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The Year in Preview
Deans, Directors and Chairs Meeting
Chancellor Pam Shockley-Zalabak
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UCCS Americas Premier Regional Comprehensive
Research University

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Year in Preview
A look back Thoughts
When I want to understand what is happening
today, or try to decide what will happen
tomorrow, I look back, Oliver Wendell
Holmes Look back, and smile at perils past,
Sir Walter Scott
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Year in Preview
A look back Inventing the Future

• Areas identified
• Student retention and recruitment
• Financial aid
• Division of Innovation
• Experiential learning and innovation
• Chancellors area reorganization
• VCAF reorganization
• CU Foundation reorganization

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Year in Preview
Inventing the Future Recruitment and retention

• Barbara Gaddis as director of retention
• Enrollment Management Team
• Freshman Seminar sections
• Focus on undeclared majors
• Visits to southern Colorado community colleges
• Daniels Fund grant to aid transfer students
• Increased WUE role, non-resident recruitment

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Year in Preview
Inventing the Future Recruitment and retention

• Graduate student recruitment retreat
• Recruitment coordinator assigned to graduate dean
• New UCCS logo
• Inventing the Future Financial Aid
• Aid for low-income students increased
• Multi-year financial aid commitments
• Improved freshman merit aid award

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Year in Preview
Inventing the Future Division of Innovation

• Decision to retain current structure
• Bachelors of Innovation degree
• Approved by colleges
• Interdisciplinary
• Unique
• UBAC Review
• CCHE, Regents to review

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Year in Preview
Inventing the Future Experiential Learning

• Bachelors in Innovation
• Bachelors in Criminal Justice
• Doctorate in Nursing Practice
• PhD. in Education Leadership (proposed)
• Freshman Seminar sections
• Head of the Class
• Life and Death
• Garbage

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Year in Preview
Inventing the Future Chancellors Area

• Merge alumni relations with community relations
• Affirmative action functions become part of
  broader social equity focus

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Year in Preview
Inventing the Future Administration and Finance

• Division of Resource Management formed from
  Budget Office, Accounting Office, Bursars
  Office, Loan Administration
• Division of Human Resources brings together
  personnel functions
• TRD model with CU Foundation
• Ent
• Mountain Lion field
• Campus entry signs

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Year in Preview
Inventing the Future CU Foundation

• Martin Wood, chief operating officer,
  Advancement
• Funding shifted to Presidents Office
• Marketing planning

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Year in Preview
Whats Ahead

• NCA
• Salary initiatives
• VCAA search
• New faculty and staff positions
• Construction
• Blue Ribbon Commission
• recommendations
• Strategic planning

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Year in Preview
Whats Ahead NCA visit

• All campus process
• Accreditation renewal fundamental
• Website updates required
• Flexibility required
• Nov. 13 and 14 campus visit
• David Moon, associate vice chancellor,
• Academic Affairs, leads process

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Year in Preview
Whats Ahead NCA visit continued

• Goals review and counsel
• Five criteria
• -- Mission and integrity
• -- Preparing for future
• -- Student learning and effectiveness
• -- Knowledge
• -- Engagement and service

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Year in Preview
Whats Ahead Faculty salary committee
Tom Christensen, dean, Letters, Arts and
Sciences Ceil Malek, senior instructor,
English Robyn Marschke, interim director,
Institutional Research La Vonne Neal, dean,
Education Jim Null, professor, Political
Science Allen Schoffstall, professor,
Chemistry Gayanne Scott, director, Resource
Management Susan Szpyrka, associate vice
chancellor, Administration and Finance Tom
Zwirlein, professor, Business
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Year in Preview
Whats Ahead Staff salary committee
Kathy Andrus, director, Teaching and Learning
Center Sean Flaherty, director, Residence
Life Jeremy Haefner, dean, Engineering and
Applied Science Robyn Marschke, interim director,
Institutional Research Drew Martorella, producing
director, Theatreworks Carole Schoffstall, dean,
Beth-El College of Nursing Gayanne Scott,
director, Resource Management Susan Szpyrka,
associate vice chancellor, Administration and
Finance William Whitfield, manager, Parking
Services
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Year in Preview
Whats Ahead VCAA search
Cathy Brittain, accountant, Loan
Administration Tom Christensen, dean, Letters,
Arts and Sciences (co-chair) Randy De Pry,
associate professor, Education Gwen Gennaro,
director, Sponsored Programs Kathy LaSala,
associate dean, Beth-El College of Nursing Mary
Lou Makepeace, Colorado Springs Ceil Malek,
senior instructor, English Leslie Manning, dean,
Kraemer Family Library (co-chair) Chris Martinez,
senior instructor, Kraemer Family Library Eric
Olson, associate dean, College of Business and
Administration Gayanne Scott, director, Resource
Management Sudhanshu Semwal, professor, Computer
Science Kay Smith, graduate student Kee Warner,
professor, Sociology Mary Yates, director, Campus
Life
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Year in Preview
Whats Ahead New faculty and staff positions
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Year in Preview
Whats Ahead Construction

• Dwire
• Recreation Center
• Science/Engineering
• Heller Center
• Roads

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Year in Preview
Whats Ahead Blue Ribbon Commission

• Sept. 29 meeting at UCDHSC
• 18 recommendations in six broad areas
• -- Increase diversity of faculty, staff and
  students
• -- Strengthen retention of diverse faculty,
  staff and students
• -- Build an inclusive campus climate
• -- Increase community outreach
• -- Share best practices
• -- Develop diversity plans with accountability
  and performance
• measures

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Year in Preview
Whats Ahead Strategic Planning Process

• Key elements
• 2007-2012 time frame
• Build excellence
• Deepen learning experience
• Enhance diversity
• Build bridges to community
• Secure financial future
• Shared responsibility culture

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Year in Preview
Whats Ahead Strategic Planning Process
UCCS Mission The Colorado Springs campus of the
university of Colorado shall be a comprehensive
baccalaureate university with selective admission
standards. The Colorado Springs campus shall
offer liberal arts and sciences, business,
engineering, health sciences, and teacher
preparation undergraduate degree programs, and a
selected number of masters and doctoral degree
programs.
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Year in Preview
Whats Ahead Strategic Planning Process
UCCS Vision The University of Colorado at
Colorado Springs will provide unsurpassed,
student-centered teaching and learning, and
outstanding research and creative work that serve
our community, state, and nation, and result in
our recognition as the premier comprehensive,
regional research university in the United States
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Year in Preview
Whats Ahead Strategic Planning Process

• UCCS Values
• Excellence
• Student Success
• Community interactions
• Enriching environment
• Quality teaching
• Research and creative work
• Service
• Staff contribution
• Innovation and change
• Life-long learning

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Year in Preview
Whats Ahead Strategic Planning Process

• Academic Strategic Plan, Peg Bacon
• Facilities Strategic Plan, Brian Burnett
• Diversity Strategic Plan, Kee Warner
• Student Success, Jim Henderson
• Sustainability Strategic Plan, Linda Kogan
• Financial, Brian Burnett
• Marketing, Martin Wood
• Faculty and staff compensation, Pam
  Shockley-Zalabak
• Overall UCCS Goals, Pam Shockley-Zalabak