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Nick Sanders, the world's greatest motorcycle adventurer rides the length of the Americas twice in a record breaking time of 49 days. This amazing journey is now available in Apple's interactive book format downloadable on iPad. You swipe the pages and touch-screen poster-frame photographs with embedded video, so the page 'comes alive'. The interactive book concept is the most exciting new development in publishing ever and Nick Sanders' book 'The Incredible Ride' is one of the first examples of the genre ever produced.
This has been followed up by Timbuktu: In Search of the Dakar Rally and Timbuktu.
In Search of the Dakar Rally and Timbuktu is essential reading for those who have ever considered leaving their comfort zone. For Sanders the journey was a fusion of two ideas: one, to journey across Africa to Timbuktu by motorcycle with a group of riders, the other to follow a highly competitive race across the Sahara Desert, an adventure replete with contradictions, once known as Paris-Dakar.
Both of these incredible adventures are available to download from iTunes now.
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Make Certain Healthy Weight-loss
Losing the weight you would like may seem like it's impossible, but it's easier than it might seem. There are many simple actions to take to assist yourself shed weight. Below are a few basic tips that will assist to produce your unwanted weight loss process more manageable and fewer stressful.
A helpful technique for losing weight is to encourage someone else to pursue fat loss along with you. Having a partner in weight loss, you'll be a little more motivated to help keep going. They could provide you support as they are going through the same thing you're experiencing.
Consider making weight reduction into a fun adventure instead! Breakup your exercise routine routine by going out dancing instead. If you avoid sugar-laden drinks and calorie-ridden chasers, you'll be burning calories all night long. You never know? You might even catch somebody's eye. In any event, you'll have a good time with friends and sweat it all out simultaneously!
When you are just starting to exercise, you should start by walking. You can easily burn a lot of calories by walking, and is particularly a sensible way to workout the muscles in your legs. This is an excellent choice if you want to start really losing weight, since this is a simple transition to running.
However, you might be unwilling to venture out into a restaurant when beginning a fresh weight loss program, try splitting dinner along with your significant other, family member or friend. Portion sizes are notoriously large in restaurants, so sharing means that you can still feel full without overeating or consuming extreme quantities of calories.
When selecting produce once and for all nutrition, choose things that are grown locally, organically, and without genetic modification. These materials will be more natural and are most likely to provide your body just what it needs. In addition to being better for you, they may be better to the earth and also the environment.
Avoid diets. To be successful and healthy for the long term you can't just sporadically crash diet. It is actually unhealthy for the weight to fluctuate up and down. Instead, you should think of being healthy as being a lifestyle change. Concentrate on eating nutritious foods as a way to fuel your system and keep you energized and healthy for the long haul, less a quick-fix stint of depravation to lose weight.
Here's a famous celebrity tip: in the event you start getting snack cravings, brush your teeth. The mint flavor of toothpaste reminds your mind (and your stomach!) that it must be not a chance to eat yet, that will cut back impulse snacking. Plus, there are actually extra benefits: you will have minty-fresh breath and will be less likely to acquire cavities.
Before going nuts and alter how you live all together, try listing everything you are carrying out wrong. Things I mean from this, is making a long list of the foodstuffs you are eating and the amount of each food that you will be eating. From there, lessen the total what meets you.
Getting to the proper mindset to lose a few pounds is step one to getting the fat loss goal that you set for yourself. Following through with the plan will get tough from time to time. Make sure to set reasonable expectations on your own, and don't let a couple of slip ups, distract you from the very first plan.

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CALDO, a consortium of Canada's leading research universities committed to international education, develops strategic partnerships with foreign governments, sponsoring agencies and groups of universities in order to enable students and researchers from Latin America to gain privileged access to the wide range of programs and state of the art research facilities of its member universities.
CALDO provides a single point of assistance to international students considering studies at any of our institutions, from undergraduate research placements to full-time doctoral degrees.
CALDO also enters into strategic partnerships with funding agencies around the world to provide services that help ease the process for their scholarship recipients.
Among other services, CALDO:
CALDO was present at at the NAFSA (association of international educators) conference in San Diego...Read more
In order to promote long-term collaboration and exchange in graduate education, ICETEX and CALDO...Read more
CALDO is pleased to announce that five other Canadian leading research universities have joined the...Read more
A consortium of Canada's top research universities:
University of Alberta (Edmonton, Alberta), University of Calgary (Calgary, Alberta), Dalhousie University (Halifax, Nova Scotia),
University Laval (Québec, Québec), Queen's University (Kingston, Ontario), University of Ottawa (Ottawa, Ontario),
University of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan), University of Waterloo (Waterloo, Ontario), and Western University (London, Ontario)


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Fall, where are you? I get teasers of cooler weather, but you haven't arrived yet.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Doctor Who: The Krillitane Storm...Review
When the TARDIS materializes in medieval Worcester, the Doctor finds the city seemingly deserted. He soon discovers its population are living in a state of terror, afraid to leave their homes after dark, for fear of meeting their doom at the hands of the legendary Devil's Huntsman. And, after a terrifying encounter with a deadly Krillitane, the Doctor realizes the city has good reason to be scared!
A good follow-up to the series two episode School Reunion, which introduced us to the Krillitanes. This one is set in medieval England, rather than current day. With Krillitanes, bounty hunters, medieval soldiers and amoral fortune hunters, the Doctor finds himself on another grand adventure. All we're missing is K-9 and Sarah Jane! As it is his way, the Doctor always attempts to reason with the enemy and here, he manages to work with most of the Krillitanes at first to find a solution to the issues at hand.
I liked this one, although it was much more serious than funny. It's also got an incredibly high body count.
Thanks to my local bookstore for having a copy I could buy for the boy. You can purchase your own copy here.
Read 6/10
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3/5 Stars
Posted by Holly (2 Kids and Tired) at 6:00 AM
Labels: 3 Stars, Doctor Who, England, Fiction, Medieval, Read It, Science Fiction, Television Show
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- bermudaonion said...
Glad you enjoyed this one. Is your son enjoying the series?
- June 24, 2010 at 11:34 AM
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Dark Horse To Collect Sam Humphries & Dalton Rose's 'Sacrifice' In Deluxe Hardcover [Exclusive Preview]
By Andy Khouri
Dark Horse Comics has announced that it will collect Sacrifice, the critically acclaimed six-issue miniseries by Sam Humphries and Dalton Rose, in a deluxe hardcover this September. Following the story of Hector, an epileptic young man with a fondness for post-punk music hurled back in time to play a crucial role in a psychedelic adventure inspired by the Aztec empire, the first five issues of Sacrifice were self-published by Humphries prior to his rise as one of Marvel Comics' most prolific new writers on such books as Ultimate Comics Ultimates, John Carter: Gods of Mars and Uncanny X-Force. Much of the book's success with readers is also due to the eye-catching, wild artwork of Dalton Rose (not to mention art direction by occasional ComicsAlliance contributor/designer Dylan Todd, and a distinct color palette by Pete Toms), who's since gone on to create the extremely beautiful Phabula for Monkeybrain Comics. Sacrifice was also supported by limited edition variant covers by talents like Bryan Lee O'Malley, Cliff Chiang, Emma Ríos, Paul Azaceta, and Lacey Micallef.
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Strategic Plan Goals and Objectives
Implementation Strategies
1: The University is recognized for its excellent undergraduate and graduate
programs that integrate innovative teaching
|Recognition/21st Century Objectives
|Implementation Strategies
|Lead Parties
distinguished as a leading 21st century university.
|1. Identify and support major strategic programs of excellence that align with current and emerging trends.
|Provost, Deans' Council and Relevant Depts.
|Strong faculty with the ability to drive the national reputation of the University are hired between 2007-2010.
|• Current: Marine Sciences, Portuguese Studies, Math Ed Research, Biochemistry/Medical.
|Biotech Manufacturing Center is established by 2009
- 2010
Ph.D. in Mathematics Education Research is approved in 2008 and ready to enroll students by 2009.
|• Emerging: Biotechnology, Electrical Engineering, Artisanry, Public Policy, K-12 Education.
|• Nationally Accredited: Visual Arts [all levels] (NASAD); Chemistry [undergraduate level*] (ACS); Engineering including Computer Science [undergraduate level* and not including Physics or Materials/Textiles] (ABET); Business [all levels] (AACSB International); Clinical Laboratory Science (NACLS); Nursing [all levels] (NLNAC). *Note: grad level accreditation not available in this field.
|Artisnary programs and Star Store achieve national
recognition by 2010.
