Five Colleges, Incorporated – Strategic Plan: “Optimizing the Consortial Advantage, 2010-­‐2020” Progress on Strategic Initiatives as of 5/22/2016 Theme Project Goals Category 1 Academic Excellence Library Electronic Resource Seamless Integration More Seamless Experience Library: Common Discovery Tool More Seamless Experience Library: Common Subject Guides More Seamless Experience More Seamless Experience Library: Rapid ILL More Seamless Experience More Seamless Experience Library: Expand joint holdings through single or joint Five College subscriptions to selected items Library: Expand joint holdings through negotiated prices with vendors, particularly for databases Deliverable/deadline Cost/ Source Responsible Person and Team Progress May 2016 Get Recommendations on Improved Management; Provide Broader Access Five College Librarians Council with assistance of consultants R2, LLC Improved (and common) software support for searches of the Five College catalogs and databases and of other resources Improved resources for students and faculty members seeking resources Five College Librarians Council with assistance of the Discovery Task Force Consultants’ report received Nov. 2010 Plan for improvement adopted by FCLC, Spring 2011 Selection and implementation of a common Discovery Tool /Summer 2011 Consultant cost: $75,000: Davis Educational Foundation Grant ~$20K per college/year from library budgets Consultants’ report received; FCLC plan for improvement endorsed by Deans & Board of Directors March 2011. EBSCO’s Discovery Service selected for the four colleges; implemented in Fall 2011. Staff time First guides completed 2012. Development of more library guides continues each year. Improved speed of response for ILL requests for journal articles Make more resources accessible to all by Five College subscriptions to some journals and e-­‐books Five College Librarians Council Set-­‐up cost $18K Sustaining $5-­‐8K per school Staff time; low marginal costs All campuses using Rapid ILL by 2012. To provide more access to all students and faculty members to subscriptions Neal Abraham and Five College Librarians Council Development of Common subject guides for all Five College programs (departments, majors, certificates) / 2011-­‐2012 Likely implementation by all four campuses in 2011-­‐
2012 fiscal year Pilot installations of e-­‐books and single/joint Five College subscriptions on Depository site/ Summer 2011 and Fall 2011 New negotiated consortium rates that provide subscription access to all five colleges even though initially only 3 or 4 are paying for subscriptions/ Summer 2012 Five College Librarians and their RIO committee working with program steering committees Five College Librarians Council Projects substantially completed 5/22/2016 Page 1 Staff time; possible increment in cost Began 1-­‐yr e-­‐Book pilot Fall 2013; continuing through 2018 with rapid user expansion; concerns about revised publisher pricing. Early successes with Math/Sci Net and Gale Publishing; CMC negotiated with EBSCO to expand five college access to 12 databases at low marginal cost beginning Fall 2013. Theme Project Goals Responsible Person and Team Deliverable/deadline Cost/ Source Category 1 Academic Excellence Continued – page 2 Digitized materials Intellectual property policy alignment Expand access from all campuses to locally digitized materials on each campus Elisa Lanzi (SC), Kelcy Shepherd (AC), Maria Toyofuku and committee; consultant Kenny Crews Improved and uniform policies by Spring 2011: Guidelines and Toolkit $7,000 FCI Coordinator’s Fund Thoughtful Library: Expand Administrative Shelving Capacity for Convergence Five College Library Repository Collection/Library Annex to also serve campus needs Thoughtful Regional Library Print Administrative Management Convergence Exploration To provide greater shelving capacity for coordination of retained infrequently used print materials Neal Abraham, Barbara Lucey, Five College Librarians Council, PBOs, David DeSwert (SC); special working group beginning summer 2013. $12-­‐14 million from Smith and UMass; staff time. To provide shared print management of monographs and journals for a wide regional group of libraries Neal Abraham and Five College Librarians Explore options for expanded facilities 2012-­‐2013; Develop funding and construction proposals 2013-­‐2014; construction 2016-­‐17 Explore Options and business models for various shared endeavors; consider intersection with Five College Library Depository Thoughtful Eastern Academic Administrative Scholars Trust – EAST Convergence -­‐-­‐ Regional Print Management Collab. For retention partners to make commitments to hold their copies of less frequently used materials. Neal Abraham, Chris Loring, Susan Stearns (BLC), Laura Wood (Tufts), John Unsworth (Brandeis), Lizanne Payne (consultant) Complete collection analyses by Dec 2015, develop retention agreements by 2016. Full launch by 2017. $1,400,000 for two years for staff hires and consultants from Mellon and Davis Ed Foundation More Seamless Experience Projects substantially completed 5/22/2016 Page 2 $63,000 for planning; $50,000 Mellon grant received; balance by matching Progress May 2016 Guidelines and recommendations circulated. Task force discharged. Tasks moved to Digital Asset Management group (see Category 3). Feasibility studies completed 2011-­‐13; funding and operating models approved May 2014; site selected in Hadley 2014; replaced by site in Hatfield 2016. Regional conversation July 2011, steering committee formed with 12 librarians, recruited 90 libraries, kick-­‐
off meeting with 108 librarians July 2013, working groups Fall 2013; summary meeting July 2014; 62 committed libraries (see next entry). Davis Ed grant $400K. Mellon award $1 million. Now operated by Boston Library Consortium with full staff and paying members. Theme Project Goals Category 1 Academic Excellence Continued – page 3 Five College Sustainability Certificate Sustainability Deliverable/deadline Cost/ Source Responsible Person and Team New Interdisciplinary certificate program Five College Sustainability Certificate committee Proposal submitted to the FC Deans for review in late Fall 2010 Sustainability website, listserv Fall 2010; online course listings beginning fall 2012 $2,000 program funding Sustainability Sustainability program Create shared resources in resources targeted listservs; lists of courses, faculty members, programs; seminar/speaker series Initially Beth Hooker; now Sarah Lince and Five College Sustainability Coordinating Committee (As of FY 13), Sustainability Joint Programming Sustainability Coordinate use of field station resources Jan Dizard (AC), Drew Guswa (SC) FCI staff members Sustainability; More Seamless Experience Implement rideshare program for local and long distant driving Thoughtful Academic Convergence Environmental Leadership Workshop Inventory separate campus and Five College (Hawley Bog) field station resources and develop strategies for shared use Provide students an alternative to buses which may promote more cross-­‐
