MAJOR INITIATIVES FOR 2006-07  (Page 2)

1. STUDENT SUCCESS  Launch a campus-wide effort—the Student Success Initiative—to improve the percentage of students returning for their sophomore year and completing their undergraduate degrees
   
2. RIVER CAMPUS  Prepare for the opening of the River Campus in Fall 2007 (academic programming; event scheduling; transportation; staffing; marketing)
   
3. ACADEMIC QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (AQIP)  Begin the AQIP process for re-accreditation of the University by the North Central Association, including identification of action projects
   
4. REGIONAL CAMPUSES  Continue transition of three area higher education centers south of Cape Girardeau into regional campuses with designations “Southeast Missouri State University – Kennett,” “Southeast Missouri State University – Malden,” and “Southeast Missouri State University – Sikeston”
   
5. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT  Celebrate groundbreaking for the I-55 interchange; begin infrastructure development at the University Technology Village; begin relocation of University Farm to a new farm location; and continue efforts of Missouri Research Corporation to assist in regional economic development
   
6. FACILITIES  Complete River Campus construction; move the museum and departments of the School of Visual and Performing Arts to the River Campus; start construction of the Aquatic Center; begin science lab renovations; begin second phase of the Information Commons in Kent Library; and continue remodeling academic classrooms
   
7. FACULTY/STAFF WELFARE  Begin review of compensation for faculty and staff and begin campus discussions regarding the design and structure of health savings accounts
   
8. STUDENT WELFARE  Develop long-term plan to enhance daily campus shuttle and linkage with Cape Girardeau transit system and inaugurate Southeast Tuition Guarantee Program
   
9. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY  Enhance the Banner system (implement Banner release 7.2/7.3; start first phase of implementation of Banner Workflow; continue needed training; and develop need-based reports for users)
   
10. COMMUNICATION  Improve coordination of the University’s marketing and “branding” effort; continue development of a new external Web presence; explore new communication technologies (blogs, vodcasting, podcasting); improve internal communication with faculty, staff, and students

STRATEGIC PLAN  (Page 3)
(Adopted by the Board of Regents June 30, 2004)

MISSION STATEMENT

Southeast Missouri State University provides professional education grounded in the liberal arts and sciences and in practical experience.

The University, through teaching and scholarship, challenges students to extend their intellectual capacities, interests, and creative abilities; develop their talents; and acquire a lifelong enthusiasm for learning.  Students benefit from a relevant, extensive, and thorough general education; professional and liberal arts and sciences curricula; co-curricular opportunities; and real-world experiences.  By emphasizing student-centered and experiential learning, the University prepares individuals to participate responsibly in a diverse and technologically-advanced world and in this and other ways contributes to the development of the social, cultural, and economic life of the region, state and nation.

INSTITUTIONAL PRIORITIES

Priority One:  Providing excellent academic programs with a liberal arts and sciences core.

Priority Two:  Offering access to educational programs throughout our service region.

Priority Three:  Serving the social, cultural, and economic life of the region, state, and nation.

Priority Four:  Enhancing the University community.

Priority Five:  Practicing wise stewardship of the University’s human and financial resources and providing high-quality facilities and infrastructure that support the educational mission.

PRIORITY ONE  (Page 4)

Providing excellent academic programs with a liberal arts and sciences core.

Central to the University's mission are academic programs that prepare students to become active citizens of a diverse, democratic society in a technologically advanced world.  The University Studies program, required of all undergraduate students, provides a broad liberal arts and sciences curriculum that develops students' intellectual skills, broadens their educational horizons, and helps them function effectively as educated citizens.  A wide range of high-quality undergraduate and graduate programs enable students to achieve their career goals in the liberal arts and sciences, visual and performing arts, and professional and technical fields.

GOAL 1:  Excellent Teaching and Learning.  The University will provide all students with knowledge and skills in their fields of inquiry, including the opportunity for meaningful experiential learning that links their programs of study to the practice in their chosen careers.

GOAL 2:  Highly Qualified Faculty and Staff.  The University will recruit, develop, and retain diverse, well-prepared faculty who are skillful teachers and active scholars committed to serving the University and the community at large.  The University also will recruit, develop, and retain diverse, high-quality staff members who use their talents, commitment, and professional knowledge and skills to support the work of the University community.

