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Where Opportunity Meets Excellence
Strategic Plan Implementation Update
April 22, 2015
Rutgers University-Newark
Renovations and Updates
Arcelio Aponte
Vice Provost for Budget and Administration
Rutgers University-Newark
Rutgers University- Newark
Projects in Progress
• 15 Washington (including performance space in the
Great Room)
• Classroom improvements this summer
30 classroom upgrades)
• Express Newark-Hahne’s
(25-
• Life Sciences II
• Enhanced wi-fi – indoor & outdoor
• Improvements to Stonesby Dining
• Robeson lounge spaces
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Rutgers University- Newark
Next Steps:
• Additional Classroom Upgrade Program
(Total 3 Year Program)
• Third Space – Hahne’s Development
• Honors Living Learning Community
• Transit Hub Facility
• Street and Landscape Overlay
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The Student Experience
John Gunkel
Vice Provost for Academic Programs and Services
Rutgers University-Newark
Rutgers University- Newark
Co-Location of Key Student Services
• Admissions/Welcome Center
• Enrollment Services: Registrar, Student Accounting, Financial
Aid, One Stop
• Academic Services: Advisement, Career Services
Rutgers University- Newark
Central to Physical Campus
Rutgers University- Newark
Improvement Now!
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New Student Information System
Student Oriented Web Site
“One Stop”
Creation of Academic Pathways & Plans
“Student Success Platform” and Communications Tools
Expand Learning Communities
More Integration of Advising and Career Services
Staffing for the New Mission
Action Group
Co-Chairs
Bil Leipold (School of Criminal Justice)
Christina Strasburger (FAS-N History/African
American and African Studies)
Rutgers University-Newark
Rutgers University- Newark
Staffing for the New Mission Group Members
Member Name
Bonilla, Angie
Clarke, Patty
Cunha, Tony
DeMicco, Bob
Elahraf, Abeer
Gibbs, Aaron
Giordano, Elaine
Geddis, Melissa
Hartland, Melissa
Hendrix, Jamie
Kabir, Arif
Kressel, Ken
Nagle, Josephine
Perry, Kinna
Pinto-Figueroa, Sofia
Reyes, Sandy
Rowe, Betsy
Santana, Engelbert
Williams, Amber
University Organization
Housing & Residence Life
Athletics
University Facilities
Rutgers Business School
FAS-N (Dean’s Office)
Rutgers Business (Undergraduate Programs)
School of Law Library
Graduate Student/Researcher
FAS-N (MFA)
Public Safety
Newark Computing Services
FAS-N (Psychology)
School of Law School
Honors College/GS-N
FAS-N (Office of Academic Services)
Graduate School-Newark
FAS-N (Dean’s Office)
Rutgers Educational Opportunity Fund
Technology and Learning Spaces
Rutgers University- Newark
Staffing for the New Mission Process
Process
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Readings
Researching
Benchmarking
Regularly scheduled
meetings
• Draft of report*
• Summer report out to
staff/individual
reviewers/Office of the
Chancellor*
• Final report due in Oct*
*upcoming activities
Sub-teams
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Voice
Professional Development
Staff Recognition
Talent Management
Communication
Rutgers University- Newark
Staffing for the New Mission Recommendations
• Create a Staff Council
– Advise Chancellor & Office of the Chancellor
– Collaborate with Student Government Associations and Faculty Council
• Implement Talent Management Philosophy throughout
the University
– Ensure that current HR is staffed to implement new philosophy
– Create “Employee Experience” processes, events and information that
speak to the mission
– Invest in our current staff by providing opportunities (e.g. job sharing)
– Create and implement advisory group for talent management
• Create Learning & Development Team
– Provide learning opportunities through various platforms (e.g.
