Bechmarks of Progress in U.S.A.formatics II

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1 Year 2 BENCHMARKS of PROGRESS PLAN 2020: Gateway to the Future live greater.

2 2 BENCHMARKS OF PROGRESS: PLAN 2020 September, 2012 Dear Colleagues, It is excitig to have this opportuity to report o the secod year of implemetatio of Pla 2020: Gateway to the Future durig which remarkable progress has bee made. The Bechmarks of Progress report icludes just a few highlights of the achievemets made by the Uiversity commuity i support of the log-rage Uiversity goals. It is evidet that this is a pivotal time i the Uiversity s history: ew academic programs, both o campus ad olie are thrivig; the Geeral Educatio Program implemetatio cotiues to shape the educatioal experiece; the faculty hirig pla is progressig; the Post Learig Commos ad Villiger Residece Hall add to the vitality of the studet experiece; alumi groups are beig reegaged; ad commuity parterships are expadig. Thus, as you read this report you will fid evidece that the missio of Sait Joseph s cotiues to be vibratly lived amog all costituecies i all quarters of campus. Pla 2020 is a livig documet ad was desiged with te-year strategic iitiatives that will be reframed ad refreshed every three years to respod to chages i studet eeds ad the higher educatio eviromet. While there is still much to be doe, the year is the third year of implemetatio of Pla 2020 ad you will soo be ivited to participate with our ew Presidet, Fr. Kevi Gillespie, S.J., i developig the ext set of goals for the upcomig three-year period through Thak you ad cogratulatios to all! While it is ot possible to iclude every accomplishmet towards fulfillmet of pla goals i this summary Bechmarks of Progress report, there is evidece of the magis i the extraordiary commitmet to achievig goals that further the missio of SJU. Kathlee D. Gaval, Ed.D. 80 Vice Presidet for Plaig I. Academic Distictio ad Trasformative Studet Experiece Buildig o its liberal arts traditio, Sait Joseph s develops studet potetial iside the classroom ad out through service-learig, research opportuities, creative works, ad egagemet i leadership ad other activities to assist i acquirig kowledge ad reachig ew itellectual horizos. Sait Joseph s Uiversity is committed to providig a vibrat, trasformative campus life experiece, to challege ad support studets to become me ad wome who, upo graduatio, are fully employed, or i graduate school or voluteer programs ad live meaigful lives of faith ad purpose. Trasformative Learig Goals Faith Developmet ad Spirituality Appreciatig Diversity Realizig a Satisfyig ad Productive Life Servat Leadership Focused o Social Justice Discermet of Persoal, Educatioal ad Professioal Goals

3 BENCHMARKS OF PROGRESS: PLAN Achievemets: Faculty Hirig Pla icluded ie ew faculty lies i fall 2011 Established adjuct faculty plaig group who discussed compesatio issues icludig icreased pay scale, faculty developmet fuds ad the access to medical beefits for log-time adjuct faculty Catholic Distiguished Research Fellows Program aouced by Catholic Bioethics Istitute Michael J. Morris Grats for Scholarly Research established to support research ad publicatio by faculty 93% of 2011 graduates employed, erolled i graduate studies, or full-time voluteer service Academic Techology Leadership Committee (ATLC), a ew advisory body established to advace the use of techology i teachig ad learig Autism mior eared Behavioral Aalyst certificatio MS i Educatioal Leadership ad Certificate i Health Care Ethics started Sciece, Techology, Egieerig ad Mathematics Teacher Fellow Program established as part of US Departmet of Educatio s Mathematics ad Sciece Partership Grat Olie Masters programs reached milestoe of 1,300 erolled studets Academy of Food Marketig celebrated 50 years of providig critical liks betwee studets, idustry ad the Food Marketig Departmet Bechmarks Base Year 1 Year 2 Goal Icrease umber of studets egaged i studet/faculty research Icrease umber of idividuals participatig i service-learig Icrease umber of studets with study abroad experiece Icrease umber of faculty summer research grats

