Goal 3: Productive Partnerships
We will develop and sustain partnerships to benefit the people and communities within the MSU service region, Appalachia and beyond.
Objective 1: Strengthen and expand long-term and sustainable partnerships with business, government, education, health care and nonprofit organizations.
Key Strategies:
- Strengthen the coordination of all MSU outreach activities to better prioritize and align resources to support a defined and realistic set of operational goals and objectives.
- Review and expand advisory board for Center for Regional Engagement with membership from business, education, health care, government and nonprofits.
Objective 2: Promote and support regional economic development and job creation.
Key Strategies:
- Build capacity for developing and delivering entrepreneurship programming across campus.
- Expand existing entrepreneurship education programs in K-12 system.
- Collaborate and partner with Workforce Investment Boards on economic development, job creation and internships.
Objective 3: Connect regional partnerships to on-campus research and educational strengths.
Key Strategies:
- Effectively engage and educate the academic community in supporting regional outreach.
- Create and reinforce formal collaborative structures within MSU designed to meet critical needs in region.
Objective 4: Develop rigorous, systematic evaluations of outreach activities.
Key Strategies:
- Establish goals and measures of impact for outreach activities.
Objective 5: Promote and support outreach activities that demonstrate a positive impact on the MSU service region.
Key Strategies:
- Develop and distribute an annual report/publication communicating the impact of outreach activities to the public.
- Identify groups/methods to effectively communicate quality and impact of outreach activities.
- Promote and host targeted fundraising, pride raising and networking events.
Productive Partnerships: Key Performance Measures
- Number of P-12 students served by MSU outreach programs
- Percentage of SCH online
- Number of businesses participating in the career fair
- Number of student-hours contributed annually in regional engagement activities
- Number of services provided to the community