The 2008-2013 North Idaho College Strategic Plan includes 207 Action
Items. The progress of those Action Items is shown in the chart below. Additional information
can be found by clicking on the bar in the chart.
Progress Report: Completed Action Items
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Theme |
Goal |
Objective |
Action Item |
Outcome |
Comments |
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THEME I: PROGRAMS |
Goal 1: Improve and expand educational
opportunities, programs, and courses for the
student population and community. |
Continue existing and develop new transfer
opportunities with four-year institutions
that meet the needs of students and
employers |
Continue to offer exposure to biotechnology
through the INBRE Grant secured by NIC in
conjunction with UI. |
NIC students will have hands-on lab
experience as paid Interns in local labs
(medical, environmental, etc) as Summer
Scholars (research assistants) or Summer
Fellows (undergraduate research assistants)
in a working university research lab |
The INBRE Grant was again funded and the
partnerships will continue. Students will
continue to receive lab experience. NIC
students/graduates are being monitored
throughout their INBRE experiences. |
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THEME I: PROGRAMS |
Goal 1: Improve and expand educational
opportunities, programs, and courses for the
student population and community. |
Continue existing and develop new transfer
opportunities with four-year institutions
that meet the needs of students and
employers |
Creation of an Associates and Bachelors
Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies in Coeur
d'Alene, offered in cooperation between NIC
and UI. |
Selection of NIC and UI Faculty; Faculty
join forces to develop the curriculum; NIC
and UI announce the degree; Interview and
accept the first program participants; Fine
tune the course sequence and course
contents; Initiation of the program |
The Associate (AS) degree in
Interdisciplinary Studies has been completed
- at the NIC level. UI and LCSC continue to
finalize their portion of the bachelor
degree options. |
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THEME I: PROGRAMS |
Goal 1: Improve and expand educational
opportunities, programs, and courses for the
student population and community. |
Continue existing and develop new transfer
opportunities with four-year institutions
that meet the needs of students and
employers |
Initiation of a Military Science - Army
(ROTC) program at NIC with the ability to
transfer credits to UI or LCSC ROTC
programs. |
Idaho National Guard in cooperation with UI
will offer the first two years of ROTC
classes at NIC; UI may bring the last two
years of ROTC courses to Coeur d'Alene if
demand is sufficient |
Military Science classes have been conducted
and the pathways for students to transfer
have been created |
|
THEME I: PROGRAMS |
Goal 1: Improve and expand educational
opportunities, programs, and courses for the
student population and community. |
Continue existing and develop new transfer
opportunities with four-year institutions
that meet the needs of students and
employers |
Offer a graduate-level education course
through UI to train high school teachers to
become Dual Credit teachers for NIC. |
Initial discussions with UI about offering
such a class in Coeur d'Alene; NIC and UI
plan the content and purpose of the course;
initial offering of the course (Summer 2009) |
The graduate level education was offered and
delivered in June 2009. Three area high
school instructors were trained and
connected to NIC mentors. |
|
THEME I: PROGRAMS |
Goal 1: Improve and expand educational
opportunities, programs, and courses for the
student population and community. |
Continue existing and expand new remedial
programs that increase the potential for
student success. |
Expand face-to-face offerings of remedial
mathematics and English classes at the Coeur
d'Alene Tribal Educational Institute in
Plummer, Idaho. |
Math 015, Math 025, Math 108, College-level
Math, and Engl 099 offered |
Remedial classes continue to be offered at
the Coeur d'Alene Tribal Institute, however,
due to the success of the program,
additional upper level courses are now being
offered. |
|
THEME I: PROGRAMS |
Goal 1: Improve and expand educational
opportunities, programs, and courses for the
student population and community. |
Continue existing and expand new remedial
programs that increase the potential for
student success. |
Offer College Transition courses for
potentially at-risk students through a
multi-tier student-advising model. |
Fall 2008: Level One - Remedial in two or
more areas; Level Two - Remedial; Level
Three - college-level new student-athlete,
including transfer students; Level Four -
all student athletes |
The multi-tier advising model was utilized
through the 2008-2009 year. Adjustments,
based on what was learned from the first
year, will be made and implemented in
2009-2010. |
|
THEME I: PROGRAMS |
Goal 1: Improve and expand educational
opportunities, programs, and courses for the
student population and community. |
Develop programming to support the
educational interests of the 60+ community. |
Continue to develop 60+ programming in the
PTE areas of Culinary Arts and Computer
Applications. |
Addition of three additional 60+ courses |
Several classes specifically designed for
seniors were delivered in Spring 2009
(including Mental Fitness, Cooking for
Diabetics, and Computer Applications for
Seniors). A NIC Foundation grant funded
seniors classes at the outreach centers. |
|
THEME I: PROGRAMS |
Goal 1: Improve and expand educational
opportunities, programs, and courses for the
student population and community. |
Develop programming to support the
educational interests of the 60+ community. |
Explore possibilities of expanding the
current Community Education unit to include
60+ programming. |
Determine feasibility of adding 60+
programming to the current PTE group |
A feasibility study was conducted by the
Workforce Training Center staff. The study
concluded that there was little interest in
additional classes for seniors. In spite of
the study results, the college has continued
developing courses for seniors and a |
|
THEME I: PROGRAMS |
Goal 1: Improve and expand educational
opportunities, programs, and courses for the
student population and community. |
Expand program offerings, and accelerate the
implementation of new professional-technical
and workforce training at NIC that meet the
needs of students, business, and industry. |
Idaho POST approval of NIC Patrol Academy |
Submit request to Idaho POST for approval to
continue offering the POST approved basic
patrol academy on the NIC campus. |
In March 2010, NIC received formal approval
from Idaho POST to continue the North Idaho
POST Academy. The MOA stipulated that NIC
would not ask for additional POST funding
over the next year. |
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THEME I: PROGRAMS |
Goal 1: Improve and expand educational
opportunities, programs, and courses for the
student population and community. |
Expand program offerings, and accelerate the
implementation of new professional-technical
and workforce training at NIC that meet the
needs of students, business, and industry. |
Identify and evaluate key processes for
responding to student/client needs and
identify areas for improvement. |
Evaluate process and propose changes |
Jerry Gee Consulting has been hired to help
the college develop a systematic approach to
new program identification and development
through state approval |
|
THEME I: PROGRAMS |
Goal 1: Improve and expand educational
opportunities, programs, and courses for the
student population and community. |
Expand program offerings, and accelerate the
implementation of new professional-technical
and workforce training at NIC that meet the
needs of students, business, and industry. |
Implement a new campus and community
engagement activity (similar to the Popcorn
Forum) |
A scheduled and professionally organized
"Cardinal Connections" event involving a
subject matter authority figure |
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|
THEME I: PROGRAMS |
Goal 1: Improve and expand educational
opportunities, programs, and courses for the
student population and community. |
Expand program offerings, and accelerate the
implementation of new professional-technical
and workforce training at NIC that meet the
needs of students, business, and industry. |
Implement annual needs assessment process to
determine professional technical and
workforce training needs in the region. |
Design or select an assessment tool to
identify training and educational needs;
distribute, collate data, analyze, and make
recommendations |
EMSI services are available through the
State Board of Education, Office of
Professional, Technical Education. When new
programs are being considered, NIC will
contact PTE for data requests through EMSI |
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THEME I: PROGRAMS |
Goal 1: Improve and expand educational
opportunities, programs, and courses for the
student population and community. |
Expand program offerings, and accelerate the
implementation of new professional-technical
and workforce training at NIC that meet the
needs of students, business, and industry. |
Offer Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)
Online. |
Obtain curriculum, determine specifics, and
offer online certificate |
On-line CNA is on the Summer 2009 schedule |
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THEME I: PROGRAMS |
Goal 1: Improve and expand educational
opportunities, programs, and courses for the
student population and community. |
Expand program offerings, and accelerate the
implementation of new professional-technical
and workforce training at NIC that meet the
needs of students, business, and industry. |
Offer first courses in a new A.A.S. degree
in General Business customized for the Coeur
d'Alene Tribe. |
Work with Tribe members and their consultant
to design a degree program and obtain state
approval |
The AAS degree has been completed and
approved at the college and state level.
