This page provides a summary of the NMSU Arts & Sciences strategic plan in support of NMSU's LEADS 2025 effort.
The College of Arts & Sciences
Mission
The College of Arts and Sciences is the intellectual core of New Mexico State University, providing cutting-edge academic programs supported by active research and creative activities. The College provides the foundational education for every NMSU student and a wide array of degrees preparing students to be life-long learners, knowledgeable and responsible citizens of our world.
Vision
By 2025, the College of Arts and Sciences will excel in promoting academic success and social mobility for a diverse student population, sustain the university-wide vision of achieving the highest Carnegie research status (R1) through exceptional research programs and creative activities, and contribute to the social and economic development of communities locally, state-wide, and nation-wide.
Values
Central to the College of Arts and Sciences land-grant mission our core values are:
- Rigor & Excellence: We believe the best education is rigorous, challenging, and demands perseverance. We believe that the best creative and scholarly work demands the same efforts. Those who excel in these endeavors should be recognized, cultivated, rewarded, and celebrated.
- Exploring and Discovery: We value and strive for excellence in research, scholarship and creative activities, positioning the College to be a leader in discovery and innovation, meeting the challenges of modern society and improving lives.
- Accessibility: We value being accessible to the diverse people of New Mexico and beyond. We value education and research that is inclusive, available, and affordable. We recognize diversity as a strength and an opportunity for excellence and success. We are the gateway to learning for all students, which provide us both an opportunity and responsibility to impact their learning experience in a positive way, developing a sense of inclusion, belonging and respect. We value serving the citizens of New Mexico, achieving a sustainable existence in the environment we occupy and integrating ourselves into the community and region of the border Southwest.
- Learning and Knowledge: We value learning and knowledge for their own sake, and creating broadly educated members of society who can think critically and improve their communities. We strive to model a love of learning and to instill a desire for a lifetime of learning. We value providing advanced education and scholarship through strong graduate and undergraduate program.
Arts & Sciences Plan
The original Strategic Plan for the College developed in 2019.
Tactics 2021-2022
Goal 1: Enhance Student Success and Social Mobility
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Fall 21 |
Spring 22 |
Fall 22 |
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Objective 1: Increase, Diversify and Optimize Undergraduate Enrollment | ||||
Coordinate Departmental High School Recruitment | Alexis | |||
Align recruitment activities of College with Central Recruitment, attend recruitment meetings | Alexis | |||
Explore departmental involvement with AWO | Alexis | |||
Develop recruitment fliers (physical, digital, landing pages) for departments | Amanda | |||
Create Dean's Ambassadors, identify candidates, introduce 1-credit course, provide financial support | Amanda | |||
Identify and support degree programs to be offered through NMSU-O | Joe and Enrico | |||
Revise BIS to serve as NMSU-O | Enrico + Fellow | |||
Revise BAS to serve as NMSU-O | Enrico + Fellow | |||
Coordinate with NMSU-O on the online offerings of Gen Ed Courses | Joe | |||
Develop proposals for Differential Tuitions | Enrico + Jim | |||
Pilot centralized Gen Ed scheduling | Joe | |||
Objective 2: Increase, Diversity and Optimize Graduate Enrollment | ||||
Develop regional recruitment network for graduate programs | Alexis | |||
Expand use of MAP in the College, identify courses, develop training, create central repository, create student presentations | Joe | |||
Identify and support degree programs to be offered through NMSU-O | Joe + Enrico | |||
Shepherd proposal for PhD in Border Studies | Joe + Enrico | |||
Lead cross-campus discussion on financial support fro graduate recruitment | Jim | |||
Improve international graduate students recruitment | Enrico + Alexis | |||
Objective 3: Increase student learning, retention, degree attainment | ||||
Enhance relationship with career services for student placement | Depts | |||
Expand Pete Pathfinder mentoring program | Amanda | |||
Make roadmaps more accessible to students and advance notice of courses available | Joe | |||
