1. Mission & Vision HLC Kick-Off September 15, 2016
HLC Criterion 1
Mission & Vision
HLC Kick-Off September 15, 2016

2. EMU’s Mission (adopted in June, 2013)
EMU enriches lives in a supportive, intellectually dynamic and diverse community. Our dedicated faculty balance teaching and research to prepare students with relevant skills and real world awareness. We are an institution of opportunity where students learn in and beyond the classroom to benefit the local and global communities.

3. EMU’s VISION adopted in June, 2013
Eastern Michigan University will be:
a premier public university recognized for student-centered learning
high quality academic programs
and community impact.

4. Distinctions: Mission & Vision
Our mission is the foundation for everything including the development of our institution’s vision
A vision is what we want/aspire to be.

5. Criterion’s 1 Overall Questions Include:
Do we have a mission? Since when? Was the process inclusive?
Is the broad University community familiar with the tenets of the mission/vision? Is it accessible virtually or through other means?
Do we (and how) integrate the mission/vision into University activities (orientations, professional development, HR), and promote it campus wide and beyond?
How well do we integrate the mission and vision into all university wide budget structures and budget priorities
How does the mission and vision breathe, live/exist here at EMU? And in what ways?

6. Our Process for Gathering Evidence & Building our Argument
relevant skills and real world awareness – academic programs
Evidence:
20 years and over 220 AS-L & Community Based courses which integrate skill and real world application
Many programs require community based coursework
Nursing
Nutrition
Social Work, OT
Leadership Minor
Non Profit Cert,
Communication
Speech Path,
Early Childhood Ed
General Business
Sociology
Public Health
Children’s Literature
Biology Education
1.A.2.The institution’s academic programs, student support services, and enrollment profile are consistent with its stated mission.

7. Our Process for Gathering and building our argument
Institution of Opportunity –enrollment profile
Evidence: EFOS, Education First Opportunity Scholarships
3.0 or higher high school GPA
20 ACT or 1020 SAT
Pell Grant Eligible
Up to $ , tuition minus Pell ) a year for 4 years.
124 credit hour award, maintain 2.75, 15 hours a semester.
Evidence
During the past 8 years, EMU has increased its student financial aid by 130 % , reflecting its central mission to help Michigan students and their families in a challenging economic environment.
The total institutional financial aid of $54,198,000 represents an increase of more than $6 million (12.9 percent) over the financial aid
Holman’s Center’s Edge program provides year round support through success coaches to 400 plus first year students many who are first generation and have lower GPAs & scores and are first generation and Pell Eligible
1.A.2. The institution’s academic programs, student support services, and enrollment profile are consistent with its stated mission.

8. Our Process for Gathering Evidence & Building our Argument
enriches lives in a supportive, intellectually dynamic and diverse community student support services
Honors College
Purchase of Honors College building 2015
Honors College has nearly doubled in size since 2011, enrolling a total of 1,400 students this past year.
In 2015, the college enrolled nearly 500 freshmen, the largest incoming class in its history.
1.A.2 .The institution’s academic programs, student support services, and enrollment profile are consistent with its stated mission.

9. Our Process for Gathering Evidence & Building our Argument
Local & Global Communities & Student Centered Learning
VISION
Alternative Spring Break, 20 years
Haiti
Detroit Service Days
School of Social Work & Nursing
International Service-Learning in Jamaica
ISCFC
Hamilton Crossing & Ypsilanti Housing Commission
Bright Futures
SEMIS
1.B.2 The mission document or documents are current and explain the extent of the institution’s emphasis on the various aspects of its mission, such as:
instruction
scholarship research, application of research,
creative works
clinical service, public service, economic development
religious or cultural purpose

10. Mission Activity #1 1 minute
Where does the following exist at EMU to you…?
Community impact
Student centered learning
Institution of opportunity
Dedicated faculty balance teaching and research
Unpack /deconstruct our mission & vision.
Identify any evidence (e.g. programs, processes, etc.) of its presence in your program, department and/or area.

11. Mission Activity #2 Challenges & a Challenge
Strengths:
TruEMU Campaign
Carnegie Classification
Strategic Planning Website
Presidential Convocations
Opportunities:
Where else to articulate the mission at EMU? How?
How else to disseminate and integrate the mission/vision into the fabric of EMU?
1.B.1 The institution clearly articulates its mission through one or more public documents, such as statements of purpose, vision, values, goals, plans, or institutional priorities

12. Mission Activity # 3 A Take Home Assignment
Recent budget investments such as the Honor College and Financial Aid directly reinforce our mission/vision, but there is not a system in place for VP’s, departments/schools/divisions to tie their budgets directly to any part of the mission or vision.
This is a systems/process gap.
Ruminate. Incubate.
Is this something we should do if so…how?
Mission Activity # 3 A Take Home Assignment
1.A.3. institution’s planning and budgeting priorities align with and support the mission

13. Team Mission Members Include…
Jessica ’Decky’ Alexander, CMTA &
Geoff Larcom, Media Relations
Leigh Greden, Office of the President
Mary Larkin, LGBTQ Resource Center
Lynn Nybell, Social WOrk
John Koolage, Philosophy and General Education