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Third strategic plan underway

Third strategic plan underway

Rhonda Wheeler, News Editor November 5, 2019

It has been five years since the university made their last strategic plan and designs for the third strategic plan are now in motion. The strategic plan is a document that acts as the plan/structure...

Library unveils strategic plan

Riley Guerzini, News Editor February 21, 2017

The Rice Library released their strategic plan for 2017-2021 last week focusing on the four objectives: collections, services, spaces and staff. The strategic plan is the library’s second, the first...

Second strategic plan progresses

Gabi Wy, News Editor January 8, 2016
The new Strategic Plan launching in 2016 contains three points: Learning Excellence, Access by Design and Expansion.
24/7 campus goal lacks great demand

24/7 campus goal lacks ‘great demand’

Gabi Wy November 11, 2015

Justin Kelly works best in the wee hours of the morning. As part of the 2010-2015 Strategic Plan, the university pushed toward the goal of a 24/7 campus. Kelly, a sophomore social work major, said...

Strategic Plan progresses as ‘living document’

Gabi Wy October 21, 2015
Marcia Kiessling, associate provost for Student Affairs, said this strategic plan is unlike any other she’s encountered at other universities.

24/7 campus is ‘unrealistic’

Bobby Shipman September 4, 2013

The crystal ball is cloudy when looking into USI’s future as a 24/7 campus. “I don’t think it is realistic for us to literally embrace the term 24/7 campus here,” said Marcia Kiessling, associate...

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