Presidential presentaiton rhit

Hopes for a New President

Suggestions for the 2013 Candidate

By: Rose Ann M. Haft and Other Students, Alumni and Faculty

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Re-Cap Strategic Goals

Goal 1: Rose-Hulman will support and recognize excellence in

teaching, learning, innovation, and intellectual growth-both in and out of the

classroom.

Goal 2: Rose-Hulman will give students a vision of the breadth of their possible

futures and will prepare them to achieve these futures.

Goal 3: Rose-Hulman will foster a culture of lifelong connection with all of our

constituents.

Goal 4: Rose-Hulman will be a diverse, globally-connected, sought-after

community in which to live, learn, and work.

Goal 5: Rose-Hulman will be a model of a fiscally sustainable and affordable

private institution focused on science, engineering, and mathematics education.

Goal 6: Rose-Hulman will have global name recognition for the excellence of our

education.

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Vision for the Future

• Excellence in student drive, capability, inspiraiton, preparaiton and skill

• Excellence in teaching

• Real world skills and lessons acquired and accessible

• Small, maneagable, personal classrooms

• On-line learning

• Work-life balance

• Project based learning

• International outreach and recognition

• Student design and company creation

• Industry in classroom

• Possibility

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Qualities of Leadership

• To be amazed by what RHIT and students can become

• Has a vision of the future

• Cares about and interacts with students

• Service-leadership – working for students, teachers and leaders

• Business minded

• Go-Getter

• Kind, respectable, capable, interested in students

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Sustainability

Waste Reduction

• Efficient energy use, ie electrical appliances,

heating, cooling, lighting

• Reduced energy use

• FSC certified, double sided, recycled paper

• Mailing statements and on-line marketing

• Waste cycling and filtration, ie ecological energy

production, compost, „free store‟ , „living buildings‟

• Organic food, locally sourced, sustainable diets

Self Supporting

• Energy use and generation

• Edible landscapes

• Bike riding/ green vehicles/chargers

• Solar panels, biodiesel, geothermal, clean power

purchase, hydrogen power

Efficiency and High Performance

• Lighting

• Buildings

• Passive Heating / Cooling

• LEED, International Standards

• Green roofs and walls

• Rainwater catchment

• Locally sourced materials

Offsetting emissions

• Monitoring

• Hands-on student projects that promote real

conservation

• Work with graduates and their companies to

promote sustainable projects, tree planting, oyster

recovery, etc.

Green product purchase

• Recycled paper

• Sustainable inks

• Eco-friendly cars

• Local food

Toxin reduction

• Green cleaning

• Reduced carbon emissions

• Reduced GHG emissions

• Increased nutrient cycling on campus

Funding Generation from New Companies,

School/Faculty/Student Projects and Innovations

• Seed funding

• Scholarship

• Re-investment

Problem solving, Energy/nutrient Cycling, Energy/Product Generation

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Solar Power Generation

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Ecological Energy Generation

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Passive Cooling and Green Insulation

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World Class Education

• “World class education requires an

environment of Individual attention and

support”

• Culture training for teachers and students

• Diverse skills acquired

• Languages, culture, people learned &

understood

• Life-long learning for professors

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Continued Education

Engineering, Science, Humanities, Economics

• Job development

• CEUs

• Skills training/ courses (discounts for supporting alumni)

Business, Career, Workplace

• Product development, Marketing, Negotiations

• Changing careers, Graduate school

• Social: Sexual harassment , Etiquette, etc.

Life

• Relationship, and family classes

• Health and nutrition education

• Budgeting

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International Recognition

• International Students

• Study Abroad

• International School Partnership Collaboration

• International Business Partnership Collaboration

• Publications in International Journals

• Volunteerism and Third-World Support

• International Conference Attendance

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Innovation

• On-line project collaboration for students, alumni

groups, clubs and/or companies

• Innovation center with student project space

• Business development support

• Seed funding acquisition, fruited

projects reinvested

• Innovation Certificate where

students explore ideas within

existing curriculum

Project, Business & Resource

Success

Seed Funding

Innovation

Reinvesting

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Online and Next Generation Education

• Reduce barriers to learning and education

• Online organization with „Smart‟ - applications

• Classes video recorded for student record

• On-line degree programs available

• Create a Separate Institution

• Certificates and Learning Courses using existing resources but

presented with lower cost and without depleting faculty resources

− International Languages, Computer Languages, Semi-

Conductors, etc.

• Continuing education credits available

• Guest speakers and interactive-virtual classrooms available

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Graduate Program

Teaching Assistant Opportunities

Mentorship

• Twice-Weekly Face time with Faculty

• Discussion seminars post undergraduate classes

• Option to complete pre-requisite coursework

independently

Hands-on learning

Project learning

Partnership opportunities

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Prof-desk.com RHIT Alumni developed online education program that can be built/part owned by RHIT to utilized and develop useful and

necessary on-line programs at lower institutional costs contributing to Alumni and student innovation and seed funding.

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Imagine a World Where Your Success Means a Better World… Instantly!

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Community Health

• Understanding the essence of Health and Balance

• Healthy brains function better, retain more knowledge and enjoy every day

more (the more students like their Rose experience, the more they are likely to

Give as alumni)

• Encouraging studentship, breakfast, sleep, healthy nutrition support, exercise

and exercise plans, passionate careers, relationships, friendships and

collaboration

• Provide extracurricular education that students are interested in and spend

time on anyways – nutrition, health, weight loss, diabetes, health disparity

education, etc.

• Continued education on recognizing and overcoming

emotional/physical/alcohol/racial stereotypes/ other types of abuse or tragedy

in life while building self-esteem and confidence

“Consumers shouldn’t have to decide what’s right for them at point of purchase, it should

be chosen for them from the beginning,” and the same goes for students

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Forever Rose

• Comes from a community of health

− When students leave, they want to keep coming back

• Place where voice can be heard

• Transparent pathways that can be followed throughout college and post

college careers

• Innovation center so alumni can come back and have incubator space

• Online Education

− Guest speaker presentations and webinars to include alumni

• Improved Graduate Program

• Professional Education

• Online collaboration and workspace

• Follow projects and club work online

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Forever Rose

Alumni Assessments with Social Network Connection

(Facebook, LinkedIn)

• What skills are they lacking and would they like to be

supported in?

• What CEUs do they need?

• What would they pay for and how much?

• What Cool things are happening in industry?

• How would they like to be involved in campus?

• What projects will/can they support?

• Skills developed that are useful for school programs –

mentorships, consulting, volunteerism.

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Forever Rose - Alumni Encouragement

• City Volunteer Coordinators

− Quarterly meetings and events

− Volunteering for community happenings

− List serve and happy hours

• Country wide 5k, 10k and/or marathon

− Raise funds for endowment and innovation funds

• RHIT sponsoring community events

• Volunteer Project Groups

• Innovation Tournaments and Showcase semi-annualy

• Alumni teaching skills to other alumni