registration; may also serve employees, social travel and rides to major cities & homes. Sustainable future for Wean the Center for the Study less commonly taught of World Languages from languages in dependence on external mentored and tutored grants to support core staff formats members and operations Kevin Kennedy, Barbara Lucey Neal Abraham, Elizabeth Mazzocco, Amy Wordelman Projects substantially completed 5/22/2016 Page 3 Committee to be formed in 2011-­‐2012; list of resources developed; policies for shared use developed by Summer 2012. Spring 2013 Stable alternative revenue streams of $200,000/year by 2023-­‐24 Progress May 2016 Program launched 2012 open to students from AC, HC, MHC. Environmental Leadership Time; minor Listserv, speaker series program expense 2010-­‐12; website 2011; course list since Spring 2013. Sustainability Coordinating Committee formed 2013. $10K/yr Thoreau Workshops held January Fndtn, FCI Deans 2012, 13, 14. Time; Hawley Bog Committee formed; sharing boardwalk policies under improvement cost development; Hawley Bog $18,000 from FCI boardwalk upgraded Coordinator’s summer 2012 for improved Fund access. $2,500 set-­‐up fee; $7,500 annual fee for 3 years; perhaps paid by SGAs Explored SGA-­‐funded (FCI subsidized) student rideshare in 2013; SGA’s felt expense was not worth the cost. Bridge funding from $800,000 Mellon grant for 2013-­‐17; second bridge 2017-­‐2013 plus endowment challenge Business model developed fall 2012; proposal submitted; first program offerings 2012-­‐13 and Summers 2013, 2014, 2015 with PAGE @ MHC; alternative staffing model successful with less administrative cost. Endowment match to raise. Theme Project Goals Responsible Person and Team Deliverable/deadline Cost/ Source Progress May 2016 Category 1 Academic Excellence Continued – page 4 Enhance ADA Accessibility (see category 2) Improved databases for resources and software with cross-­‐campus compatibility; improved accessibility of electronic resources (websites, databases, etc.) Increase connections and pathways between programs; share pedagogies Nate Therien; Sarah Lince Build at least 4 bridging partnerships by 2015 $700,000 Mellon grant Support blended learning projects; showcase activities; make at least 24 awards. Support additional positions in these languages where needed and programming expenses. $1,000,000 Mellon grant; Teagle grant $280,000. Partnerships in Public Policy; Architectural studies; sustainability studies. Community consultations in summer 2013; project awards in Spring 2014 and Spring 2015. Support course development grants, project grants, and various collaborations From $2 million Mellon Grant for 2015-­‐2020. Thoughtful Academic Convergence Bridge liberal arts and graduate/professional programs Thoughtful Academic Convergence Blended Learning Encourage more course development for student blended learning Neal Abraham, Nate Therien; Maria Toyofuku; Rogelio Minana (MHC) project director Thoughtful Academic Convergence Cultivate and support Five College merged language programs with joint faculty members and merged curricula Thoughtful Academic Convergence Encourage innovative language pedagogy Encourage more sharing of curriculum design and schedule planning to support small language programs through joint offerings, video-­‐
conference-­‐connected classrooms Recruit more language faculty members to work together on developing improved language pedagogy and learning opportunities to encourage more students to study more languages at greater depth Neal Abraham, Mohamed El-­‐Sawi Hassan (Arabic), Joanna Caravita (Hebrew), Suk Massey and Chan Young Park (Korean), Evgeny Dengub and Susana Nazarova (Russian) Neal Abraham, Amy Wordelman, Mark Lauer (faculty coordinator) Projects substantially completed 5/22/2016 Page 4 From $2 million Mellon Grant for 2015-­‐2020. Strengthened joint Arabic program. Launched joint Russian program in 2015. Launched joint Hebrew program in 2016; strengthened joint Korean in 2016. 12 course development grants in 2015-­‐16; 10 programs grants. Theme Project Goals Category 1 Academic Excellence Continued – page 5 Joint Appointments Stabilize and regularize funding for Five College opera FC Program Review Schedule Integrated list of campus program reviews Inaugurate program of FC residencies and FC visiting faculty positions Responsible Person and Team Deliverable/deadli
ne Cost/ Source Progress May 2016 Establish MOU for appointments based at Hampshire College that allow for Five College input in reviews comparable to positions based elsewhere Build richer connection to curricula Nate Therien, Neal Abraham Spring 2013 No cost Completed Summer 2013. Nate Therien, Sue Dickman 2013-­‐14 System of periodic self studies, external reviews and strategic plans for improvement Neal Abraham, Nate Therien Review schedule/ Oct. 2010; form external Advisory committees as needed (for departments, centers, majors) $15-­‐20K every 3 years from FC endowment Modest cost for external reviewers/ FC Coordinator’s Fund Coordinated studies of programs; more systematic descriptions of FC resources for programs under review; sharing of outcomes Establish stronger Five College visitor programs for guest teaching and residencies Neal Abraham, Nate Therien; Five College Deans 2010-­‐2011 coordination plan by mid Fall Production successful in February 2014; complemented by three pre-­‐production events. Review schedule established. 2010-­‐11: FCAD, NAIS, EWC. 2011-­‐12: CMS, FCWSRC, FCCSWL. 2012-­‐13: Mass Review, IR, MES, CHS. 2013-­‐14: FCCEAS, Film Studies, African Studies, APA, REEES, Music. 2014-­‐15: Geology, CBL, Schools Partnership, Buddhist, Theater, Multicultural Theater. 2015-­‐16: Anthro, LACS, Adv. Art Seminar, Ethnomusicology, NAIS, Statistics, Sustainability, Early Music. Coordinated UMass Astronomy AQAD and FCAD review in Spring 2011; strategic planning 2011-­‐Fall 2012. Nate Therien and Multicultural Five College Deans theater Spring 2011; others begin in Spring 2011 and 2011-­‐2012 Projects substantially completed 5/22/2016 Page 5 No cost Use banked endowment income Residencies for 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 (Deans) including International Environmental Policy, Women’s Studies Research, Opera, Multicultural Theater, Childhood Studies, Latino studies, Public Policy, Dance Community Outreach, global climate change and diplomacy; screenwriting; digital curation. Theme Project Goals Category 1 Academic Excellence Continued – page 6 Thoughtful Museum Collection Administrative Management Website Convergence Design Responsible Person and Team Deliverable/deadline Cost/ Source $1,500 / Five College Coordinator’s Fund $50,000 transition cost Museums10 and 6 museum directors; Maria Toyofuku Fall 2011 Thoughtful Museum Collection Administrative Management new Convergence system To ease and improve access to collection databases for students and faculty members To improve recordkeeping and standardize metadata for collection objects Museums10 and 6 museum directors; Maria Toyofuku Fall 2016 More Seamless Experience To broaden curricular opportunities for all students Deans, faculty governance groups, faculty interest groups 2011-­‐2013 Thoughtful Expand and Administrative coordinate faculty Convergence development efforts Meet needs for professional development workshops, mentoring, create cohorts of new faculty members Nate Therien, Sarah Lince, Sue Dickman and Faculty development and teaching and learning center coordinators, esp. Mary Deane Sorcinelli Develop specific program plan beyond summer writing workshop/Fall 2010 – Publication workshops, etc. $5,000/yr Thoughtful Academic Convergence Support innovative uses of digital humanities in teaching and student projects; foster consortium-­‐
wide dh group Nate Therien, Dana Leibsohn (2012-­‐2013), Marissa Parham (2014-­‐
16); Five College Deans Garner funding; provide incentives through grants; hold public events $1,000,000 over 4 years 2011-­‐
2015/ Mellon grant for $800,000 plus matching Create Five College Academic Programs Coordinate efforts in digital humanities Projects substantially completed 5/22/2016 Page 6 Progress May 2016 New website went live in Fall 2011; improvements created in-­‐
