Strategic Planning 2004: School of Health and Human Services Measuring Progress- Setting New Goals

Intention 1: Reflectively engage with internal and external constituencies to identify emerging trends and needs in health and human services and to address those needs that are consistent with the vision and priorities of the School.

Engagement Encourage departments, centers and institutes to use advisory committees effectively Continue efforts to reach out to HHS graduates, to involve them more extensively in the School’s work

Graduates Continue departmental-based annual fund Organize annual event for graduates and current students, focusing on our annual awards ceremony Strengthen ties to UNH Alumni Association

Factoid Last year faculty organized more than 500 opportunities for teaching, technical assistance, training and applied research with local and regional health and human service agencies

Intention 2: Promote and support an infrastructure that fosters an interdisciplinary culture that becomes the motivating factor in the evolution of the School.

Support Interdisciplinary Culture Acknowledge the success of last year’s efforts Funding from Provost’s Strategic Initiative Fund for project on physical activity and nutrition Continue Town Meetings Focus on Disability

Intention 3: Promote and support an ethos and infrastructure that cultivates scholarship and research amongst School faculty and students.

Promote Scholarship and Research Issue a comprehensive guide to faculty development opportunities in HHS and the University Departmental development funds Grimes Undergraduate Research Fellows HHS Research and Outreach Fellows

Carsey Fellows Carsey Small Grants Program Graduate School Faculty Research Fellowships VPRPS Outreach Scholarship Grants VPAA Faculty Development Grants VPAA Faculty Scholars CIE Travel Support CIE Project Support

Intention 4: Create an environment that continues to support the School’s teaching mission while integrating research and service while teaching.

Promote Teaching Sustain tremendous success in the development of important general education courses Continue to develop new Inquiry Courses, adding to those already being developed and taught

Intention 5: Create an active and engaged process of communication with the larger community regarding the need for and impact of School of Health and Human Services contributions.

Communication Implement Communication Strategy Launch electronic newsletter Plan “Editorial Board” meetings to get the School’s message out Continue efforts to promote HHS in the media whenever possible

Communication Enhance New Website Switch from static to dynamic site Launch electronic “Faculty Information Data Base” – a one-stop shop for everything you need to know about HHS faculty Continuously update web pages Automatic Annual Reports Automatic C.V.s Special reports

OVERRIDING THEMES Enrollment Growth Diversity Efficiency

Enrollment Undergraduates (credit hours generated): AY Target:+2,400 AY Results:+4,554 Graduates (gross tuition revenues): Actual FY million Projects FY million Actual FY million

Efficiency Bottom-line FY04 Projected- 423,000 Actual+ 43,000 Challenge in FY05 Confronting a growing structural deficit

Diversity Glacial or Geological Change Important Opportunities for AY Faculty recruitment Provost’s Office initiatives Admissions efforts

Community-Building Faculty Breakfasts Focus on Service Learning Staff Lunches Fall and Spring Semesters Having Fun HHS at the Whit – October 22nd