
Chair/Faculty
2004-05
Chair/Faculty
2004-05
Chair/Faculty
2006-07
Chair/Faculty
2003-04
Chair/Faculty
2006-07
Dean
2003-04
Dean
2002-03
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2. Program
Enhancements
3. Academic
Excellence
recent graduates of the College and
employers to assess how successful
the College is in meeting their needs
Chairs
2003-04
Conduct, at intervals defined by the
University, a formal review of all the
programs and also a formal
departmental self-study
Dean/Chairs
2003-04
Dean
Aug ‘03
Dean
2003-04
Dean
2003-07
Submit a College Accountability Report
on the actions taken on items in the
College Action Plan
Recognize individuals, groups, and
departments making noteworthy
progress in improving and assessing
student learning
•
Enhancing support for the Georgia
Tech Regional Engineering Program
(GTREP) in Civil, Computer, Electrical
and Mechanical Engineering
Dean
2003-04
•
Support for the recently started
graduate program in Marine Science
Chair/Dean
2003-04
•
Initiate graduate programs in Biology,
Environmental Science, Technology
Management, etc
Chair/Dean
2004-05
•
Develop interdisciplinary programs
involving CLASS, COBA and COST
Dean/Chairs
2003-04
•
Creating a Center of Excellence in
Marine Sciences
Dean/Chair
2003-04
•
Recruit quality students committed to
learning and define student skills
Chair
2003-07
•
Develop innovative teaching/learning
practices
Chair/Faculty
2003-07
•
Strive to have every faculty member
getting involved in cutting-edge
research
Chairs/Dean
2003-04
Chair/Dean
2003-04
Chairs/Faculty
2004-07
•
Strive to have every faculty member
attracting extramural funding support
through grant submissions
•
Achieving accreditation for Chemistry
and Computer Science Technology
programs, and maintaining
reaccrediation of Engineering
Technology programs
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4. Technology
Driven
5. Physical
Investments
•
Enhancing student proficiencies though
improving curricula, labs, teaching
methods, and research integration
Faculty
2003-07
•
Increase student use of technology
within the curriculum by including use
of spreadsheets, databases, disciplinespecific software and use of internet
resources
Faculty
2003-04
•
Expand the access to students of
state-of-the-art computer hardware
and software
Chairs
2003-07
•
Increase the number of classrooms
with more interactive and multimedia
capability including access to internet
Chairs/Dean
2003-07
•
Update continually the web sites of the
College and Departments
Chairs/Dean
2003-07
•
Encourage faculty to offer courses
online (for on-campus or off-campus
use)
Chairs/Dean
2003-07
•
Encourage faculty and staff to upgrade
their computer skills
Chairs
2003-04
•
Expand computer facilities access to
adjunct and part-time faculty
Chairs/Dean
2003-07
•
Rebuild/renovate/develop/improve the
College infrastructure within Hubert
Bldg to support its mission of teaching,
research, and service/outreach
Dean
2004-07
•
Construct an annex for Marine Science
building with provisions for class
rooms, labs, seminar room and office
space
Dean
2004-07
Dean/Chairs
2003-04
Dean/Chairs
2004-05
Dean
2004-05
Dean
2003-04
•
Compile annual prioritized list of
renovation/repair projects for all the
College buildings
•
Construct new interactive and
multimedia classrooms
•
Expand parking space in the DrewGriffith parking lot
•
Repair/replace air-conditioning units in
all the college buildings
•
Upgrade electrical power and
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distribution system throughout the
building
6. Capital
Investments
7. Program
Access
•
Establish a College Building Committee
to be in-charge of identifying problem
areas and bringing to the notice of
concerned authority
•
Increase faculty/staff awareness of
grant opportunities
•
Promote collaboration/cooperation in
the writing of grants
•
Develop support services for grant
writers
•
Assist in securing endowment funds,
increased alumni and annual giving,
planned giving and successful
development and implementation of a
capital campaign
Dean
2004-05
Dean
2002-03
Chairs/Dean
2003-07
Chairs/Dean
2003-07
Dean
2003-04
Dean
2003-07
•
Develop courses which can be offered
as part of continuing education
program for in-service personnel in
business and industry
Chairs/faculty
2003-04
•
Promote access to these programs by
delivering them through, GSAMS,
internet or off-campus settings
Chairs/Faculty
2004-05
•
Develop weekend, summer and
evening programs to improve access
for students whose work prevents
them from choosing the standard day
schedules
Chairs/faculty
2003-04
•
Play a more positive aggressive role in
the Yamacraw project to cater for and
attract high-tech enterprises to
Georgia
Dean
2003-04
•
Strengthen the GTREP to play a
leading role in the collaboration project
Dean
2003-04
•
Recruit additional faculty for Yamacraw
and GTREP to make an effective
impact in the region
Dean
2003-04
•
Provide improved support and
collaboration with the activities of
CTLAS
Chairs/Faculty
2003-07
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8.