house in 2012, 2013, and 2014. Explorations began 2013; shared discussions with Library digital resource management on new architectures. New Architectural Studies major 2012; new certificate in Queer and Sexuality Studies 2012; Five College Arabic Language Initiative; Korean Initiative; Sustainability Council; Five College Russian Spring 2013; Reproductive Rights and Justice certificate in 2015. Bio-­‐Math certificate in 2016. Faculty Development directors now coordinate program information and events; events 2011, 2012; Science Teaching Workshop 2013; Jose Bowen, Kerry Ann Rockquemore visits and workshops; Bok Players in 2015; Tina Gunsalus in 2016. Mellon grant awarded; matching promised; four rounds of grants awarded 2012-­‐2014. Postdoctoral fellowship filled for 2013&2014; Post-­‐baccalaureate position filled for 2013-­‐14. New Director appointed Fall 2013; showcase May 2014. Theme Project Goals Deliverable/deadline Cost/ Source Responsible Person and Team Category 1 Academic Excellence Continued – page 7 Streamline cross registration To make it more convenient and responsive to student requests Neal Abraham, Nate Therien, Maria Toyofuku, Registrars Registrars to identify possible improvements, costs, and timelines Spring 2011 (Done) No Cost for the study More Seamless Experience Thoughtful Academic Convergence Streamline cross registration Coordinate administrative academic honesty policies Intercalated BA/MA course rd
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work in 3 , 4 , and 5 years Thoughtful Academic Convergence Acquire Earthquake monitoring system Thoughtful Academic Convergence Critical Ethnic Studies Asian/Pacific/Ameri
can Studies Committee Launch discussions; develop enhanced pedagogies Thoughtful Academic Convergence Thoughtful Academic Convergence Thoughtful Academic Convergence Latino Studies Share expenses for a Five College seismographic station as part of the national array called Earth Scope Collaborate and coordinate teaching about inter disciplinary critical ethnic studies Develop Five College major or certificate Share/improve policies; review advising guidelines 10-­‐20 programs phased in over 2 years; develop college liaisons and marketing Develop funding model for acquisition and maintenance; locate suitable site No cost Inauguration of 5-­‐yr BA/MA programs “Accelerated MA” Nate Therien; student integrity officers Nigar Khan & Bryan Harvey (UMass) Danielle Carr (Smith) Nate Therien and Geology chairs Campus leaders of area studies Workshop leading to planning and proposal Charlie Schweik Reports from workshops; inventory courses using GIS Report on two digital humanities workshops More Seamless Experience Geographic Information Systems Curatorial Studies GIS coordination of programs; explore accelerated masters Develop summer program and curriculum in curatorial studies Karen Kohler Projects substantially completed 5/22/2016 Page 7 $30,000 purchase, $6000 annual costs / from deans and departments $6700 FCI program initiative budgets $2500 FCI program funds Progress May 2016 Registrars discussed 40+ “potholes” with IT directors in Summer 2011; projects adopted for 2012, 2013, 2014. New FC course guide launched 2012; 2013-­‐14 improvements added connections from FCI course guide to more detail in campus course listings. Working on discipline linkages; better search. Policies shared spring 2013; Advising guidelines under review 2013-­‐14. Template approved; 10 programs approved at UMass open to college student early enrollment. Funding approved; installed and sited at Smith Environmental Center in Whately; operating since Fall 2013. Conference at MHC April 2014. Workshop planning; information gathering. $2500 concept paper Faculty workshops held; inventory of courses and programs in 2013-­‐14. $50,000 from digital humanities funds Two faculty workshops completed in 2013-­‐14; summer program for 2014, 2015 and 2016. Theme Project Goals Category 1 Academic Excellence Continued – page 8 Massachusetts Review Academic Excellence Improve journal strength and curricular connections Thoughtful Academic Convergence Thoughtful Academic Convergence Thoughtful Academic Convergence Intergroup Dialogue in Strengthen use and the classroom application of IGD Thoughtful Administrative Convergence Thoughtful Administrative Convergence ADA and Assistive Technologies (see category 2) Digital Library Resources Trans-­‐American Photography Review Support a refereed, open-­‐
access journal based at Hampshire College Develop intentional thematic focus for each Holyoke Bound Community Based Learning – training and orientation To make electronic resources accessible for all students Create a Digital Library structure for storage and access to born digital objects for Smith, Mount Holyoke and Hampshire with options for others to join later Responsible Person and Team Deliverable/deadline Cost/ Source Editorial Board; Deans Program review; reinvestment 2013 $15,000/year NEA $10,000 Ximena Zuniga; Karen Sanchez-­‐Eppler; Jaime Davila Sandra Matthews Report on seven faculty meeting groups Expanded collaborations in Asian Studies Events planned this way held in fall and spring since fall 2012 $2500 Concept paper Bob Crowley (HC); Jennifer Gunter King (HC); Alex Wirth-­‐
Cauchon (MHC); Chris Loring (SC); Elisa Lanzi (SC). Create and test new model $250,000 for first 3 years, funded by 3 colleges. Maria Cartegena Projects substantially completed 5/22/2016 Page 8 $600 Concept paper $3000 Progress May 2016 Review completed; Deans approve increased investment in Managing Editor; improved financial stability; external grants; local fundraisers. Report in May 2014; further programming placed on hold. Issues published 2013-­‐15; report in Spring 2014. Deans and FCI approved funding through FY18. Training events planned and completed; planning for future events continuing. HB integrated Holyoke Early Literacy initiative training in Spring 2015. Exploration of pilot designs in 2015-­‐16; implementation begins in summer 2016. Theme Project Goals Category 2 Administrative Convergence Compliance Management Thoughtful Administrative Convergence; More Seamless Experience One-­‐card Thoughtful Administrative Convergence Print/Mail Services Explore possible collaborations in vendor or interoperability that might facilitate such things as library services or dining services; or debit card use with external vendors Identify and implement sharing of excess capacity for greater efficiency and cost savings Sustainability; Thoughtful Administrative Convergence Electricity purchase from renewable sources Thoughtful Administrative Convergence Create a shared resource of staff and services to guide each college campus’s compliance oversight and management Identify providers/generators of electricity from renewable sources for attractive purchase – demonstrate environmental leadership and cost savings. Responsible Person and Team Deliverable/deadline Cost/ Source Progress May 2016 $110,000/yr Reduced budget for FY17 After FY11-­‐FY16 compliance expansion, in Spring 2016 PBOs decided to wait and see with 2 FTE staff members. Campuses have assumed more of the compliance work. UMass chose CBord in Fall 2011, in consultation with FCI and Five College IT representative, bid includes cooperative opportunities with vendor for other colleges; Reviews elsewhere on hold. Barbara Lucey, Principal Business Officers, Print/Mail managers Environmental Scan and consultant’s report to be completed in 2010-­‐
2011; options reviewed by Principal Business officers in 2010-­‐2011; possible sharing to begin thereafter. Jonathan Lash; Neal Abraham; campus facilities and VP Finance staff members: now led by Mike Howard and Dano Weisbord from Smith. Explorations launched Fall 2013. Renewed explorations Spring/ Summer 2015 Consultant Study completed spring 2011; Hampshire using UMass for mail services; Smith selectively using UMass mail and print services since spring 2011. Vendor for multi-­‐function devices proposed cost savings in Fall 2013. Smith piloting vendor recommended techniques for reducing print and printer load and costs. Exploration with FirstWind in Fall 2013 unsuccessful. Renewed campus interest in Spring 2015. Isenberg MBA course report April 2015. New launch with Williams as a sixth partner for explorations and RFP in 2015-­‐16. Business Officers, Comptrollers, Beth Carmichael, Barbara Lucey Design and create a plan for compliance management on the four campuses; Drupal based compliance database of regulations, policies and responsible persons at each college campus to go live Spring 2012; compliance committees to be fully activated at each of the four campuses by end of Spring 2012 One card committee Discuss technical issues on on technical issues; interoperability and usage of ID Barbara Lucey numbers and magnetic stripe working with sections; explore issues of common campus vendor services representatives Projects substantially completed 5/22/2016 Page 9 $50,000 campus contribution
