Goal 6: Practice stewardship to ensure resources are strong for present and future generations
- Objective 6.1 - Promote a culture of philanthropy among all constituents
- Expand service and experiential learning opportunities
- Identify and coordinate service opportunities that support our mission of faith and learning
- Celebrate and communicate institutional successes and the achievements of our students, faculty, staff, and alumni
- Develop additional mechanisms for students to share their Samford stories
- Promote campus and environmental sustainability through initiatives, incentives, and programs
- Better transition our current students into supportive alumni and expand their opportunities for positive and continued engagement with the university
- Nurture students to promote institutional pride and loyalty
- Conduct evaluations of alumni who are not currently engaged with the institution to identify and address areas of concern
- Engage current students in university fundraising and donor activities
- Incorporate the concept of philanthropic responsibility into the educational experience
- Increase and enhance relationships with the corporate community
- Enhance our ability to track the accomplishments of alumni and empower each school to be able to access that information
- Examine the roles of Trustees and Overseers to identify opportunities for their engagement in institutional stewardship initiatives
- Objective 6.2 - Encourage prudent and fair use of resources, including personnel, facilities, and finances
- Offer personal assessment inventories early in the Samford experience for students, faculty, and staff
- Offer more training in productivity and learning software
- Structure teaching loads that enhance educational experiences, enable contributions to scholarship, and promote service
- Enhance recognition and incentives for outstanding teaching
- Provide competitive and appropriate compensation for faculty and staff
- Increase resources provided for professional development, travel, and grants to support the work of faculty and staff
- Create recognition and incentives for meaningful curricular innovation
- Enhance the financial reporting available to budget managers
- Utilize competitive bidding and rigorous negotiation in identifying vendors
- Promote campus and environmental sustainability through initiatives, incentives, and programs
- Regularly analyze financial data and other indicators of fiscal stewardship and share the results with all stakeholders
- Separate financial activities for deferred maintenance, capital improvement, and capital renewal
- Examine course and facility scheduling to enhance the use of resources
- Ensure the professional management of the endowment and prudent use of endowed resources
- Develop and update a financial plan to support the larger institutional strategic plan
- Examine the roles of Trustees and Overseers to identify opportunities for their engagement in institutional stewardship initiatives
- Provide financial incentives to schools with strong financial management
- Ensure the breadth of the physical environment is designed and maintained to promote learning
- Objective 6.3 - Foster institutional pride and enhance relationships within the university community and with constituents
- Expand service and experiential learning opportunities
- Enhance the use of learning communities as a mechanism for learning and relationship building
- Provide more opportunities for graduate and professional students to be engaged in the larger campus environment
- Expand cross-cultural experiences for students and employees
- Strengthen and expand our relationships with institutions across the globe
- Provide opportunities for the Samford community for worship and prayer
- Build alliances with organizations and communities, including partnerships with historically black congregations and Historically Black Colleges and Universities
- Celebrate and communicate institutional successes and the achievements of our students, faculty, staff, and alumni
- Develop additional mechanisms for students to share their Samford stories
- Regularly analyze financial data and other indicators of fiscal stewardship and share the results with all stakeholders
- Better transition our current students into supportive alumni and expand their opportunities for positive and continued engagement with the university
- Nurture students to promote institutional pride and loyalty
- Conduct evaluations of alumni who are not currently engaged with the institution to identify and address areas of concern
- Assure excellence in athletics
- Engage current students in university fundraising and donor activities
- Increase and enhance relationships with the corporate community
- Enhance our ability to track the accomplishments of alumni and empower each school to be able to access that information
- Examine the roles of Trustees and Overseers to identify opportunities for their engagement in institutional stewardship initiatives
- Objective 6.4 - Assure fiscal accountability through rigorous evaluation of university programs
- Enhance the financial reporting available to budget managers
- Regularly analyze financial data and other indicators of fiscal stewardship and share the results with all stakeholders
- Develop and update a financial plan to support the larger institutional strategic plan
- Provide financial incentives to schools with strong financial management
- Objective 6.5 - Align institutional resources with strategic goals and objectives
- Increase scholarship funding to enhance our ability to recruit academically competitive students
- Increase endowed funds to support international and intercultural programs
- Enhance recognition and incentives for outstanding teaching
- Provide competitive and appropriate compensation for faculty and staff
- Increase resources provided for professional development, travel, and grants to support the work of faculty and staff
- Create recognition and incentives for meaningful curricular innovation
- Enhance the financial reporting available to budget managers
- Regularly analyze financial data and other indicators of fiscal stewardship and share the results with all stakeholders
- Increase the number of endowed faculty positions
- Develop and update a financial plan to support the larger institutional strategic plan
- Identify and pursue new and enhanced revenue opportunities
- Examine the roles of Trustees and Overseers to identify opportunities for their engagement in institutional stewardship initiatives
- Provide financial incentives to schools with strong financial management
- Assure continued access for all students, regardless of means, through a strong program of financial aid
- Ensure the breadth of the physical environment is designed and maintained to promote learning
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