
Initiated the Task Force for the International Program • Reinstituted Administrative Council • Instituted the Executive Budget Committee • Expanded Listening Meetings this semester to include staff • members • Initiated the Missouri Southern Leadership Academy • Continue to meet with Faculty Senate President monthly • Continue to have an open door policy • Announced to several campus groups that Missouri • Southern operates under a non-punitive culture Responses to Faculty Concerns
Foundational Principles • Teamwork • Entrepreneurship • Organizational Structure • Reestablish a Vice President for Student Affairs • Permanent hires for Interim Vice Presidents • Physical Structure • One Stop Shop • Hearnes will become the administrative building President’s Vision for MSSU
Leadership Development • Missouri Southern Leadership Academy • Educational Leadership Opportunities for Deans and Chairs • Fundraising • Scholarships • Buildings • Endowed chairs • Discretionary funds President’s Vision for MSSU
Enrollment • Obligation to educate more students • Expected growth for Southwest Missouri • Economic necessity • Collaboration with community colleges and regional school • districts President’s Vision for MSSU
Academic Priorities • Program development • International program • Online instruction • Graduate education • Hiring priorities President’s Vision for MSSU
Budgeting • Low tuition • Budgeting process • Community Relations • What’s good for Southern is good for Southwest Missouri • Engagement by members of the Southern community President’s Vision for MSSU
Conclusion • Requires positive change • Requires right people in the right places • Requires teamwork by campus administrators President’s Vision for MSSU