s for consultants Theme Project Goals Category 2 Administrative Convergence – page 2 Projects under investigation: Non-­‐res alien svcs Accounts Rec/Pay Payroll Fleet management Internal audit Grant accounting Budget Coordination Thoughtful Administrative Convergence ADA and Assistive Technologies Thoughtful Administrative Convergence ADA and Assistive Technologies Improved services for students needing learning assessments and/or assistive technologies. Explore accessibility software for conversion, SensuAccess – Robo Braille To make electronic resources accessible for all students Thoughtful Administrative Convergence Patent assessment and tech transfer Thoughtful Administrative Convergence Identify and implement administrative collaborations and consolidations that achieve economies at same or better service Responsible Person and Team Deliverable/deadline Cost/ Source Progress May 2016 Barbara Lucey and Principal Business Officers; Controllers Specific collaborative projects to pursue identified Fall 2010; Fall 2011 Investigation of specific opportunities/ Spring 2011 and continuing Transition costs to be funded by return on investment Neal Abraham and Principal Student Affairs Officers and ADA Academic Disability Services Directors New ADA Accessible Technologies Coordinator Expand invention/patent Five College assessment and filing and Deans and Board tech transfer licensing of Directors Draft RFP and hire consultant to advise/Spring 2011; plan for improved assessment process and shared equipment and software Complete Audit by Dec 2015. Begin corrections in 2016 Exploratory discussions with outside vendor and with UMass Vice Chancellor Mike Malone 2011 Projects substantially completed 5/22/2016 Page 10 ADP review of potential for savings in Accounts Rec/Pay completed summer 2011; UMass HR coordinating periodic update on non-­‐resident alien compliance practices; AC/MHC share grant accountant; AC re-­‐examining campus notes on best practices in Fall 2013. 5-­‐campus budget coordinators met April, 2013 and semi-­‐annually thereafter to share best practices and reduce redundancy in aligning FCI budget assessments with campus budgets (particularly joint faculty appointments). PBOs reopened these conversations in summer 2015. Cost shared among Consultant visit; report April 2011. student affairs Service planning ongoing; shared offices and FCI. services, including text-­‐to-­‐braille Two-­‐year pilot software and resource database for funded from $10K 2013-­‐14 in phased rollout, first at campus HC. assessments in FY14 and FY15. $110,000/yr. from Hired early fall 2015; review of four colleges; campus needs completed by spring offset by $180,000 2016; work accelerated to improve from Davis Ed Fdtn accessibility. Per service basis Smith has engaged the UMass Outreach Office to handle a patent case, Fall 2011. Theme Project Goals Category 2 Administrative Convergence – page 3 Federated Procurement Thoughtful Administrative Convergence Health Management Initiative Thoughtful Administrative Convergence CoHIP Cooperative Health Insurance Program: CEVoNE, Collaborative Education Ventures of New England; EdHealth (Vermont Insurance captive) Thoughtful Administrative Convergence Responsible Person and Team Deliverable/dea
dline Cost/ Source Multi-­‐institutional federated on-­‐line procurement for choice and deeper discounts through committed volume Barbara Lucey & PBOs working w/ The Boston Consortium (Tufts lead) and meta-­‐consortium group; Christopher Rust of Mount Holyoke and Marge Dunehew of Hampshire Purchasing portals (at MHC and HC) and travel and/or new joint purchasing projects Source: savings Negotiate with insurance providers for deeper discounts if employees provide lifestyle information for targeted interventions Cooperative insurance of health cost risks Barbara Lucey and PBOs working with The Boston Consortium and other meta-­‐consortium group Monitor Trial at The Boston Consortium; TBC interest in partner schools de-­‐emphasized Barbara Lucey and PBOs working with The Boston Consortium and meta-­‐
consortium group; Kevin Kerwood; Ernest LeBlanc; Beth Carmichael As CEVoNE members, any of 4 colleges can sign up as an EdHealth captive member. Continue to monitor program’s success vs. direct rates available. $50K for board seat may be repaid from savings – now repaid spring 2016; $20K per school; additional $20,000 then $33,000 (latter refused) Projects substantially completed 5/22/2016 Page 11 Progress May 2016 MHC and HC contracted with ESM (tied to E&I contracts) for replacement joint marketplace model, continuing from 2013-­‐
14 with good ROI on initial rollout. AC considering hiring of purchasing professional. Purchasing group considered adding revenue sharing from providing a list of hotels on “Planning your Visit” portion of campus website. Observation of pilot continues; will be integrated with health insurance captive. 3 Colleges signed on with Smith as Founding Member, with Board seat Summer 2011; providers chosen: Tufts and Harvard Pilgrim Fall 2011; Services launched for selected schools July 2013; Smith not participating until 2015; Insurance providers have since offered competitive (reduced!) rates to campuses. February 2015 presentation by Kevin Kerwood to AC, HC, and MHC PBOs and HR Directors, for consideration of enrollment. Only Hampshire may be at a good point, depending on renewal rates proposed through broker first. Theme Project Goals Responsible Person Deliverable/deadline and Team Cost/ Source Progress May 2016 Sustainability; Thoughtful Administrative Convergence Category 2 Administrative Convergence – page 4 Sustainability (Energy management, recycling management, other) Find and share best practices; and share management services where appropriate Barbara Lucey; Principal Business Officers; Facility Directors Facilities Directors continue to explore joint alternatives to solid waste disposal as local landfills close. Multi-­‐College Consortium larger than the five colleges New peer groups for sharing business services Carol Christ; Neal Abraham No cost Accenture meeting in Hartford March 2011; three summit meetings of leaders of the 14 PV campuses identified priorities; Newsbank subscriptions for 300 Western Mass libraries Fall 2013; EAST regional print management for libraries 2015; explorations continue on library depositories. More Seamless Experience Thoughtful Administrative Convergence *Library Electronic Resources project (see Category 1) Library cataloging and acquisition processing Following resignation of shared energy manager and recycling manager, new proposals and ideas solicited from campus communities in spring 2012 Exploratory NE regional meeting Fall 2010 with Accenture; Spring 2011; Summit meetings of leaders of 14 Pioneer Valley higher education colleges to explore collaboration; meetings with school superintendents and senior staff in 2011-­‐2012 Thoughtful Administrative Convergence Unified work stream for cataloguing and processing non YBP books and gifts Alex Wirth-­‐
Trial operation at UMass to Cauchon (MHC), provide services to MHC for Jay Schafer (UMass) 2010-­‐2011 Trial satisfactory; renewed for 2011-­‐