classroom, online)
– Collaborate with the organizations in Newark to create a learning
community that would share resources (e.g. Prudential, Audible)
Rutgers University- Newark
Staffing for the New Mission Recommendations
• Develop Staff Recognition Programs & Events that
Support the New Mission
– Create and implement awards for individuals, teams and departments
that support and advance the mission
– Provide tools and programs that will support year-round recognition
• Integrate the Staff and Staffing with the Greater Newark
Community
– Provide recruitment and training pathways for community members
– Create and implement volunteer policies for staff
• Increase and Enhance Communication
– Create a condensed version (1-2 page handout) of the strategic plan
– Collaborate with University Communications to highlight staff, create a
staff-focused website and other platforms
– Create and implement monthly or quarterly information-sharing events to
keep staff informed
The New Professoriate
Action Group
Co-Chairs
David Troutt (School of Law)
Minglu Wang (Dana Library)
Rutgers University-Newark
Rutgers University- Newark
New Professoriate Group Members
Member Name
Abbas, Sadia
Arena, Jennifer
Barnett, Mike
Bonder, Ed
Brunson, Rod
Butterfield, Sherri-Ann
Caplan, Karen
Christian, Johnna
Deutsch, Stuart
Henein, Marina
Jett, Quintus
Johnson Jr., John
Jordan, Van
Puhak, Robert
Robinson, Jeff
University Organization
FAS-N (English)
FAS-N (Writing Program)
Rutgers Business School
FAS-N (Biology)
School of Criminal Justice
FAS-N (Sociology/Dean’s Office)
FAS-N (History)
School of Criminal Justice
School of Law
School of Criminal Justice
School of Public Affairs&Admin
Graduate School-Newark
FAS-N (MFA)
FAS-N (Mathematics)
Rutgers Business School
Rutgers University- Newark
Discussion Questions for Schools/Departments
• Supporting and Evaluating Publicly Engaged Scholarship
(PES)
• Innovations in Promotion and Tenure Criteria
• Building Institutional Resources for the New
Professoriate
• Non-Tenure Track Faculty and Part-time Lecturers
• Graduate and Post-graduate Training
Rutgers University- Newark
Preliminary Recommendations
• RU-N should issue multiple annual PES awards from a
central office and offer renewable research funds for
faculty across the University
• RU-N should vigorously adopt definitions, evaluation
standards and reward structures that encourage
widespread interest in PES among all of its faculty
• RU-N should commit to a mechanism for ensuring
faculty training and resources for development and
mentoring
• RU-N should re-establish a Center for Teaching
Excellence
• RU-N should create a graduate Office of Career
Training
Research and Scholarship
Nabil Adam
Vice Chancellor for Research & Collaborations
Todd Clear, Provost (Presenter)
Rutgers University-Newark
Rutgers University- Newark
Invest in Collaborative Academic and Research Programs
•Foster synergistic multidisciplinary research across academic units within RUN and across Rutgers (RU-NB, RBHS) and NJIT
•Promote research at the undergraduate level
•Ensure effective communications with counterparts across the University and
the office of Sr. VP for Research and Economic Development
•Ensure responsiveness to issues faced by research active faculty and
effective communications with faculty across RU-N
•Ensure RU-N’s share in University-wide research resources,
•Engage RU-N faculty, students, and staff with the RU-N community to
advance research that is:
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rooted in addressing real-world complex problems,
tested in a real-world field test environment, and
validated using real-world data
Key aim: students and faculty who are among the top in their respective fields
addressing issues of direct concern to the community
Rutgers University- Newark
Putting These Principles into Actions
1) Established the Research Advisory Committee (RAC)
• Includes representative faculty from RU-N academic units
• Meets monthly with the Provost, VC for Research, and other members of the
Provost/Chancellor's office
2) Reorganized RU-N ORSP
• A new position, entitled “Research Facilitator” has been created and is being
advertised
• A 3rd Grant Specialist position is added to complement our current staff
• Professional and career development of RU-N ORSP Staff
3)Works with leadership across the Rutgers units to enhance collaborations in
three areas of strength:
• Neuroscience (collaboration includes RBHS, Kessler, VA, NJIT)
• Data Science, Learning, and Applications
• Strong, Healthy, and Safe Neighborhoods
Rutgers University- Newark
4) Initiated Multidisciplinary Research Teams (IMRT) Awards
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Fosters multi-disciplinary research teams that can tackle the complex, multi-faceted
research questions that face us today
Awards to be announced beginning of May
5) Advanced numerous research initiatives:
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Institute for Data Science, Learning & Applications (I-DSLA)
Secured RU-N HRT Chair line in “Big Data”
Became an NSF site -part of NSF Industry University Collaboration
Partnered with Columbia, NY, Cornell on the NSF Northeast BD Innovation Hub
Launched Spring 2015 Speaker Series and workshops
Seed Grant Initiative
Kyle Farmbry, Chair (Graduate School-Newark)
Lindsey McDougle, Presenter (School of Public Affairs&Admin)
Rutgers University-Newark
Rutgers University- Newark
Seed Grant Committee Members
Member Name
Englot, Anne
McDougle, Lindsey
Monteiro, Lyra
Morisseau, Natalia
Oppenheim, Rosa
Rengifo, Andres
Richardson, Lyneir
Russell, Shana
Shon, Jongmin
Simmons, Michael
Slater, Lee
Valverde, Jennie
University Organization
FAS-N (Arts, Culture and Media)
School of Public Affairs&Admin
FAS-N (History)
Office of Financial Aid
Rutgers Business School
School of Criminal Justice
Rutgers Business School
FAS-N (American Studies)
School of Public Affairs&Admin
Cornwall Center
FAS-N (Earth & Envir Sciences)
School of Law
Rutgers University- Newark
Purpose: To fund single or multi-year projects that
create new infrastructure to support scholarship,
education, and community engagement.
