Where Opportunity Meets Excellence

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Where Opportunity Meets Excellence

• Strategic Plan Implementation Update
• April 22, 2015

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Renovations and Updates

• Arcelio Aponte
• Vice Provost for Budget and Administration

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Projects in Progress

• 15 Washington (including performance space in the
  Great Room)
• Classroom improvements this summer
  (25-30 classroom upgrades)
• Express Newark-Hahnes
• Life Sciences II
• Enhanced wi-fi indoor outdoor
• Improvements to Stonesby Dining
• Robeson lounge spaces

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Next Steps

• Additional Classroom Upgrade Program (Total 3
  Year Program)
• Third Space Hahnes Development
• Honors Living Learning Community
• Transit Hub Facility
• Street and Landscape Overlay

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The Student Experience

• John Gunkel
• Vice Provost for Academic Programs and Services

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Co-Location of Key Student Services

• Admissions/Welcome Center
• Enrollment Services Registrar, Student
  Accounting, Financial Aid, One Stop
• Academic Services Advisement, Career Services

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Central to Physical Campus
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Improvement Now!

• New Student Information System
• Student Oriented Web Site
• One Stop
• Creation of Academic Pathways Plans
• Student Success Platform and Communications
  Tools
• Expand Learning Communities
• More Integration of Advising and Career Services

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Staffing for the New Mission Action Group

• Co-Chairs
• Bil Leipold (School of Criminal Justice)
• Christina Strasburger (FAS-N History/African
  American and African Studies)

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Staffing for the New Mission Group Members
Member Name University Organization
Bonilla, Angie Housing Residence Life
Clarke, Patty Athletics
Cunha, Tony University Facilities
DeMicco, Bob Rutgers Business School
Elahraf, Abeer FAS-N (Deans Office)
Gibbs, Aaron Rutgers Business (Undergraduate Programs)
Giordano, Elaine School of Law Library
Geddis, Melissa Graduate Student/Researcher
Hartland, Melissa FAS-N (MFA)
Hendrix, Jamie Public Safety
Kabir, Arif Newark Computing Services
Kressel, Ken FAS-N (Psychology)
Nagle, Josephine School of Law School
Perry, Kinna Honors College/GS-N
Pinto-Figueroa, Sofia FAS-N (Office of Academic Services)
Reyes, Sandy Graduate School-Newark
Rowe, Betsy FAS-N (Deans Office)
Santana, Engelbert Rutgers Educational Opportunity Fund
Williams, Amber Technology and Learning Spaces
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Staffing for the New Mission Process

• Process

• Sub-teams

• Readings
• Researching
• Benchmarking
• Regularly scheduled meetings
• Draft of report
• Summer report out to staff/individual
  reviewers/Office of the Chancellor
• Final report due in Oct

• Voice
• Professional Development
• Staff Recognition
• Talent Management
• Communication

• upcoming activities

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Staffing for the New Mission Recommendations

• Create a Staff Council
• Advise Chancellor Office of the Chancellor
• Collaborate with Student Government Associations
  and Faculty Council
• Implement Talent Management Philosophy throughout
  the University
• Ensure that current HR is staffed to implement
  new philosophy
• Create Employee Experience processes, events
  and information that speak to the mission
• Invest in our current staff by providing
  opportunities (e.g. job sharing)
• Create and implement advisory group for talent
  management
• Create Learning Development Team
• Provide learning opportunities through various
  platforms (e.g. classroom, online)
• Collaborate with the organizations in Newark to
  create a learning community that would share
  resources (e.g. Prudential, Audible)

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Staffing for the New Mission Recommendations

• Develop Staff Recognition Programs Events that
  Support the New Mission
• Create and implement awards for individuals,
  teams and departments that support and advance
  the mission
• Provide tools and programs that will support
  year-round recognition
• Integrate the Staff and Staffing with the Greater
  Newark Community
• Provide recruitment and training pathways for
  community members
• Create and implement volunteer policies for staff
• Increase and Enhance Communication
• Create a condensed version (1-2 page handout) of
  the strategic plan
• Collaborate with University Communications to
  highlight staff, create a staff-focused website
  and other platforms
• Create and implement monthly or quarterly
  information-sharing events to keep staff informed