2015. Thoughtful Administrative Convergence Coordinated Emergency Response and Management Emergency Response/ Management Committee Thoughtful Administrative Convergence Coordinated Emergency Response and Management Establish new and refined plans and procedures for mutual assistance and coordinated emergency response. Coordinate regional cooperation for health and safety emergencies $10-­‐100K training expense; grants and local funds Time; funding for exercises MOU approved 2013; communications plans revamped and tested regularly 2012, 2013; training exercises held June 2013. Training exercise April 2014. $100K grant to UMass for 2015 “active shooter” regional training completed March 2015. Emergency Response/ Management Committee and local agencies Projects substantially completed 5/22/2016 Page 12 Revised protocols and MOU 2012; improved communication procedures 2012; appropriate training and rehearsals 2012-­‐2015 Obtain support and lead or guide planning activities for regional response Theme Project Goals Responsible Person and Team Deliverable/deadline Cost/ Source Progress May 2016 Thoughtful Administrative Convergence Category 2 Administrative Convergence – page 5 Coordinated Emergency Response and Management Establish new and refined plans and procedures for mutual assistance and coordinated emergency response Coordinate emergency notifications Emergency Response/ Management Committee Increase sheltering supplies for colleges and surrounding towns $80,000 grant to UMass for 800 cots 4 trailers strategically located, 200 cots each; considered regional resource. Thoughtful Administrative Convergence Coordinated Emergency Response and Management Campus IT; Emergency Response Committee; Maria Toyofuku, Kevin Kennedy Create automatic (RSS) feeds of each campus’s emergency announcements (weather emergencies, public health, safety) to headlines on Five College homepage Staff time Increase training for students Emergency Response / Management Committee Create peer-­‐education tools for training students in small group settings Coordinated Emergency Response and Management Emergency Dispensing Site (EDS) Emergency Response/ Management Committee Agreements on protocols among campuses and the Commonwealth. Grant funding; peer educator time Staff time RSS feeds of emergency announcements for 4 of 5 campuses now automatically posted to FCI homepage (spring th
2014). 5 promised for Fall 2015. Grant received. Pilot sessions Spring 2014. Completed and sent to campuses, Fall 2015. Thoughtful Administrative Convergence Coordinated Emergency Response and Management Thoughtful Administrative Convergence Thoughtful Administrative Convergence New Sustainability Projects: Blue Sky Brainstorm Neal Abraham, Jonathan Lash, Beth Hooker Blue Sky Brainstorm Initiative 2011-­‐2013; project selection by Spring 2013 Thoughtful Administrative Convergence Five College Library Print Depository/ Annex Expansion (see category 1) Additional space for collaboration Find good opportunities for collaborative effort to reduce climate impact, save money, and offer student learning experiences Expanded Affiliates to over 180 other libraries. Explore adding meeting rooms and staff space in Annex administrative zone Neal Abraham, Barbara Lucey Funded by Five College sources and Smith rent; open August 2019. $250,000 Proposal to Gladys Brooks Foundation declined Space to be constructed as part of the FC Library Annex and available after temporary Smith rental. Thoughtful Administrative Convergence Projects substantially completed 5/22/2016 Page 13 UMass completed and has provided templates for colleges to complete 2 tabletops held around EDS procedures. $50,000 500 Ideas proposed, and allocated by vetted. Focus on campus sustainable and local CEOs. food. Theme Project Goals Responsible Person and Team Deliverable/deadline Cost/ Source Category 2 Administrative Convergence – page 6 Coordinated Title IX Policies and Procedures Review policies and procedures for Title IX incidents and handling of cross-­‐campus events Title IX coordinators; Beth Carmichael Audit of changing policies and procedures for gaps and possible better alignment $25,000 from campuses and FCI Thoughtful Administrative Convergence Diversity Recruitment and Retention Improve diversity in candidate pools for mid-­‐level exempt staff positions; improve diversity of employees; improve retention HR Directors; Diversity Directors; Neal Abraham; Barbara Lucey Create a pipeline for diverse candidates with the outcome of a long-­‐
term improvement in five colleges as welcoming and supportive environment for diverse staff members. Thoughtful Administrative Convergence Export Control Beth Carmichael and FC risk management committee Thoughtful Administrative Convergence Explore Affordable Care Act implications for college (employer) provided benefits and college-­‐provided student health insurance programs Compliance with complex US laws and regulations related to export of software and technology Explore responsibilities and costs related to ACA; plan and budget accordingly Visual Compliance software shared solution at discount with annual subscription Follow how others are implementing the law (until specific precedents or regulations are approved) and review current employment classifications; and monitor student and family usage patterns of expanded coverage. Thoughtful Administrative Convergence HR Directors, Barbara Lucey Projects substantially completed 5/22/2016 Page 14 Progress May 2016 Beth Carmichael convened coordinators in 2012; coordinated sexual harassment prevention training provided in 2012-­‐13 and continuing; Outside investigators identified and utilized on a regular basis by the Colleges. Audit commissioned 2013. Diversity Pat Romney Associates provided directors’ and reports to all five campuses and HR directors’ FCI. FCI report received in FY15 annual and shared with employees. contributions Diversity and inclusion training for all staff. New supervisor training series begun in spring 2016 along with new Employee Handbook project for major revisions. Non-­‐
Harassment training via UE website; and early discussion about revising new employee procedures. $14,000 To be funded by campus annually/ contributions to outside from consultant. assessments $14,000 from Fall 2013, engaged assessments consultant/attorney to review legal and economic implications of new laws and practices related to definitions of full-­‐time employees and student health. Free consultants continue to provide updates in FY15. Theme Project Goals Category 3 Identity and Community Shibboleth Federated Identity Authentication More Seamless Experience Shibboleth production: UMass Microsoft Licensing Shibboleth production: Amherst Account Provisioning Shibboleth production: Hampshire Moodle Hampshire authorization; multiple services Shibboleth production: to provide library resources More Seamless Experience Shibboleth production; expand services FC Image study with consultant More Seamless Experience More Seamless Experience More Seamless Experience More Seamless Experience Responsible Person and Team Deliverable/deadline Cost/Source Efficient recognition of members of the five college communities for access to on-­‐
line resources Maria Toyofuku and teams from each campus Amherst & UMass pilot in Fall 2010; all other campuses before Fall 2011 Davis Educational Foundation Grant proposal funded Campus Team Implement for Fall 2010 In-­‐house UMass staff members Maria Toyofuku and Amherst Team Implement for Fall 2011 Implemented. Maria Toyofuku and teams from each campus Implement for Fall 2011 Amherst and partner IT staff time Hampshire and partner IT staff time Develop more straightforward access to library services such as catalog; e-­‐books; and discovery service Continue to adapt more local campus software services to Shibboleth for ease of use by those with other campus credentials Clearer statement of Five College value for students, faculty members, other employees Maria Toyofuku and teams from each campus; Steve Bischof Develop first instance, probably for the EBSCO discovery service shared by 4 colleges by Fall 2012 Identify new projects and develop Shibboleth-­‐