Courses are being offered and additional
PTECs are being considered/drafted. |
|
THEME I: PROGRAMS |
Goal 1: Improve and expand educational
opportunities, programs, and courses for the
student population and community. |
Expand program offerings, and accelerate the
implementation of new professional-technical
and workforce training at NIC that meet the
needs of students, business, and industry. |
Redesign the first program to increase
access points for students - multiple
entry/exit points. |
Redesigned welding curriculum will be
presented to Curriculum Council for approval |
Multiple entry points have been and continue
to be added to academic programs. Of notable
success is the Flexible Learning Center
which is our most aggressive approach to
open-entry/open-exit programming. |
|
THEME I: PROGRAMS |
Goal 1: Improve and expand educational
opportunities, programs, and courses for the
student population and community. |
Increase awareness of and access to college
education and workforce training
opportunities for ABE/GED students. |
Offer College Transition classes at the
outreach centers and at the Coeur d'Alene
Tribal Educational Institute. |
Plan and promote the college transition
class at each site, and offer the class for
Spring 2009 |
An on-line College Transitions course will
be offered in Fall 2009. |
|
THEME I: PROGRAMS |
Goal 2: Expand and improve alternative
delivery of education. |
Expand course offerings at the NIC Outreach
Centers and other off-campus sites. |
Continue discussions with the Ponderay
Center to offer Office Technology, Allied
Health, and Business courses in Sandpoint. |
Develop a schedule for offering courses in
Sandpoint |
CNA and Accounting was offered in Ponderay
in Spring 2009 and will be offered again in
Fall 2009. |
|
THEME I: PROGRAMS |
Goal 2: Expand and improve alternative
delivery of education. |
Expand course offerings at the NIC Outreach
Centers and other off-campus sites. |
Continue to be responsive to the requests of
the Outreach Center Coordinators and to the
Department of Education of the Coeur d'Alene
Tribe. |
Associates degrees offered in Plummer |
Outreach Center Coordinators meet on a
regular basis with Division Chairs. Based on
their requests, additional Math classes are
being offered at the centers, the Coeur
d'Alene Tribe Educational Institute and
Lakeside High School. |
|
THEME I: PROGRAMS |
Goal 2: Expand and improve alternative
delivery of education. |
Expand course offerings at the NIC Outreach
Centers and other off-campus sites. |
Expand course offerings at Ponderay Center. |
Acquire and remodel new space in Ponderay
Center to ensure larger instructional
capacity |
Additional classes in Accounting, CNA and
CAOT (through a Thursday night Flexible
Learning Center format) have been added to
the Ponderay Center class inventory. |
|
THEME I: PROGRAMS |
Goal 2: Expand and improve alternative
delivery of education. |
Investigate and implement a web-based course
delivery system and provide necessary
training for instructors and students. |
Implement a new web-based course delivery
system. |
Set up test and live environment for new
system, integrate new system with Datatel
Colleague, and train faculty on new system |
Upon the selection of ANGEL, transition
began and faculty will begin use of ANGEL in
our Summer 2009 classes. |
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THEME I: PROGRAMS |
Goal 2: Expand and improve alternative
delivery of education. |
Investigate and implement a web-based course
delivery system and provide necessary
training for instructors and students. |
Promote internet and hybrid classes to
current faculty and especially new faculty
through workshops and demonstrations. |
Prepare for change to different web delivery
system and invite instructors to observe
current faculty who are doing creative
online activities. Provide a student support
group/network for those experimenting with
the new format, and provide students tech |
With the selection of the new on-line
learning module (ANGEL), several faculty
have started training on the new system, and
faculty that did not previously utilize
on-line delivery models are adding on-line
features to their classes. |
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THEME I: PROGRAMS |
Goal 2: Expand and improve alternative
delivery of education. |
Investigate and implement a web-based course
delivery system and provide necessary
training for instructors and students. |
Select a new web-based delivery system. |
Continue investigations of alternative
web-based course delivery systems
(Blackboard and ANGEL) with faculty and
organize a formal decision-making process to
decide on a system. |
ANGEL was selected and is being implemented.
Faculty mentors are being trained, and
faculty are transitioning from Web-CT to
Angel. |
|
THEME I: PROGRAMS |
Goal 2: Expand and improve alternative
delivery of education. |
Recruit additional faculty to teach by
alternative delivery methods. |
Have more faculty experienced in teaching
using alternate delivery methods. |
Work with Instructional Divisions so that
new faculty hires require experience with
and expectations for teaching in alternate
delivery methods |
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THEME I: PROGRAMS |
Goal 2: Expand and improve alternative
delivery of education. |
Recruit additional faculty to teach by
alternative delivery methods. |
Have more faculty using eLearning services. |
Offer training on new web-based course
delivery system, on teaching using the IVC
system, on integrating rich media into
courses, and on integrating elements of
universal instructional design into courses;
make presentations to instructional
divisions on |
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THEME I: PROGRAMS |
Goal 2: Expand and improve alternative
delivery of education. |
Recruit additional faculty to teach by
alternative delivery methods. |
Have more internet-trained faculty. |
Recruit two new faculty each school year for
internet delivery instruction |
Several additional faculty has been and
continue to be trained in the new eLearning
module - ANGEL. Existing classes are being
added to the inventory of classes now
delivered on-line |
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THEME I: PROGRAMS |
Goal 2: Expand and improve alternative
delivery of education. |
Recruit additional faculty to teach by
alternative delivery methods. |
Offer more PTE programs/courses via internet
or hybrid modes. |
Addition of four courses per year via
alternative methods of delivery |
The Flexible Learning Center saw a 62%
increase in CAOT enrollment in Spring 2009.