Accountability
•
Implementing Program
Review/Triggered Programs
recommendations
•
Submit periodical reports to the VPAA
on the triggered programs
•
Review the faculty work load
guidelines to adequately incorporate
student-credit-hours as a parameter
•
Develop improved procedures to
employ more part-time faculty and to
monitor and evaluate their teaching
effectiveness
•
Perform annual assessment activities
to determine if the College is achieving
the desired educational outcomes for
its students
•
Submit an annual report summarizing
the results of the College's annual
assessment activities to the University
•
Modify College assessment activities
according to University feedback
•
Continue to monitor the performance
of College graduates on the national
licensure examinations
•
Continue to monitor the performance
of College graduates in graduate
programs
•
Analyze periodically the students'
performance on selected national
examinations/ graduate programs in
order to examine the integrity of the
curricula
•
Perform annual assessment activities
to determine if the College is achieving
the desired educational outcomes for
its students
•
Submit a College Annual Report to the
VPAA
•
Establish the means to obtain
periodically the feedback from
employers of our graduates regarding
the quality and relevance of their
education
•
Carry out a survey of the alumni 5
years after graduation with regard to
their perceptions of quality and
relevance of the programs/courses
Chair/Dean
2002-05
Dean/Chairs
2002-05
Chairs/Dean
2003-04
Chairs/Dean
2003-04
Dean
2003-04
Dean
Aug ‘04
Dean
2004-05
Chairs/Faculty
2003-04
Chairs/faculty
2003-04
Chairs
2004-07
Dean
2003-07
Dean
Aug ‘03
Chairs
2003-07
Chairs
2003-07
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9. Building
Relationships
Conduct, at intervals defined by the
University, a formal review of all the
programs and also a formal
departmental self-study
Chairs
2003-07
Dean
2003-07
Chairs
2002-07
Chairs
2002-07
Chairs
2002-07
Chairs
2002-07
Chairs
2003-04
Chairs
2003-04
•
Submit a College Accountability Report
on the actions taken on items in the
College Action Plan
•
Monitor student enrollment in various
programs
•
Monitor teaching, grant-writing,
research and other tasks assigned to
faculty
•
Monitor faculty and staff overload
hours
•
Monitor subjects handled by adjunct
faculty
•
Improve and strengthen evaluation of
full-time and part-time faculty
•
Improve methods to determine
outcomes assessment
•
Develop innovative methods to
establish friendship-building with
community, corporate sector,
professional societies and alumni
Dean/Chairs
2003-04
•
Develop opportunities to involve
students in programs sustaining the
social good (Habitat for Humanity,
National Engineers Week activities,
Science Fairs and Summer Institutes
and Camps)
Chairs/Faculty
2002-03
•
Enhance representation of the college
on community affairs committees
Dean
2002-03
•
Continue to develop and expand the
service activities in providing
community with a resource for
information and in assisting within the
region to advance their knowledge,
skills, and practices and receive
reimbursement for services
Dean
2003-04
Chairs/Faculty
2003-04
•
Identify business and community
needs, respond through curricula
changes, and offer continuing
education (certificate) programs
wherever necessary
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•
Encourage faculty to play active and
leadership roles in professional
societies
•
Expand contacts with alumni through
E-Bulletin, Homecoming and other
events
•
Develop plans for alumni access to
College’s programs and services
•
Develop Dean’s advisory council
composed of members from
community, business and industry,
professional societies, and alumni
•
Develop weekend, summer and
evening programs to improve access
for students whose work prevents
them from choosing the standard day
schedules