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The New ProfessoriateAction Group

• Co-Chairs
• David Troutt (School of Law)
• Minglu Wang (Dana Library)

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New Professoriate Group Members
Member Name University Organization
Abbas, Sadia FAS-N (English)
Arena, Jennifer FAS-N (Writing Program)
Barnett, Mike Rutgers Business School
Bonder, Ed FAS-N (Biology)
Brunson, Rod School of Criminal Justice
Butterfield, Sherri-Ann FAS-N (Sociology/Deans Office)
Caplan, Karen FAS-N (History)
Christian, Johnna School of Criminal Justice
Deutsch, Stuart School of Law
Henein, Marina School of Criminal Justice
Jett, Quintus School of Public AffairsAdmin
Johnson Jr., John Graduate School-Newark
Jordan, Van FAS-N (MFA)
Puhak, Robert FAS-N (Mathematics)
Robinson, Jeff Rutgers Business School
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Discussion Questions for Schools/Departments

• Supporting and Evaluating Publicly Engaged
  Scholarship (PES)
• Innovations in Promotion and Tenure Criteria
• Building Institutional Resources for the New
  Professoriate
• Non-Tenure Track Faculty and Part-time Lecturers
• Graduate and Post-graduate Training

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Preliminary Recommendations

• RU-N should issue multiple annual PES awards from
  a central office and offer renewable research
  funds for faculty across the University
• RU-N should vigorously adopt definitions,
  evaluation standards and reward structures that
  encourage widespread interest in PES among all of
  its faculty
• RU-N should commit to a mechanism for ensuring
  faculty training and resources for development
  and mentoring
• RU-N should re-establish a Center for Teaching
  Excellence
• RU-N should create a graduate Office of Career
  Training

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Research and Scholarship

• Nabil Adam
• Vice Chancellor for Research Collaborations
• Todd Clear, Provost (Presenter)

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Invest in Collaborative Academic and Research
Programs

• Foster synergistic multidisciplinary research
  across academic units within RU-N and across
  Rutgers (RU-NB, RBHS) and NJIT
• Promote research at the undergraduate level
• Ensure effective communications with counterparts
  across the University and the office of Sr. VP
  for Research and Economic Development
• Ensure responsiveness to issues faced by research
  active faculty and effective communications with
  faculty across RU-N
• Ensure RU-Ns share in University-wide research
  resources,
• Engage RU-N faculty, students, and staff with the
  RU-N community to advance research that is
• rooted in addressing real-world complex problems,
  
• tested in a real-world field test environment,
  and
• validated using real-world data
• Key aim students and faculty who are among the
  top in their respective fields addressing issues
  of direct concern to the community

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Putting These Principles into Actions

• 1) Established the Research Advisory Committee
  (RAC)
• Includes representative faculty from RU-N
  academic units
• Meets monthly with the Provost, VC for Research,
  and other members of the Provost/Chancellor's
  office
• 2) Reorganized RU-N ORSP
• A new position, entitled Research Facilitator
  has been created and is being advertised
• A 3rd Grant Specialist position is added to
  complement our current staff
• Professional and career development of RU-N ORSP
  Staff
• Works with leadership across the Rutgers units to
  enhance collaborations in three areas of
  strength
• Neuroscience (collaboration includes RBHS,
  Kessler, VA, NJIT)
• Data Science, Learning, and Applications
• Strong, Healthy, and Safe Neighborhoods

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• 4) Initiated Multidisciplinary Research Teams
  (IMRT) Awards
• Fosters multi-disciplinary research teams that
  can tackle the complex, multi-faceted research
  questions that face us today
• Awards to be announced beginning of May
• 5) Advanced numerous research initiatives
• Institute for Data Science, Learning
  Applications (I-DSLA)
• Secured RU-N HRT Chair line in Big Data
• Became an NSF site -part of NSF Industry
  University Collaboration
• Partnered with Columbia, NY, Cornell on the NSF
  Northeast BD Innovation Hub
• Launched Spring 2015 Speaker Series and workshops