4 4 BENCHMARKS OF PROGRESS: PLAN 2020 Achievemets: Geeral Educatioal Program implemetatio bega Fall 2010 Faculty hirig pla exteded; six ew teure-track faculty hired Advisig Support Ceter for CA&S established Faculty developmet icreased to support olie course preparatio ad ew GEP Olie Pla developed icludig services ad fiacial forecast for growig olie programs Trasformative Learig Goals were developed ad commuicated Studet freshma to sophomore retetio icreased to 89% for Fall 2010 Catholic Bioethics recogized as oe of the top five ceters/istitutes by the Associatio of Catholic Colleges ad Uiversities EMBA celebrated 20th Aiversary ad top 20 rakig i US News ad World Report Aouced the Iaugural Hoga Chair i Philosophy US Departmet of Eergy awarded SJU $1M to study alterate fuel source ad gree roofs New Media Ceter for studet groups opeed i Simpso Hall Use of electroic media through the Drexel Library doubled over the prior year II. Missio ad Diversity Sait Joseph s Uiversity thrives as it cotiues the legacy of the Igatia educatioal traditio. Sait Joseph s fudametal goal is to celebrate ad share amog a diverse group of studets, faculty ad staff it s Catholic, Jesuit idetity ifused with Igatia spirituality, Catholic social teachig ad a global perspective Faith-Justice Istitute celebrated 35 years of promotig social aalysis ad critical thought o faith ad justice issues Richard Johso Ati-Violece Ceter dedicated Wome of Color Coferece held at SJU isju, a program to help ew studets lear more about Jesuit educatio, reached over 80% of first-year studets Office of Missio ad Idetity lauched Igatia Fridays to gather commuity for coversatios about SJU Catholic ad Jesuit idetity Active Mids, a studet-led orgaizatio, formed ad hosted exhibit promotig metal health Office of Missio awarded over $45,000 i grats to thirtee departmetal iitiatives directed to the distictly Catholic ad Jesuit idetity of the Uiversity Wome of Color Coferece

5 BENCHMARKS OF PROGRESS: PLAN Commuity Egagemet Classificatio awarded by the Caregie Foudatio for the Advacemet of Teachig Missio ad diversity ifused i ew GEP Plaed ad hosted first Easter Coversatios gatherig of faculty members from east coast Jesuit istitutios Bega commuity-wide coversatio o the Catholic- Jesuit idetity Faith- Justice Outreach Lecture reamed to hoor its creator, Sr. Fracis Joseph, o its 30th aiversary Igatia College Coectio (ICC) received AJCU s Multicultural Affairs Distiguished Program Award Alliace for Catholic Educatio SJU Fellows III. Global ad Commuity Egagemet Buildig o a decades-log commitmet to ad relatioship with its local ad regioal commuities, Sait Joseph s will stregthe the lik betwee public purpose ad its missio as a Catholic, Jesuit uiversity through egagemet i local, regioal, atioal ad iteratioal areas. The goals are to ehace the impact of the Uiversity i all its commuity relatios through targeted studet, faculty ad staff egagemet ad to be recogized for leadership i civic egagemet. The ACE-SJU (Alliace for Catholic Educatio) program graduated 14 fellows PA House Huma Services committee held public hearig o campus that focused o Autism Services Partership formed with Cristo Rey Network to help support attaimet of a college degree for Cristo Rey High School graduates Delaware Couty District Attorey s Office recogized SJU s cotributio to regioal Homelad Security College of Professioal ad Liberal Studies joied the City of Philadelphia s Returig to Learig Partership program for city employees CHINA Tow Hall: Local Coectios, Natioal Reflectios evet held o campus, i partership with the Natioal Committee o Uited States-Chia Relatios of New York Delegatio from Nazarbayev Uiversity, Kazakhsta visited campus to lear more about the coectio betwee strategic plaig ad capital plaig Supported Archdiocesa Catholic School system by establishig the Alliace for Catholic Educatio program (ACE-SJU) Natioal Commuity Day expaded to 35 sites with over 750 SJU studet ad alumi participats Cotiued time, service ad assistace to Wyefield Overbrook Revitalizatio Corporatio (WORC) SJU s $511 Millio aual cotributio to the regioal ecoomy documeted i ewly desiged 2011 Ecoomic & Commuity Impact Report