Projects must be:
•Cross-cutting
•Sustainable
•“Bridge building”
•Innovative
•Impact
Rutgers University- Newark
Status
• Seventy-two proposals submitted (currently under review)
• Wide range of exciting and collaborative ideas across broad
areas of innovation
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Economic development
Strong, healthy neighborhoods
K-20 education
Diversity and social justice
Science
Arts and culture
New degree programs
• Announcements expected first week of May (of funding and
broad next steps)
Leveraging Our Diversity
Action Group
Co-Chairs
Shigeo Iwamiya (Residential Life)
Jyl Josephson (FAS-N Political Science)
Rutgers University-Newark
Rutgers University- Newark
Leveraging Our Diversity Group Members
Member Name
Abdelbasset, Eslam
Brenner-Moyer, Stacey
Devore-Leslie, Lesley
DiTomaso, Nancy
Gonsalves, Josie
Gonzalez, Rigoberto
Goodman, James
Hall, Roxanne
Harber, Kent
Hsu, Joanne
Laurencin, Edith
Osorio-Fernandez, Arturo
Perry, Twila
Raphael, Tim
Rivera, Luis
Tantay-Wilson, Theresa
Tello, Giancarlo
Vaughn-Handy, Marcel
Walton, Clayton
Williams, Jerome
University Organization
Student Governing Association
FAS-N (Chemistry)
Office of University Community Partnerships
Rutgers Business School
School of Public Affairs&Admin (student)
FAS-N (English)
FAS-N (History)
Psychology (student)
FAS-N (Psychology)
Program on American Language Studies
School of Criminal Justice
Rutgers Business School
School of Law
FAS-N (Arts, Culture, and Media)
FAS-N (Psychology)
Health Services
Political Science (student)
FAS-N (Development)
Student Life/Paul Robeson Campus Center
Rutgers Business School
Rutgers University- Newark
Rutgers University- Newark
UNPACKING DIVERSITY
CULTURAL
EVENTS
ADA COMPLIANCE
TRAINING
FACULTY
REPRESENTATION
LANGUAGE
STUDENT ORGS
STUDENT BODY
NATIONAL
RECOGNITION
COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT
PRE-K THROUGH 20
INITIATIVES
DIVERSE SPACES
LEVERAGING DIVERSITY
At RUTGERS UNIVERITY - NEWARK
ASSESSMENT OF
CURRENT PROGRAMS
PEDAGOGY &
CURRICULUM
RESEARCH
SCHOLARSHIPS
FACULTY
RECRUITMENT
BEST PRACTICES
MENTORING
TRANSDISCIPLINARITY
Rutgers University- Newark
Leveraging and Increasing Diversity through
Full Participation
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Leveraging and increasing Pre-K through 20 diversity
– More effective pathways to higher education including diversifying faculty and staff
– Recruiting and mentoring the future diverse faculty by identifying students early on
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Increasing and leveraging the diversity of our curriculum and pedagogy
– Co-taught courses with community partners, with staff, across colleges and disciplines
– Community engagement in the curriculum
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Mentoring for staff, faculty, students, and administrators
Leveraging and increasing language diversity
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Establishment of Center of Language Resources
Assessing our policies and our progress
– Rutgers University-Newark Diversity Audit
Anchor Mission
Action Group
Co-Chairs
Roland Anglin (Cornwall Center)
Consuella Askew (Dana Library)
Rutgers University-Newark
Rutgers University- Newark
Anchor Mission Group Members
Member Name
Auffant, Nicole
Bell, Anonda
Boxer, Paul
Canty-Barnes, Esther
Caplan, Joel
Devance, Donita
Eastman, Wayne
Hoontis, Peter
Keene, John
Kline, Nick
Krasovic, Mark
Lyons, Kevin
Pandit, Nikita
Sajjad, Kerin
Satter, Beryl
Schaefer, Karina
Scott-Pickens, Lori
Surles, Elizabeth
Thomas, Shanice
Walker McCall, Deborah
University Organization
GS-N (Urban Systems)
Robeson Gallery
FAS-N (Psychology)
School of Law
School of Criminal Justice
Office of University Community Partnerships
Rutgers Business School
School of Public Affairs&Admin
FAS-N (English/African & African-American Studies)
FAS-N (Arts, Culture and Media)
FAS-N (History)
Rutgers Business School
Paul Robeson Campus Center
Rutgers Business School (Student)
FAS-N (History)
FAS-N (Biology)
School of Criminal Justice
Institute of Jazz Studies
School of Public Affairs&Admin (Student)
Academic Foundations Center/EOF
Rutgers University- Newark
Working Definition
An anchor institution is a placed-based organization that persists
in communities over generations, serving as social glue, economic
engines, or both.
