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Goal 2
Goal 2: Enhance connections with the university and the community
Objective 1: Increase the visibility of CAS
Action 1: Create new opportunities for faculty from all colleges to get involved with CAS activities
Metric 1: Contact university ticket offices for statistics regarding student, faculty/staff, and community attendance
Action 2: Celebrate accomplishments of CAS faculty on university-wide basis
a. Establish a CAS “Get To Know Us” Day; an introduction to who we are and what we do
b. Create a “Monthly Forum in CAS” (for the sharing of papers, research, state-of-the–art technology, field research and studies, poetry reading, mini theater and musical performances, etc.)
c. Increase visibility of CAS through online, website notification of important CAS events and happenings (i.e. campus newsreel)
d. Establish a “ CAS Person of the Month” (selection process to be determined)
e. Develop a meaningful once-a-year collaborative project that gives exposure and credibility to our efforts
Metric 1: Establish database of faculty accomplishments from Cornerstones
Metric 2: Use new university online portfolio system to collect statistics regarding faculty accomplishments
Action 3: Increase connections between CAS and the media
a. Create a media resource guide
b. Establish a media day for CAS
c. Create internal clearing house for CAS experts
Objective 2: Increase collaboration with other colleges
Metric 1: Number of collaborative efforts across colleges (+)
Action 1: Survey faculty on possible collaborative opportunities between CAS and other colleges
Action 2: Promote a faculty, inter-collegiate committee to serve as a conduit of information, needs, concerns, and opportunities between colleges
Objective 3: Increase student involvement in experiential learning outside the university
Action 1: Establish clear definition of what experiential learning includes across CAS disciplines
Action 2: Increase number of students participating in traditional forms of experiential learning (internship, research, etc.) in CAS
Metric 1: Number of students participating in internships in CAS (+)
Action 3: Investigate new ways for students to get involved with their field in addition to internships
Metric 1: Grant statistics from Center for Community Engagement Curriculum and Research Support for Experiential Learning and Community Engagement (ELCE)
Action 4: Increase experiential opportunities outside Indiana
Metric 1: Number of students participating in experiential opportunity outside Indiana (+)
Action 5: Create centralized mechanism for facilitating experiential learning in CAS
Objective 4: Increase CAS involvement in community engagement
Action 1: Create partnerships with existing community groups and leaders
Metric 1: Number of CAS-community partnerships (+)
Action 2: Provide incentives to projects that have significant community engagement components
Action 3: Create a scholarship award recognition for an outstanding arts and sciences high school graduate
Metric 1: Obtain data on outstanding students through screening process, in conjunction with Vigo County
Action 4: Host an annual event where CAS recognizes leading community arts and sciences organizations
Metric 1: Statistics from Arts Illiana
Objective 5: Increase visibility of, and support for, activities that draw community participation
Action 1: Assess needs of key CAS community activities in terms of outreach.
Action 2: Assert presence of these activities on campus with specific designation.
Action 3: Develop centralized promotional/marketing strategies to highlight these activities
Metric 1: Attendance of key CAS community activities (+)
Metric 1: Percentage of audience attributing attendance to marketing (+)
Objective 6: Increase the presence and activity of alumni in the life of CAS
Action 1: Maintain a CAS alumni data base to include contact information and achievements
Metric 1: Proportion of alumni in CAS Alumni database (+)
Action 2: Create an alumni board for CAS
Action 3: Develop an alumni CAS e-letter that includes regular fundraising calls
Action 4: Action 4: Develop alumni contact with departments: collaboration with faculty and students, invitations to events and award ceremonies, newsletter, alumni link on departmental website
Action 5: Create and maintain CAS and departmental social networking sites
Metric 1: Facebook metrics are sent out on a monthly basis to administrators.
Metric 2: Various server statistics are available to website administrators.
Action 6: Increase CAS presence during Homecoming
Metric 1: Number of CAS activities during Homecoming (+)
Metric 2: Number of departments and faculty participating at Homecoming (+)
Metric 3: Number of students participating in CAS Homecoming events (+)
Metric 4: Number of alumni participating in CAS Homecoming events (+)
Action 7: Identify and reward on an annual basis successful graduates from CAS
Metric 1: Alumni statistics from ISU Foundation