Nursing PhD Program accepts its first students by Fall 2008
|• Programs of special strength (accreditation not available): Materials/Textiles*; Women's Studies; Crime and Justice Studies . . . .
|Women's Studies and Crime and Justice enrolls its first majors in Spring 2008.
|• Interdisciplinary: Sustainability, Service Learning.
|Office of Sustainability is established and new
minor is approved in 2008
Service Learning curriculum is expanded 2007-2010.
|Optimize our reputation as an excellent
regional research university.
|1. Develop a branding architecture, including a campus positioning statement and visual identity, to guide the messaging of the campus to its key audiences.
|Asst. to the Chancellor/Public Affairs and the established working groups for communications and media tasks. The Council of Deans and AVC for Enrollment Management, as well as the Asst. VC for Institutional Research for the program related tasks.
|The campus branding architecture is accepted and implemented across the UMass Dartmouth campus and promoted by the UMass System.
|2. Create the communication capacity and infrastructure needed to sustain effective strategies and publications.
|Asst. to Chancellor/Public Affairs
|The writing and media relations capacity is increased through additional staff.
|• Establish an Integrated Communications Group, chaired by the Assistant to the Chancellor/Public Affairs to meet regularly to discuss strategies to integrate campus communication assets.
|Campus publications, web sites, and other communication vehicles are kept current and recognized as high quality and trend-setting within the UMass System and within the higher education community by Spring 2009.
|•. Create a comprehensive, compelling and cohesive family of core and special publications to advance the UMass Dartmouth brand.
|Funds are obtained from DCAM for signage and improvement of grounds.
|• Submit recommendations to the Capital Planning Group from the Integrated Communications Group to enhance the "curb appeal" of the campus.
|UMass Dartmouth is recognized by its peers for the innovative integration of media (print, web, radio, video) in promoting its brand by Fall 2009
|• Develop a merchandising plan by the Book Store to take advantage of the new branding architecture.
|Based on the number of media reports, the UMass Dartmouth profile will be established beyond the immediate region to the rest of Massachusetts, and begin to become recognized beyond Massachusetts.
|• Develop new media strategies to inject the UMass Dartmouth brand beyond the SouthCoast and beyond Massachusetts.
|Tracking various audience responses, it will be clear that UMass Dartmouth publications, web sites, and other media have a positive impact on the recruitment and retention of talent, and the raising of public and private funds.
|There are increased sales of merchandise w/official campus colors and logos. (assumes some baseline data)
1: The University is recognized for its excellent undergraduate and graduate
programs that integrate innovative teaching
strategies and prepare students for advancement in the twenty-first century environment. (Continued)
Recognition/21st Century Objectives
|Implementation Strategies
|Lead Parties
|3. Highlight the signature programs in the press/media, the nationally accredited programs, and the interdisciplinary programs.
|Asst. to the Chancellor/Public Affairs and the established working groups for communications and media tasks. The Council of Deans and AVC for Enrollment Management, as well as the Asst. VC for Institutional Research for the program related tasks.
|Recognition of the quality of the UMass
Dartmouth's signature programs, nationally accredited, and
programs is increased, as measured by student applications,
awards to faculty, students and media reports. (assumes some
baseline data)
|• Get Statewide/National press 3-5 times in next 18 months on activities of signature programs.
|• Ensure the signature programs, nationally accredited programs, and interdisciplinary programs have effective web-sites.
|• Highlight research programs on campus web page, in annual reports, and other high-level marketing materials.
|4. Develop a UMass Dartmouth marketing plan that takes advantage of the UMass marketing plan.
|Funding for the brand development is obtained by the President's Office. Implementation of the strategy is TBD
|• UMass Dartmouth will work with the UMass consulting firm, Carnegie Communications, to develop a recognizable UMass Dartmouth "brand" and implement a strategy to market the campus.
|Undergraduate Excellence Objectives
|Establish an assessment-based culture and
foster a campus community that understands and utilizes integrated student
learning outcomes.
|1. Identify and agree on desired learning outcomes we want our graduates to have.
|• Appoint a task force on integrated student learning outcomes comprised of faculty, academic, and student affairs professionals.
|Provost/VC Student Affairs
|Integrated student learning outcomes are defined for UMD campus and a set of student learning outcomes articulated by fall '08.
|• Create campus processes that enable us to disseminate & facilitate discussions on the recommendations from the integrated student learning outcomes task force.
|Provost/VC Student Affairs
|Campus community members understand what we expect our graduates to have learned because of their experiences, both in and outside of the classrooms by fall '08.
|2. Develop and implement a comprehensive assessment program for general education.
|• Phase 1: In Fall 2007, review pilot designs; list
courses; Senate approval of objectives; recommend processes for
implementation; Spring semester, apply assessments broadly across two Gen Ed
area; in Summer 2008—Faculty task force reviews results and broadens
application of assessment program. Also develop new approaches: revised
structures; across-curriculum approaches.
• Phase 2: Encompass fall 2008 courses; tabulate results from first implementation cycle; describe progress for NEASC self-study
|AVC Academic Affairs IRPA; General Education Committee (to recommend the underlying objectives for gen ed areas and then to take a major role in implementation) and Faculty Senate (to approve the objectives); Deans of the curricula that offer Gen Ed courses (to ensure compliance).
|All Gen Ed areas have assessment plans; assessments encompass courses used by at least 80% of the students in each Gen Ed area; faculty have recommended outcomes and chancellor has approved them; data are assembled, disseminated, and reviewed for an initial feedback-for-improvement cycle; in 2010 NEASC accepts us as compliant for both Gen Ed and program assessment
|3. Continue to develop and implement outcomes assessment in the academic majors
|AVC Academic Affairs assisted by IRPA (to help design assessment processes); Deans (to enforce implementation, approve modifications to plans, and review results annually). Dir. CTE /other faculty leaders to assist
|4. Enhance co-curricular programs to support integrated student learning outcomes as defined for UMD graduates.
|• Assess the effectiveness of Divison of Student Affairs programs & services to determine what needs to be improved or eliminated, and what new programs developed.
|AVC Student Affairs, Division of Student Affairs Leads
|Program assessment process has been developed for DOSA and review cycle has begun by Fall '09.
|• Work with Division of Student Affairs departments to develop learning outcomes for their programs and services.
|AVC Student Affairs
|DOSA departments have identified and communicated learning outcomes for their programs/services by Spring '09.
|5. Implement E-portfolio system that would track students' curricular and co-curricular involvements and learning outcomes.
|AVC Student Affairs, VC LISRT, Team Leaders for Instructional Development
|E-portfolio system assessment report done by March '08. By 2012 10 or more academic departments utilize e-portfolio system.
1: The University is recognized for its excellent undergraduate and graduate
programs that integrate innovative teaching
strategies and prepare students for advancement in the twenty-first century environment. (Continued)
Excellence Objectives
|Implementation Strategies
|Lead Parties
|Develop multidisciplinary programs to energize and modernize the undergraduate curriculum.
|1. Develop the proposed minor in Sustainability and using sustainability as an organizing principle.
|Minor is approved and students enrolled by Spring 2008.
|• Appoint a team of faculty, staff and students to measure the university's carbon footprint with the goal of becoming carbon neutral.
|Dir. Office of Campus & Community Sustainability
|2. Restructure the Humanities and Social Sciences
Major creating a new B.A. in Liberal Arts.
|Director of HSS
|New major is approved and students enrolled by Fall 2007.
|3. Expand the on-line offerings in Women's Studies to create a fully on-line major.
|Director of Women's Studies
|Online majors available through UMass Online by Fall 2008.
|4. Develop on-line version of Art Ed.
|Chair, Art Ed
|Online MPP available through UMass Online by Fall 2008
|5. Reinvigorate the programs of thecultural studies centers and explore the academic offerings, with particular attention to the Center for Jewish Studies.
|Director, Center for Jewish Culture
|Increased enrollments in minor programs, campus and community involvement, and funds raised by Fall 2008.
|6. Reestablish a Writing Across the Disciplines Program.
|Provost's Office and Faculty Committees
|Program reviewed in Fall 2007 ; First Workshops established in Spring 2008; Overall outcome - Students writing and critical thinking skills show improvement over a 3-year period.
|Improve the effectiveness of the first year math program in order to facilitate curriculum progress for all students, particularly those entering business, engineering and science majors.
|1. Create a new position, First Year Math
Coordinator to be filled by an FTL in the Dept. of Mathematics. In addition
to teaching responsibilities in the first year math program, this individual
will be charged with working with the Dept. Chair with the following:
recruit, train and monitor the faculty who teach first year math courses;
coordinate syllabi and oversee printed course curricula; monitor teaching
effectiveness and deal with student problems.
|Deans, Chair of Mathematics Dept., and First Year
|Math Coordinator is hired by Fall '07. Numbers of students successfully completing their required math sequence improves incrementally.