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Seed Grant Initiative

• Kyle Farmbry, Chair (Graduate School-Newark)
• Lindsey McDougle, Presenter (School of Public
  AffairsAdmin)

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Seed Grant Committee Members
Member Name University Organization
Englot, Anne FAS-N (Arts, Culture and Media)
McDougle, Lindsey School of Public AffairsAdmin
Monteiro, Lyra FAS-N (History)
Morisseau, Natalia Office of Financial Aid
Oppenheim, Rosa Rutgers Business School
Rengifo, Andres School of Criminal Justice
Richardson, Lyneir Rutgers Business School
Russell, Shana FAS-N (American Studies)
Shon, Jongmin School of Public AffairsAdmin
Simmons, Michael Cornwall Center
Slater, Lee FAS-N (Earth Envir Sciences)
Valverde, Jennie School of Law
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Purpose To fund single or multi-year projects
that create new infrastructure to support
scholarship, education, and community engagement.

• Projects must be
• Cross-cutting
• Sustainable
• Bridge building
• Innovative
• Impact

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Status

• Seventy-two proposals submitted (currently under
  review)
• Wide range of exciting and collaborative ideas
  across broad areas of innovation
• Economic development
• Strong, healthy neighborhoods
• K-20 education
• Diversity and social justice
• Science
• Arts and culture
• New degree programs
• Announcements expected first week of May (of
  funding and broad next steps)

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Leveraging Our DiversityAction Group

• Co-Chairs
• Shigeo Iwamiya (Residential Life)
• Jyl Josephson (FAS-N Political Science)

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Leveraging Our Diversity Group Members
Member Name University Organization
Abdelbasset, Eslam Student Governing Association
Brenner-Moyer, Stacey FAS-N (Chemistry)
Devore-Leslie, Lesley Office of University Community Partnerships
DiTomaso, Nancy Rutgers Business School
Gonsalves, Josie School of Public AffairsAdmin (student)
Gonzalez, Rigoberto FAS-N (English)
Goodman, James FAS-N (History)
Hall, Roxanne Psychology (student)
Harber, Kent FAS-N (Psychology)
Hsu, Joanne Program on American Language Studies
Laurencin, Edith School of Criminal Justice
Osorio-Fernandez, Arturo Rutgers Business School
Perry, Twila School of Law
Raphael, Tim FAS-N (Arts, Culture, and Media)
Rivera, Luis FAS-N (Psychology)
Tantay-Wilson, Theresa Health Services
Tello, Giancarlo Political Science (student)
Vaughn-Handy, Marcel FAS-N (Development)
Walton, Clayton Student Life/Paul Robeson Campus Center
Williams, Jerome Rutgers Business School
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UNPACKING DIVERSITY
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Leveraging and Increasing Diversity through Full
Participation

• Leveraging and increasing Pre-K through 20
  diversity
• More effective pathways to higher education
  including diversifying faculty and staff
• Recruiting and mentoring the future diverse
  faculty by identifying students early on
• Increasing and leveraging the diversity of our
  curriculum and pedagogy
• Co-taught courses with community partners, with
  staff, across colleges and disciplines
• Community engagement in the curriculum
• Mentoring for staff, faculty, students, and
  administrators
• Leveraging and increasing language diversity
• Establishment of Center of Language Resources
• Assessing our policies and our progress
• Rutgers University-Newark Diversity Audit

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Anchor Mission Action Group

• Co-Chairs
• Roland Anglin (Cornwall Center)
• Consuella Askew (Dana Library)