Chairs
2002-03
Dean/Chairs
2002-04
Dean/Chairs
2003-04
Dean
2002-03
Chairs/Faculty
2003-04
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Planning Theme/Focus Area: RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION
To intensify and diversify its recruitment efforts and its P-16 agenda
Components
1. Defining
the Niche
2. Student
Market
College Action Steps
Person
Responsible
Timeline
•
Develop niches based on uniqueness,
quality, delivery system, market
demand, community concern, college’s
mission, implementation and evaluation
potential, programmatic and financial
viability, and programs in competing
institutions
Dean/Chairs
2003-04
•
Recognize that developing niches
enhances the reputation of
College/University which in turn boost
the fund raising as well as the ability to
attract students and faculty in all other
areas
Dean/Chairs
2002-03
•
Identify and develop niche programs at
undergraduate level
Chairs/Dean
2002-04
•
Identify and develop niche programs at
graduate level
Chairs/Dean
2002-04
•
Assist in securing endowment funds,
increased alumni and annual giving,
planned giving and successful
development and implementation of a
capital campaign to assist in developing
the niche programs
Dean
2003-04
•
Improve efforts to provide a seamless
transition from school to university
Faculty/Chairs
2003-04
•
Establish relationship with middle school
guidance counselors and teachers to
encourage college preparation and
attendance
Faculty/Chairs
2003-04
•
Coordinate and strengthen partnerships
with secondary schools
Faculty/Chairs
2003-04
•
Promote activities to promote career
preparation education for students
(summer camps and institutes)
Chairs
2002-03
•
Involve student counselors at high
schools to assist in recruitment
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(workshops/courses/subject-specific
conferences)
3. Inclusion
4. Strong
Beginnings
•
Offering summer courses to high school
students
•
Organize and/or serve as judges in
fairs/clubs/engineers week
celebrations/etc.
•
Availing of SSU
students/alumni/advisory board
members as ambassadors for
recruitment
•
Improve faculty participation in student
visitation days, recruitment drives,
maintaining contacts with alumni and
community members
•
Contribute to initiate articulation and
transfer agreements with 2-year
colleges
•
Liaise with the administration to
increase the number of scholarships for
entering science & technology students
•
Cooperate with the Office of Dean for
Graduate Studies to develop an
integrated recruitment plan for graduate
students
•
Survey the needs of the disabled or
differently-abled students of the College
•
Check the facilities of classrooms,
laboratories, installation of equipment
and computers, class scheduling, etc to
avoid inconvenience and discomfort
•
Establish a College Committee for
Disabled Students to identify their
concerns and to initiate appropriate
measures
•
Establish an organized reliable system
for orienting new students to the
College life, curricula and expectations
•
Assist in developing procedures and
practices for making freshman
experience fruitful and enjoyable
•
Arrange for a special orientation for
Chairs
2003-04
Faculty/Chairs
2002-03
Faculty
2002-07
Dean/Chairs
2002-07
Dean/Chairs
2002-07
Dean/Chairs
2002-07
Dean
2003-04
Dean/Chairs
2002-03
Chairs/Dean
2002-03
Chairs/Dean
2003-04
Dean
2003-04
Dean/Chairs
2003-04
Dean/Chairs
2003-04
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faculty teaching courses for freshmen
5. Positioned
for
Competition
6. Student
Advisement
Chairs
2003-04
•
Provide quality tutorial support and
keep documentation
Faculty/Chairs
2003-04
•
Provide advisement (including moral
and social support, encouragement and
inspiration)
Faculty/Chairs
2003-04
•
Encourage students to avail of the
facilities available in CTLAS
Faculty/Chairs
2002-03
•
Organize extracurricular activities and
