PHASE III Goals Enduring Commitments • Enhance organizational effectiveness through talent and leadership development programs. • Invest in the employee compensation and benefits plan to position the university competitively. • Adapt the university business model and operations to ensure financial sustainability. • Develop a coordinated grants strategy. Academics • Research and develop interdisciplinary undergraduate and innovative graduate programs. • Evaluate existing academic structures for strategic positioning and selectively establish and integrate new structures as appropriate. • Evaluate models and develop a proposal to offer alternative degree pathways. Enrollment & Strategic Scholarships • Enroll 3,000+ total students. • Execute a holistic community engagement plan to strengthen the university brand and support recruitment. • Develop a financially sustainable "Global Augustana" model for universal undergraduate intercultural learning experiences. Athletics • Navigate the changing landscape of college athletics and position Augustana as a leader in single sport NCAA Division I/multi-sport NCAA Division II. • Advance a premier student-athlete healthcare, wellness, and comprehensive performancetraining model. Physical Campus & IT • Renovate and repurpose Old Main and East Hall to align with programmatic needs and preserve heritage. • Identify resources to renovate or expand academic space, student housing, fitness areas and athletics facilities to accommodate enrollment growth. • Transform the Mikkelsen Library into an integrated service hub for student learning, information, innovation and technology. • Update core IT infrastructure and establish sustainable enterprise technology governance. • Complete the ERP systems integration and develop a digital strategy unifying J1, ADP, and Ramp. • Build an empowered AI-enabled digital campus by leveraging Gemini Enterprise. Campaign • Secure $300M in support of the Viking Bold Campaign.
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