In Fall 2009 new classes EMS and Pharmacy
will be delivered on-line. |
|
THEME I: PROGRAMS |
Goal 3: Develop and expand opportunities for
high school students enrolled through NIC,
emphasizing professional technical and dual
credit/enrollment programs. |
Develop an expanded schedule of
Professional-Technical dual credit courses. |
Determine one additional PTE program to
offer as dual credit. |
Select, prepare, and market one more PTE
program for dual credit |
Dual credit CNA was delivered in Bonners
Ferry in Spring 2009, and will be offered
again in Fall 2009. |
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THEME I: PROGRAMS |
Goal 3: Develop and expand opportunities for
high school students enrolled through NIC,
emphasizing professional technical and dual
credit/enrollment programs. |
Develop an expanded schedule of
Professional-Technical dual credit courses. |
Offer dual credit PTE programs/courses in
Diesel Mechanics, Auto Technician and
Outdoor Power/Recreational Vehicle
Technology. |
Full enrollments in each of the three
programs/courses that are offered |
Dual credit courses in Auto Mechanics,
Diesel Technology and Outdoor Power and
Recreation were offered and Auto Mechanic
was the only offering to result in adequate
enrollment to justify delivery. |
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THEME I: PROGRAMS |
Goal 3: Develop and expand opportunities for
high school students enrolled through NIC,
emphasizing professional technical and dual
credit/enrollment programs. |
Develop an expanded schedule of transfer
dual credit courses. |
Continue to promote dual credit at high
schools and home schooling networks
throughout our service area. |
Dual credit classes accessible to all high
school students in our service area |
An NIC Chemistry course is currently being
offered on Coeur d'Alene High School. A
Sociology course is being offered at Clark
Fork High School. An NIC Psychology course
is being offered at Sandpoint High School.
High School instructors from the entire r |
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THEME I: PROGRAMS |
Goal 4: Create program schedules that
maximize the use of available facilities,
and take advantage of new and alternative
facilities as appropriate. |
Develop scheduling alternatives to maximize
room utilization. |
Explore additional programs that can work on
a flip schedule or with night/weekend
classes. |
Offer more classes at alternative times to
better utilize facilities |
Several scheduling changes have been made to
accommodate as many students as possible.
Instruction will continue to look at
scheduling options, but the changes already
made have facilitated better use of
classroom and lab facilities. |
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THEME I: PROGRAMS |
Goal 4: Create program schedules that
maximize the use of available facilities,
and take advantage of new and alternative
facilities as appropriate. |
Explore facility use within business and
industry as appropriate. |
Contract with interested businesses to offer
training/courses at their site. |
Offer off-site training |
Components of the customized AAS degree in
Business Leadership are being taught at
industry sites, including Berg Systems. |
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THEME II: STUDENT SUPPORT |
Goal 1: Improve student access. |
Develop a system to assist potential
students with financial planning for costs
associated with attending NIC. |
Begin sending a Financial Aid rep to the
Outreach Centers on a regular basis |
Improved ability to obtain Financial Aid
info |
Started ijn Fall 09 and will now continue |
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THEME II: STUDENT SUPPORT |
Goal 1: Improve student access. |
Develop a system to assist potential
students with financial planning for costs
associated with attending NIC. |
Develop a workshop series to help students
get better info |
Presentations delivered to GEAR UP schools |
This was completed for the Gear Up schools,
and has been implemented through various
workshops delivered by Student Services
personnel |
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THEME II: STUDENT SUPPORT |
Goal 1: Improve student access. |
Develop a system to assist potential
students with financial planning for costs
associated with attending NIC. |
Identify possible resources or systems for
prospective students to use when considering
college cost. |
A list of resources; An identified method
for communicating resources to students; A
system for consulting with someone
knowledgeable about the topic |
Web resources were made available to
students. |
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THEME II: STUDENT SUPPORT |
Goal 1: Improve student access. |
Develop a system to assist potential
students with financial planning for costs
associated with attending NIC. |
Promote awareness of NIC scholarship program
in high schools. |
Better awareness of available resources by
high schools |
A revamped advertising system was put in
place. |
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THEME II: STUDENT SUPPORT |
Goal 1: Improve student access. |
Identify nontraditional target populations
and develop appropriate recruitment
strategies. |
Identify team to address issue, including
faculty from PTE & Transfer. |
Developed team |
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THEME II: STUDENT SUPPORT |
Goal 1: Improve student access. |
Identify nontraditional target populations
and develop appropriate recruitment
strategies. |
Implement ideas developed by team |
Assigned project managers with appropriate
due dates for implementation |
Largely completed through the Idaho Goes
Team associated with NICHE |
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THEME II: STUDENT SUPPORT |
Goal 1: Improve student access. |
Identify nontraditional target populations
and develop appropriate recruitment
strategies. |
Measure non-traditional enrollment. |
Determine if recruitment strategies affect
enrollment by tracking appropriate
populations |
Reports can be generated at any time based
on criteria needed |
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THEME II: STUDENT SUPPORT |
Goal 1: Improve student access. |
Identify nontraditional target populations
and develop appropriate recruitment
strategies. |
Meet weekly to discuss issue and develop
strategies |
Scheduled meetings for Fall 2008 |
Meetings held and recommendations developed.
Ideas will be implemented in Spring 2009 and
carry to 09-10. |
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THEME II: STUDENT SUPPORT |
Goal 1: Improve student access. |
Identify nontraditional target populations
and develop appropriate recruitment
strategies. |
Work with General Studies faculty to
identify non-trad students and recruitment
methods |
Meetings which lead to action items |
Completed through series of Fall workshops
and action items distributed to appropriate
departments. |
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THEME II: STUDENT SUPPORT |
Goal 1: Improve student access. |
Improve collaboration with high school
career guidance counselors to provide
improved career exploration, advising, and
dual credit registration based on unique
student interests, aptitudes, and abilities. |
Identify team to address issue. |
Developed team |
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THEME II: STUDENT SUPPORT |
Goal 2: Implement initiatives to increase
student success. |
Develop off-campus day care options, and
market those options. |
Develop published list of alternative day
care options. |
An annually updated list of resources for
parents |
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THEME II: STUDENT SUPPORT |
Goal 2: Implement initiatives to increase
student success. |
Develop off-campus day care options, and
market those options. |
Explore keeping Children's Center open in
summer |
Written evaluation of possibility |
Analysis completed. Determined that this
will be reviewed during the FY12 budget
cycle. |
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THEME II: STUDENT SUPPORT |
Goal 2: Implement initiatives to increase
student success. |
Develop off-campus day care options, and
market those options. |
Explore offering Children's Center services
on curriculum/advising days |
Determine if possible |
Completed |
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THEME II: STUDENT SUPPORT |
Goal 2: Implement initiatives to increase
student success. |
Develop technology-based student services. |
Develop an NIC transcript tracking program |
Developed system |
Duplicate to above; Deleted |
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THEME II: STUDENT SUPPORT |
Goal 2: Implement initiatives to increase
student success. |
Develop technology-based student services. |
Expand IP Web Phone system. |
Multiple web phones in multiple offices and
outreach centers |
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THEME II: STUDENT SUPPORT |
Goal 2: Implement initiatives to increase
student success. |
Develop technology-based student services. |
Expand social networking through student
activities |
Developed system |
Have implemented contact through all Student
Activities areas via Facebook, MySpace and
the use of Twitter. As the portal develops
that will become a priority as a networking
sorce. |
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THEME II: STUDENT SUPPORT |
Goal 2: Implement initiatives to increase
student success. |
Develop technology-based student services. |
Explore instant messaging as recruitment
tool |
Created system if possible |
System is currently in use in the admissions
department. |
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THEME II: STUDENT SUPPORT |
Goal 2: Implement initiatives to increase
student success. |
Develop technology-based student services. |
Finish automated Financial Aid award system
(Award letter online) |
Completed system |
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THEME II: STUDENT SUPPORT |
Goal 2: Implement initiatives to increase
student success. |
Develop technology-based student services. |
Implement OARS-Online. |
Fully functional online orientation system |
Great success with implementing this goal.
