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Academic Planning Campus Conversations Round 2

Nov. 15, 2006
3-4 p.m., University Center, Aspen A
Facilitators: David Pringle, Robbyn Wacker

Themes:

• Was expressed in sessions attended by both faculty and staff
• Without good facilities it is hard to recruit and retain faculty, staff, and students
• Our “physical” image is important; parent who come see our run down facilities/grounds/classrooms get a negative impression
• Each are listed is a separate issue on their own- all should be in there
• Transpiring was a theme/issue that was brought up in the session- brought up repeatedly- consider that word in theme
• “leverage” tends to have a negative connotation;
• We need toot our own horn so we can show our good side
• Everyone else (CSU, CU, AIMS) has diversity – where is UNC?
• Employees who are aware of UNC and our quality is good for our students
• CSU is an intergraded [art of Fort Collins, but UNC just isn’t as intergraded- Greeley isn’t as “plugged in”
• Define community or communities

Missing in themes

• Possibilities for collaboration; collaboration is missing from themes
• Does appear several times in conversation we need to enhance too
• Engage the campus community in collaborative endeavors
• Foster intellectual environment at UNC; get together and talk about ideas and build on those ideas ( we are “stuck in our own worlds”)
• Diversity is missing (add what does it mean- should be as diverse as possible in our definition)

How do we get there? 

• Compensation is critical (e.g. compete with CSU) look at salary’s of similar institutions and here in Northern Colorado and other like employers
• Bring compensation in line with….
• Give faculty/staff the facilities/ support /training to make us effective in our work
• Theme #2- what about diversity of faculty and staff
• Theme#3- invest in upkeep of grounds (personnel); we can’t do more with less
• Theme#4 – increase stipends for grad students
• Help faculty adopt/learn about new technologies
• Increase admissions standards
• Students need competencies in computer technology/ literacy BB; Ursa; Need to teach to students
• Retention of students- one more attention; smaller class sizes, increase learning communities, etc; need to so lots of things to attain high retention rates;
• Scholarship money need to increase
• Engage students in researching with faculty (grad and undergrads); also address teaching load to make this happen
• Compensation for doc dissertations
• Have a more active alumni – bring them back or on campus- etc; look back to UNC for recruiting students
• PR in general increased; raise awareness of our  great academic programs
• Collaborate with faculty  to assist with career services outreach activities