GOAL 3:  Superb Programs and Services. All academic, support, technological, and administrative processes and programs will be regularly and systematically subjected to internal or external review and assessment in the interest of continuous improvement.  All units will regularly assess students’ achievement and the degree to which they are satisfied with their education and use the results to evaluate and improve the quality of programs and services.

Major Accomplishments in 2005-06 Related to Priority One  (Page 5)

• Experienced the eleventh consecutive fall of increased student enrollment, and saw enrollments in excess of 10,000 students for the first time in Southeast history.
• Awarded 1,533 undergraduate and 239 graduate degrees during the 2005-06 academic year.
• Recognized by U.S. News & World Report in the top tier of Master’s-granting institutions in the Midwest.
• Harrison College of Business named one of the “Best 237 Business Schools” in a  Princeton Review publication.
• Received certification from the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) for the Public Relations option of the Mass Communication program.  With last year’s accreditation of five programs by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (ACEJMC), Southeast is one of only eight universities in the U.S. to have its academic quality recognized by both of these groups.
• Entered into cooperative agreements with institutions in China, Germany, and Korea to increase international educational opportunities.
• Debuted “e-learning certificate,” which prepares teacher education students and current classroom teachers to embrace classroom technology and use it in everyday instruction.
• Completed organization of School of Visual and Performing Arts in preparation for opening of the River Campus in Fall 2007.
• Began planning for Academic Quality Improvement Program (AQIP) accreditation process to replace 10-year North Central Association process.
• In partnership with the Missouri Department of Workforce Development, implemented the first year of the Student Transitions Initiative, a plan for integrating academic and career advising to help students make wise decisions about academic majors and future career paths.
• Followed up on the Spring 2005 conference on the 21^st century learner and provided appropriate professional development opportunities.
• Reviewed programs and efforts related to student success with special focus on student retention.

PRIORITY TWO  (Page 6)

Offering access to educational programs throughout our service region.

Improving access includes identifying and successfully recruiting students, offering an appropriate variety of programs, delivery methods, and support activities, as well as programs at an affordable cost, to better support our students’ potential for success.

GOAL 1:  Enrollment Management. Recruit and retain diverse, qualified, and committed students and provide support services and activities that increase their academic success.

GOAL 2:  Affordability.Provide affordable high-quality undergraduate, graduate, and noncredit programs that serve the needs of the region.

GOAL 3:  Accessibility.Provide the capability to deliver programs through traditional, face-to-face, web-based, ITV, and blended delivery methods.

Major Accomplishments in 2005-06 Related to Priority Two  (Page 7)

• Completed year of transition at the three area higher education centers south of Cape Girardeau to offering only Southeast academic programs, including emphasis on marketing to increase access and participation in higher education.
• Completed a $1.5 million expansion of the Sikeston campus, including an on-site childcare facility, new science laboratory, and classrooms.
• Began offering the LPN to RN program at the Kennett campus in cooperation with Southeast Missouri Hospital College of Nursing and Health Services.
• Received $1.8 million from the U.S. Department of Education for Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (commonly called GEAR-UP) to prepare at-risk secondary school students for college in partnership with several area schools.

PRIORITY THREE  (Page 8)

Serving the social, cultural, and economic life of the region, state, and nation.

To be a good citizen of the local and global communities, the University is committed to engaging in activities that enrich not only our students but also our employees and neighbors.  As a natural setting for interaction in small and large groups, physical and virtual campuses serve as a resource for people, places, and things in our immediate and distant surroundings.  This includes, but is not limited to, the cultivation of events and environments that encourage collaboration in the development, dissemination, and sharing of information and opportunities for the good of all.

GOAL 1:  Regional Social, Economic, Educational, and Professional Development. The University will develop networks of people, organizations, and funding sources to expand our scope and reach and enhance the economic development of the region.  This includes the cultivation and development of intellectual property and nurturing of ideas, individuals, and institutions.

GOAL 2:  Regional Information Center.  The University will continue to serve as a primary source of information and educational services as well as to provide opportunities for collaborative work in applied and basic scholarly research.

GOAL 3:  Regional Cultural Centre.  The University will maintain and expand existing venues as well as develop and construct new ones to showcase the contemporary trends, cultural heritage, and historical foundations of the region.