Cantor, N., Englot, P. & Higgins, M. (2013). Making the Work of Anchor Institutions Stick:
Building Coalitions and Collective Expertise. p.20
Rutgers University- Newark
Recommendations
K-20 Pipeline
•Invest in a time limited (six months) process to present and explain
pipeline initiatives such as the Honors Living Learning Community
(HLLC) and the Newark City of Learning Collaborative (NCLC) which
seeks to increase postsecondary attainment in Newark from 17% to
25% by 2025 to the University community
Science and the Urban Environment
•Explore putting in place an incentive structure to encourage staff,
faculty and students to work on sustainability concerns both internally
and in the wider region. Such incentives should encompass research
and active engagement in the community
Rutgers University- Newark
Recommendations
Arts and Culture
•Increase support for existing Arts programs on campus
and coordination of arts education across disciplines
Economic Development
•Develop an internal plan to coordinate RU-N’s role in local
economic development
Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods
•Incentivize community engagement work through support
for programs that bring our university community together
to share their projects and for some, to learn how to
engage in such work.
Honors Living Learning Community
Co-Chairs
Shirley M. Collado (Executive Vice Chancellor/Exec
Vice Provost)
Sherri-Ann P. Butterfield (Senior Associate Dean, Arts
& Sciences/Sociology)
Rutgers University-Newark
Rutgers University- Newark
HLLC Action Group Members
Member Name
Aponte, Arcelio
Battle-Brown, LaToya
Bonilla, Angie
Brunson, Rod
Civico, Aldo
Gilbert, Brett A.
Hoontis, Peter
Kurland, Robert
Leipold, Bil
McDougle, Lindsey
Moncada, Eduardo
Monga, Ashwani
Morisseau, Natalia
Rouff, Ashaki
Sloan-Power, Elizabeth
Stewart-Winter, Timothy
Takesue, Kimi
Van de Walle, Gretchen
Veysey, Bonita
Walton, Clayton
University Organization
Office of the Chancellor
Admissions
Housing and Residential Life
School of Criminal Justice
FAS-N (Sociology & Anthropology)
Rutgers Business School
School of Public Affairs&Admin
Rutgers Business School
School of Criminal Justice
School of Public Affairs&Admin
FAS-N (Political Science)
Rutgers Business School
Office of Financial Aid
FAS-N (Earth & Environmental Sciences)
FAS-N (Social Work)
FAS-N (History)
FAS-N (Arts, Culture & Media)
FAS-N Dean’s Office
Office of the Chancellor/SCJ
Student Life/Paul Robeson Campus Center
Rutgers University- Newark
Local Citizenship in a Global World
• Inclusive Admissions: Identifying Talent and Redefining
Merit
• Focus on Persistence, Retention, and College
Completion
• 500 Residents with many students from Newark and
Greater Newark
• Diverse Populations: First Years, Transfers, and Nontraditional Students
• Cohort based, Living-learning Model
• Leadership, Innovation, Citizenship, and more…
Rutgers University- Newark
Residential Core
PRCC
Proposed HLLC
Rutgers University- Newark
INTERSECTIONS OF KEY ISSUES IMPACTING
THE HLLC STUDENT EXPERIENCE
RECRUITMENT &
ADMISSIONS
DYNAMIC FACILITY
HOUSING &
RESIDENCE LIFE
FINANCIAL AID &
SCHOLARSHIPS
HONORS LIVINGLEARNING COMMUNITY
INNOVATIVE &
INTERDISCIPLINARY
CURRICULUM
STUDENT LIFE &
CO-CURRICULAR
PROGRAMS
FACULTY MENTORING
ADVISING
COMMUNITY
ENGAGED LEARNING
Q&A
Eslam Adbelbasset, President, Student Governing Assn
Moderator
Rutgers University-Newark