Phase II Initiatives (FY12)

Listed below are Initiatives funded during Phase I of the Great Journeys Strategic Plan. The university offices responsible for oversight are also listed.

Presidential Task Forces on Student Success and Curricular Innovation – Vice Provost

• Academic Diversity Minors and Certificates and Student Success
• Advising Summit
• College Bridge Program
• Expansion of A-Plus Program
• Office of Student Academic Success
• Office of Student Engagement and Experiential Learning
• Peer Assisted Learning for Transfer Students 
• Restructuring Educator Preparation at NIU
• Revisiting General Education
• Service-Learning/Community Engagement
• Strengthening University Honors Experience
• Supplemental Instruction for MATH 101

Research & Graduate Education – Vice President for Research & Graduate Studies

• Center for Interdisciplinary Study of Language and Literature
• Collaborative on Early Adolescence
• Core User Facilities & Services
• Enhancing Graduate Assistantships
• Institute for Nanoscience and Engineering and Technology
• PI Academy for Research and Engagement
• Planning, Persistence, and Professionalism: A Model for Providing Graduate Students Opportunities for Career and Professional Development

Outreach – Vice President for Outreach, Engagement, and Information Technology

• Community Involvement for Latino Student Success
• Digital Convergence Laboratory
• P-20
  • Virtual laboratory School

Colleges of Liberal Arts & Sciences and Engineering and Engineering Technology – Deans of CLAS and CEET

• Institute for the Study of Environment, Sustainability, and Energy and Environmental Studies Degree Program (CLAS & CEET)
• Non-Governmental Organization Leadership and Development (CLAS)
• University Writing Center/Upper Division University Writing Program (CLAS)

College of Health & Human Sciences – Dean CHHS

• Expansion of Sign Language Course Offerings
• Expansion of Undergraduate Nursing Program
   

Global Initiatives – Associate Provost for International Programs

• Travel Abroad Study Grants for Undergraduate Students

Accountability – Vice Provost for Academic Planning & Development

• Review of Doctoral Programs
• Voluntary System of Accountability