Version 2 is being developed for Spring. |
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THEME II: STUDENT SUPPORT |
Goal 2: Implement initiatives to increase
student success. |
Develop technology-based student services. |
Improve Bookstore online purchasing system. |
Increase in purchasing capabilities via web |
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THEME II: STUDENT SUPPORT |
Goal 2: Implement initiatives to increase
student success. |
Develop technology-based student services. |
Investigate possibility of
Bookstore-Financial Aid link |
Determination if system feasible |
Bookstore has been working with Fin Aid
Office in developing a “real-time” interface
for the 2011 FY. $30,000 estimated cost |
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THEME II: STUDENT SUPPORT |
Goal 2: Implement initiatives to increase
student success. |
Develop technology-based student services. |
Prepare e-Advising for Fall 2009
implementation. |
Fully ready and accurate system based on
Program of Study model |
System is up and running. |
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THEME II: STUDENT SUPPORT |
Goal 2: Implement initiatives to increase
student success. |
Improve systems to help students identify
and achieve educational goals. |
Implement on-line catalog |
Catalog on-line |
e-Catalog post-poned due to funding. PDF
version beng further developed. |
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THEME II: STUDENT SUPPORT |
Goal 2: Implement initiatives to increase
student success. |
Improve systems to help students identify
and achieve educational goals. |
Prepare e-Advising for Fall 2009
implementation |
Fully ready and accurate system based on
Program of Study model |
System is up and running. Training for
faculty to begin in Sept. |
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THEME II: STUDENT SUPPORT |
Goal 2: Implement initiatives to increase
student success. |
Provide clear pathways for students to
achieve four-year degrees via the
partnerships with Lewis-Clark State College
& the University of Idaho. |
Develop system to update articulation
agreements as approved by instruction |
Developed System |
Articulation agreements are complex and
uncommon, so focus is now on transfer
agreements with regional insitutions and
communicating transfer guides and processes
through a new Transfer Center web page
maintained by NIC Advising Services. |
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THEME II: STUDENT SUPPORT |
Goal 2: Implement initiatives to increase
student success. |
Provide clear pathways for students to
achieve four-year degrees via the
partnerships with Lewis-Clark State College
& the University of Idaho. |
Implement new Testing Center partnership
with UI & LC. |
Hiring of new Manager and Proctor;
Establishment of service protocols |
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THEME II: STUDENT SUPPORT |
Goal 2: Implement initiatives to increase
student success. |
Provide clear pathways for students to
achieve four-year degrees via the
partnerships with Lewis-Clark State College
& the University of Idaho. |
Redesign web to promote clear/prominent
transfer info |
Completed Web Page |
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THEME II: STUDENT SUPPORT |
Goal 2: Implement initiatives to increase
student success. |
Provide clear pathways for students to
achieve four-year degrees via the
partnerships with Lewis-Clark State College
& the University of Idaho. |
Verify accuracy of articulation agreements,
and communicate pathways to students. |
Certification by NIC & partners that
agreements are accurate; identified means of
communication agreements |
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THEME II: STUDENT SUPPORT |
Goal 3: Improve student communications |
Implement a student email system. |
Assist with implementation of portal and
sync with email |
Have developed system |
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THEME II: STUDENT SUPPORT |
Goal 3: Improve student communications |
Implement a student email system. |
Convert current email addresses to new
system and integrate with Portal. |
Successful conversion |
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THEME II: STUDENT SUPPORT |
Goal 3: Improve student communications |
Implement a student email system. |
Finish development of institutional
protocols. |
Established set of protocols and "Best
Practices" for offices. |
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THEME II: STUDENT SUPPORT |
Goal 3: Improve student communications |
Implement a student email system. |
Successfully advertise new system. |
Awareness by students of system |
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THEME II: STUDENT SUPPORT |
Goal 3: Improve student communications |
Improve solicitation of student feedback and
communicate how ideas are incorporated into
college operations. |
Identify means of collecting feedback and if
additional feedback is necessary given
current methodologies. |
List of feedback collection devices |
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THEME II: STUDENT SUPPORT |
Goal 3: Improve student communications |
Improve solicitation of student feedback and
communicate how ideas are incorporated into
college operations. |
Identify means of responding to feedback
such that students are aware of the impact
of their suggestions. |
List of methods to respond back to students |
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THEME II: STUDENT SUPPORT |
Goal 3: Improve student communications |
Increase Advisor-Student interactions. |
Implement Phase 2 of Lead Faculty Advisor
Program. |
Management Plan for Lead Faculty Advisor
Projects |
LFA Program made progress on all goals
outlined for 08-09. |
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THEME III: COLLEGE COMMUNICATIONS AND
CLIMATE |
Goal 1: Improve organizational and
inter-departmental communications. |
Create tools and opportunities for
communication among employees, students,
managers, and leaders. |
Implement a virtual suggestion box to allow
for anonymous input from all employees and
stakeholders. |
Improved input from employees regarding NIC,
and greater awareness of issues affecting
NIC |
A virtual suggestion box was established at
the start of the fall semester (2008). While
the virtual suggestion box is not being used
a lot, we are going to promote its use in
the coming months and in the coming fiscal
year.Additional improvements to the process
include a webpage on the HR site that will
list out several of the questions along with
responses to those questions or comments.
This should be completed by the end of
spring semester 2009. |
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THEME III: COLLEGE COMMUNICATIONS AND
CLIMATE |
Goal 1: Improve organizational and
inter-departmental communications. |
Improve current and establish new venues and
tools for organizational communication and
actively promote their access by all
employees. |
Increase opportunities to communicate with
executive staff through offerings of
employee forums to discuss relevant topics. |
Improved access to upper management, and
improved connectedness of senior leaders |
This is both completed and in
progress.Several forums have been offered by
the president wherein employees can attend
and share their perspectives. The ongoing
"Coffee with Priscilla" is a monthly
get-together wherein the president has
interacted with employees who wish to attend
and share their thoughts on various topics.