|2. Improve the effectiveness of the Impulse Program.
|Deans of COE & CAS, Chair of Mathematics Dept., and Impulse Coordinator
|Impulse Program Coordinator is hired by Fall 2007. Student satisfaction and retention increases incrementally.
|Prepare graduates to be fully engaged global citizens of the 21st century through liberal arts and sciences education that incorporates civic engagement and service learning.
|1. Develop an Office of Civic Engagement and
Service Learning (OCESL) in Student Affairs.
|VC Student Affairs and Provost
|Office established by Sept. '08. SA internship implemented and established by Fall '08.
|2. Increase collaborations between Community Service Programs and Colleges with regard to developing experiential and service learning opportunities and sites.
|Task force on SL Co-chaired by AVC Student Affairs & AVC Academic Affairs
|• Create data-base for internship and service learning opportunities that will be web-based.
|CESL Staff, Deans of Colleges
|Increased number of experiential & service learning sites by 10% by Spring '08.
|• Develop internship opportunities for students interested in pursuing careers in Student Affairs.
|Director of Career Resource Center
|Academic liaison to link to SL Programs identified by spring '08.
|3. Develop faculty fellows program designed to increase number of SL classes offered.
|Director of Office Civic Engagement Service Learning and Task Force
|Increased understanding of Service Learning pedagogy
|4. Identify and codify currently taught service learning courses.
|Director of Office Civic Engagement Service Learning & Office of Institutional Research & Assessment
|Meet dual mission of public higher education institution
|5. Develop comprehensive assessment plan for CESL.
|AVC Academic Affairs & Director CESL
|Increased opportunities for students to practice their knowledge/skills/abilities on real world problems and opportunities
|6. Implementation of SL graduation requirement (min 1 SL class).
|GenEd Curriculum Committee, Deans
|Service learning and public engagement is established as one of the signature programs of the university by 2012.
|• Courses necessary to meet this requirement are developed.
|7. Develop at least 2 SL courses within each major.
|Deans, Dept. Chairs and Faculty
|UMD graduates are publicly engaged
|• Recognize COMPEER as SL program.
1: The University is recognized for its excellent undergraduate and graduate
programs that integrate innovative teaching
strategies and prepare students for advancement in the twenty-first century environment. (Continued)
Excellence Objectives
|Implementation Strategies
|Lead Parties
|Overcome barriers of time, space and geography to provide wider access to courses and programs.
|1. Establish a study group that will develop potential strategies to expand and strengthen course delivery options (online, hybrid, weekend, evening, summer, etc.) that will position UMass Dartmouth to meet the community's demand for higher education programs in an increasingly competitive higher education environment.
|AVC's for Academic Affairs, PCE
|By March 1, a set of options is presented to the chancellor and provost to enhance the university's ability to serve students facing educational barriers of time and distance.
|• Develop goals and vision, and propose next steps.
|2. Develop and implement a Blended Learning Initiative.
|VC IT & Faculty
|Blended Learning Initiative proposed and approved by Feb. 2008. First cohort of faculty supported in summer 2008. By AY 2012 about 25% of UMass Dartmouth undergraduate classes will have 1/5 to 1/3 of their course content delivered online (baseline for 2007, 11% of courses are blended).
|3. Online Degree/Certificate Programs established.
|• Women's Studies
|Need Outcomes
|• Art Ed
|• Sustainability
|4. Satellite Delivery Sites.
|• MBA and General Business at Cape Cod Community College
|• PCE Programs at Fall River and New Bedford
|5. Make more effective use of summers to support academic programs
|AVC PCE, Deans and Dept. Chairs
|Graduate Excellence Objectives
|Implementation Strategies
|Lead Parties
|Enhance graduate program quality and development.
|1. Increase graduate student enrollment such that graduate students make up 20% of total enrollments by 2012.
|AVC Academic Affairs, Deans, Graduate Council
|Achieved enrollment growth from current
13% to 20% by 2012.
By end of AY 07-08, plans will be developed for each program (24 current Masters programs).
Each program meets its phased benchmarks and targets as established in its plan.
|• Develop a UMass Dartmouth Master Plan for graduate education that incorporates a plan/profile for each graduate program determining market demand, enrollments, research support, space, and budgets and that takes into account distinguishing program characteristics (research-based, professional-based, mission-based); student characteristics (quality; domestic/international, full time/part time); completion rates; resources (space, student support and sources of support). Each plan to include benchmarks for implementation.
|• Improve recruitment and support of graduate students
|AVC Academic Affairs, AVC Enrollment Management, Dir. Graduate Studies/Admissions
|AY08, plans approved, publications created for
approximately 20 programs
AY09, recruitment actively in process.
|• Continue to update infrastructure to meet needs of expanding programs
|AVC Academic Affairs, Deans
|Programs have adequate facilities
• Research Building 1st Floor online Spring 2008
• Textile Building by Fall 2008
• Evaluation of CVPA studio space by Spring 2008
|2. Develop new academic programs including:
|AVC Academic Affairs and Office of Institutional Research Planning & Assessment, Deans, Provost
|• New MS in Computational Mathematics.
|Program developed by Spring 2009
|• Certificates and related programs to meet short-term demands.
|On-going (meet short-term needs)
|4. Improve quality of assistantships.
|AVC Academic Affairs, Deans, Provost
|Implement policy beginning in Fall 2008.
|• Provide CSF waivers selectively.
|On-going (meet short-term needs)
1: The University is recognized for its excellent undergraduate and graduate
programs that integrate innovative teaching
strategies and prepare students for advancement in the twenty-first century environment. (Continued)
|Graduate Excellence Objectives
|Implementation Strategies
|Lead Parties
|Formalize and institutionalize the administrative structure and governance for all graduate programs.
|1. Establish governance and central administration.
|AVC Academic Affairs
|Achieve enrollment growth from current 13% to 20% by 2012.
|• Establish a central academic authority to allocate resources and incentives for departments and programs to align graduate education with campus strategic aims (Yardley recommendations).
|Support in place for TA's and PTL buyouts.
|• Graduate Council will provide recommendations for the following: a unified policy for graduate education from admission through graduation replacing the current fragmented structure; expansion of flexible teaching load assignment; identification of a graduate faculty. Develop more robust graduate, especially doctoral, policies.
|AVC Academic Affairs, Deans, Graduate Council, and Faculty Leadership
|New structures designed and implemented; graduate (or doctoral) faculty identified; revised policies in catalogue and implemented by 2008-2009
|• Improve stipends/redefine work expectations for Grad Program Directors.
|AVC Academic Affairs, Deans, Graduate Council, and Faculty Leadership
|GPD's stipend increased from $1,125 to $4,000 by Spring 2008 (20 @ +2,750 each)
|Achieve Carnegie Doctoral status.
|1. Increase doctoral student enrollments such that 20 doctoral students a year are graduating by 2010-2012.
|AVC Academic Affairs, Deans, Grad Council, program faculty
|• Inventory current and anticipated PhD programs for their degree production potential and set annual enrollment and degree production targets and assess the impact needs on facilities, technology, human, and fiscal infrastructures.
|Plan vetted by faculty and Deans, approved by Administration during AY08; and Carnegie Doctoral status achieved in 2012.
|• Strengthen the Electrical Engineering PhD.
|New/improved research space by Fall 2008
|Doctoral student support: 5 1st-yr ass'tships by Fall 2008
|Equipment/technology/systems: Equip a sensor networks lab by Fall 2009
|6 new degrees produced annually after 2011
|• Strengthen the Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology PhD.
|Enhance doctoral student support: 10 new 1st year TA's for Fall 2008
|BMEBT program has input in hiring across cognate disciplines
|Hire 0.5 FTE Administrative Assistant
|Students research supported by equipment/technology/systems
|5 new degrees produced annually after 2011
|• Strengthen the Marine Science and Technology PhD.
|New/improved space: furnish 3 classrooms in NRC building during AY08
|Doctoral student support: 5 1st-yr ass'tships by Fall 2008
|8 new degrees produced annually after 2011
• Strengthen the Luso-Afro-Brazilian Studies and Theory PhD.
