Breadcrumb
Implementation Charge
Budget, Finance and Reporting Working Group
Working Group Priorities
- Oversee and manage the $433M and $25M in collaboration with the Chief of Staff and Provost
- Lead all components of financial planning in collaboration with co-leads, President’s Administrative Team and campus stakeholders
- Report to internal and external stakeholders
- Collaborate with campus leaders to ensure alternative revenue streams are incorporated in polytechnic and institutional financial proformas.
Communications Working Group
Working Group Priorities
- Develop and implement a comprehensive strategy for communications, marketing and branding of HSU which will:
- Create a fresh energy that will attract new students, donors, and collaborators;
- Position the University as a leading contributor to the regional economy and state workforce;
- Position the University to build a reputation that increasingly attracts students and support from across the Western United States and beyond.
- Develop and implement a comprehensive internal communications strategy to ensure transparency and awareness of polytechnic implementation and planning across all working groups.
- Develop and execute comprehensive engagement activities to cultivate a sense of pride and loyalty among students, faculty, staff, alumni, and other supporters.
- Develop content, talking points, marketing materials, and other deliverables for meetings and engagement activities with the Chancellor’s Office, Board of Trustees, and legislative representatives.
- Develop and execute events aligned with key milestones of polytechnic planning and transformation.
- Ensure we capture and archive all aspects of planning and implementation of this historic point in our instiution’s history.
Curriculum and Academic Programs Working Group
Working Group Priorities
- Plan, develop and execute all components of launching the new academic programs outlined in the prospectus for launch of 2023 programs at minimum.
- Be key partners in ensuring all appropriate information is submitted and approved to the Chancellor’s Office and appropriate accrediting agencies.
- Serve as a collaborator and partner in recruitment to support the successful launch of the programs.
- Incorporate where possible principles of TEK and/or sustainability.
Enrollment and Growth Management Working Group
Working Group Priorities
- Develop a robust coordinated enrollment and growth strategy for recruiting, communicating with, retaining, and supporting students into new polytechnic degree programs and existing programs.
- Identify guidelines and strategies to support the successful recruitment, hiring, and retention of employees at various scales of enrollment (faculty and staff).
Facilities Working Group
Working Group Priorities
- Plan, design and build state-of-the-art academic, housing, and research facilities.
- Acquire land to support existing or future needs of the institution’s polytechnic planning efforts.
- Develop strategies to expand student and workforce housing.
- Collaborate on the planning and execution of the physical re-branding of our campus.
- Ensure city and county services support the infrastructure needs for the delivery of the projects and service to our campus community (i.e. transportation, paths).
- Ensure community services (medical, educational, retail, etc) to support faculty, staff and student growth.
- Collaborate with campus stakeholders (academic departments, research centers, student groups, community interest groups, agencies) on the renovations of academic spaces.
- Lead and complete the campus master plan.
- Integrate sustainability goals in all aspects of planning, physical building, and community.
Inclusive Student Success/GI 2025 Working Group
Working Group Priorities
- Develop a comprehensive institutional strategy on academic success, retention, and degree completion which incorporates key components such as an institutional advising model, tutoring, learning communities, career services, and mentoring.
- Include overarching goals and metrics with integrated assessment of impact and budgeting/resource allocation (GI2025 and beyond) as part of the plan.
- Oversee collective impact and increase accountability for GI2025 targets.
Technology and Infrastructure Working Group
Working Group Priorities
- Envision and plan for the comprehensive technology needs at a polytechnic university:
- Develop a strategy for ensuring students and faculty have access to modern technology, including devices and tools, to support learning and teaching.
- Develop strategies and approaches to support innovation, research, and external collaborations and partnerships.
- Expand broadband speeds and wireless coverage for the campus and bring internet access to our placed-based learning locations to expand remote learning opportunities.
- Expand research infrastructure and networking, enabling our researchers and students to process, store, and move large data sets.