compatible interfaces Staff time; subscriptions for all to In-­‐Common $5,000 each Staff time. Implemented. RFP developed/summer 2010; consider consultant/ fall 2010 $50K -­‐ $100K FC Directors: pursue in separate campus communication assessments and student surveys. Maria Toyofuku and campus IT-­‐Shibboleth teams Kevin Kennedy; and Five College Communication Directors; broadened committee to include admission, advancement, faculty & student input Projects substantially completed 5/22/2016 Page 15 Progress May 2016 All campuses now operational and in production mode. All campuses joined In Common by 2012; UM, AC, SC now in EduRoam. Completed. Implemented. Theme Project Goals Category 3 Identity and Community-­‐-­‐page 2 Expanded FC sub-­‐
community resources Support all FC sub-­‐
communities with listservs, websites, course lists and support staff as needed Integrated faculty directory with information on interests and specialties Responsible Person and Team Deliverable/deadline Cost/Source Maria Toyofuku, Nate Therien, Sarah Lince Create directory and all listservs/Spring 2011 FCI staff member Provided since 2013. Maria Toyofuku Automatically populated directory; More automated update of directory entries. Enhanced system 2015-­‐16. Complete calendar approval through 2016-­‐17/ Fall 2010 FCI staff; campus output generation Information sharing okayed; Prototypes launched Spring 2015. More Seamless Experience FC integrated directory of faculty members More Seamless Experience Restore Calendar alignment Restore alignment of campus Campus Registrars; calendars, particularly Deans; Board of starting of classes in second Directors semester More Seamless Experience Transportation and Class scheduling improvement Launch trials with express buses between Mt. Holyoke and Smith Neal Abraham and Nate Therien More Seamless Experience Transportation and Scheduling Study and comprehensive improvement Study transportation needs and how best to match them to class schedules, and bus service Neal Abraham and Nate Therien Thoughtful Administrative Convergence Student Brochure on Five College Opportunities Create a better promotional tool describing Five College opportunities for students Kevin Kennedy; Five College Admission Directors Projects substantially completed 5/22/2016 Page 16 Progress May 2016 Closer spring start dates adopted Fall 2010 for coming five years; Revised calendar alignment and planning policy approved 2013; adopted at UMass spring 2014. Spring 2015 begins greater divergence of Spring start dates. Express buses for high $70,000 in Private express buses added, 2010-­‐
demand interchange Fall FY11-­‐13; FY14: 11; replaced by expanded PVTA and Spring 2010/2011; add $36,000/year service 2011-­‐14 bus 39E with more for 2011-­‐2012. Fund added 9 express runs each way each day from campus assessments assessment; M-­‐F. Ridership up 50% Fall 11 to Fall as ridership supports new $35K from 12.State support given to PVTA bus schedule. Transportation plans to expand routes on Rt. 116 in Reserves summer and connecting to Holyoke. Analyze data for current No cost Improved Five College schedules on interchange and bus needs Bus 38 from UMass to MHC and 39 in Spring 2011/ Negotiate for SC to HC; launched Fall 2011 changes with PVTA & (shorter total trip by 10 min., never Seemo, more than one class period). Total Five College Bus ridership up 5% FY13. New Brochure: The Power Shared New Brochure “Power of Five” of Five/Spring 2011 published May 2011; revised summer 2014. Theme Project Goals Cost/Source Responsible Person and Deliverable/deadline Team Category 3 Identity and Community-­‐-­‐page 3 Five College Aspects to New Student Orientation Create programs within each campus’s new student orientation for presentation of Five College opportunities; midyear event as well Kevin Kennedy; Five College Student Coordinating Board; Five College Orientation Directors Five College new student orientation event / Fall 2011; Five College all student event January 2012 Shared Five College Faculty Advisory Council Create a new forum for faculty feedback to consortium administrators about Five College programs already in place and about ideas for new programs Neal Abraham and Nate Therien Form a Five College Faculty Advisory Council with 5-­‐6 members from each of the five campuses by Fall 2010 and convene meetings at least annually thereafter Sustainability; Thoughtful Administrative Convergence New Sustainability Projects: Blue Sky Brainstorm Engage all members of campus Jonathan Lash, Neal and neighboring communities Abraham, Beth Hooker in proposing possible sustainability initiatives More Seamless Experience More Seamless Experience More Seamless Experience Improve Cross-­‐
Registration See above (category 1: Academic Excellence). Rideshare Directory of employees Solicit proposals 2012; winnow and refine proposals 2012-­‐13; select best opportunities for reduced climate impact, savings, and student learning FC Student Coordinating Board organized socials in January 2012, 13, 14, 15, 16; FC Student government teas 2011, 12, 13, 15. Meal for 25 once First meeting of the Five or twice a year / College Faculty Advisory Coordinator’s Fund Council in Nov. 2011; compilation and discussion of ideas for improvements and new initiatives; second meeting April 2012; third meeting December 2012. Dormant since 2015. Depends on 500 proposals received; selected project; narrowed to 18; study $50,000 for groups continuing work. planning and early Recommendations from initiatives steering committee to Directors Spring 2013; plan for 2013-­‐14. See above (category 1: Academic Excellence) Provide aggregated employee directory to allow finding of peers by subgroup interests Maria Toyofuku Arrange automatic campus Staff time directory information feeds; allow individuals to update their profiles; Fall 2014 Projects substantially completed 5/22/2016 Progress May 2016 Page 17 Campus directory feeds established; prototype directory launched. Theme Project Goals Category 4 Information Technology FC IT inventory and assessment Thoughtful Administrative Convergence FC IT planning review and consultant More Seamless Experience Integrated KeyServer Implementation More Seamless Experience Virtual Computer Laboratory (VCL) Implementation Update records of projects and services on each campus Gain external perspective on collaboration opportunities and IT trends Improved possibilities for shared software licenses Improved possibilities for sharing desktop computer images and associated licenses Marketing dark fiber Use excess capacity; of FCN spread maintenance costs over more users Responsible Person and Team Deliverable/deadline Cost/ Source Maria Toyofuku and FC IT Directors Complete inventory/Fall 2010 Completed Spring 2011; to be continued annually. Neal Abraham, Maria Toyofuku, FC IT Directors Complete RFP/Summer 2010; Study/Fall 2010 Consultant cost: $38,000// Mellon Presidential Grant; Coordinator’s Fund Completed January 2011; IT Directors’ plan endorsed by Deans, Directors and PBOs in May 2011, for 2011-­‐2012. Maria Toyofuku and campus team leaders Standardize implementations/ Spring 2011 Summer workshop 2011; Project parked until it becomes more feasible under licenses. Maria Toyofuku and campus team leaders Implementation of VCL/ Spring 2011 Davis Ed funding; standardizing configurations of instances for data collection on usage. Davis Ed funding Maria Toyofuku, Barbara Lucey, Neal Abraham Retail leases of fiber/ Spring 2011; rfp for wholesale lease 2012-­‐
2013. $50,000 upfront investment/FCN budget assessments Marketing contractor discharged 2010; CDH 10-­‐year lease for gross $75K/yr., net $60K/yr, signed January 2013. Buildout completed; CDH services expanded in 2015 to include connections to Hadley, Atwood and Visiting Nurses. Crocker-­‐