This was a monthly event up until the time
of the president's medical leave. However,
this will resume shortly. During the fall
semester, two open forums were also offered
to employees where they can discuss issues
that the college faces. The first forum did
not attract many employees, but the second
forum attracted several more. While open
forums are not yet scheduled for the spring
semester, additional opportunities exist for
employees to share their insights and
perspectives with the organization. |
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THEME III: COLLEGE COMMUNICATIONS AND
CLIMATE |
Goal 1: Improve organizational and
inter-departmental communications. |
Improve current and establish new venues and
tools for organizational communication and
actively promote their access by all
employees. |
Increase use of online and e-tools for
ongoing communication and greater access to
information by employees, managers, and
community constituents. |
Improved access to ongoing events within
NIC; and increased interaction between NIC,
employees, and constituencies |
This is completed and in progress.The HR
department has initiated several e-mail
communication efforts to continually inform
employees of events, changes, and other
relevant information to keep them apprised
of the on goings at the college. In
addition, the HR website has been updated to
provide additional information and tools to
employees and managers. We are preparing for
the applications available through the
portal system that should be up and running
in the next semester. That should continue
to enhance our abilities to communicate and
offer information to employees and managers
alike. |
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THEME III: COLLEGE COMMUNICATIONS AND
CLIMATE |
Goal 1: Improve organizational and
inter-departmental communications. |
Support participatory governance through
team-building and increased communication. |
Increase interaction with key constituency
groups (e.g., Senate, Faculty Assembly,
Staff Assembly, committees) for improved
communication and collaboration. |
Improved communication among groups, and
improved dialogue regarding campus issues |
This is completed and ongoing.Open dialogue
has been maintained with the Senate, faculty
assembly, and staff assembly, as well as
several committees and subcommittees. HR and
the president have addressed these
constituency groups several times. The
president holds regular meetings with the
constituency leadership in order to maintain
high levels of communication. HR has visited
with each of the assemblies as well as the
Senate on several occasions to discuss
several matters. This has created an open
dialogue with the constituency groups. |
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THEME III: COLLEGE COMMUNICATIONS AND
CLIMATE |
Goal 2: Further develop opportunities for
professional development. |
Create comprehensive professional
development program for staff. |
Improve upon current performance tools to
increase access of managers and employees to
performance tools to improve employee
performance. |
Incorporate a culture of performance to
guide employee development and improve
employee capabilities |
New performance appraisal tools were
implemented in the fall semester 2008. These
forms are geared towards professional
development and coaching rather than a
ratings based appraisal process. Given that
there is not a direct connection between
performance and compensation, and given that
a formal rating process is not utilized in
any other forum within the college, it was
determined that the performance appraisal
tool itself should be used as a coaching and
development opportunity for employees. The
form is very open-ended with general
direction that allows conversations take
place between employees and supervisors.
While this approach requires additional time
to complete, the end results of this format
have been positive based on feedback from
both supervisors and employees. |
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THEME III: COLLEGE COMMUNICATIONS AND
CLIMATE |
Goal 2: Further develop opportunities for
professional development. |
Create comprehensive professional
development program for staff. |
Integrate professional development into
performance evaluation tools and hold
employees & managers accountable for
professional development activities. |
Ongoing educational & learning opportunities
for employees as a means to increase
employee capabilities and retention; create
accountability for employees to engage in
professional development opportunities |
This is both completed and in progress.The
latest version of the performance appraisal
form includes several sections that are tied
to professional development. Instruction was
provided in the fall semester 2008 to
managers and supervisors on how to use and
integrate these professional development
tools. The intent was to incorporate
professional development activities as part
of the performance management process
whereby managers would hold employees
accountable for professional development
activities. At the same time, it was
designed to identify specific professional
development opportunities that would be
required in the coming fiscal year so that
the supervisor/manager could play to
properly for it in regards to time and
budget. In the follow-up to the form in fall
2009, additional emphasis will be placed on
the professional development form and
components. In addition, whereas performance
appraisals had not been tracked very
effectively in the past, HR will account for
each performance appraisal for every
employee and hold supervisors accountable
for completing each and every performance
evaluation. This should help to ensure
appropriate follow through on the process. |
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THEME III: COLLEGE COMMUNICATIONS AND
CLIMATE |
Goal 2: Further develop opportunities for
professional development. |
Create comprehensive professional
development program for staff. |
Offer professional development tools and
opportunities for employees at all levels of
the organization to promote personal
development, lifelong learning, and
promotion opportunities. |
Ongoing educational & learning opportunities
for employees as a means to increase
employee capabilities and retention |
This is both completed and in
progress.Professional development tools were
introduced into the performance appraisal
process in the fall semester 2008. This
allowed supervisors and employees to work
together to develop professional development
opportunities and identify training that can
be taken in the fiscal year. Training was
provided to supervisors on how to use the
form in the tools related to it in September
2008. While this was a good start,
additional instruction and education will be
provided in future offerings in preparation
for future performance appraisal cycles. In
addition, several educational opportunities
have been provided to employees in the form
of wellness presentations. Some of the
presentations went beyond the simple health
and well-being, and also went into personal
development. The tuition waiver benefits
have also been utilized on a regular basis.
We have seen an increase in the use of that
benefits which will ultimately contribute to
the professional and personal development of
employees. Finally, a professional
development day has been established for
fall 2009. What has been formally known as
curriculum day will become a professional
development day for all faculty and staff.
During this day, the campus will shut down
operations. Employees will be required to
attend a conference-like day of professional
development opportunities including keynote
speakers, breakout sessions, workshops, etc.
work is under way at this time to develop a
committee to oversee and manage the
logistics of this professional development
day. |
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THEME III: COLLEGE COMMUNICATIONS AND
CLIMATE |
Goal 2: Further develop opportunities for
professional development. |
Develop comprehensive supervisor training
program available for all managers and
supervisors. |
Establish 40-hour management course for
essential basics of management to be offered
over the course of five-weeks. Offer
training multiple times a year to allow
individuals to attend. |
Improved competencies of supervisors,
greater consistency and compliance in policy
administration and execution, improved
employee relations, greater management
effectiveness, and reduced risk |
The 40 hour management course for essential
basics of management has been developed in a
format that covers a five-week period of
time. The course was offered in its entirety
in the fall semester with 18 managers and
supervisors attending. The spring semester
is in its fifth week currently, slated to
complete on Wednesday, March 25. Nine
supervisors are involved in the current
offering for a total of 27
supervisors/managers trained in the course. |
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THEME III: COLLEGE COMMUNICATIONS AND
CLIMATE |
Goal 2: Further develop opportunities for
professional development. |
Develop comprehensive supervisor training
program available for all managers and
supervisors. |
Offer monthly training courses available to
managers and supervisors on management and
leadership related topics pertinent to
development. |
Improved competencies of supervisors,
greater consistency and compliance in policy
administration and execution, improved
employee relations, greater management
effectiveness, and reduced risk |
This is both completed and in progress.While
the training is not completed necessarily on
a month-to-month basis, there have been an
equivalent number of sessions offered to
managers and supervisors in topics that
include: performance management, effective
hiring strategies, employment law, effective
motivation for managers, and corrective
action. A sexual-harassment training is
slated for March through DVDs that are to be
watched by both managers and employees. It
is our intent to continue with these monthly
training offerings to managers and
supervisors. |
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THEME III: COLLEGE COMMUNICATIONS AND
CLIMATE |
Goal 3: Attract and retain high quality
employees. |
Define and develop a comprehensive hiring
process and provide training to all hiring
managers and participants on effective
hiring strategies. |
Develop comprehensive hiring manual and
training to provide instruction to hiring
managers and those involved with hiring to
ensure consistency and quality in hiring
process. |
Increased legal compliance and consistency
in hiringpractices |
This step is both completed and them
progress.The training that is identified was
provided in the fall of 2008. Over 35
managers and supervisors attended one of two
sessions where they were trained on
effective strategies and approaches to
improve the hiring process. |
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THEME III: COLLEGE COMMUNICATIONS AND
CLIMATE |
Goal 3: Attract and retain high quality
employees. |
Improve upon total rewards offered to
employees. |
Evaluate all benefits offered to determine
ability to increase benefits offerings at
no- or low-cost to employees. |
Expanded benefits at no/low additional
costs; improve retention & employee
satisfaction |
Benefits have been evaluated to identify new
offerings and different ways in which to
offer benefits to employees so that
individuals can maximize the benefits
received. While there was only so much that
could be done with several benefits that are
currently offered, considerable changes are
under consideration at this time regarding
health insurance coverage which can
potentially save the college over $300,000
and provide an additional $200,000 in
benefits to employees. |
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THEME III: COLLEGE COMMUNICATIONS AND
CLIMATE |
Goal 3: Attract and retain high quality
employees. |
Improve upon total rewards offered to
employees. |
Implement consumer-directed health care to
provide resources to employees to maximize
earnings related to healthcare. |
Lower benefits costs to employees & NIC;
self managing funds to improve quality of
health and wellness among employees |
A comprehensive consumer directed healthcare
program was implemented in the current
fiscal year which incorporated higher
deductibles and observations to a health
reimbursement account. This also
incorporated several wellness steps that are
required in order to earn the HRA
contributions. There has been considerable
positive feedback regarding this approach
and for the most part it appears that
employees like and appreciate the program.
