Student Affairs Strategic Plan 17 45. Work with the Foundation to add a standing member from the Foundation to the Student Affairs Council. 46. Working with Human Resources, develop and offer a program for supervisors to destigmatization discussions with employees about the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). 47. Establish a Student Affairs Professional Development Committee based on the ACPA and NASPA Professional Competency Areas for Student Affairs Educators and South Dakota Board of Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists. The committee will create and implement a professional development framework that encourages and challenges all team members to be lifelong learners, engage with national and regional professional associations, and utilize institutional opportunities (committee assignments, campus and community projects coordination/supervision) to develop team members. 48. With Human Resources, create a 360-evaluation program for staff and supervisors to increase employee engagement and satisfaction. 49. Implement Individualized Development Plans (IDP) for all benefits-eligible staff to carefully plan and execute opportunities to continue growing in our work, skills, and abilities. Objective 5. INCREASE CAMPUS BELONGING: “Sense of belonging reflects the extent to which students feel connected, a part of, or stuck to a campus… ”4 50. Create a partnership with the Youth Leadership Forum to build a pipeline to college. 51. Conduct a review of accessible parking on campus and adjust as necessary to ensure compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The review will include the specific number of accessible parking spaces based on the total number of spaces in the lot, designated van-accessible spaces, clear and visible signage, and unobstructed access routes nearest to building entrances.5 52. Select a student engagement platform that all of campus will utilize and fully embrace to enhance new student recruitment, current student retention, and advance student persistence to graduation (see the SEM Plan). 53. Partnering with Communications and Marketing, and consistent with the Accessible Icon Project, create an accessibility services logo and marketing program to raise awareness of inclusive services available on campus and how to request services for events. 54. Conduct an accessibility review of the Northern campus and create a plan to address accessibility challenges using external consultants from AHEAD.6 55. Update and publicize a new Student Accessibility Services webpage with direct links to ACCESS Northern, as well as maps of accessible building entrances and bathrooms. 56. Working with Marketing and Communications, Northern and Student Affairs will use image descriptions for all official social media posts. 57. With partners, create a Town-Gown Council utilizing best practices from the International Town-Gown Association.7 58. With Instructional Technology, implement training and other support to get all D2L courses to an 80% accessibility score by the end of fall 2025, as evaluated by Panorama. 59. With Instructional Technology, implement training and other support to get all D2L courses to a 90% accessibility score by the end of spring 2026, as evaluated by Panorama. 60. With Instructional Technology, implement training for all administrators and staff to create accessible Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents. 61. Create a student activities and Intramurals participation league (i.e. “Pack Points”) with cumulative points for participation in activities such as leagues, fitness classes, programming, clubs and fairs, or workshops, where students earn points for participation and engagement, redeemable for exclusive prizes or gear. 62. With Facilities Management, create, identify, and publicize one gender-neutral/family restroom in each building on campus. 63. Collaborate with First-Year Seminars to increase student awareness and understanding of Student Accessibility Services by presenting to at least half of all fall FYS sections. 4Rosenberg & McCullough, 1981, as cited in Strayhorn, 2008, p. 505 5See https://www.accessibilitychecker.org/blog/ada-requirements-for-parking-standards-compliance-and-penalties/ 6See the Association of Higher Education And Disability https://www.ahead.org/home 7See: https://www.itga.org/
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