Doctoral student support: 2 additional institutional assistantships for Fall 2008
|Library: more library resources (database Muse) for AY07/08
|3 new degrees produced annually after 2011
|• Strengthen the Nursing PhD.
|New/improved research space: research/meeting space in Textiles basement
|Doctoral student support: 3 new Nursing Traineeships by Fall 2008
|5 new degrees produced annually after 2011
|• Develop and Implement the Mathematics Education
Research PhD.
|New program development, site visit, etc. during AY08
|Doctoral student support: 5 1st year TA's
|4 new degrees produced annually after 2011
|• Investigate adding new doctoral programs in Chemistry, Education Administration, Health Psychology, and Professional Writing
|Decision is made during FY08
|Goal 2: A community of respectful learners and scholars is established (continued)
|Learner Objectives
|Ensure that students have clear, understandable and achievable academic goals.
|1. Improve the effectiveness of the academic advising process.
|AVC for Academic Affairs & AVC for Student Affairs
|• Develop a comprehensive First-Year Success program including learning communities, block schedule advising, general education advising, and strategies for success; with unified services co-located in freshman housing.
|AVC Academic Affairs, Division of Student Affairs
|Student satisfaction with advising improves
incrementally starting 2008.
Students progression to degree completion improves by '08
|• Refine and review for accuracy the degree audit system.
|Registrars office with committee including Academic Advising, AVC Academic Affairs, AVC Enrollment Management and Associate Deans.
|An accurate on-course 7-semester degree audit review for pre/graduation screening is in place by Fall '08. 90% of undergraduates and 90% faculty use degree audit system; Catalogue and degree audit system are synchronized, consistent and current for all programs. Each department will be prepared to conduct a degree audit review for its pending graduate following their seventh semester of enrollment by spring 2009.
|• Implement a contract-based rising-junior degree requirements sign-off in lieu of advisor sign-offs each semester for advanced students.
|AVC for Academic Affairs/SFAAC w/ implem. By Registrar, Advising Cntr, and Assoc Deans with Department Chairpersons
|Across three years progressive assessment targets will have been met for student satisfaction, improved retention, and quicker time to graduation.
|2. Improving advising in the academic departments for majors.
|Academic Advising Center, Deans
|95% of graduating seniors have seamless plan to meet requirements.
|• Refine and review for accuracy the degree audit system.
|• Implement a contract-based rising-junior degree requirements sign-off in lieu of advisor sign-offs each semester for advanced students.
|Produce positive undergraduate educational experiences.
|1. Maintain and strengthen close contacts and interactions between students and faculty.
|• Define the opportunities for undergraduate research to (a) develop a faculty directory of research opportunities available, and (b) develop a web site (by Department or College) to allow access for the students.
|AVC Academic Affairs and AVC for Research Development
|Website is operational by April 2008.
Increased levels of student engagement as measured by NSSE by 2001 and internal surveys by '09.
|2. Improve honors program.
|• Add structure and expand frosh honors program.
|Academic Advising, AVC Academic Affairs, Deans, Associate Deans and Dept. Chairs
|Increased enrollments in Honors courses and seminars starting '07.
|• Expand Commonwealth Scholars Honors program across the colleges.
|Academic Advising, AVC Academic Affairs, Deans, Associate Deans and Dept. Chairs
|Increased participation: 50% more sophomores by 2008 (from 400 to 600); 50% more seniors by 2010 (18 to 30); incremental increases thereafter.
|3. Move closer to a residential college system by creating space in which academic advising (and classes) can be offered in residence halls.
|Director Academic Advising and Director of Housing and Residential Life
|Academic advising satellite is operational by Fall '08.
|4. Develop learning communities in Frosh residence halls by piloting frosh interest groups (FIG).
|AVC Student Affairs
|FIG learning communities piloted in all frosh residence halls by Fall '08
|Increase the breadth and depth of scholarly activity of faculty and staff.
|1. Increase external recognition of scholarship.
|Implementation Committee/Consultants
|External funding increases by 10% per year
|2. Improve grant development services provided by the Office of Research Administration.
|AVC Research Development
|The addition of an individual to provide pre-award
services will result in incremental increases in funding (8% per year).
Target social sciences - an additional $200,000 by FY09 & increase incrementally 10% per year.
|• Organize an ORA Advisory Group to develop recommendations for responding to the President's Creative Economy and S&T Funding, MTTC awards, UMD incentive funds (Healey, Public Service, research) and CVIP tech funding tied to the involvement of faculty and students in a team based multidisciplinary approach.
|Advisory Group Report completed by Spring 2008.
Increases in awards seen by 2010.
|3. In FY08/09, using the ATMC Advisory Group increase the number of industry related research projects that involve undergraduate & graduate students, faculty, and ATMC staff.
|AVC for Research Development
|Total research related funding resulting from the ORA Advisory Group actions in these areas equal to $500,000. An increase of 50% (target: 25) in industrially funded research projects involving our students.
|• Have self-studies done by the off-campus sites (ATMC, SMAST, Star Store, PCE, Fairhaven) that identify scholarship opportunities and partnerships for UMD students and faculty, based on the use of these facilities and personnel.
|Number of new first year and/or transfer international undergrad students is increased to reach 20 by 2009 and a steady-state of 30 by 2011, resulting in an ongoing international student enrollment of 100-200 students spread across the programs.
|Goal 2: A community of respectful learners and scholars is established (continued)
|Scholar Objectives
|Implementation Strategies
|Lead Parties
celebrate and support scholarship at all levels in order to attract and
retain high quality faculty, staff and students.
|1. Establish a Research Day celebrating all forms of funded research and innovative research done by faculty, staff, and students.
|AVC for Research Development
|Research Day in April 2008. Wall of Innovation based on issued patents in April 2008. Undergraduate and graduate research Poster Day in April 2008.
|2. Expand "Wall of Scholarship" to include broader representation of scholarly works beyond books
|Dean of Library, Provost's Office
|Added recognitions, Spr 2008, full recognition program, Fall 2008
|3. Select and estimate funding for a database of all scholarly achievements on campus based on Faculty Activity Reports.
|Implementation Committee/Consultants
|There is an accurate annual compilation of faculty and staff scholarly works.
|4. Create a graduate student association to support scholarship; publish outlines of "work in progress"; supplement college/dept budgets for support of student scholarship activities.
|AVC Academic Affairs, AVC Research Development
|Provide high quality staff development opportunities so that excellent service at all levels is provided by all staff on the campus and is recognized and celebrated
|1. Ensure effective staff development to support
various University functions.
|• Perform a needs assessment to identify staff development and training opportunities for various functions and services. HR will consult with academic departments/centers to develop a survey instrument to collect data and perform a needs assessment. A committee will review the data and make recommendations for staff development and training programs.
|Asst. VC for Policy Planning & Professional Development and Special Asst. to Chancellor
|Staff training and development needs are identified by area by December 2008.
|2. Establish regular professional development programs for the professional and support staff by Fall 2009.
|• Pilot programs in 2007-2008; Get evaluative feedback; Appoint an advisory committee to assist with program planning and evaluation; Publish program offerings; Evaluate impact of program on customer service by 2009.
|Asst. VC for Policy Planning & Professional Development and Special Asst. to Chancellor
|Offering 10 programs in Fall 2007; 15 in Spring 2008; 25 per semester in 2006-0. Attendance is voluntary but programs attract 200 staff per semester in 07-08 and 300 per semester in 08-09. Self Report Evaluations report 80% satisfaction. Grants are obtained to support some programs; Advisory Committee is active. Customer service is improved in selected areas.
|Professional staff are aware of core competencies in their areas of work and have been assessed on areas of strengths and development needs by Fall '09.
|• Pilot identifying core competencies for Division of Student Affairs Leads Group.
|VC Student Affairs & Division of Student Affairs
|• Provide appropriate training programs on and off campus.
|VC Student Affairs & Division of Student Affairs
|Ensure effective faculty development that encompasses teaching, scholarship, and service across faculty members' careers.
|1. Bring existing faculty development programs (e.g., CTE CATLS, Faculty Instructional Development, Provost's travel/publication fund[s]) and other initiatives under the direction of one office.
|Re-organization of development structure; appointment of director; 20% increase in completed, peer-reviewable research projects
|Goal 2: A community of respectful learners and scholars is established (continued)
|Overarching Objective
|Implementation Strategies
|Lead Parties
|Develop a culture of pride in UMass Dartmouth's mission and core values.
|1. Develop an understanding of UMass Dartmouth's vision, mission and core values that inform its culture and communicate this effectively within and outside the campus.
|Chancellor, Vice Chancellors
|Attendance and feedback to the "core values" process is at least 60% on campus and 20% of alumni.
|• Establish a process for identifying and broadly affirming UMass Dartmouth's Core Values with faculty, staff, students, administrators, and alumni.
|Survey/focus groups indicate 80% understanding and
by Fall 2009.
|• Appoint an Ad Hoc committee on Pride. Utilize campus spaces (dining halls, library, college common areas) to build pride.
|Provost, VC Student Affairs
|• Develop appropriate vehicles for communicating university achievements to the faculty, staff, students, alumni and regional & state constituents.
