SPSU: A Vision for the Future

2002

A.     Programs: will remain centered around technology, its applications, and its impacts

         1.   From ET to engineering

         2.   Technologically oriented aspects of HSS

         3.   Econ development needs of state

               a.   telecommunications

               b.   composite materials

               c.   GRITS

B.      Connectivity - both a means and an end

         1.   To the community

               a.   We have a lot to provide.

               b.   Student enrollment

         2.   To business and industry

               a.   Expertise

               b.   Resources

C.     Quality - intend to retain it and improve it

         1.   Students get jobs

         2.   Faculty with Ph.D.s

         3.   Good teachers

         4.   Assessment

D.     Size

         1.   Growth in student body

         2.   More buildings

         3.   The need for planning

               a.   Strategic

               b.   Facilities

               c.   Operational

“We will enhance our reputation as a university where imagination, innovation, and application are integrated to provide leadership into the future.”

(Author unknown)