informal get-togethers
Chairs/Dean
2003-04
•
Create a structure to engage internal
and external communities to improve
the quality of College life appropriate to
improving retention
Dean
2003-04
Dean
2003-04
Faculty/Chairs
2002-03
Chairs/Dean
2002-07
Faculty/Chairs
2002-07
•
Assist in making more scholarships
available to the students of sciences &
technology
•
Donate your best to Tiger Scholarship
Program
•
Strive to have every faculty member
include student scholarships as an
important component of the extramural
funding obtained through grant
submissions
•
Support all efforts of the university to
secure more funds for scholarships (like
Tom Joyner Foundation Program)
•
Disseminate information to students on
all available scholarship programs
advertised by private sector, state or
federal agencies and help them to apply
Chairs/Dean
2002-07
•
Establish a Student Advisement Center
for the College
Dean
2003-04
•
Keep ‘advisement with individualized
attention’ as a priority and prestige,
pride of the College
Faculty/Chairs
2002-07
•
Strive to provide more access to the
students in addition to the normal office
hours and tutorial hours
Faculty
2002-07
•
Organize student advising to provide
accurate, timely and understandable
information about program
requirements and academic progress
Faculty/Chairs
2002-07
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•
7. Beyond the
Classroom
Keep documentation of advising ( on
the model of ATAR developed for The
Department of Engineering Technology)
Faculty/Chairs
2002-07
Faculty/Chairs
2002-03
Faculty/Chairs
2002-07
Chairs/Dean
2003-04
•
Improve faculty’s expertise in using
Banner as a vital tool for advisement
•
Encourage Use the advisement, tutoring
and other facilities available in CTLAS
•
Improve/develop transfer equivalency
forms for transfer students
•
Assign a departmental academic advisor
for transfer students
•
Organize Chair’s/Dean’s forums to share
and exchange ideas on student
expectations, problems, and curricula
improvements
Chairs
2003-04
Chairs/Dean
2003-04
•
Develop innovative methods of
engaging students beyond the
classroom
Faculty/Chairs
2003-04
•
Help students in starting
professional/extracurricular/environmen
tal clubs
Faculty/Chairs
2003-04
•
Increase scope of services available to
students (study and test-taking skills,
time management, special tutoring
needs)
Faculty/Chairs
2003-04
•
Increase student satisfaction with
University services (by surveying their
needs and making recommendations to
improve access to library, smart labs,
Career center)
Chairs/Dean
2003-04
•
Support and encourage students
through faculty attendance in statewide
and regional tournaments
Faculty
2002-07
•
Plan and organize to expose students to
the leisure and recreation avenues
locally available
Faculty/Chairs
2003-07
•
Encourage students through faculty
participation in visual arts, music and
performing arts events
Faculty
2002-07
•
Assist in identifying and developing
efforts to promote programs involving
arts and games, and also nontraditional recreational activities
Faculty/Chairs
2003-04
•
Create interest/incentives for the
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•
8. Housing
Advantage
9. Student
Outreach
10. Career
preparation
student to incorporate community
service as part of education/research
Faculty/Chairs
2003-04
Recognize that the faculty should not
only foster excellent environment for
learning but also should ensure that the
students get good services relating to
admission, registration, advisement and
job placement services
Faculty/Chairs
2003-04
Faculty/Chairs
2003-04
Chairs/Dean
2003-04
Chairs/Dean
2003-04
Faculty/Chairs
2002-07
Faculty/Chairs
2002-07
Faculty/Chair
2002-07
Chairs
2002-07
Faculty/Chairs
2002-07
Faculty/Chairs
2002-07
Chairs/Dean
2002-07
•
Visit the new student residence halls
and get acquainted with the good
facilities which serve to attract students