|Integrated Communication Group
|• Provide training for appropriate staff (department level) to improve utilization of the Website to provide current information on campus activities.
|2. Build relationships across programs and services by forging collaborations within and between faculty, students and staff.
|Vice Chancellors
|• Implement requirements that key functional areas (a) involve people from other areas; (b) maintain web communications; (c) issue periodic status reports; (d) consult constituencies across campus by questionnaires, focus groups, etc.; and (e) evaluate areas needing improvement that involve wide-reaching assessment activities.
|VC Library Services, Information Resources, and Technology
|Need Outcomes
|3. Reform key governance structures to ensure collaborative and consultative working relationships.
|Chancellor's Staff/Provost
|Goal 3: The intellectual capital of the faculty, staff, and students is embedded in the activities of the region and the Commonwealth
|Determine the areas of the external community that UMD serves well and what areas need more attention using a survey of industries, cities and towns, existing community partnership, etc.
|1. Catalogue the education, research and service
activities that UMass Dartmouth faculty, staff and students engage in beyond
the immediate region (estuaries, health care, Portuguese culture,
bio-medical, K-12, etc.) and give attention to promoting those activities in
the media and in special communications to our public and private
|Asst. to Chancellor for Economic Dev.
|Political, business, and cultural leaders within and beyond the immediate region will recognize the impact of UMass Dartmouth on the greater community and support policies and initiatives that strengthen that impact.
|Recognize and reward faculty and staff for engagement in regional cultural, civic and educational activities.
|1. Create a web-based portal to recognize and
highlight faculty & staff community service activities.
|Provost, Deans, Dir Office of Campus & Community Sustainability
|Counter is on website to document visits, increased numbers of faculty choosing to be evaluated for community service.
|2. Propose that staff evaluations include categories for university and community service.
|Increased numbers of faculty and staff choosing to be evaluated for community service.
|3. Institute an Annual Dinner recognizing faculty & staff engaged in community service.
|Provost, VC Administration & Fiscal Services,
|Increased numbers of faculty and staff choosing to be evaluated for community service.
|Enhance and advance UMass Dartmouth's impact on K-12 school systems.
|1. Restructure EDU, MAT, and other related programs. Engage a consultant to assist with development of new structures.
|Chancellor, Provost, Dean CAS, Dean CVPA, CUSP, Director of MAT program
|Improved teacher preparation programs, stronger relationships with the 14 regional school districts in which teacher training placements are done by Jan '08.
|Examine the structure and purpose of professional continuing education to maximize achievement of the UMass Dartmouth mission.
|1. Engage consultants to review PCE's activities and relationships to constituencies: Academic Programs, External Community, Credit and Non-Credit Programs.
|Provost, AVC PCE
|Greater breadth of PCE offerings, reaching broader audience generating increased revenues by Jan '08.
|Goal 4: Student access, diversity and success has been demonstrated during a period of enrollment growth.
|Create a UMass Dartmouth culture conducive to
inviting, embracing and supporting diversity.
|1. Demonstrate commitment to enhancing diversity.
|• Establish a University task force (consisting of students, faculty, and staff) charged with developing recommendations and strategies designed to foster a campus climate that supports diversity of race, culture, gender, sexual orientation, disability, and religion.
|Recommendations to the Chancellor completed by Feb. '08
|• Increase faculty and staff participation in existing campus diversity programs (e.g., College Now, START, LSAMP, Unity House, Women's Resource Center, Center for Access & Success, etc.).
|Asst. VC Academic Affairs
|Baseline data is established and the participation rate increases incrementally starting in Fall 2008.
|• Include statement of University's commitment to supporting diversity in all widely disseminated University print and web publications such as Student Handbook, Catalogue, websites, etc.
|Assoc. Dean of Students, Asst. to the Chancellor
|Statement is included in all widely read University print & web publications by fall '08.
|• Reflect campus diversity via art and symbols presented on campus.
|Director of Unity House, Deans
|Every major building on campus contains a visible reflection of campus diversity via art or symbol by fall '08.
|2. Assess current climate and services for campus populations.
|• Develop a student, staff, and faculty survey that measures campus climate related to "inviting, embracing, and supporting diversity" to use as a benchmark.
|AVC Student Affairs, AVC Office of Institutional Research & Assessment
|Climate Survey completed by 20% of each population surveyed (students, staff, and faculty) by fall '08.
|3. Develop facilities, programs and services to address unmet needs.
|• Build or create a Student Union that houses student support groups to collaborate across interests.
|Dir. Campus Svcs./Dir. Student Activities
|In addition to Student Affairs, SAIL, Religious Resource Center, Campus Services, and student organizations, the Union houses Women's Center, International Student Center, Unity House, GLBT, Commuter Center, Health Education, and Center for Access and Success (formerly DSS).
|• Create and appropriately staff a GLBT center for faculty, staff, and students.
|AVC for Student Affairs
|GLBT Center is open and staff hired to support center by Fall '09.
|• Improve communication & relationship with students of color to support diversity.
|Dir. Public Safety
|Scheduled monthly meetings attended by leaders from underrepresented student populations and involving a variety of shift officers that engage in meaningful dialogue with each other by Spring '08.
|4. Provide education, training, and development opportunities for staff, students, and faculty.
|• Develop facilitated Roundtable and Brown Bag discussions on diversity topics for students, staff, and faculty.
|Asst. Dir. Unity House
|Minimally two events occur per semester by Spring '08.
|• Utilize vehicles such as the New Faculty Institute, Talking about Teaching seminars, etc. to incorporate issues of diversity in the curricula to identify and communicate classes that include diversity education in their class content.
|Dir. Women's Resource Center & Asst. Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs
|List of classes produced and shared with students prior to spring 2008 semester.
|• Increase students' international study abroad and exchange experiences by improving support/advocacy services. Create "International Council" in Faculty Senate. Fund to support academic projects abroad like field trips.
|ACV Academic Affairs; Director International/Exchange Study Programs
|5. Increase annual enrollment of first year and/or transfer undergraduate international students.
|AVC Enrollment Management; International Director
|Number of new first year and/or transfer international undergrad students is increased to reach 20 by 2009 and a steady-state of 30 by 2011, resulting in an ongoing international student enrollment of 100-200 students spread across the programs.
|• Enhanced services for international student applicants.
|• Partnership with UMass President's Office's international education initiatives (China and others).
|• Development of UMD campus connections with Portugal, Azores, and Cape Verde to foster international recruitment potential.
|• Participation in international recruitment consortia.
|• Attendance at international student college fairs.
|• Establishment of a relationship with an international secondary school.
|• Engagement with an international student referral agency.
|Goal 4: Student access, diversity and success has been demonstrated during a period of enrollment growth. (continued)
|Objectives (continued)
|Implementation Strategies
|Lead Parties
|Create a level of diversity within the workforce
that would complement and support greater student access and diversity.
|1. Update and set goals for the hiring of faculty/staff of color, to increase the underrepresented minorities and females in faculty and professional staff positions.
|Director of Human Resources & Asst. V.C. for Equal Opportunity
|The full-time faculty and professional staff
workforce of under represented minorities is increased consistent with the
affirmative action plan by Fall '08.
|2. Provide technical guidance and support (including training on methods for undertaking affirmative action steps to recruit diverse pools of applicants) to academic departments to better identify, attract, and retain candidates of color and female candidates in fields where they are underrepresented.
|Director of Human Resources & Asst. V.C. for Equal Opportunity
|3. Include achievement of diversity objectives as a component in annual evaluations of senior leadership personnel.
|Chancellor, VC's
|Vice Chancellors have improved diversity profile of their respective area by Fall '08.
|Increase undergraduate retention and graduation rates.
|1. Implement focused activities to improve retention/graduation of students, with a particular emphasis on at-risk students. Phase 1, comprehensive data and analysis; Phase 2, begin implementation of interventions (UMass priority per NASH membership).
|AVC Student Affairs/VC Student Affairs/AVC Enrollment/OIRPA
|1 yr Retention to 80% by 2010 (currently 74%); 6-year grad rate to 55% by 2015 (currently 48%)
|2. Define, develop, and implement a holistic model of student development.
|• Research models of student development and select/design model appropriate for UMD and train all student affairs staff in applying the model in their areas.
|VC Student Affairs, Dean of Students
|Model selected is appropriate for our institution and population. All staff able to apply model in specific areas by Summer '08.
|• Develop a walking/bike path around ring road.
|Assoc. Athletic Dir., Assoc. Dir. HFOS, Dir. Public Safety, Dir. Center for Campus & Community Sustainability
|Path designed and created, permits received, lighting, etc. installed and community members use the path by Fall '09.
