Administration, Finances, Strategic Planning Sarah A. Rajala Essential Organizational Activities that keep your college healthy ◦ Administrative leadership ◦ Finances ◦ Strategic planning Who are you? o Facilitator within the college o Responsible for the college o Advocate for the college within the university • Important to recognize the college is part of a larger organization • Obligation to contribute to the university leadership team • Ambassador outside the university Establish clear expectations o Define path for moving forward (strategic plan) o Work to bring out the best in everyone o Understand and adhere to personnel policies and
SMART POWER IN THE U.S. PACIFIC FLEET RDML Denny Wetherald, USNDeputy Chief of Staff for Plans, Policies, and Requirements Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet SOFT POWER Soft Power + Hard Power = SMART POWERHumanitarian Assistance Maritime Security Deterrence Sea Control Power Projection USS Hawaii enters Yokosuka PP in Cambodia CARAT in Singapore GW arrives Manila 2 Humanitarian Response
Colombia-Purdue Institutefor Advanced ScientificResearchEDI - April 16, 2012, Lihue, KauaiLeah H. JamiesonThe John A. Edwardson Dean of EngineeringPurdue UniversityColombia-Purdue Institute for AdvancedScientific Research (CPIASR / ColPICA)❍ Strategic plan-inspired, faculty- and staff-led, alumni-enabled partnership between Colombia and Purdue that has grown organically over the past 18 months❍ Why Colombia? • Alignment of visions: building a technology-based economy, with emphasis on nanotechnology, biotechnology, biodiversity – Colombia’s “Vision 2025” • “CIVETS” • Exemplifies Purdue’s learning, discovery, and engagement missions • A focus on education at all levels • The opportunity
competitor cities. Outputs sought: – A set of initiatives which were actionable, bold and which held the potential for long-term economic impact. 3NYC has a strong and rapidly expanding financialecosystem to fund startups and spin-outsA strong ecosystem for startup investment– $1.1 billion invested by VC firms in 2010– #2 in VC funding for internet & tech startups in the US, second only to Silicon Valley. Source: CB Insights.com, 2010 data 4 However, even accounting for planned expansions, there is still significant room for further growth For example, in engineering when compared with Boston
University of Hawaii’s Deepening Partnership with the DoD through EngineeringPresented by:Dean Peter E. CrouchCollege of EngineeringUniversity of Hawaii at ManoaUH-PACOM Memorandum of Understanding UH and PACOM MOU: collaborative efforts to promote regional stability and sustainability in the Asia Pacific region. Near term partnering areas include: 1. Develop strategies and plans for research collaboration; 2. Identify opportunities for education and project collaboration; 3. Formulate Steering Committee to Pictured here from right to left*: advise UH and PACOM; UH President M.R.C. Greenwood, former Commander of
Engineering for Diplomacy, Development and National Security: U.S. Universities on the Front Lines Andrew Reynolds U.S. Department of State 2012 Engineering Deans Institute Conference “Engineering Transcending Boundaries” Kauai, Hawaii April 15-18, 2012 Outline of Remarks“SET for Grand Challenges”National Security, Foreign Policy StrategiesHard, Soft and “Smart Power”State/USAID/PACOM - Pacific and Western HemisphereUniversities Gone Global on the Front LinesRecruitment - A Word from Our SponsorStrategic Planning/Horizon Scanning - Crystal Ball DarklySome Disruptive Technologies and Paradigm Shifts“Black Swans” and Renaissance Engineers U.S. Department of State
Vice Provost and President of Georgia Tech Lorraine Professor of Mechanical Engineering William J. Wepfer Eugene C. Gwaltney, Jr. Chair of the 13 George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering ACE Fellowship Why Georgia Tech? » Main objective of my proposal to ACE: “To learn what it takes to initiate, develop a plan, and sustain the operation of a global satellite campus in a well- established academic setting and to evaluate the opportunities that such a campus provides to students.” » Georgia Tech has very impressive global agenda: – 40% of students graduate with international experience
(i.e., water) • Climate challenges (e.g., sea rise on Island Nations, coastal protection, flood risk, glacier melt, etc) • Natural vulnerabilities (e.g., tsunami, earthquakes, hurricanes, etc) • Basin Development (e.g., Mekong) BUILDING STRONG® 2 Theater Security Cooperation “Tool Box” Humanitarian Assistance (HA) Projects International Capacity Development • Technical/SME assistance in Water (food & energy nexus) & Environmental Security, Master Planning Disaster Risk Management Disaster Response Exercises &
