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                        McAda  Graduate School,
                        OSPR, TLRC, LLC, ContEd
                        FY2022 Budget Planning
                        February 5, 2021

  MIDWESTERN                                                                     STATE   UNIVERSITY

Introduction and overview

• Units included in this presentation:
  – McAda Graduate School (MGS)
     • Graduate Admissions, Graduate Academic Counselor,
       Graduate Student Resource Center, Dean’s office
  – Office of Sponsored Programs & Research (OSPR)
  – Teaching & Learning Resource Center (TLRC)
  – Lifelong Learning Center (LLC)
  – Center for Continuing Education (ContEd)

Introduction and overview
• Strategic vision
   – Growth through exemplary service

• Opportunities to innovate for growth and improvement
   –   New graduate programs (MPS, Ph.D., M.Ed. in Higher Ed, others)
   –   New grad student recruiting approaches
   –   Expansion/enhancement of grad student services
   –   NIH grant support for OSPR service and infrastructure
       enhancement

• Prudent deployment of limited resources
   – Recruiting budget is minimal, yet grad student enrollment and
     retention are strong
   – OSPR staffing is minimal, yet submissions and awards are strong

Introduction and overview
• For FY22 budget, please hold steady:
  – McAda Graduate School (Graduate Studies, Graduate
    Programs Administration, McAda Graduate School Fund)
  – Lifelong Learning Center

• Budget adjustments requested for:
  – Teaching & Learning Resource Center
  – Center for Continuing Education
  – Office of Sponsored Programs & Research

Accomplishments
• Areas of recognition and progress
   – New Ed.D. program with 17 students enrolled
   – NIH SPAD grant

• Best practices implemented
   – OSPR policies/procedures/guidelines

• Improvements to student experience
   – Graduate Student Resource Center
   – Graduate Academic Counselor

• Support of university mission and strategic plan
   – Aspects of mission: “rigorous… graduate education in the liberal
     arts and the professions.” “…an emphasis upon teaching,
     augmented by the opportunity for students to engage in
     research and creative activities”
   – Strategies 1.A, 2.B.2, 2.E

Promotion of diversity, equity and inclusion

• Graduate student recruiting
  – Print ads, events, group memberships

• Graduate student scholarships
  – McNair Scholars

• Thoughtful posting venues for staff positions

Challenges and barriers to growth

• Challenges being experienced
  – Lean staff
  – Budget items forgotten from one year to the next

• Ways to address/overcome
  – Looking for ways to automate some processes
  – Need budget consistency or advance discussion
    about changes

Strategic budget investments - TLRC
• Budget request
   1.   Fill vacant instructional designer position with start date of
        September 1, 2021
   2.   Re-add $3,000 for TLRC M&O

• Justification
   – ID position helps with recruiting faculty, supporting innovation,
     sustaining reach and delivery of quality instruction
   – M&O is needed for expenses related to monthly events

• Anticipated return on investment
   – Better support for faculty leads to better instruction
   – Faculty engagement and collegiality at monthly events leads to
     better retention and satisfaction

Strategic budget investments - ContEd
 • Budget request
    – PTNB coordinator position @ $15/hr for 19 hrs/wk for estimated
      annual wage of $15,340
    – M&O budget of $4,000
    – Beginning September 2021 with university funding for first year,
      thereafter self-sustaining

 • Justification
    – ContEd cannot run without dedicated staff support
    – Would refocus offerings to include arts & crafts courses and
      CEUs for local professionals

 • Anticipated return on investment
    – Community engagement
    – Expanded linkages with area professionals

Strategic budget investments - OSPR
 • Budget request
    1. Promote Brittany Norman to assistant director and
       increase salary by $8,000
    2. Transition Grants Specialist salary from NIH grant funds
       to university funds per grant agreement ($10,000 +
       fringe in Grant Year 2 (May 2021 - Apr 2022))

 • Justification
    – Part of NIH grant; purpose is to grow and create full-
      featured OSPR with both pre- and post-award support

 • Anticipated return on investment
    – Supports teacher-scholar model, student support services,
      compliance with regulations

Thank You!