Executive Leadership Team
- Eagle pride
- Social mobility / first gen focused/community support
- Staff and faculty commitment to students
- Athletic success
- Legislative love
- Programmatic – Cybersecurity, Blue Ribbon Programs
Directors and Administrators
- Talented / Passionate Staff and Faculty / Strong Staff Who Care about EWU ID
- External Groups – Boards / Alumni Base that Are Passionate
- Good Value proposition for students
- Not pretentious
- Commitment to student care
Faculty Group 1
- Students
- Marketability / employment post-graduation
- Dedicated faculty
- Expertise of faculty / teaching expertise
- Accessibility
Academic Deans
Focus on regional needs for research and service
- Mixed experience serving a student population
- Coming from low socioeconomics and underrepresented groups
- We have a select cadre of very strong and well-respected faculty and programs of distinction
Faculty Senate Leadership
- Service to first gen students
- Faculty / our lecturers/senior lecturers often carry own programs
- Student diversity
- Very affordable, high-quality programs
- Love our role in our region and community
Community Diversity Leadership
- Diverse commitment / community
- Affordability
- Diverse programs
- Accessible locations
Community Townhall/Forum
- Affordability
- Productive engineering program / growth of STEM
- Accessibility / location – away from big city challenges
- Broad array of degrees
- School pride
Staff Group
- Low tuition
- Student support (SASS) / all services
- ROI / low debt
- Regionally serving
- Staff – available/ approachable
- First gen staff serving first gen students
- Employee benefits
Athletics Staff
- Location
- Branding
- Athletic programs
- STEM and Education departments
- New leadership – new ideas, people w/ broad campus knowledge; community invests in university
Student Leaders
- Affordability
- Small class sizes
- Large number of academic majors
- Student resources
- Leadership opportunities
Internal Diversity Leadership
- Accessibility
- First generation students
- Great staff / faculty
- Research opportunities
- Room to grow
Department Chairs
- First gen students served by EWU
- Committed to supporting first generation students
- Location within a small rural community (*Primarily Cheney)
- High level of safety
- Parents are comfortable sending their kids here
- Low cost of regional university
- However, can be a weakness when money is tight
- Good quality and dedicated faculty
- Experiential learning opportunities / hands on student research
Faculty Group 2
- Small class size
- Student population
- Innovative faculty (especially Jr. faculty)
- Innovative projects
- Teaching is valued by peers and students
Union Leadership
- Great physical facilities
- Strong faculty and student engagement / interaction
- Employees are interested in the future of EWU
- Dedicated staff
- Most economic tuition
- Regional access
- Relationship with community colleges
- New nursing program / regional demand
Alumni Association Board
- Relevant Academic Programs, especially Cyber Security/Engineering/Nursing
- Inclusive/diverse community
- Athletics
- Sense of Community
- Affordable
Campaign Cabinet
- Sense of community among students
- Lovely campus
- Community pride /loyalty
- First Gen/underserved students