Fellowshipshttp://www.boeing.com/educationrelations/3. American Council for Education Fellowshiphttp://www.acenet.edu/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Fellows_program14. National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellowshttp://www.ndep.us/ProgNSSEFF.aspx5. Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship Programhttps://sffp.asee.org/about6. ONR Summer Faculty Research and Sabbatical Leave Programhttp://onr.asee.org/ Harvard Management Development Program: Goalsi. Identify the characteristics of effective leadership in higher educationii. Develop and manage effective leadership teamsiii. Identify the features of “change-friendly” institutions that foster institutional transformationiv. Understand your optimal role in planning initiativesv. Analyze
terms of “training and certification” rather than degrees; especially true of technicians e.g. mechanics On the other hand, many who were technically trained sought to change field upon separation and planned to use benefit for this: i.e., business admin, veterinary science, culinary arts, music education, law, criminal justice Infantry forces often saw little application of their training to the outside world except for military police, so often intended “to start over again” in international business, advertising, criminal justice. A & B: SERVICEMEMBERS’ EDUCATIONAL & ENGINEERING ASPIRATIONS, THOUGHTS ON POST-9/11 GI BILL BENEFITS:1) Education is not necessarily a universal value—enlisted/officer distinction1) GIs
Only 62% of California students scored proficientin science on the most recent eighth-‐gradeCalifornia Standards Test (CST).Even more alarming, only 20% of Californiastudents were proficient on the eighth-‐ gradeNational Assessment of Educational Progress(NAEP) science exam in 2009.Only about 10% of California public elementaryschool students regularly experience opportunitiesfor high-‐quality science learning.Moreover, 40% of elementary teachers in grades K–5reported that their students receive 60 minutes orless of science instruction per week.The Math and Science Teacher Initiative(MSTI) includes a systemwide plan of actionthat consists of six primary strategies:1. The creation of new credential pathways2. Provision of financial support
. Students• Involve students – especially design teams – in other events, such as open houses, home football games and reunions.• Connect using social web sites such as LinkedIn, but be very careful in how you present yourself and the college.• Feature students on your web site, alumni mailings, etc.• Use students in awards ceremonies. Students• Be more willing to say “yes” to an invitation if it comes from a student; e.g. interview with the campus paper, dinner with a fraternity, etc.• Spend some time at the campus recruiting fair. Congratulate the recruiters – preferably in front of your students – on their wisdom at coming to your campus.• Use students judiciously on search committees and strategic planning committees
million – Boeing: ECHS Young Women in STEM: $4,000 – Teachers for a New Era • ECHS Professional Development • Summer Conference – Learn & Serve with Center for Civic Engagement and College of Engineering Future Opportunities?• Expanded 2 + 2 degree plans (like Europeans?)• More Summer Programming – Research – On-campus residency• Encourage more student involvement with clubs and organizations, research labs, internships
, biotech, nano and energy topics – evaluate markets and develop business plans• Law: IP and Business Law for Engineers• Business: 3-hr MBA for Engineers• MS-MBA Commercialization Support System• Sorenson Center for Discovery and Innovation• Lassonde New Venture Development• BioInnovation MS Program• Accelerator, Foundry, Venture Bench• Software Development Center• Energy Commercialization Center• Western Innovation Network• Student Venture Fund• Entrepreneurial Faculty Scholars• Tech Tuesdays Competitions• Distinguished Innovation and Impact Award• Utah Entrepreneurial Challenge• Student Entrepreneur Conference• Bench to Bedside• Opportunity Quest• Bioengineering Invent• Tech Titans• Green Titans
development for young women in HS • 100% Female • Teams pitch their App and business plan to • 40% Minority Participation panel of venture capitalists • $850,000 Annually • Winning App is professionally developed • After participating in program, 80%of and released students interested in pursuing STEM • Each team paired with a female graduate Education/Career or undergraduate student near-peer mentor • Locations in San Francisco Bay Area,• Partnership with Google, Microsoft, LinkedIn, Boston, New York City MIT, Twitter Ongoing Metrics
.“ Supporting the Fleet, Fighter, and Family in Hawaii 4 Navy Diversity Initiatives• Established a Diversity Directorate in August 2004 – Address hiring, organizational alignment, training and development, and communication.• Established U.S. Navy Strategic Diversity Working Group in 2007 – Collaborate and Communicate on How and What efforts Need to be executed during national diversity events.• Agency-Specific Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plans turned in to the Office of Personnel Management on March 16, 2012. Supporting the Fleet, Fighter, and Family in Hawaii 5 National Society of Black Engineers: 3/28/12• We need to recruit top people• We need to tap into a widerange of