Major Accomplishments in 2005-06 Related to Priority Three  (Page 9)

• Continued efforts of Missouri Research Corporation to assist in regional economic development by promoting entrepreneurship, small business development, and location of appropriate firms and operations at the research park on the University Farm property.
• Continued efforts to build an I-55 interchange and infrastructure for economic development through a University Research Village at the current University Farm location and began relocation of University Farm to a new 240-acre site.
• Completed first phase of remodeling, dedicated, and began operating the Southeast Innovation Center and Business Incubator in the First Baptist Church education building.
• Inaugurated expansion of Southeast Public Radio to an area that includes Farmington, Park Hills, Jefferson County, and South St. Louis.
• Began planning of the first year (2007-08) of cultural events programming at the River Campus.
• Initiated operation of Southeast Health on Wheels (the S.H.O.W. Mobile) in the Bootheel.

PRIORITY FOUR  (Page 10)

Enhancing the University community.

The University continues to promote an environment and community conducive to anticipating, understanding, and meeting the needs of our students.  Additionally, the institution is committed to maintaining a diverse community that supports excellence in education and personal growth in the endeavors of students, faculty, and staff consistent with the Mission of the University.

GOAL 1:  Meeting the needs of students, faculty, and staff.  Provide a community in which all students have a positive learning/personal growth experience supported by caring faculty and staff, and in which faculty and staff enjoy a positive, fulfilling work environment.

GOAL 2:  Diversity and Leadership. The University will continue to promote a campus environment in which the richness of human difference is recognized and affirmed in our institutional standards, communication processes, and curriculum; will continue to demonstrate for our service region the best practices in the area of diversity; and will strive toward a leadership position as a diverse educational community in our state and nation.

GOAL 3:  Community Building.  The University will continue to cultivate an environment that encourages civility, mutual respect, open communication, inclusive decision-making, difference of opinion, and appreciation for a broad definition of human diversity.

Major Accomplishments in 2005-06 Related to Priority Four  (Page 11)

• Improved faculty and staff benefits through implementation of a cafeteria plan.
• Opened the Financial Aid Resource Center funded by MOHELA with assistance from Admissions and Facilities Management departments.
• Hosted campus visits by Antonin Scalia, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, and Martin Luther King III.
• Celebrated the 100^th anniversary of Academic Hall, beginning with an all-University convocation for all faculty and staff.
• The women’s basketball team won the Ohio Valley Conference championship and made its first-ever appearance in the NCAA national tournament.

PRIORITY FIVE  (Page 12)

Practicing wise stewardship of the University’s human and financial resources and providing high-quality facilities and infrastructure that support the educational mission.

To attract and retain students and to serve the region, the University must foster and maintain a human, financial, physical, and technological infrastructure that supports high-quality academic programs, campus life, and regional service. Given that the resources of the University are finite, the internal and external development and management of resources are central to the ability of the University to fulfill its mission.  Wise stewardship of resources involves a constant effort to allocate limited resources effectively among competing goals.

GOAL 1:  Information Technology in Support of University Community and Productivity.  The University will develop and maintain information systems and provide high-quality training and support that result in optimal use of technology to enhance teaching and learning, community, and productivity of students, faculty, and staff.

GOAL 2:  Resource Management.  The University will demonstrate appropriate stewardship in developing and maintaining academic and non-academic programs through the proper balancing of financial revenues and expenditures to effectively enable the accomplishment of the University’s mission, strategic priorities, and goals.

GOAL 3:  Effective Management of University Facilities and Physical Assets.  The University will develop and maintain high-quality facilities through a balanced program of preventive maintenance, construction and repair.

Major Accomplishments in 2005-06 Related to Priority Five  (Page 13)

• Completed first full year of construction of the River Campus.
• Received SBC Excelerator Grant for the Rosemary B. and Harry L. Crisp II Regional Museum that will be housed at the River Campus.
• Completed construction of the relocated Broadway-Henderson intersection, including additional parking, a new entrance to the campus, and a renovated Houck Field House façade.
• Designed the “Information Commons” concept in Kent Library and implemented Phase I (second floor), including “Sadie’s Place” coffee bar and a study/reading area.
• Continued implementation of SCT Banner administrative software, with inauguration of the Finance system, Human Resources system, and Student Records system.
• Developed a three-year plan for space allocation, renovations, major projects, and annual “spruce-up.”
• Completed a campus landscape master plan.
• Maintained momentum on constructing major facilities projects including the River Campus, multi-modal transfer facility, and design of the aquatic center.
• Completed strategic plan for the University Advancement division (Foundation and Alumni Office).
• Began the process of restructuring the University’s marketing and “branding” effort to provide enhanced continuity and a common message.
• Formally concluded successful $50 million capital campaign.

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