Chicopee HS lease approved March 2013 for $5000/yr; Expanded services to towns of Amherst and Northampton 2015-­‐16. Projects substantially completed 5/22/2016 Page 18 Progress May 2016 Implemented at AC and HC, Fall 2011; expanding to UM. Now in individual campus workflows and project lists – disaster recovery under development.. Theme Project Goals Category 4 Information Technology–page 2 FCN – network equipment upgrade Thoughtful Administrative Convergence Responsible Person and Deliverable/deadline Team Cost/ Source Replace and upgrade obsolete optical and electronic equipment on the shared high speed fiber optic network; raise bandwidth to 10 Gb/s Investigate replacing obsolete equipment jointly installed 10 years ago; ensure maximum interoperability Barbara Lucey, Maria Toyofuku, IT Directors Purchase Feb 2013; purchase by March 2013; install by August 2013 $1,300,000 to $1,700,000; staff time for installation Maria Toyofuku; IT Directors; appointed task force Recs. by spring 2012, pilot purchases in summer and fall 2012; shared testing 2012-­‐13 $50K -­‐ $100K per campus Thoughtful Administrative Convergence Common and interoperable Videoconferencing equipment On-­‐line paperless application management tool for FC searches Streamline application processes; share application materials with committees Maria Toyofuku and Barbara Lucey; Smith HR department Transition for staff searches complete, Fall 2011 More Seamless Experience Shibboleth Federated Identity Authentication See above (category 3 entries) Implementation and production items Maria Toyofuku and campus team leaders Digital Humanities (see entry in Category 1: Academic Excellence) FC Drupal UG Move to applications: HC-­‐CMS; AC-­‐CMS; explore library catalog needs Exchange ideas, news, expertise Maria Toyofuku More Seamless Experience Projects substantially completed 5/22/2016 Page 19 Progress May 2016 Purchase approved March 2012; cost contracted at $850,000; with bundled maintenance; completed May 2014. Studies 2012; standards approved; Mount Holyoke and Smith purchased and installed pilot systems for 2012-­‐13; expanded 2013-­‐14; compatible systems at Amherst and UMass. Temp solution for Spring 2011; Implementation through Smith HR services began 2011; adopted Smith faculty search software for FC fellowships, fall, 2012. Use of Interfolio, Spring 2013; use of HireTouch implemented Fall 2014. Phase 1 implemented at all five campuses for many new web-­‐
based e-­‐services. Phase 2 underway. First group meeting in Oct, 2011; FC group meeting regularly; align with regional group. Theme Project Goals Category 4 Information Technology–page 3 Align intellectual property polices for digitized materials (see Category 1) Digital Materials Preservation/ Digital Asset Management More Seamless Experience Thoughtful Administrative Convergence Responsible Person and Team Deliverable/deadline Cost/ Source Maria Toyofuku and FC Library Taskforce – Five College Librarians Council Guidelines developed and shared. Explore best practices and develop shared services for preservation of digital materials (artifacts, docs, art, photographs) Digital Asset Management Force appointed by the Five College Library Directors with liaisons to the Five College IT Directors Maria Toyofuku and campus team leaders Preliminary Assessment and next step proposals by December 2013 Staff time Task force formed late fall 2012; aligning with library and museums interests in Fedora. Discussions continue. Exploring costing models and space in new UMass Science buildings; other mutual sharing possible. UMass option parked for space and cost reasons; alternatives to be explored. Hampshire and Mount Holyoke now sharing mutually. Discussions with UMass reopened summer 2016. Exchange ideas, news, expertise Maria Toyofuku Academic Deans, FC IT Directors College and FCI staff time More Seamless Experience Share/Hosted Data Centers More Seamless Experience Local Moodle UG More Seamless Experience Moodle – Federated Preliminary exploration FC view for students Projects substantially completed 5/22/2016 Page 20 Progress May 2016 Joined the start-­‐up of local Pioneer Valley Moodle group. Extends to other area colleges; met April 2012. Federation on hold for streamlining of campus processes. Preliminary exploration. (See above.) Theme Project Goals Responsible Person and Team Deliverable/deadline Cost/ Source Category 5 Local and Regional Engagement Inventory engagement activities and partners Identify opportunities and gaps FC CBL; Teacher education; FC College/Schools Partnership Draft comprehensive list/Fall 2010 Coordinate tutoring initiatives Explore tutoring best practices and training Marla Solomon, Partnership Advisory Council, FC-­‐CBL tutors, campus tutors Develop best practices Staff time for lists; coordinate coordination and/or share tutor training; coordinate locations served Open Five College Presence with UMass in Springfield Coordinate with John Mullin and Maryann Lombardi; Nate Therien and FC CBL committee Support new routes to teacher preparation Begin to apply Holyoke Compact ideas to Springfield community service efforts from a base office in Springfield Aid paraprofessional staff members in Amherst and Holyoke to gain teaching licenses Support nascent Springfield Bound program. Identify location and staffing/Fall 2010 Determine interest among para-­‐ professionals and their initial credentials; design subsequent program needs Staff costs; Holyoke office costs; programming costs. Staff costs; tuition support Open Five College presence with HCC in Holyoke Provide hosting and staffing for Holyoke Compact in Holyoke Coordinate with Jeff Hayden, HCC; Nate Therien and FC CBL committee. Identify location and staffing/Fall 2010 $31,000/ FC reserves moving to assessments Marla Solomon, Partnership Advisory Council; HCC; Beverly Bell MHC teacher education; Holyoke PS and Amherst-­‐Pelham PS HR directors; UMass UWW Projects substantially completed 5/22/2016 Page 21 Progress May 2016 List of 14 college tutoring programs, Fall 2012. FC-­‐CBL committee developed tracking system (spring/fall 2013). FC-­‐CBL and FC Partnerships Director meet regularly to coordinate, beginning Fall 2013. Updated version of placements in preparation. FC Partnership Advisory Council completed an inventory of tutor preparation strategies Spring 2014. Also shared best practices and on-­‐line resources for tutors. Partnership Director representing the colleges for Holyoke Early Literacy Initiative. Regularized Springfield Bound. Five College coordinator to work in Holyoke and Springfield; designated space too expensive as of 2011-­‐2012. Completed survey of interest in Amherst-­‐Pelham and Holyoke Public Schools. Designed BA completion route with HCC and colleges or UMass UWW. Designed pathway to licensure through coordinated enrollment in new MHC MAT. Created Diverse Teacher Workforce Coalition to support new pathways for teachers of color Spring 2016. FCCBL space at the Holyoke Transportation Center in Fall 2011; coordinator added Fall 2011. Exploration of Holyoke Design Ctr. Spring/Fall 2013. Theme Project Goals Category 5 Local and Regional Engagement-­‐-­‐page 2 Develop options for coordinated express transportation to and from Holyoke Expand community service in Springfield Provide internet support to UMass & Five College spaces in Springfield Sustainability Joint community-­‐
campus Sustainability Projects: Blue Sky Brainstorm Thoughtful Administrative Convergence Build networks to support regional math-­‐science K-­‐12 partnerships Assist in connection to the MBI network and its middle mile program Responsible Person and Team Deliverable/ deadline Cost/ Source Improved employee and student transportation; improved access for community service; economy Neal Abraham, CBL committee; PVTA Proposed trial routes/fall 2010; implement Fall 2011 New PVTA bus routes to serve HTC 2011-­‐