|• Build a Labyrinth (sacred space).
|Religious Resource Center, Dir Counseling & Student Dev.
|Community usage by Fall '09.
|3. Review and restructure New Student Orientation.
|Provost, VC Student Affairs & Task Force TBN
|Appropriate balance of Student Life and Academic Orientation with improved 4-year retention by Fall '08.
|4. Align services with student needs.
|• Find and share with student affairs staff current research regarding what high school students are looking for in a college-university.
|Dir. Residential Ed Programs & Assessment
|Division implements programs and initiatives to meet incoming student needs by Fall '08.
|• Assess staffing levels and facility space to comprehensively meet student needs based on benchmarking and accreditation standards.
|AVC Student Affairs, VC Student Affairs
|All Student Affairs departments will be assessed and data obtained from like-institutions for benchmarking purposes. After assessment, a 3-year plan presented to Cabinet and Chancellor by Spring '08.
|• Enlarge Fitness Center to accommodate larger number of students.
|Assoc. Athletic Dir.
|Planning incorporated like-institutions' fitness facilities and Best-Practices. Facility expanded accordingly. Usage increased by 20%. Hours of operation increased by Fall '09.
|• Improve exit interviews with graduating senior and transfers.
|AVC Student Affairs, AVC Academic Affairs
|Data collected provides recommendations for needed improvements to services by Spring '08.
|• Assess and re-design First-Year Experience Program.
|AVC Student Affairs, Dean of Students, Dir Residential Education Programs & Assessment, Academic Advising, AVC Academic Affairs
|Pilot program launched with 10% of first year students participating. Final program incorporates all current first-year based programs, new student orientation, and desired outcome goals for first-year students in a cohesive and sustainable manner by Fall '08.
|Strengthen residential life infrastructure and living and learning opportunities to support students.
|1. Increase Residence Hall safety.
|Perception of safety indicated by an increase in safety marks in the Student Satisfaction Survey and Residential Survey by May '08.
|• Assess all outside doors and replace as needed.
|Assoc. & Dir. of Housing Facilities, Operations & Services; Asst. Dir Housing
|Assessment completed by Fall '07 and doors replaced by Jan. '08
|• Assess and implement improved residence hall front desk check-in procedures.
|Dir. Housing & Res Life; Dir. Public Safety
|Compliance with sign-in procedures increased. Information collected at sign-in is accurate by Fall '08.
|Goal 4: Student access, diversity and success has been demonstrated during a period of enrollment growth. (continued)
|Objectives (continued)
|Implementation Strategies
|Lead Parties
|2. Develop facilities, staffing, programs, and services to address unmet needs.
|• Administer EBI (web based assessment tool) with residential students.
|Asst. & Assoc. Dir. Res Life
|Survey completed by 40% of residential students by Fall '07.
|• Revise printed and web-based publication regarding Residential Life Living and Learning Programs.
|Assoc. Dir. Res Life; Dir. Res Ed Programs & Assessment; Central Publications
|Web site and printed materials used by Admissions, etc. are revised by Spring '08.
|• Develop multi-purpose, social areas in each residence hall.
|Assoc. Dir. of Housing Facilities, Operations & Services; Assoc. Dir. Res Life
|Each residence hall has a multi-purpose space for programs or social activities by Fall '08.
|• Develop a Faculty/Staff Adoptee Program to increase connection between students and staff & faculty.
|Resident Dir. of Res. Life
|Each residence hall has "adopted" at least one faculty or staff member (no less than 50% are faculty) and invited them to building specific events by Spring '08.
|• Create hall-based leadership/governance opportunities for residents.
|Assoc. Dir. Of Res Life; Director Res Ed Programs & Assessment
|Increased hall programs and student engagement by Fall '08.
|• Pilot programs to decrease ratio of RA to the first year student in one residence hall.
|Dir. Of Housing & Res Life; Assoc. Dir of Res Life
|Increased sense of community and better support for first year students by Fall '08.
|• Implement green cleaning pilot in 2 residence
|Asst. Dir of Housekeeping & Grounds; Assoc. Dir. of Housing, Facilities, Operations & Services
|Pilot program is successfully be implemented in two residence halls that will be free of chemical toxins and environmentally friendly by Spring 2008.
Improve the effectiveness of services we offer to support students in successfully pursuing postgraduate opportunities.
1. Improve the Career Resource Center's working relationship with colleges.
Director Career Resource Center
|• Increase number of on-campus recruitments in coordination with Colleges.
|The number of recruiters brought to students (both on and off-campus) meets a target goal mutually established by the Career Center and the individual Colleges by summer of 2009.
|• Enhance data of graduates' plans for post graduation.
|Exit Survey collaboration with Academic Affairs elicits 80% response rate and is shared with Colleges by summer of 2008.
|2. Focus on career development model to improve job placement and post graduate education options.
|Director Career Resource Center
|• Develop a 4-year planning process for incoming freshmen.
|Plan delineated and marketed to new students (via orientation, workshops, and classroom presentation) by fall '08
|• Introduce e-portfolio technology in the freshman year via classroom and workshops.
|E-portfolio system initiated with at least 50% freshman class participation by Jan. 2009
|• Create workshops for sophomores and juniors interested in experiential learning opportunities, e.g. internships, apprenticeships, service learning.
|50% of the sophomore and junior class report being aware of experiential learning opportunities on Student Satisfaction Survey by spring 2009.
|• Create senior-year program to support job placement and graduate school interest.
|Plan delineated and marketed to seniors and Colleges. Career Center interacts with 50% of senior class as measured by senior exit survey by May 2009.
|3. Develop more collaborations between Alumni Affairs and Career Resource Center.
|Asst. Dir. Of Career Resource Center; Dir. Of Alumni Relations
|• Create Alumni Speaker Series.
|Alumni Speaker Series created by Fall '08.
|• Restart and implement Alumni Job-Shadowing program.
|Alumni Job-Shadowing program restarted by Fall '08.
|• Develop Alumni Career Night.
|Alumni Night created by Fall '08.
|Goal 4: Student access, diversity and success has been demonstrated during a period of enrollment growth. (continued)
|Objectives (continued)
|Implementation Strategies
|Lead Parties
|Attract and retain an academically prepared and diverse student body without reducing enrollment, and promote timely degree completion.
|1. Construct an undergraduate enrollment plan designed to reflect the University's emphasis on access, diversity and academic excellence while meeting financial and physical capacity objectives. Mobilize a campus collaboration (Enrollment Management departments, Residence Life, Advising Center, Student Life, etc.) to promote accomplishment of enrollment goals.
|AVC Enrollment Management
|Undergraduate enrollment numbers will remain
constant (except in programs with enrollment capacity) and overall admissions
standards, retention rates, and graduation percentages will rise as
• Average SAT Scores (Verbal/Math): 1075 to 1100 by 2012
• Average High School GPA: 3.06 to 3.2 by 2012
• First to Second Year Retention Rate: to 80% by 2012 (currently 74%)
• Six-year graduation rate to 55% by 2015 (currently 48%)
|• Conduct needs assessments/environmental scans re: development of undergrad majors targeted for emerging fields and special populations (e.g., degree-completers).
|College Deans, AVC Enrollment Management, OIRPA
|Plan for new program with resources needed and timeline to develop by March '08.
|2. Consolidate the various campus efforts focusing on diversity-related recruitment and retention planning. Develop and implement a recruitment and enrollment plan with specific goal of incrementally increasing the enrollment of students of color, each year to reflect the profile of the Commonwealth's students of color going to college.
|AVC Enrollment Management
|By the Fall of 2008 the enrollment of students of color would represent 14.8% of the total student enrollment; by Fall of 2009, would represent 16.3% of the total enrollment; and 18% by the fall of 2010.
|3. Review of all majors to identify those majors in each College having a gender imbalance in their enrollments reflecting more than a 30% - 70% mix; develop a plan with objectives, strategies, timelines, and expected outcomes for attracting and supporting students who will correct the enrollment.
|AVC Enrollment Management, Deans & Dept. Chairs
|Each College will have a basis to establishing enrollment targets for female students in each major in which they are severely underrepresented by March '08.
|Goal 5: An effective physical, technical, fiscal and human infrastructure is in place to support academic activities.
|Physical Objectives
|Ensure that teaching and learning equipment is adequate for effective instruction, particularly laboratory and studio equipment, classroom information technology hardware and software, and computer access for faculty and students.
|1. Expand campus capacity to assess, plan maintain, and enhance its learning spaces.
|• Upgrade 10 additional classrooms. This will include the purchase and installation of technology for those remaining classrooms where needed. Install white boards and replace and/or repair seating, flooring and other finishes where appropriate.