to SSU
•
Incorporate the new state-of-the-art
residence facilities for freshmen as
positive magnets in the brochures and
programs designed to attract and retain
students
•
Arrange, as part of recruitment efforts,
for visits of these residence halls by
students, their parents, school
counselors and community leaders
•
Work with public schools in improving
K-12 education
•
Provide full support to all Pre-College
programs (ACCESS and P-16 efforts)
and Basic Studies Academy which form
a central core of SSU’s outreach efforts
•
Provide support in talking to the visiting
students from middle and high schools
and in showing them around our labs,
computing and other facilities
•
Promote activities to promote career
preparation education for students
(summer camps and institutes)
•
Offering summer courses to high school
students
•
Help assist the middle schools and high
schools in teaching some selected
course
•
Develop opportunities for summer
internships, COOP with industries and
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research learning/involvement
•
11. Tools to
Attract
12. Alumni
Role
Strive to focus the College’s extramural
funding efforts to increase student
opportunities for internships, placement
in industries and research
•
Encourage and support students to avail
of the available opportunities for career
preparation
•
Cooperate with the student affairs office
to ensure full success
•
Use this as a strategy to increase
recruitment and retention
•
Develop innovative advertising and
recruitment strategies
•
Develop quality printed promotional
material in conjunction with
communications department
•
Utilize other media (direct mail, oral
presentations, email, posters)
•
Improve consistency and coordination of
college-wide marketing efforts
•
Develop weekend, summer and evening
programs to attract students whose
work prevents them from choosing the
standard day schedules
•
Utilize College and departmental
websites to help improve recruitment
•
Seek ways and means of expanding the
role of alumni in recruiting students
•
Expand contacts with alumni through EBulletin, Homecoming and other events
•
Utilize web page to help improve
contacts with alumni
•
Develop innovative procedures for
requesting funding for instructional or
faculty needs
•
Develop plans for alumni access to
College’s programs and services
Faculty/Chairs
2002-07
Chairs
2002-07
Chairs/Faculty
2002-07
Chairs/Faculty
2002-07
Chairs/Dean
2002-07
Chairs/Dean
2002-07
Chairs/Dean
2002-07
Dean
2002-04
Chairs/Faculty
2003-04
Dean/Chairs
2002-07
Dean/Chairs
2002-07
Dean/Chairs
2002-07
Dean/Chairs
2002-07
Dean
2003-04
Dean/Chairs
2003-04
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Planning Theme/Focus Area: IMAGE AND COMMUNICATION
To keep faculty and staff being engaged at all levels, internally and externally, and to seek
to enhance public awareness of the many positive things that SSU causes to happen on and
off campus
Components
1. Consistent
Visual Image
College Action Steps
•
Establish systematic efforts to
improve regional and national
visibility of our University/College to
increase attractiveness our
programs to students, faculty and
funding agencies
•
3. Ongoing
Timeline
Dean/Chairs
2003-07
Increase visibility and involvement
of faculty and staff in the service
region
Chairs/Faculty
2003-07
•
Involve members of the service
region in college task forces
Dean
2003-07
•
Participate in community-based
events in the service region
Dean/Chairs
2003-07
•
Provide community education,
career focus, and customized
training opportunities throughout
the service region
Dean/ Chairs
2003-07
Dean/Chairs
2002-07
Dean/Chairs
2002-07
Dean
2003-04
Dean/Chairs
2003-04
•
2. Community
Partnerships
Person
Responsible
Ensure that the College and
departmental websites are kept
current
•
Identify new ways to communicate
activities and accomplishments to
the service region