Additional changes are under consideration
to expand the potential for rewards under
the consumer directed healthcare design for
the coming fiscal year. |
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THEME IV: FINANCE AND FUNDING |
Goal 1: Pursue expanded funding
opportunities through NIC Foundation for
student success, faculty-staff support,
facility development, and program
development. |
Develop and implement a more comprehensive
annual giving campaign to expand resources
for priority needs. |
Continue to expand on the newly formed
external annual giving campaign. |
Increase in overall resources and support
for priority needs and heightened awareness
about NIC |
The overall Annual Giving Campaign was
successful even in tough economic times with
a greater number of donors supporting
through the NIC Foundation (112% increase).
Total dollars secured through the "external"
annual giving campaign, specifically, were
lower than in 2008-09; however, total cash
gifts received through the Foundation as of
June 30 are projected to exceed 2007-08
totals due, primarily, to several major
estate gifts and another successful Raffle
fundraiser. |
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THEME IV: FINANCE AND FUNDING |
Goal 1: Pursue expanded funding
opportunities through NIC Foundation for
student success, faculty-staff support,
facility development, and program
development. |
Develop and implement a more comprehensive
annual giving campaign to expand resources
for priority needs. |
Develop an internal annual campaign that the
NIC family feels positive about and actively
participates in. |
Increase in overall resources and level of
participation |
The first internal Annual Giving Campaign
was a great success with 40 percent
participation! 2009-10 plans are currently
in progress. |
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THEME IV: FINANCE AND FUNDING |
Goal 1: Pursue expanded funding
opportunities through NIC Foundation for
student success, faculty-staff support,
facility development, and program
development. |
Provide appropriate support for future
college expansion and special initiatives. |
Actively support special initiatives for
priority needs. |
Provide financing and/or secure external
fiscal resources |
The NIC Foundation successfully completed
the property purchase. |
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THEME IV: FINANCE AND FUNDING |
Goal 1: Pursue expanded funding
opportunities through NIC Foundation for
student success, faculty-staff support,
facility development, and program
development. |
Provide appropriate support for future
college expansion and special initiatives. |
Assist with Mill Site planning and
development |
Successful annexation |
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THEME V: COLLEGE IMAGE AND RELATIONS |
Goal 1: Enhance community perception of NIC
among targeted groups. |
Develop strategies to involve community
members in NIC activities and events. |
Continue current process of promoting events
and activities via press releases, community
calendar listings, postcards, fliers,
posters, website promotions, newsletters,
print & broadcast advertisements. |
Examples of all materials |
A total of 601 news releases, calendar
annoucements, and photo opportunities were
sent to various regional and nation media
outlets. Posters, fliers, postcards,
newsletters, the readerboard, the website,
and Facebook were utilized well. |
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THEME V: COLLEGE IMAGE AND RELATIONS |
Goal 1: Enhance community perception of NIC
among targeted groups. |
Develop strategies to involve community
members in NIC activities and events. |
Expand upon Foundation "Be Our Guest"
program by providing each member of
Management Team five guest cards per
semester, with a request that Management
Team members personally invite non-NIC
guests to various activities. |
Initiative implemented |
Cards for free admission were printed and
distributed to various civic organizations
and NIC's Managment Team to distribute to
community members. A total of 52 passes were
collected by the athletics and fine arts
event staff. |
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THEME V: COLLEGE IMAGE AND RELATIONS |
Goal 1: Enhance community perception of NIC
among targeted groups. |
Develop strategies to involve community
members in NIC activities and events. |
Send annual events list and season guest
pass to targeted populations of public/civic
officials in late September including county
school superintendents, principals,
counselors, county commissioners, county
mayors and city council members, North Idah |
Initiative implemented |
The calendar of NIC fine arts and athletics
events and a season guest pass was sent to
all North Idaho chambers, Region 1 high
school counselors and principals, media
representatives, Gold Card holders, and NIC
Foundation Really Big Raffle ticket outlets. |
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THEME V: COLLEGE IMAGE AND RELATIONS |
Goal 1: Enhance community perception of NIC
among targeted groups. |
Promote the value of NIC and the credentials
and expertise of the faculty to the
community. |
Develop NIC Speakers Bureau and survey
campus community for willingness to serve
and topical subjects. Bureau would be posted
on NIC website with individual contact
information. |
Speakers Bureau established |
Speakers Bureau data system is in
development. Speakers Bureau participants to
be solicited in Fall 2009. |
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THEME V: COLLEGE IMAGE AND RELATIONS |
Goal 1: Enhance community perception of NIC
among targeted groups. |
Promote the value of NIC and the credentials
and expertise of the faculty to the
community. |
Promote and publicize community service
projects and activities involving students,
faculty and staff. |
Community Service highlighted |
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THEME V: COLLEGE IMAGE AND RELATIONS |
Goal 1: Enhance community perception of NIC
among targeted groups. |
Promote the value of NIC and the credentials
and expertise of the faculty to the
community. |
Utilize testimonials from current students,
graduates, and faculty in marketing campaign
and on the NIC website to promote how NIC
has impacted them. |
Testimonials presented |
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THEME V: COLLEGE IMAGE AND RELATIONS |
Goal 2: Promote awareness and recruitment
through a strong marketing campaign. |
Develop a comprehensive branding and
marketing plan. |
Incorporate and coordinate NIC and IdahoGoes
team marketing strategies and resources to
maximize effectiveness and combined
purchasing power. |
Maximize effectiveness |
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THEME V: COLLEGE IMAGE AND RELATIONS |
Goal 2: Promote awareness and recruitment
through a strong marketing campaign. |
Develop a comprehensive branding and
marketing plan. |
Incorporate and coordinate NIC and NICHE
marketing strategies and resources to
maximize effectiveness and combined
purchasing power. |
Coordinated marketing effort |
Representatives from the consortium have
formulated a Recruitment Task Force and
adopted a mission, vision, and market
development plan. The task force has
completed a new brochure and website, and
has purchased collaborative marketing
materials. |
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THEME V: COLLEGE IMAGE AND RELATIONS |
Goal 2: Promote awareness and recruitment
through a strong marketing campaign. |
Develop a comprehensive branding and
marketing plan. |
Utilize existing NIC Marketing Committee to
develop an annual marketing plan. |
Plan created |
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THEME V: COLLEGE IMAGE AND RELATIONS |
Goal 2: Promote awareness and recruitment
through a strong marketing campaign. |
Develop college wide standards for
supporting the branding and marketing plan. |
Compile NIC Graphic Elements Guide Book and
NIC Style Guide, publish on web and make
available in print to campus community.
