Goal 2: Student Success
We will provide experiences that enrich academic, co-curricular and career goals.
Objective 1: Enhance and promote our safe and healthy campus community.
- Develop a systematic way to identify where students are employed after graduation to obtain feedback that will inform program validity and improvement.
- Use the Academic Program Needs Assessment model effectively to guide resource reallocation decisions.
- Conduct environmental scans annually to inform program strategic planning.
- Evaluate opportunities to infuse career planning, job search and readiness into program curriculum using institutional resources.
- Expand and enhance experiential program to prepare students for workforce by effectively using on- and off-campus resources
Key Strategies:
- Maintain and enhance current student programs and activities to ensure that they promote healthy lifestyles.
- Conduct an annual systematic review and communication of emergency, health and safety information.
- Increase police officer visibility and campus community connections.
- Educate, train and support faculty and staff with regard to identifying and reporting students who are of concern or in crisis in a timely and appropriate manner.
Objective 2: Promote global awareness and inclusion.
Key Strategies:
- Collaboratively develop and implement co-curricular and residential campus-side programs and activities which enhance global awareness and promote inclusion.
Objective 3: Create and sustain a culture that supports and respects a diverse student population in their intellectual growth and completion of a degree.
Key Strategies:
- Adopt institution-wide standards for respecting, developing and sustaining a culture of inclusion.
- Enhance current and build new partnerships and collaborations between various campus entities in order to provide efficient, wraparound support.
- Develop and implement an online reporting and feedback system to identify and resolve campus access issues for students with disabilities.
- Review and implement the Internationalizing the Campus Strategic Plan to enhance current programs to support international students and scholars.
Objective 4: Strengthen student programming and wellness activities.
Key Strategies:
- Increase the number and variety of recreational opportunities for students that enhance their educational and personal experiences.
- Develop and schedule programming on critical campus safety and wellness topics.
- Utilize an internal advisory board to create, implement and support new student co-curricular programming opportunities.
Objective 5: Improve residential housing options and experiences.
Key Strategies:
- Identify and implement standards of excellence for housing staff and facilities.
- Enhance housing staff training and student staff compensation.
- Create and implement a clear and focused replacement plan for furnishings and equipment.
- Assess and address student satisfaction with the campus residential experience.
Objective 6: Strengthen the collaboration between Academic Affairs and Student Life.
Key Strategies:
- Establish an internal advisory board to create, implement and support new student co-curricular programming opportunities.
- Institutionally support collaborative programming built on proven models and/or examples.
- Identify strategies to support students staying/working on campus.
Objective 7: Produce knowledgeable graduates prepared for the workforce, advanced careers and professional education.
Key Strategies:
- Update student hiring practices and ensure that work study/graduate assistant/internship opportunities provide students with real-world experiences in situations that develop soft skills.
- Create and implement learning outcomes for student workers.
Objective 8: Assist students as they transition from postsecondary education into the workforce or graduate education.
Key Strategies:
- Develop a formalized college- and discipline-based career/graduate school mentoring program for students.
- Explore and systematically implement opportunities to incorporate transition activities/experiences into academic programs.
- Explore tools and strategies to connect students to programs/careers.
Objective 9: Enhance the awareness and support of MSU Athletics.
Key Strategies:
- Develop new promotional programs to encourage participation in athletic events.
- Host pre-game activities for alumni and friends in appropriate locations.
- Conduct targeted fundraising appeals for athletics.
Student Success: Key Performance Measures
- Results from the NSSE Engagement Indicator of Learning with Peers, which includes collaborative learning and discussions with diverse others
- Number of total degrees awarded
- Number of bachelor’s degrees
- Number of master’s degrees
- Number of doctoral degrees
- Number of STEM + H degrees
- Number of credits to degree
- Student satisfaction with residential experience, student life programming and services, co-curricular academic activities, etc.