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Anchor Mission Group Members
Member Name University Organization
Auffant, Nicole GS-N (Urban Systems)
Bell, Anonda Robeson Gallery
Boxer, Paul FAS-N (Psychology)
Canty-Barnes, Esther School of Law
Caplan, Joel School of Criminal Justice
Devance, Donita Office of University Community Partnerships
Eastman, Wayne Rutgers Business School
Hoontis, Peter School of Public AffairsAdmin
Keene, John FAS-N (English/African African-American Studies)
Kline, Nick FAS-N (Arts, Culture and Media)
Krasovic, Mark FAS-N (History)
Lyons, Kevin Rutgers Business School
Pandit, Nikita Paul Robeson Campus Center
Sajjad, Kerin Rutgers Business School (Student)
Satter, Beryl FAS-N (History)
Schaefer, Karina FAS-N (Biology)
Scott-Pickens, Lori School of Criminal Justice
Surles, Elizabeth Institute of Jazz Studies
Thomas, Shanice School of Public AffairsAdmin (Student)
Walker McCall, Deborah Academic Foundations Center/EOF
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Working Definition

• An anchor institution is a placed-based
  organization that persists in communities over
  generations, serving as social glue, economic
  engines, or both. 
• Cantor, N., Englot, P. Higgins, M. (2013).
  Making the Work of Anchor Institutions Stick
  Building Coalitions and Collective Expertise. p.20

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Recommendations

• K-20 Pipeline
• Invest in a time limited (six months) process to
  present and explain pipeline initiatives such as
  the Honors Living Learning Community (HLLC) and
  the Newark City of Learning Collaborative (NCLC)
  which seeks to increase postsecondary attainment
  in Newark from 17 to 25 by 2025 to the
  University community
• Science and the Urban Environment
• Explore putting in place an incentive structure
  to encourage staff, faculty and students to work
  on sustainability concerns both internally and in
  the wider region. Such incentives should
  encompass research and active engagement in the
  community

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Recommendations

• Arts and Culture
• Increase support for existing Arts programs on
  campus and coordination of arts education across
  disciplines
• Economic Development
• Develop an internal plan to coordinate RU-Ns
  role in local economic development
• Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods
• Incentivize community engagement work through
  support for programs that bring our university
  community together to share their projects and
  for some, to learn how to engage in such work.

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Honors Living Learning Community

• Co-Chairs
• Shirley M. Collado (Executive Vice
  Chancellor/Exec Vice Provost)
• Sherri-Ann P. Butterfield (Senior Associate Dean,
  Arts Sciences/Sociology)

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HLLC Action Group Members
Member Name University Organization
Aponte, Arcelio Office of the Chancellor
Battle-Brown, LaToya Admissions
Bonilla, Angie Housing and Residential Life
Brunson, Rod School of Criminal Justice
Civico, Aldo FAS-N (Sociology Anthropology)
Gilbert, Brett A. Rutgers Business School
Hoontis, Peter School of Public AffairsAdmin
Kurland, Robert Rutgers Business School
Leipold, Bil School of Criminal Justice
McDougle, Lindsey School of Public AffairsAdmin
Moncada, Eduardo FAS-N (Political Science)
Monga, Ashwani Rutgers Business School
Morisseau, Natalia Office of Financial Aid
Rouff, Ashaki FAS-N (Earth Environmental Sciences)
Sloan-Power, Elizabeth FAS-N (Social Work)
Stewart-Winter, Timothy FAS-N (History)
Takesue, Kimi FAS-N (Arts, Culture Media)
Van de Walle, Gretchen FAS-N Deans Office
Veysey, Bonita Office of the Chancellor/SCJ
Walton, Clayton Student Life/Paul Robeson Campus Center
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Local Citizenship in a Global World

• Inclusive Admissions Identifying Talent and
  Redefining Merit
• Focus on Persistence, Retention, and College
  Completion
• 500 Residents with many students from Newark and
  Greater Newark
• Diverse Populations First Years, Transfers, and
  Non-traditional Students
• Cohort based, Living-learning Model
• Leadership, Innovation, Citizenship, and more

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Intersections of Key Issues Impacting the HLLC
Student Experience
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QA

• Eslam Adbelbasset, President, Student Governing
  Assn
• Moderator