Conduct workshops during fall and spring
convocation week on how to access and
utilize. |
Guides created and disseminated |
The College Relations department developed
and delivered a comprehensive Visual Style
Guide and Writer's Style Guide which were
launched in September 2008. A workshop was
held at the beginning of Fall Semester to
introduce and train college employees on the
contents and use of the elements. A website
has been created as a resource for the
college's visual elements as well as the
complete contents of the Writer's Guide.
Publication templates have been developed
and will continue to be developed. Reminders
for proper use of the elements are included
on a regular basis in the WeeksWorth. |
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THEME V: COLLEGE IMAGE AND RELATIONS |
Goal 2: Promote awareness and recruitment
through a strong marketing campaign. |
Develop college wide standards for
supporting the branding and marketing plan. |
Develop templates for various publications
(e.g. business card, letterhead,
fliers/brochures); make available on the
website. |
Templates created |
Templates for business cards, email
signatures, employee name badges, department
stationary, fax cover sheets, PowerPoint
presentations, fliers, and signage have been
developed. All items are available on the
college branding website. |
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THEME V: COLLEGE IMAGE AND RELATIONS |
Goal 2: Promote awareness and recruitment
through a strong marketing campaign. |
Improve the marketing strategies that
facilitate a potential student's interest in
professional-technical programs. |
Continue to support Hardhats, Hammers and
Hot Dogs initiative, Fall NIC Tech Tour, and
Spring PTE Extravaganza. |
PTE marketed widely |
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THEME V: COLLEGE IMAGE AND RELATIONS |
Goal 2: Promote awareness and recruitment
through a strong marketing campaign. |
Improve the marketing strategies that
facilitate a potential student's interest in
professional-technical programs. |
Incorporate PTE marketing resources into
general college marketing initiatives. |
Coordinated marketing initiatives |
The College Relations department developed
and delivered a comprehensive Visual Style
Guide and Writer's Style Guide which were
launched in September 2008. A workshop was
held at the beginning of Fall Semester to
introduce and train college employees on the
contents and use of the elements. A website
has been created as a resource for the
college's visual elements as well as the
complete contents of the Writer's Guide.
Publication templates have been developed
and will continue to be developed. Reminders
for proper use of the elements are included
on a regular basis in the WeeksWorth. |
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THEME V: COLLEGE IMAGE AND RELATIONS |
Goal 2: Promote awareness and recruitment
through a strong marketing campaign. |
Improve the marketing strategies that
facilitate a potential student's interest in
professional-technical programs. |
Produce feature stories when possible on
news and successes within PTE programs. |
Press releases |
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THEME V: COLLEGE IMAGE AND RELATIONS |
Goal 2: Promote awareness and recruitment
through a strong marketing campaign. |
Market four-year degree opportunities that
exist via relationships with partner
institutions. |
Conduct a workshop for NIC frontline staff
involving University of Idaho and
Lewis-Clark State College officials to
familiarize NIC staff with available
programming in North Idaho. |
Familiarize each school frontline people
with what each school offers for students. |
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THEME V: COLLEGE IMAGE AND RELATIONS |
Goal 2: Promote awareness and recruitment
through a strong marketing campaign. |
Market four-year degree opportunities that
exist via relationships with partner
institutions. |
Create a flier for all NIC frontline staff
listing degree opportunities in partner
institutions' local branches. |
Flier created |
A new brochure highlighting the degrees and
programs offered and contact information for
the North Idaho consortium of colleges and
universities was created and distributed to
all NIC front line staff and front line
offices. |
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THEME V: COLLEGE IMAGE AND RELATIONS |
Goal 2: Promote awareness and recruitment
through a strong marketing campaign. |
Market four-year degree opportunities that
exist via relationships with partner
institutions. |
Develop a marketing piece/flier promoting
cooperative programs. |
Marketing piece/flier created |
A new brochure promoting the degrees and
programs offered and contact information for
the North idaho consortium of colleges and
universities was created and distributed to
all NIC front line staff and front line
offices. |
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THEME V: COLLEGE IMAGE AND RELATIONS |
Goal 2: Promote awareness and recruitment
through a strong marketing campaign. |
Market four-year degree opportunities that
exist via relationships with partner
institutions. |
Marketing representatives from partner
schools' North Idaho branches will meet
periodically to coordinate strategies. |
Coordination/information sharing |
The Intercollegiate Recruitment Task Force
was formalized this year and has
successfully implemented numberous
recruitment and marketing strategies. The
group has completed a new IdahoGoes website,
a new promotional brochure, has identified a
recruiting and marketing event calendar for
2009-2010, has identified employers to visit
for 2009-2010, has identified regional sites
for consortium display materials, and has
purchased marketing materials to promote
higher education opportunities in North
Idaho at various community events and
employer sites. |
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THEME VI: DIVERSITY & HUMAN RIGHTS |
Goal 1: Promote diversity and human rights,
including respect for all elements of the
college. |
Assign President's Cabinet the
responsibility of implementing initiatives
from the plan. |
Assign PC members to be involved with the
committee on a particular area of the plan. |
Assigned list |
Completed |
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THEME VI: DIVERSITY & HUMAN RIGHTS |
Goal 1: Promote diversity and human rights,
including respect for all elements of the
college. |
Explore international educational
opportunities for students, faculty and
staff. |
Explore opportunities for students. |
Design a leadership-based experience with
international exposure for students to
participate in. The 2008-2009 trip will
explore opportunities in Canada. The 2009
-2010 trip will explore opportunities in
Mexico. |
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THEME VI: DIVERSITY & HUMAN RIGHTS |
Goal 1: Promote diversity and human rights,
including respect for all elements of the
college. |
Promote cross-cultural understanding,
diversity, and human rights in the
curriculum. |
Review curriculum. |
Inventory of curriculum and identified
courses dealing with diversity and human
rights issues |
An inventory of NIC classes has been
conducted and classes are identified or tied
to their appropriate general education
"abilities," including the ability of
Historical, Cultural, Environmental and
Global Awareness. |
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THEME VI: DIVERSITY & HUMAN RIGHTS |
Goal 1: Promote diversity and human rights,
including respect for all elements of the
college. |
Reflect NIC's commitment to diversity and
human rights in extra-curricular activities
and events. |
Develop action items for 9-Point Agreement. |
Successful implementation of next set of
action plans |
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THEME VI: DIVERSITY & HUMAN RIGHTS |
Goal 1: Promote diversity and human rights,