•
Expand service activities in
providing community with a
resource for information and in
assisting community members to
advance their knowledge, skills and
practices
•
Provide community education,
career focus and customized
training opportunities throughout
the region
•
Utilize the services of the Savannah
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3. A Businesslike Image
4. Service with a
Smile
community, business and industry,
advisory board members and SSU
alumni to communicate the
interests and needs of SSU to
various constituencies and
politicians so as to increase their
involvement with SSU
•
Use the alumni, advisory board
members, business and industry to
act as catalysts to enhance
statewide understanding of the
major role played by SSU and of the
unique benefits derived from a
HBCU of national repute
•
Create opportunities to incorporate
alumni and others to work on
committees and groups involved in
the advancement of the College
•
Establish a Dean’s advisory council
composed of members
representative of the broad
spectrum of the community
•
Extend full cooperation to office of
VP, Business and Finance in
developing and adhering to
improved practices relating to
business, accounting and audit
functions
Dean/Chairs
2002-07
Dean/Chairs
2002-07
Dean
2003-07
Dean
2003-07
Dean/Chairs
2003-07
Dean/Chairs
2003-07
•
Develop/strengthen relationships
with external agencies (high
schools, industry and business and
local economic development) and
keep the dealing in highly
professional and impressive manner
•
Improve channeling of information
to appropriate people
Dean/Chairs
2003-07
•
Improve the ways to publicize
activities and accomplishments to
community, business and industry
Dean/Chairs
2003-07
•
Ensure that the College and
departmental websites are kept
current
Dean/Chairs
2002-07
•
Recognize that students, employers
and the community constitute the
Faculty/Chairs
2002-07
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‘customers’ of the university/college
5. Diverse
Opportunities
6. Campus
Accountability
•
Recognize that ‘service with a smile’
is an important responsibility of
each and every member of the
faculty and staff
•
Create an understanding to
generate flexibility to accommodate
individual circumstances of the
student (family, cultural, health,
religious, disability)
•
Continue current policies of
attracting diverse faculty and staff
•
Attract and promote cultural events
in the campus
•
Expand curricula for presence of
multicultural/global perspective
•
Disseminate information about
methods of incorporating a
multicultural/global perspective
•
Develop strategies to attract and
retain international students
•
Faculty/Chairs
2002-07
Faculty/Chairs
2002-07
Chairs/Dean
2002-07
Dean/Chairs
2003-07
Faculty/Chairs
2003-04
Dean/Chairs
2003-04
Chairs/Dean
2003-04
Encourage students and faculty to
participate in Study Abroad
programs
Chairs/Dean
2003-04
•
Help Plant Operations
maintain/enhance the quality of
facilities, infrastructure, and related
amenities
Chairs/Dean
2002-07
•
Align strategically the development
of physical infrastructure and
facilities (classrooms, labs, smart
rooms, etc) with campus priorities
Dean/Chairs
2003-07
•
Implement processes to improve
efficiency by eliminating
redundancies and unnecessary red
tapes, and by streamlining
procedures for purchases, and
through improving coordination
Dean/Chairs
2003-04
•
The College Annual Report is
submitted by the end of July each
year to the Vice President for
Academic Affairs
Dean
Aug ‘03
•
The College shall submit in August
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of each year to the VPAA its annual
accountability report describing
progress on each of the action
items
7. Campus
Safety
•
Provide full cooperation to
University Security
•
Take all precautions in safeguarding
equipment (lab and office),
computers, chemicals, etc.
