Executive Leadership Team
- Private partnerships / tribal communities
- Fundraising
- Streamlined curriculum/flexible education
- Student support
- Grants (hiring research faculty)
Directors and Administrators
- Dual credit / CIHS / R/S / PCE
- Capitalize on value proposition
- Define ourselves
- Regional partnerships that increase applied learning
- Residence hall improvements
- Invest strategically in what you want to change/improve/grow
Faculty Group 1
- DEI
- Fundraising
- Promote wellness / opportunity to improve morale
- Online programs
- Community engagement / EWU in the high school/ not much K-5 presence / running start
Academic Deans
- The booming economy in the Spokane region + relocation of Seattleites and Californians
- Industry connections
- Move to semesters
- AI
Faculty Senate Leadership
- Social mobility for our students
- Leverage state legislature for greater financial aid
- New leadership hopefully focused on quality education
- Focus on our own identity – who are we?
- Culturally diverse population with active communities
Community Diversity Leadership
- Decrease harm in the community
- They (city) are not a lab
- Improve quality of life for all students, faculty, staff, etc.
- Decolonize / diversify
- HBCU partnerships
Community Forum
- Double down on momentum from cyber program – more tech
- Enhance partnerships with other universities
- Graphic design is a strategic opportunity for growth
- Better ties between Spokane and Cheney programs / campuses
- Get off campus and connect to businesses
Staff Group
- New hires / ideas
- Faculty and staff engagement
- Professionalism and continuing education
- Enhance our collaboration and unity
- Community collaboration
Athletics Staff
- Enrollment increase and growth / summer camps
- Location, growing area and whole region
- New leadership
- Strong alumni base in area
- Athletic branding
Student Leaders
- Become HSI
- Improve leadership stability and faculty
- Improve university identity
- Programs well organized / running smoothly
Internal Diversity Leadership
- 21st century education for a 21st century educated student
- Bringing innovation forward
- Change of pedagogical framework – students are different now
- Curriculum – with follow through
- Embarking on student population (traditional and non-traditional)
- Diversity leadership – authentic/ visionary
- DEI Training and policy intention
- Wheelchair access and parking expansion
Department Chairs
- Spokane presence in the “medical” triangle
- Serving the underserved population and region
- Affordability
- Alumni connections/supports
- Collaborations and cross participations
- Community / engagement support office (bring back)
Faculty Group 2
- Great faculty
- Teaching
- Especially underprepared students
- Health and behavioral health
- Opportunities for interprofessional clinical education and practice – especially in research medical hub in Spokane near by
- Spokane – creative economy
- Strong respectful relationships among faculty to build interdisciplinary programs
- Need more self-promotion- we do a lot of great stuff but have a low community profile
- Building Cheney – revitalize
- Building relationships with local businesses and professional community
- Outreach for education with local community (high schools, etc.)
- Support of faculty from administration
- Example: researching technology -> IT Declarations
- Online/ hybrid education
- Continuing education opportunities
- Recruiting throughout the state
Union Leadership
- Pushing high ROI degrees for students
- All quarter or semester, NOT both
- Support and attract (and retain) first generation students
- Replacing retired/fired faculty and staff
- Courses for upper development
- Availability in summer
- Use regional economic data to drive program array
Alumni Association Board
- Expand Academic programs (Nursing, Technology, Engineering, Cyber Security)
- Enrollment Growth
- Athletic Sponsorships/partnerships
- Publicize value of higher education
Campaign Cabinet
- Consolidate academic programs
- Emphasis on STEM/Cyber Security/Health Science programs (Polytechnic University)
- Engagement with region