Student Experience
We believe in providing experiences for our students that are connected, meaningful, and relevant.
We attract students and support their success.
(CMU Imperative I)
Research and Creative Activity
We are committed to supporting innovative scholarship and advancing knowledge.
(CMU Imperative II)
Collaboration
Understanding that the complex problems we are faced with today require the involvement of many perspectives in finding solutions, we position collaboration as a major priority. We support cross-disciplinary action, building bridges, dissolving silos, and enhancing innovation processes.
(CMU Imperative III)
Public Engagement and External Partnerships
We are committed to creating connections across the region and the state so as to work together in fostering innovation and impact.
(CMU Imperative III)
International Presence
We understand the importance of increasing our engagement in and awareness of our world through student activities, faculty involvement, and accepting the responsibility of our global citizenship.
(CMU Imperative I, II, III)
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Increase enrollments, attract quality students
Provide support for curricular choice and student success with goal of graduating in 4 years
Create diverse and relevant student experiences, increasing retention and career preparadness
Seek and hire new tenure track faculty who are committed to research and creative work
Encourage/support new faculty in establishing their scholarship practice
Increase the productivity of tenured and tenure track faculty
Increase the success of securing external funding
Create support for collaborative opportunities beyond unit boundaries
Provide structures and events to assist individuals in finding potential collaborators
Establish ongoing partnerships with other colleges in programs or special projects
Support the growth of interdisciplinary learning, courses and certificates
Identify potential partnerships that match needs, interests, and resourse potential
Join with other organizations that support the same engagement goals
Create relevant projects and partnerships that expand our engagement and impact potential
Develop partnership projects that allow for faculty, student, and external partners to work together in solving problems
Expand internship programs across the college and deepen alumni contacts and relations
Increase international component in CAM Curriculum and on our campus
Increase student participation in international study and exchanges
Expand faculty participation in international exchanges and research/creative activity
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Created Assistant Dean for Student Engagement position
Increase recruitment efforts Reach out to H.S. programs, targeting high achievers
Started Discovery Days and CAM Student Ambassadors
Create Departmental Recruitment plans
Increase funding for Scholarships to attract top tier students (Grants in Aid)
Hired Success Coach Hired second CAM Advisor
Establish Multi-year scheduling of courses
Re-design Curriculum with 120 credit goal unless accreditation requires otherwise
Make Gen Ed. Courses relevant and review UP course offerings
Increase internship and service learning opportunities and support
Increase CAM related RSO and co-curricular participation
Create undergraduate research opportunities
Set up Dean's Student Advisory Council
Require all final candidates for open positions have strong research agendas
Provide start-up funds to new faculty
Reduce load for first year faculty by one course
Create mentoring program for assistant professors
Provide funds to attend grant writing workshops
Monitor and adjust work load to ensure that scholarship can thrive
Require up-to-date OFIS reporting and for all funding and RPT applications
Provide environments that support research and creative work, i.e. secure funding for Studio Space
Provide seed funding, through application for special projects and proposals, and matching funds where needed in grant applications
Increase Grant Applications
Provide staff support for the grant seeking process
Seek development funding to increase or create department/school discretionary support of scholarship
Dedicate space for collaborative efforts, discussions. i.e. Innovation Center
Fund (through a call for proposals process) CAM projects that include faculty from more than one discipline, students, and an external partner
Develop accessable descriptions of faculty research/creative practice and project descriptions
Produce events that draw various constituiencies together, socially as well as project focused colab labs
Partner with five colleges - Interdisciplinary Center for Community Health and Wellness
Makerbot 3D printer studio Develop Maker spaces
Create new certificates/programs that incorporate courses from other colleges across campus
Create a CAM designator for courses that do not fit or are not a priority in the departments
Appoint a CAM Leadership Fellow for Public Engagement and External Partnerships
Become a consortium member of Imagining America, attend conferences/meetings
Establish "Creative Action" partner with the Traverse City Film Festival
Establish partnership with Flint Institute of Music and Dance
Participate in the Center for Health and Wellness
Explore Detroit Economic Development possibilities
Fund (through a call for proposals process) CAM projects that include faculty from more than one discipline, students, and an external partner
Engage with off-campus entities: schools, associations, media, commercial enterprises
Hire a staff person to support internships and/or alumni relations
Develop interactive relationship with professional alumni
Continue to develop robust internship relationships with commercial entities
Establish CAM Leadership Fellow for International Presence
Establish an international visiting scholars /artists program
Increase/identify funding for student study abroad
Increase opportunities for international students studying in CAM
Establish exchanges with International universities
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Document activities, noting increase and impact
Record and increase outreach to individual HS student.
Reports from admissions on attendance at any CMU recruitment event
Using data from IR to determine # of top tier students attending CMU/CAM
Decrease time to graduation, # from IR
Increase Retention %, from IR Increase # of student interactions with Success Coach and academic advisors
Increased number of curricular submissions
Increased enrollment in gen ed courses, service learnig experiences, and internships, and co-curricular participation
Increase in SRCEE participation
All hires will have terminal degree in hand and strong research agendas in place by start date
Annual increase in junior faculty research/creative activity citations, as reported in annual reports and OFIS
Annual increase in tenured faculty research/creative activity citations, as reported in annual reports and OFIS
Reflected via RPT evaluations
Reports from Office of sponsored research will show annual increases in funding amounts awarded
Increase the % of grants per faculty. Annual reports from departments and schools will reflect increase
Development report from Advancement will show increases annually
Increase in multidisciplinary projects being conducted across the college
Use studies, showing participation
Increase in multidisciplinary programs or proposals from departmental curriculum committees
Document current collaborations, report on contacts and possible partnerships. Database will be completed by January 2019
Increase in number of off-campus partnerships and collaborations by 25%
Document current internships, and contacts. Database will be completed by January 2019
Increase number of internships by 25%
Metrics for this area will be found by running updated report on initial databases
Increase # of international events on campus
Increase # of students studying abroad
Increase # of faculty researching and performing abroad
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