|Dir Facilities, Planning, Design & Construction/Exec. Dir. IT Svc. Assurance/Registrar & faculty working group
|Ten additional upgraded classrooms by September 2008.
|• Complete a studio audit to include equipment and infrastructure requirements for adequate functionality.
|Assoc. Dir. Facilities, Planning, Devsign & Construction/Registrar & faculty working group
|By June 30, 2008, a report on the status of equipment and infrastructure needs for adequate functioning of campus studio space and a plan for funding repair/replacement over time is completed.
|• Develop a plan for the repair, replacement and required infrastructure improvements designated in the 2007 laboratory audit.
|Dir. Facilities, Planning, Design & Construction/Registrar & faculty working group
|By December 2008, a pilot upgrade of 1-2 labs as well as phased infrastructure improvements based on priorities outlined in the audit report are done.
|• Conduct an assessment and prepare a funding plan for outdated portable equipment and instrumentation service contracts not considered part of the infrastructure of labs, e.g. microscopes.
|Dir. Facilities, Planning, Design & Construction/Registrar & faculty working group
|By December 2008, a definitive plan to phase in replacement of outmoded equipment over three years is completed.
|• Establish ongoing funding for classroom operations and the Faculty Instructional Laptop Program (FILP) that provides a laptop/tablet to every faculty member for instructional use.
|Exec. Dir. IT Svc. Assurance/Asst. Dir IT Svc./Faculty working group
|Continued support for a cornerstone program of academic technology.
the effective, equitable and efficient allocation of campus spaces to
optimize utilization through the development of campus-wide policies,
procedures and management structure.
|1. Develop the policies, procedures, and data to inform and guide space allocation decisions.
|• Approve and implement the Space Allocation Policy and Procedures.
|Assoc. Chancellor
|A continuously improving process is in place by November 1, 2007.
|• Complete the installation and necessary training to utilize the FAMIS space management software to provide the data to inform space decisions.
|Assoc. Dir. Facilities, Planning, Design & Construction
|A fully functioning space management system by December 31, 2007.
|2. Perform analyses of identified space planning issues and act thereon.
|• Comprehensive assessment of classroom needs (focused on current lack of rooms 50-100 and lecture halls); develop and furnish new spaces.
|Assoc. Chancellor, AVC Enrollment Management, w/ Office of Institutional Research Planning & Assessment and pos. consultants
|New construction/modifications accomplished for capacities aligned to needs by capacity benchmarks/full utilization of Schedule 25 computer program. Planning 2007-2008; Construction 2009.
|• Conduct a Laboratory Utilization Study to guide space allocation in Engineering and Hard Sciences
|Dir. Facilities, Planning, Design & Construction
|Planning completed by Spring '09, construction by
Laboratory space is appropriately allocated by May 2008.
|Goal 5: An effective physical, technical, fiscal and human infrastructure is in place to support academic activities. (continued)
|Physical Objectives (continued)
|Implementation Strategies
|Lead Parties
|Preserve the functionality of land and buildings with attention to aesthetics and sustainability.
|1. Conduct appropriate studies before undertaking building projects.
|• Develop a budget strategy to utilize operating and/or borrowed funds to conduct studies and designs to determine the functionality of land and buildings, to maximize the use of capital dollars, and improve project timeliness.
|Assoc. Chancellor, Dir. Facilities, Planning, Design & Construction
|An improved budget strategy for preserving the functionality of land and buildings by May 2008.
|2. Develop goals and standards for renovations and new buildings.
|• Establish a committee to include, but not be limited to, staff/faculty from CVPA, Public Relations, FPDC to develop goals and standards for renovations and new buildings with a focus on aesthetics, sustainability, signage and the Facilities Master Plan.
|Assoc. Chancellor, Dir. Facilities, Planning, Design & Construction
|Establish committee by November 1, 2007; Initial goals and standards for renovations and new buildings by April 2008.
|Continually forecast, monitor, assess, upgrade/replace and maintain physical and technical infrastructure.
|1. Develop a structure and process for monitoring
and assessment of the physical and technical infrastructure.
|• Establish a campus group consisting of representatives from FDPC, CITS, Facilities Operations, Campus Services and Housing, Facilities and Operations to develop the structure and process.
|Assoc. Chancellor and AVC CITS
|Established group by February 2008; by February 2009 the group produced a report to include analysis and recommendations.
|Provide effective and efficient services, systems and initiatives for physical and technical infrastructure by developing an integrated, comprehensive and responsive approach.
|1. Develop methods to assess and improve customer
service perceptions.
|• Implement the FAMIS work order system to provide analysis of physical infrastructure needs.
|Dir. Facilities
|By December 31, 2007, routinely generated FAMIS reports which inform our maintenance and capital budget decisions.
|• Develop client feedback instrument to assess the community satisfaction with the Alteration/Renovation process.
|Dir. Facilities, Planning, Design & Construction
|By June 1, 2008, made necessary changes to the process to meet campus community needs.
|• Conduct structured focus groups to provide customer information to inform service decisions.
|Assoc. Chancellor, AVC CITS, AVC Admin. Svcs.
|In Spring 2008, addressed specific questions generated by FPDC, CITS, Facilities Operations and the Chancellor's Cabinet
|Integrate the physical and technical infrastructure of satellite campuses within overall University planning.
|1. Do a supplement to the Facilities Master Plan to
include off campus sites.
|• Hire a consultant to do the report.
|Assoc. Chancellor and AVC CITS
|By December 2008, completed the extended Facilities Master Plan including off-campus sites.
|Technical Objectives
|Create an "IT savvy" 21st century campus community.
|1. Establish a 21st Century IT Savvy Community (ITSC) Committee with campus wide representation and responsible for coordinating campus wide discussion, forming workgroups, and ultimately delivering the definition document.
|Create Charter document by November 1, 2007; formation of ITSC working groups by February 1, 2008.
|• Document the current issues and trends that would establish a baseline from which UMass Dartmouth would build an IT Savvy 21st century community.
|Produce baseline document by June 1, 2008.
|• Define technology core competencies for students, faculty and staff.
|Produce IT Core Competency Document by December 1, 2008.
|• Define the hallmarks for institutionalizing initiatives. Establish a working group from ITSC that would identify the framework and processes.
|Document institutionalization processes September 1, 2008.
|• Appoint a taskforce to consider implementing mandatory laptop program for students.
|Taskforce report completed by December 2007
|Goal 5: An effective physical, technical, fiscal and human infrastructure is in place to support academic activities. (continued)
|Technical Objectives (continued)
|Implementation Strategies
|Lead Parties
|Increase the influence of UMass Dartmouth in UMass system-wide technology decisions and implementations.
|1. Establish a working group to examine and assess the effectiveness of central governance/communication/service models for IT systems.
|Criteria established by group will have been satisfied; on-going participation with/governance impact on Shrewsbury established.
|• Utilizing an outside facilitator, convene working group to discuss current IT issues with President's Office Systems
|AVC Academic Affairs/AVC Finance/
|Issue document by November 1, 2007.
|2. Work with UITS to establish an effective governance/communication/service mechanism for central IT systems.
|AVC Finance/AVC Academic Affairs/
|Increase the effectiveness of the working relationship between the system campuses and UITS by April 1, 2008, then ongoing.
|• Utilize existing intercampus councils and committees to raise key issues and concerns.
|• Document communication tree, organization chart, and service level agreements for key services
|3. Establish an effective campus based communication mechanism for IT systems (central and campus based).
|• Establish a minimum of 2 mechanisms to foster campus communication on IT systems.
|By February 1, 2008, implement recommended communication mechanisms for IT systems.
|Establish broad, shared, comprehensive and consistent data systems to support and inform decision-making, planning and resource allocation.
|1. Facilitate and streamline the process for Academic catalog management.
|• Acquire software to manage the Academic Catalog to facilitate and streamline the process for changing elements of the Academic Catalog with a system for signoff including an automatic notification system.
|AVC Academic Affairs
|Bid accepted; Ugrad and grad catalogues edited and fully on line by February 2008.
|2. Improve data quality in information systems .
|• Establish a Data Management and Quality Team to review data quality.
|Dir. IT Development/Dir. IR
|Establish team, write Team Charter and commence regularly scheduled meetings by December 1, 2007.
|• UMass Dartmouth will play a significant role in the President's Office implementation of the Business Intelligence (BI) software.
|AVC Institutional Research
|Actively participate in software implementation.
|3. Work with business units to determine planning and operational needs.
|Issue document by November 1, 2007.
|• Run focus group sessions for business units to determine planning and operational needs.
|AVC Institutional Research
|By June 1, 2008 write report and identify operational needs and potential solutions.
