Academic Affairs Start Up and Update August 20, 2013

Focus Areas of Master Academic Plan Financial sustainability Internationally competitive Distinctively BSU Organizational alignment

Master Academic Plan & Work Plan: Copies on AA website Student Career Placement II Fall, 2013Career Services Global Learning Classroom(s) II.3.1.1c Fall, 2013Provost, VP IEL, Director of International Relations Administrator Evaluation Process II.4.8 Fall, 2013Deans' Council, Provost Move beyond NTC/BSU alignment II.4.11 Fall, 2013President's taskforce Assessment of Student Learning II Fall, 2013 and OngoingAssoc. VP Acad. Affairs, Academic Assessment Committee Focus on Student Advising II Fall, 2013 and OngoingDeans' Council, VP SDE

Financially Sustainable Distance programs on 80/20 revenue sharing model Nursing at Anoka Ramsey and Century Colleges Mass Comm…online marketing communications Social Work…blended online format MS Special Education MBA starting fall 2014 MS Special Education online…in review RCM budget planning exploration for CBTC and Nursing 6 new faculty lines for growth Program indicator guidelines

Distinctively BSU Residential experience is core and must be exceptional Residential Life and our partnership with Student Development Housing changes for students Required on campus stay for freshmen Construction Visibility on campus and strengthening campus community Student/faculty research Integration with the Bemidji Community: Steward of Place

Distinctively BSU High quality distance programming: Current degree completion programs Accounting Business Administration Criminal Justice Applied Engineering Technology Management Marketing/Communications MS Education MS Special Education

Distinctively BSU Current blended format or face to face and online programs: Nursing RN-BSN (Anoka Ramsey, Century, Lake Superior) DLiTE program in Elementary Education FastTrack for Secondary Education Social Work

Distinctively BSU New faculty grant $75K Course redesign grant $96K Center for Community Partnerships Moving into the city and vice versa Tally Gallery BCT and Bangsberg

Internationally Competitive 17 international partners for exchanges and semester abroad opportunities for students (updates coming) Switzerland Norway Sweden Finland Denmark Germany England Iceland Canada South Korea Malaysia China (6) Site coordinators needed

Internationally Competitive: Study Abroad Still Available Euro Spring Sino Summer Argentina Etc…all coordinated with IPC and including International Studies Committee

Internationally Competitive Two visiting scholars at BSU Sergei Kukharenko from Blagoveshchensk State Pedagogical University, Russia Ping Wan from Liaoning University, China WFU student ambassadors (6) coming this week Videoconferencing classroom in Bridgeman ready Global Understanding non-credit certificate for students ready Intensive English immersion summer camp begun and will expand CIEE summer seminars and faculty/staff abroad

Internationally Competitive: Faculty Opportunity for International Teaching/Research Abroad One BSU faculty per semester at Weifang U. Teach short courses/seminars <= 4 hours per week and conduct research. WFU will identify local Chinese faculty members to assist BSU professors on research topics relevant to WFU and BSU. Round trip airfare, local accommodations, and office space provided. Stipend of $1000 per month provided. Contact: Sanjeev Phukan or Martin Tadlock

Internationally Competitive: Programs AASCU/CEAIE consortium 3 Universities in S. China Looking for programs here to pilot Dual degree Virgil Bakken

International Experiences Day 30 minute presentations, individual or group, from students, faculty, and staff who have participated in study abroad/semester abroad programs, internships/working/teaching abroad opportunities, humanitarian and/or volunteer international experiences, or any other international experience directly related to BSU or at any of our partner colleges. Contact: Jamie Bergerson by ing her at: Jamie will organize the agenda/program. We will send you drafts of the program as it evolves, and you will be contacted by Jamie to confirm the time and place for your presentation.

Organizational and Space Sanford Memorial Decker Bensen Student residential halls Long range for Hagg-Sauer

Challenge: HLC Assessment HLC assessment follow through in some programs Up to date: Biology Mathematics Sociology Psychology Sports Management Business Accounting Nursing Social Work Education Other programs…Friday August 23 at 9:30 a.m. May be last year in HLC Academy on Student Learning Future considerations and link to resources

Challenge: Liberal Education Core Liberal Education core the is distinctively BSU, interdisciplinary and owned by a core group of faculty

Challenge: Faculty/Staff Roles and Building Community Technology and competing demands On campus or off campus focus of faculty/staff? Online or residential life for students when 21% are not on campus? Distance learners who never come to BSU? Engagement of faculty/staff in local community when teaching online? Mission of the university as a regional steward when 21% of students are not in Bemidji? Building community when our faculty profile is: 98 faculty using D2L to enhance courses 22 more faculty using D2L to teach online Faculty leadership

Invitation to Address Challenges 1.Address program assessment plan currency and follow through in departments 2.Liberal Education Committee: Recommend to Academic Affairs by January 2014 a new liberal education core that is distinctively BSU, interdisciplinary, and owned by a core group of faculty 3.Attend dialogue sessions on the role of faculty and on what BSU should be in the information/technological age 4.Invite family/partners to all events possible and take care of our people