•
Wear IDs and adhere to prevailing
guidelines, rules and regulations
relating to safety
•
Advise students on the importance
of compliance to safety rules and
regulations
Dean
Aug ‘04
Faculty
2002-07
Faculty
2002-07
Faculty
2002-07
Faculty
2002-07
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Planning Theme/Focus Area: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
To ensure that the faculty and staff are abreast of the latest knowledge in their respective
fields to provide the foundation for better service, quality teaching and learning
Components
College Action Steps
Person
Responsible
Timeline
1. Development
Funds
•
Encourage faculty to avail of the
funds made available through
‘Teaching and Learning Grants’
program
Chairs
2002-07
2. Teamwork
•
Develop a sense of college
community that supports the
improvement of services to
students, faculty and staff by
engaging them in an active and
diverse intellectual life
Faculty
2002-07
•
Support the engaging of
faculty/staff in cross training to
optimize the effectiveness of various
institutional units
Chairs
2003-07
•
Integrate meaningfully the parttime, adjunct, and visiting faculty
into the campus life
Chairs/Dean
2003-07
Chairs/Faculty
2002-07
•
Encourage non-adversarial,
problem-solving approaches to
dispute resolution
•
Create systems for networking,
advising and mentoring to promote
a coherent educational experience
for all students
Chairs/Dean
2003-04
•
Develop avenues for participation
and contribution by the entire
college community in decisions that
shape the College’s activities
Dean
2003-07
•
Improve working conditions of
faculty and staff to promote respect,
civility, teamwork, safety and
efficiency
Chairs/Dean
2003-07
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3. Research
Funds
4. Lifelong
learning
•
Strive to have every faculty involved
in pursuing research in their areas of
specialty
•
Encourage faculty and students to
apply for research scholarships
•
Help to establish endowed
professorships to which good
researchers could be appointed
Chairs/Dean
2003-04
Faculty/Chairs
2002-07
Dean/Chairs
2003-04
Chairs/Faculty
2003-07
Dean
2003-07
Chairs/Faculty
2003-07
Chairs/Dean
2003-07
•
Work closely with VPAA/Dean of
Graduate Studies and Sponsored
Research to increase research
funding opportunities to the faculty
and students
•
Strive to increase the College’s
number and dollar value of external
grants
•
Strive to have all graduate students
financially supported through
faculty’s grantsmanship
•
Increase faculty/staff awareness of
grant opportunities (supplementing
efforts of the Dean of Graduate
Studies and Sponsored Research)
•
Strive to benefit through utilizing
grant subscriptions
Dean/Chairs
2003-07
•
Encourage faculty to benefit from
participating in the grant-writing
workshops
Chairs/Faculty
2002-07
•
Promote collaboration in the writing
of grants
Chairs/Dean
2002-07
•
Develop support services for grant
writers
Dean
2003-07
•
Offer, in collaboration with the Office
of Continuing Education,
professional development/in-service
training programs for Georgia’s
business/industrial communities
Dean/Chairs
2003-07
•
Offer continuing education courses
as weekend, summer and evening
programs as part of in-service
training for those employed in
industry/business/schools
Chairs/Faculty
2003-07
•
Improve ties with professional
societies/industries/schools to create
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pipelines of required participants for
the continuing education programs
and to ensure that their needs are
met
5. Support for
Teaching &
Learning
6. Professional
Growth
Faculty/Chairs
2003-07
•
Encourage faculty and staff to avail
of the assistance provided by the
CTLAS in their continuous learning
process
Chairs/Faculty
2002-07
•
Encourage faculty and staff in
collaborating with CTLAS in
providing special support needed for
specific students
Chairs/Faculty
2002-07
•
Support faculty and staff to avail of
the opportunities made available to
attend workshops, seminars and
conferences
Chairs/Dean
2003-07
•
Provide professional development
opportunities annually for all faculty
and staff of the College
Chairs/Dean
2003-07
•
Provide information technology and
resources that reflect and anticipate
faculty and staff needs
Chairs/Dean
2003-07
•
Provide sufficient financial support
annually for faculty/staff
professional development
Chairs/Dean
2003-07
•
Develop alliances with external
organizations to increase summer
experiential opportunities for faculty
and staff
Dean/Chairs
2003-05
Chairs/Dean
2003-07
Dean/Chairs
2003-07
Chairs/Faculty
2003-07
Chairs/Dean
2002-07
•
Provide support to faculty who wish
to offer courses on web-based
technology
•
Establish summer faculty internship
position with local industry
•
Integrate meaningfully the part-time
and adjunct faculty into the campus
community and intellectual life
•
Increase, through focused efforts,
the attendance of faculty and staff
at academic and cultural events
•
Plan events (seminars, workshops,
retreats, cultural events, special
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theme holidays) which involve
presentations/performances from
faculty and staff
•
Incorporate professional
development as an expectation of
continued employment
•
Encourage inter-departmental and
inter-college interaction through
organizing events
•
Create career advancement
opportunities (training, internship,
promotion, tenure, award, etc.) for
faculty and staff
Chairs/Faculty
2003-07
Chairs/Dean
2003-07
Dean/Chairs
2003-07
Dean/Chairs
2003-07
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