|4. Improve backup and restore procedures for academic research data.
|Communication tree, organization chart, service level agreements: first pass by April 1, 2008, then ongoing.
|• Create and implement a formal backup plan and procedures for UMass Dartmouth academic research data. This will include an inventory and backup plan for campus based and off-site and/or hot site storage.
|AVC Research Dev./AVC CITS
|Produce a "Backup Plan for Academic Research Data" by December 2008.
|• Acquire and effective platform for Faculty Activity Reports.
|Provost, Deans, VC LISRT
|Platform decision made 2007 with implementation in 2008
|Goal 5: An effective physical, technical, fiscal and human infrastructure is in place to support academic activities. (continued)
|Technical Objectives (continued)
|Implementation Strategies
|Lead Parties
library-based spaces, resources and services that appropriately meet 21st
century undergraduate, graduate and community teaching, scholarship and
learning needs.
|1. Develop and proceed with plans for the library renovation and expansion, considering campus and community needs and trends in the academic library and information worlds.
|A Report on the State of the Library delivered in
October 2007 and recommendations for future actions.
|• Gather quantitative and qualitative data on the information needs related to teaching, scholarship, and learning for the UMass Dartmouth students, Colleges, Departments, faculty, staff, alumni and community.
|Dean of Library
|Actively participate in software implementation.
|• Identify relevant regional and programmatic accreditation standards that relate to library and information services.
|Dean of Library
|Issue document by November 1, 2007.
|• Gather data about the libraries of comparable and aspirational doctoral universities.
|Dean of Library
|By June 1, 2008 write report and identify operational needs and potential solutions.
|• Prepare a brief paper on trends in the library and information world that should be considered when planning for the Carney Library.
|Dean of Library
|Communication tree, organization chart, service level agreements: first pass by April 1, 2008, then ongoing.
|2. Support the unique and internationally renowned
archive for materials related to Portuguese-American culture by acquiring
materials, securing financial resources, developing the new archives space,
and recruiting staff to maintain, preserve, and make materials accessible
|• Hire a Portuguese Archivist.
|Dean of Library, Chair of Portuguese and Dir. Center for Portuguese Studies & Culture
|Portuguese-American archivist is hired by February 1, 2008.
|• Pursue grant funding for acquiring and digitizing materials for the Portuguese archive.
|Dean of Library
|At least one proposal submitted by September 1, 2008.
|3. Continue to support the university community in developing the information literacy of students, faculty and staff by pursuing greater engagement, reflective instructional assessment, and appropriate support services.
|Dean of Library
|By June 1, 2008 write report and identify operational needs and potential solutions.
|• Organize campus-wide discussions on information literacy.
|Dean of Library
|Proposal for better integration of information literacy into curricula. Completed by December 1, 2008; implementation to follow.
|Fiscal Objectives
|Establish a multi-year budget plan for decision making.
|1. Develop a five year rolling budget including a
forecast of revenues and expenses by function and/or line item.
|Vice Chancellors
|Baseline budget by 12/31/07 to project future
outcome of current operation.
"Best" and Worst" scenarios developed beginning with FY09 budget effective July 1, 2008, to include strategic plan objectives by June of 2008.
|• A baseline scenario will reflect a continuation of current trends and commitments and best and worst cases will be developed as well.
|• Each scenario will include identification of the funding status for strategic plan objectives.
|• The five year budget scenarios will be reviewed by the implementation Team. Budget review Board, the Chancellor's Cabinet and will be approved by the Chancellor.
|• Staffing levels will be benchmarked to validate allocation of resources.
|Develop an annual budget process linked to strategic objectives.
|1. The annual budget process will be linked to strategic objectives.
|Vice Chancellors
|The University community will be aware of the budget
and its content.
The status of strategic plan objectives will be clear to campus constituents by December 2007.
|• A budget time line will be developed related to the natural budget cycle.
|• The budget process will include public presentations of current financial condition and will include opportunities for campus community comment.
|• The budget will also be considered at the Budget Review Board and with the Chancellor's Cabinet.
|• The final budget for FY09 and each subsequent year will be available on the A&F web page and a hard copy will be available in the Library.
|Goal 5: An effective physical, technical, fiscal and human infrastructure is in place to support academic activities. (continued)
|Fiscal Objectives (continued)
|Implementation Strategies
|Lead Parties
|Develop alternative revenue sources to facilitate implementation of strategic objectives
|1. Identify alternative revenue sources as
|• Change from HHS short form to long form.
|AVC for Research Development
|Additional indirect cost funds from grants and contracts
|• Increase research funding and equity events including CVIP.
|Directors of Office of Research Administration and CVIP
|Continuing growth in research funding and equity opportunities
|• Produce positive financial results in PCE.
|AVC for Academic Affairs
|Positive net revenue from PCE will increase unrestricted current fund balance on cash and accrual bases
|• Increase the number of endowed chairs.
|Vice Chancellor for Advancement
|Endowed chairs will increase equity and earnings will fund objectives
|• Increase and align fund raising with strategic objectives.
|Additional fundraising will fund strategic objectives
|• Plan the development of "Life Long Learning Communities".
|Human Objectives
|Develop and maintain human resources and fiscal
affairs staff competencies to effectively utilize advanced IT data
|1. The Director of Human Resources will identify training needs and establish training programs for HR and A&F staff to effectively use advanced IT data systems.
|Director of Human Resources, AVC Finance
|HR and A&F staff have increased capacity to use advanced systems for producing reports and analysis by December 31, 2007.
|Reduce the timeline to hire faculty and staff.
|1. Evaluate the current hiring process in the
context of best practices in higher education for HR and EEO/AA
|VC A&F, Director Human Resources, Associate Chancellor for EEO
|A review and analysis completed by January 2008
A recommendation for an effective and efficient process by March 31, 2008
A revised hiring process that meets HR and EEO/AA mandates by June 30, 2008.
|• Conduct Baldrige Quality Analysis of Processes and Outcomes.
|Improve customer service campus-wide.
|1. A pilot customer service training program will
be developed in the Administration and Finance Division:
|Vice Chancellor A&F, Director of Human
|Customer service is improved and program
The program will be evaluated for possible application throughout the University by March 31, 2008.
|• A consultant will be hired to implement the pilot program.
|• The training will begin with senior members of the division in order to define the terms and to develop a plan to roll out training to the departments.
|• Training will be provided for the human resources, business office, purchasing, bursar, campus store, mail room, print shop and facilities.


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MTSU Recording Industry Department Gets Boost From Grammys
by Jason Lamb
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – If you saw the Grammys on Sunday night on NewsChannel 5, you might have caught the ad for MTSU's Department of Recording Industry.
That 30-second spot was just one of the ways the school is trying to spread the word about its unique program, just down the road from Music City.
Classes take place inside recording studios that appear better suited for Music Row, as opposed to a typical classroom, and students work on hands-on music scores and recording equipment during class time.
In addition to the television spot, several faculty members and MTSU leaders visited LA themselves, attending the Grammys, and talking with industry professionals about the recording industry program in Murfreesboro.
"There is nowhere else in the country where you can come for this range of expertise, this range of education, this range of experience, and so we feel like we have to deliver that message," said Ken Paulson, the Dean of the university's Mass Communication department, which oversees the Recording Industry program.
Several of the graduates of MTSU's recording industry program have gone on to win Grammys themselves. In fact, one of its former students, Luke Laird, co-produced Kacey Musgraves' album, "Same Trailer, Different Park," which won the Grammy for Best Country Album this year.
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Awesome! I'm not a big fan of sausage pizza, but this had great spice and flavor. I did it on a whole wheat crust. Yum!
Sausage Pizza (Pizza alla Salsiccia)
allhdvm Posted: 01/16/09
indiegirl Posted: 09/18/09
The topping for this pizza is amazing! I would make it and eat it out of a bowl it is just that good. I can't rave enough about it. It was easy, absolutely delicious, and impressed everyone. I did not make the pizza dough, but instead used a whole wheat pizza dough from Trader Joe's which I would not use again.
Jamiekay51 Posted: 05/20/11
My husband and I loved this recipe and will make again! We did not even use the full 1/4 cup of cheese. The veggies and sausage gave the pizza amazing flavors on its own. This will join our "Go To" recipe rotation.
ktleyed Posted: 06/22/13
Very good, will make again, I too did not use 1/4 cup of the cheese, very filling, I used regular pork sausage instead of turkey, which I bought by mistake. Delish!
mrsnobody Posted: 10/03/13
Delicious! I used hot turkey sausage instead of sweet and Pillsbury pizza dough instead of homemade, so it wasn't exact, but it was still great!


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