2012 unsuccessful; replaced by UMass field trip buses 2012-­‐2014: revised routes successful. Improved access and planning for community service; via transportation, information and training. Neal Abraham, CBL Committee; PV14 group Explore possible routes; explore possible coordination; implement strategies in 2014 PVTA: $60,000/ FC Transportation reserves; $19,000 move to assessments of AC, HC, MHC, and UM in 2013-­‐14 Expensive to add buses; other more modest projects take conversation and staff time PARKED. Alternative solutions found and implemented by UMass Amherst. George Avrunin, Sue Thrasher (FCI) now Marla Solomon; Farshid Hajir; Harriet Pollatsek; school colleague PIs NSF funding; Five College matching funds; school district funds. Maria Toyofuku (FCI); Donna Baron (MBI) NSF $300,000 for 2-­‐yrs of Western Mass Math Partnership April 2011; week-­‐long workshops in June 2011, 2012; $7M NSF grant proposal Dec 2012; not funded June 2013; continued with Five College matching funds; new $7.5 million proposal submitted March 2014 – not funded. New Foundation proposals in preparation Spring 2015, 2016. Discussions continuing 2010-­‐13 with MBI staff and network operator. PARKED. Not available model or opportunity. Recruit community members for ideas and participation in new sustainability initiatives See entry under Category 2 and Category 3: Maria Toyofuku (FCI); Dan Blanchard (UMass); Chris Misra (UMass) Projects substantially completed 5/22/2016 Page 22 Progress May 2016 Regularized Springfield Bound; providing targeted joint funding for shuttles as needed; exploring use of Springfield College CBL center. Theme Project Goals Category 5 Local and Regional Engagement–page 3 Work on outreach and planning for the Holyoke High Performance Computing Center Help to place visiting writers, artists, musicians in school activities Thoughtful Administrative Convergence Coordinate Museum programming such as “Table for 10” Thoughtful Administrative Convergence Five College Collaboration with groups to promote regional tourism Civil War Centennial program for the Pioneer Valley by “Five College Learning in Retirement” Education Dialogues Responsible Person and Team Deliverable/deadli
ne Cost/ Source Maria Toyofuku, Neal Abraham, Rick Adrion, Marla Solomon Share the intellectual and artistic talent coming to the Five Colleges to strengthen regional schools Nate Therien; Sue Thrasher then Marla Solomon Joint marketing identity Cultural identity for Western Massachusetts Build on initiatives of Museums10 for similar regional partnerships Provoke thoughts on civil conflict and the causes/conseque
nces of US Civil War Encourage community and campus conversations on education topics Melissa Breor then Taliesin Nyala, Kevin Kennedy Coordinated advertising, publicity, and marketing Kevin Kennedy, with other regional groups (Chambers of Commerce, etc.) Formation of a Regional Tourism Council / Spring 2011 None 5CLIR – Chuck Gillies Sue Thrasher; Nancy Goff Programming planned for Fall 2011 Grant funding, LIR funding, modest FCI Coordinator’s Fund Marla Solomon Major conversations with school teachers and administrators and campus staff $5000/yr Projects substantially completed 5/22/2016 Page 23 Progress May 2016 Discussions continue for Holyoke Innovation District. Five College representative now on Executive Committee of the PV STEMNET. Exploring connection options for college projects. Use of FC Lecture Pete Tridish – Community Media workshops funds; $65K in (Public Policy Residency Fall 2013); DuBois Taiwan foundation in our Time, Fall 2013. Barbara Fields grant lecture (ISP) for teachers Spring 2014. Spotlight Taiwan funding enabled visits to K-­‐12 by three successive major visitors. Support FC History at UMass; lecture program includes K-­‐12 outreach. $40,000 Project completed January 2011. Working Grant funded by MCC with area hotels and restaurants via HCRTC to create Museums month in Feb 2015; no event in 2015, perhaps in 2016. New HCRTC formed; joint Museums10 and HCRTC FCI employee hired, Jan 2013. KK served on HCRTC board 2010-­‐13. He is serving in an advisory role to both HCRTC and regional chamber initiative. MCC and other funding received; program successfully completed in October 2011 with Spring 2012 reprise. Major event each spring 2015 and 2016. Large community attendance. Theme Project Category 5 Local and Regional Engagement –page 4 Thoughtful Develop coordinated Administrative services to support Convergence K-­‐12 Education in Pioneer Valley Goals Work with superintendents to identify their needs and ways the colleges can better coordinate offering services; coordinate with regional 14 colleges and universities as possible partners Inventory needs and ensure coordinated support for local school systems Responsible Person and Team Deliverable/ deadline Cost/ Source Neal Abraham, Sue Thrasher/ Marla Solomon, Five College CBL committee Complete preliminary discussions in Fall 2011; develop specific initiatives in Spring 2012 Coordination is low cost; seek funding once initiatives are selected Sue Thrasher/Marla Solomon and School district representatives Plan for support of Amherst school needs/fall 2010; plans for other local schools/spring 2011 Greater community engagement; new partnerships; regional planning Collect statistics to document current use and use that to improve. None Plan strengthened support for local community schools Sustainability Riverscaping Project Work with the community Nate Therien, to identify best practices in Karen Kohler, community and government Thom Long for protecting watershed Sustainability Local food sourcing Support local farms and food producers, including from on-­‐campus sources. Provide fresher food. Dining Services Directors Sustainability Sustainability Bridging Strengthen connections between undergraduate and graduate programs Sustainability faculty members; Nate Therien; Sarah Lince Establish ways for Improve engagement of Maria Toyofuku community members community members with and FC IT staff to access FCI services Five College working groups members Develop new courses and connections between graduate and undergraduate curricula Create Open ID for links to IT services by 2013 Projects substantially completed 5/22/2016 Page 24 $200,000/ EU grant Progress May 2016 Meetings with Holyoke and Springfield Public School leadership groups by January 2012; meetings with rural superintendents in 2011-­‐
2012; survey of superintendents Spring 2013; met new Holyoke superintendent Sept. 2013. FC Schools Partnership Restructures with strong advisory committee. Supporting Amherst Schools superintendent advisory group; Five College support for Minority Student Achievement Network meeting Fall 2013. Supported grant proposal for new ARPS Family Center Spring 2014. Helped ARPS gain access to Museums10 educators. Project funded by US rep of EU; project completed with two exchanges and international conference; four local built projects. As part of colleges‘ dining services budgets; Kendall Foundation grants $30,000 from Mellon Bridging Grant AC farm; UM natural food dining; HC farm-­‐
dining connection. Staff time. Implemented. New courses developed and team-­‐taught. Theme Community Engagement Project Goals Category 5 Local and Regional Engagement –page 5 Doors to the World for children’s literacy Create new pathways for you school children to engage with language arts curriculum Responsible Person and Team Deliverable/ deadline Cost/ Source Progress May 2016 Marla Solomon New on-­‐line curricula linked to global children’s literacy Longwood foundation grant Website prepared for launch late summer 2016. Teacher curriculum grants in 2015 and 2016. Projects substantially completed 5/22/2016 Page 25