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Financial Assistance
Recommendation from the Academic Programs and New Initiatives Task Force: Meet 100% of defined financial need for all students through scholarships and a reasonable amount of student employment and loans. Additional explanation: An important focus of fundraising will be to provide a very substantial increase in both the number of endowed scholarships and the size […]
Expand and Remodel Lund Center
Recommendation from the Academic Programs and New Initiatives Task Force: Expand and remodel Lund Center in a manner driven by its mission of teaching/learning, health, wellness, and fitness. Additional explanation: Nursing (like Education) is housed in a temporary building (Mattson Hall). Health and Exercise Science has outgrown the space it occupies in Lund. As plans […]
Funding of Global and Multicultural Initiatives
Recommendation from the Global and Multicultural Initiatives Task Force: Create endowed funds to support global and multicultural initiatives. This recommendation was placed in the Tangible Resources Strategic Framework Substantive Category using the language: Create endowed funds to support global and multicultural initiatives. This recommendation was placed is Tier 2 and is being monitored by the […]
Faculty Compensation
Recommendation from the Facilities and Finances Task Force: Fund and maintain faculty compensation that is within the upper 20% of institutions based on agreed-upon peer group. Additional explanation: Employee compensation relates to the College’s values of Excellence and Justice. Employee compensation is the single largest expenditure of the College’s operating budget. If the College is […]
Comprehensive Facilities Renewal Plan
Recommendation from the Facilities and Finances Task Force: Develop and fund a comprehensive facilities renewal plan that addresses the 30 major buildings on campus around the concept of having a major renewal project three out of every four years and recognizing that facilities have an estimated useful life of 40 years. Additional explanation: Maintaining and […]
Human Resource Location
Recommendation from the Stewardship Task Force: Relocate the Office of Human Resources. Additional explanation: This would move the office out of the basement of Uhler Hall to a disability-accessible space, providing a more convenient location for job applicants and employees, and removing the exception, to an otherwise campus-wide practice, of having all residence halls secure […]
Disability Access
Recommendation from the Facilities and Finances Task Force: Provide full access to the disabled in 100% of activity spaces, most notably Christ Chapel and all residence halls, within ten years. This recommendation was placed in the Tangible Resources Strategic Framework Substantive Category using the language: Provide full access to the disabled in 100% of activity […]
Funding for the Center for Vocational Reflection
Recommendation from the Faith Task Force: Establish funding for the Center for Vocational Reflection to ensure that the program eventually would be fully sustained by the College. Additional explanation: Dedicate additional funds toward expanding the Center for Vocational Reflection’s work to the larger Gustavus community, especially alumni. During its brief existence, this program has generated […]
Administrative Office Space Plan
Recommendation from the Facilities and Finances Task Force: Establish an administrative office model over the next two years that will respond to programmatic and strategic needs, enabling office space decisions over the next five to ten years to be based on aligning administrative office locations with the needs of their constituents. This recommendation was placed […]
Construction of the New Academic Building
Recommendation from the Academic Programs and New Initiatives Task Force: Expedite the funding and construction of the “New Academic Building” that has been proposed and designed. Additional explanation: Five of our largest programs have been involved in developing a plan for a building that provides space that highlights academic work, encourages interactions among students and […]