6 6 BENCHMARKS OF PROGRESS: PLAN 2020 SheUited: Celebratig the Wome of SJU Coferece IV. Alumi Ivolvemet Sait Joseph s alumi are loyal ad ethusiastic ad a sigificat goal of Pla 2020 is to create compellig opportuities for alumi to recoect ad remai ivolved with the Uiversity. The Uiversity commuity will be eriched by active alumi participatio, beefitig curret studets, faculty, admiistrators ad staff. Over 350 atteded the SheUited: Celebratig the Wome of SJU Coferece, a day-log etworkig ad educatioal evet Iaugural Hawktoberfest attracted over 1,140 SJU alumi, parets ad frieds to campus for the reformatted reuio weeked evet Dier with Hawks program brought together 250 alumi ad studets to discuss career paths, etwork, ad develop metor relatioships Revamped olie alumi platform that icluded a ew Alumi Associatio website ad itroduced a olie portal for Hawks to coect SJU hosted 95 evets with over 5,800 participats, providig icreased opportuities for alumi, parets ad frieds to gather Lauched a ew professioal etworkig brad, Hawk2Hawk, ad hosted receptios Icreased youg alumi attedace at evets from 5% to 7.5% Digitalized all back issues of The Hawk, allowig for keyword searches ad made available o the web for alumi The Spirit of Wome lecture series profiled alumae ad celebrated the 40th aiversary of coeducatio at SJU Post Learig Commos Dedicatio

7 V. Fiacial Health Sait Joseph s goal is to provide the highest quality educatio ad support services, while cotiually reducig costs. I the comig years Sait Joseph s will focus o keepig tuitio icreases as low as possible while icreasig fiacial assistace to meet family eeds. Fiacial health icludes the capacity to achieve missio-drive strategic goals by providig the ecessary fudig for curret iitiatives while reservig the log-term fiacial stregths of the Uiversity for geeratios to come. Cotiued positive operatig margis provided support for strategic log-term capital ad operatig eeds Fully itegrated a multi-year Fiacial Pla ito the Uiversity s regular budget plaig ad adoptio process Credit positio of A-/A reaffirmed BENCHMARKS OF PROGRESS: PLAN Credit ratig aalysis resulted i a public ratig of A-/A from Stadard & Poor s ad Fitch respectively With Faith & Stregth to Dare: The Campaig for Sait Joseph s Uiversity raised $152M Fiacial Review model tool implemeted to track ad aalyze reveues ad expeses by academic area 3 year Fiacial Pla developed to support Pla 2020 implemetatio Resources to Support Pla Facilities ad Techology Dedicatio of Post Learig Commos, implemetig ew techology: ope computer lab; Digital Media Zoe; Lecture Capture Room; collaborative study rooms Villiger Residece Hall costructio completed Cardial Joh P. Foley Campus Ceter dedicated Studets use Elle Rya Field (field hockey), Joh W. Smithso field (baseball), ad Curra Field (itramurals) for the first time Busiess Itelligece Iitiative lauched with focus o Academic reportig Maguire Campus: Eglish, Sociology, Educatio Departmets ad the Richard Johso Ceter for Ati-Violece moved to ewly reovated Merio Hall Coelly Hall Room 220 reovated as a ew sciece lab to support the GEP Fie Arts East opeed for sculpture classes Drexel Library reovated with ew patio, chiller, sprikler system, fire alarm, ew carpetig, ad furiture Bellarmie reovated for ew Studet Educatioal Support Services offices IT Strategic Pla updated goals focus o access, academic priorities ad effective use of resources to ehace teachig ad learig Developed itegratio software for studet housig ad alumi relatioship maagemet systems Implemeted documet maagemet system Exteded campus wireless etwork while improvig overall reliability ad performace

8 8 BENCHMARKS OF PROGRESS: PLAN 2020 Huma Resources Partered with Provost, Deas, Registrar, Istitutioal Research, Payroll & Budget offices to implemet Faculty Load ad Compesatio Module (FLAC) Developed a Workplace Lactatio Policy that provides a lactatio room o campus for ursig mothers Reorgaized campus departmets to better serve studets (Studet Records & Fiacial Services ad Hawk Cetral) ad to support teachig ad learig (Academic Techology ad Distributed Learig) Iitiated ew employee orietatio program highlightig missio Joh W. Smithso Baseball Field Dedicatio Marketig/Image Campaig New website ad ew Magis Campaig lauched durig Olympics Utilized market research to desig marketig creative approach SJU embarked o its most ambitious ad far-reachig marketig campaig by coductig research of all Uiversity costituets icludig studets, faculty, staff, parets, prospective studets ad local busiess leaders LOOKING FORWARD YEAR Strategic Priorities for Pla 2020 Implemetatio Academic Distictio Govermet Relatios Marketig ad Image Athletics Iformatio Techology Missio Developmet ad Alumi Relatios Kiey Ceter for Autism Olie Educatio Erollmet Maagemet Educatio ad Support For more iformatio about strategic plaig i these areas, please go to the Office of Plaig website: live greater.