Participate and expand role of A&S in Aggie Accelerate | Amanda + Enrico | |||
Explore relaunching Aggie JumpStart | Enrico | |||
Identify "what can we do better" from students | Amanda | |||
Develop A&S workshops for at-risk students | Amanda + Alexis | |||
Explore a community-based Aid Program | Enrico + Deans Council | |||
Objective 4: Develop a sense of belonging to the College | ||||
Create student/alumni networking events | Amanda + Sheri | |||
Create A&S Day and Starry Night | Amanda + Sheri + Enrico | |||
Reconnect with Giles and expand marketing | Sheri + Enrico | |||
Objective 5: Strengthen career pathways, experiential learning and research engagement |
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Support Discovery Scholars | Jim + Enrico | |||
Create A&S National Advisory Board | Enrico + Sheri | |||
Create alumni mentoring program | Jim + Enrico + Sheri |
Goal 2: Elevate Research and Creative Activities
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Fall 21 |
Spring 22 |
Fall 22 |
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Objective 1: Contribute to Research and Creative Activities |
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Develop an internal proposal red-team review | Jim | |||
Develop a reward program for highly competitive awards | Jim | |||
Explore/investigate pilot program for seed funding for proposal teams | Jim | |||
Objective 2: Promote integration of research/creative activities and education | ||||
Coordinate design of PhD in Border Studies | Joe + Enrico | |||
Objective 3: Grow humanities, social sciences and creative arts | ||||
Identify programs that intersect STEM and non-STEM areas and support groups | Jim | |||
Expand participation in funding opportunities from Foundations | Jim | |||
Objective 4: Amplify impact of research on society and economy | ||||
Explore development of entrepreneurship workshops | Enrico |
Goal 3: Amplify Extension and Outreach
Lead |
Fall 21 |
Spring 22 |
Fall 22 |
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Objective 1: Be a leader in innovation, economic and community development |
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Assemble task force and develop roadmap for entrepreneurship | Enrico | |||
Objective 2: PK-20 outreach, professional development, continuing education | ||||
Support development of micro-credentials | Enrico | |||
Participate in K-12 activities/organizations (e.g., MESA) | Enrico | |||
Objective 3: Improve PK-20 STEM education | ||||
Catalog departmental initiative and promote leveraging and collaborations | Depts + Enrico | |||
Coordinate conversations about transfer programs with community colleges | Enrico | |||
Objective 4: Strengthen and elevate public-private engagement | ||||
Explore creation of a National Advisory Board | Enrico + Sheri |
Goal 4: Build a Robust College of Arts and Sciences
Lead |
Fall 21 |
Spring 22 |
Fall 22 |
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Objective 1: Value and support inclusion and diversity |
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Appoint a Faculty Fellow for DEI | Enrico | |||
Create a standing DEI committee for the college | Enrico + Fellow | |||
Expand DEI workshops and seminars Explore departmental involvement with AWO | Amanda + Fellow | |||
Organize at least one training event for faculty and graduate students on DEI | Enrico + Fellow | |||
Enhance recruitment procedures of the College | Enrico + Fellow | |||
Develop recognition program for activities in DEI | Jim + Enrico | |||
Objective 2: Cultivate and reward faculty and staff excellence | ||||
Develop training programs for DHs | Sheri + Enrico | |||
Develop training programs for P&T committees | Enrico + Sheri | |||
Grow junior faculty professional development opportunities | Enrico + Jim + Joe | |||
Objective 3: Establish operational excellence through metric-driven and service-oriented approaches | ||||
Implement regular departmental summaries based on Gray, AA and other data sources | Enrico + Jim + Joe | |||
Complete work with college taskforce on college metrics and scorecards | Sheri | |||
Continue reorganization of Dean's Office | Enrico/Jim/Joe/Sheri | |||
Complete Phase I of College Business Center | Lucille | |||
Establish and sustain community of Administrative Assistants | Lucille + Sheri | |||
Objective 4: College-wide strategic priorities for fundraising | ||||
Ensure scholarships are awarded and spent in a timely manner | Joe + Jessica | |||
Work with the Foundation to redesign fundraising goals | Enrico + Jim + Patrick | |||
Establish departmental priorities, roles, and expectations for fundraising | Enrico + DHs |