Strategic Imperative 5
Strengthen stewardship by appreciating and nurturing the university’s financial assets, campus environment and infrastructure, and people for outstanding performance today and tomorrow
Focus Areas
- Maximization of endowment and entrepreneurial revenue streams
- Inclusiveness
- Environmental stewardship
- Business procedures stewardship
- Human capital stewardship
- Community safety and security
Key Strategies
- Develop a vision and framework for furthering inclusiveness at MSU
- Create a more inclusive work environment for staff members
- Engage in continuous review and improvement of practices to assure inclusiveness
- Improve the sustainability of MSU campus by reducing inputs, improving the efficiency of processes, and optimizing outputs
- Demonstrate commitment to care, preservation, and enhancement of the campus environment as a public resource
- Build on fundraising momentum and maintain minimum annual gift commitments at the level achieved during the Campaign for MSU
- Substantially increase university endowment
- Substantially increase external funding for research, including securing more center, program, and training grants; obtaining support from foundations in the arts and humanities; and developing more corporate partnerships
- Replace the university’s financial and human resource management systems to increase efficiency and improve the timeliness and accuracy of information
- Align planning, funding, and assessment practices
- Create expectations and opportunities for continuous learning and leadership development among faculty and academic staff
- Enhance technology capability and support across units
- Enhance computer access and training for labor employees, identify MSU workforce skill and knowledge development opportunities, and work collaboratively to design initiatives and programs
- Provide business procedures training for student organizations and groups
- Enhance employee retirement education and advice options
- Develop progressive emergency planning, management, and communications frameworks for the campus
- Enhance general exterior security of buildings and security of selected areas within buildings while maintaining reasonable open access to campus
- Engage in continuous review and improvement of safety in residence halls