including respect for all elements of the
college. |
Reflect NIC's commitment to diversity and
human rights in extra-curricular activities
and events. |
Develop volunteerism program with exposure
to diversity |
Developed program |
Program has been implemented. |
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THEME VI: DIVERSITY & HUMAN RIGHTS |
Goal 1: Promote diversity and human rights,
including respect for all elements of the
college. |
Reflect NIC's commitment to diversity and
human rights in extra-curricular activities
and events. |
Diversify Student Activity Offerings |
Activities that represent diversity |
As an example, ASNIC and Student Events
teamed up to bring the Tents of Hope, a
national community project that helps create
awareness and support for the people of
Darfur, Sudan. |
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THEME VI: DIVERSITY & HUMAN RIGHTS |
Goal 1: Promote diversity and human rights,
including respect for all elements of the
college. |
Reflect NIC's commitment to diversity and
human rights in extra-curricular activities
and events. |
Implement Diversity Training for student
leaders. |
Successful implementation of program |
This was modifed to a staff/faculty training
and was completed. Several new phases are
now being implemented. |
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THEME VI: DIVERSITY & HUMAN RIGHTS |
Goal 1: Promote diversity and human rights,
including respect for all elements of the
college. |
Reflect NIC's commitment to diversity and
human rights in extra-curricular activities
and events. |
Re-design 9-Point agreement to be current |
New Points & Deleted Points within the
agreement |
Completed |
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THEME VI: DIVERSITY & HUMAN RIGHTS |
Goal 1: Promote diversity and human rights,
including respect for all elements of the
college. |
Reflect NIC's commitment to diversity and
human rights in extra-curricular activities
and events. |
Revisit recommendations from Diversity &
Human Rights Steering Committee and
prioritize for future implementation. |
Committee meeting focusing on prioritization |
Committee completed their action item, and
will move forward with new recommendations. |
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THEME VI: DIVERSITY & HUMAN RIGHTS |
Goal 1: Promote diversity and human rights,
including respect for all elements of the
college. |
Reflect NIC's commitment to diversity and
human rights in extra-curricular activities
and events. |
Translate recruitment materials to Spanish |
Translated materials |
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THEME VII: PHYSICAL RESOURCES |
Goal 1: Assure opportunities for college
expansion. |
Acquire properties that become available to
meet the needs for higher education in the
region. Expansion will consider the
importance of maintaining the existing
college campus feel and support services for
students and NIC employees. |
Make budget plans to collect tax dollars as
necessary for the purchase of property as
determined by the Board of Trustees. |
Property is purchased as planned |
Done |
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THEME VII: PHYSICAL RESOURCES |
Goal 1: Assure opportunities for college
expansion. |
Develop acquired properties in support of
the college mission. |
Make plans for development of properties and
submit budget requests as necessary to fund
the development. |
Prepare plans and budgets as appropriate |
Done |
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THEME VII: PHYSICAL RESOURCES |
Goal 2: Advance the campus infrastructure
with regards to technology and safety. |
Enhance online student support and education
services. |
Acquire & develop college-wide portal
system. |
Acquire, implement and develop a portal
system |
Hardware has been purchased and was
installed in August and March. Software has
been licensed and has been installed.
Consulting services from Datatel have been
proceeding from November and will complete
in July 2009.Technical support personnel
have been trained. A Portal Leadership Team
has been meeting to guide portal services.
After a complete build, content and process
changes will be made. Launch dates for
employees and students will take place in
Fall 2009.This will continue as IT Project
FY10-01. Campus departments trained in
teamsite development. Release to students
complete March 2010. |
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THEME VII: PHYSICAL RESOURCES |
Goal 2: Advance the campus infrastructure
with regards to technology and safety. |
Enhance online student support and education
services. |
Develop a secure and sustainable wireless
network in all college buildings to extend
and improve the learning environment for
additional students and instructors. |
A consistent set of wireless tools and
services. Security and bandwidth monitoring
to all locations and all levels of users. |
Wireless system was completed in January
2010 by contractor and NIC IT personnel. A
secure system with public and authenticated
access with management tools was delivered. |
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THEME VII: PHYSICAL RESOURCES |
Goal 2: Advance the campus infrastructure
with regards to technology and safety. |
Enhance online student support and education
services. |
Develop Services Guide. |
Develop guide for faculty with inclusion of
services from the ITS, eLearning, Library
and HelpDesk teams. |
A brochure has been distributed to faculty
providing the broad services available to
assist with technology applications for
teaching and learning. Existing website and
contact information is provided in the
brochure. Future revisions to websites and
portal locations are planned for the service
departments. |
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THEME VII: PHYSICAL RESOURCES |
Goal 2: Advance the campus infrastructure
with regards to technology and safety. |
Enhance online student support and education
services. |
Develop the "MyNIC" portal system. |
Improve collaboration and internal
communications among faculty, staff and
students by implementing a portal system to
integrate information and systems access. |
A Portal Leadership Team will continue to
meet to guide portal vision. A Portal
Management Team has been meeting to develop
portal services. Content and process changes
will be continue to be made and training
staff continue.. Launch dates for employees
took place in Fall 2009 as campus
departments were trained in teamsite
development. Release to students complete
March 2010. All new students will be trained
via OARS for the 2010-2011 academic year. |
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THEME VII: PHYSICAL RESOURCES |
Goal 2: Advance the campus infrastructure
with regards to technology and safety. |
Enhance online student support and education
services. |
Extend wireless network access. |
Wireless network access will be extended to
more students and instructors in a secure
manner. |
An appeal to State of Idaho, Department of
Public works asking to restart this project
was successful. Bid documents were complete
and approval DPW will bid this project in
July of 2009. Installation will be
coordinated early in FY2010 with the
successful bidder. This project will
continue as IT Project FY10-10. |
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THEME VII: PHYSICAL RESOURCES |
Goal 2: Advance the campus infrastructure
with regards to technology and safety. |
Enhance online student support and education
services. |
Replace Datatel hardware. |
Replacement of Unix servers and SAN |
Hardware has been acquired under State of
Idaho purchasing guidelines from S1 Systems
of Boise. The UNIX System Administrator has
received training in Atlanta. Extensive
testing has taken place in August and
September. Operational procedures were
adjusted.All services were cutover
successfully in October 2009. This was
completed as IT Project FY09-04. |
