THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES has a working Arts and Sciences Strategic Plan that was prepared by faculty and staff within the College. It is a two-year blueprint for “strategic doing” - an action plan to create a positive, inclusive educational environment and market the College and its unique contributions. Therein, the College’s Mission, Vision, and Values are identified. Please feel free to review the Arts and Sciences Strategic Plan at: https://apps.northern.edu/ flippingbook/cas_strategic_plan/. Mission: To provide students with challenging educational experiences grounded in the liberal arts and natural sciences that develop the capacity to make an impact as critical thinkers, communicators, collaborators, and creators. Vision: To become a community of teacherscholars dedicated to quality studentcentered education, scholarship, and service that fosters professional, personal, and civic success. Values: Integrity, Excellence, Community, Leadership STRATEGIC PLAN The goal of action items in the strategic plan is to identify small, achievable activities to advance the College forward. Most notable of these activities in this past year include the following action items and associated efforts. Action Item: Continue to strengthen alumni and donor relationships in partnership with the university Foundation. The College worked with two partners in the community, which included OneLegged Pheasant and AGP Soybean. With One-Legged Pheasant, students and faculty worked with Dave Welling (owner) to craft a lager on-site called Alpha Lager. This is a collaborative effort to build community partnerships while also create scholarships for students. On the other hand, AGP Soybean came to us with a specific research question, one which our chemistry and biology faculty and students sought to solve. Preliminary research findings are significant. Action Item: Build three committees to oversee activities to build the College, one such committee includes the Recruitment and Marketing Committee. The Recruitment and Marketing Committee conducts activities throughout the year to engage students. Most notable are their efforts in social media. The College of Arts and Sciences has an active presence on all types of social media, including Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Posts are generated throughout the year to celebrate academics, special days, interesting individuals, etc. If you would like to link to any of these social media platforms, please follow the link here, https://linktr. ee/nsuartsandsciences, then select your platform of choice. The College of Arts and Sciences podcast – Wolf Trax – is now available on BuzzSprout. A podcast devoted to the amazing faculty Recruitment and Marketing, CAS Scholarship, Revenue Generating Activity – Beer Social Media and WolfTrax Dr. Ken Blanchard recording WolfTrax, a CAS podcast. Dr. Jon Mitchell (left), Kennedy Davis (middle), and Dave Welling, owner of OLP (right), working collaboratively to create unique craft beer for CAS scholarships. in the College of Arts and Sciences at Northern State University, Aberdeen, South Dakota. In each interview your host, Professor Kenneth Blanchard, interviews his colleagues on all things interesting and entertaining. Please link to and share this effort with your friends and colleagues: https:// wolftrax.buzzsprout.com.
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