Partner with Leadership Shelby County on a Office of Service Learning provided for Leadership Shelby County leaders of all 90 leadership initiative for UM students. student Offer leadership classes, a leadership lecture organizations. series, and team building exercises to promote student leadership development. 11D. Athletics Ongoing Athletics Dept While attendance at Increase attendance at intercollegiate athletic events. IS&T developed softball and women’s Effectively promote and market University Relations marketing plan basketball games was Business Affairs and offered down in 2015-2016, intercollegiate athletic events. promotional attendance was up Establish an athletic spirit committee. giveaways significantly in Investigate network infrastructure to provide (Fighting Falcon women’s soccer (46%), sufficient bandwidth for live streaming to t-shirts & flat men’s soccer (47%), improve the fan experience. screen TV’s) in and volleyball (66%) Secure giveaways and promotions to increase 2015-2016 to games over 2014-2015 attendance. highlight special numbers. games and Technology events. infrastructure Improvements improvements have have been made made it possible to to network stream most games infrastructure. and matches. In Fall 2016, live streaming will be possible from the lacrosse field, making tennis the only sport that remains to be streamed. 11E. Student Affairs Ongoing Programs and The President’s Office Develop and deliver a comprehensive intercultural Academic Affairs events are held sponsored a program. in response to discussion by local, Expand support for international students. significant county, and state Expand support for minority students. intercultural officials on race and Ensure support and activities for diverse social and law enforcement that political issues was attended by a students groups (e.g., Spectrum, faith-based capacity crowd in groups, etc.) LeBaron Auditorium in Provide more programming that promotes fall 2016. understanding and appreciation of diverse cultures, ethnicities, and lifestyles.
Partner with Leadership Shelby County on a leadership initiative for UM students. Offer leadership classes, a leadership lecture series, and team building exercises to promote student leadership development. Office of Service Learning Leadership Shelby County provided for leaders of all 90 student organizations. 11D. Increase attendance at intercollegiate athletic events. Effectively promote and market intercollegiate athletic events. Establish an athletic spirit committee. Investigate network infrastructure to provide sufficient bandwidth for live streaming to improve the fan experience. Secure giveaways and promotions to increase attendance. Athletics IS&T University Relations Business Affairs Ongoing Athletics Dept developed marketing plan and offered promotional giveaways (Fighting Falcon t-shirts & flat screen TV’s) in 2015-2016 to highlight special games and events. Improvements have been made to network infrastructure. While attendance at softball and women’s basketball games was down in 2015-2016, attendance was up significantly in women’s soccer (46%), men’s soccer (47%), and volleyball (66%) games over 2014-2015 numbers. Technology infrastructure improvements have made it possible to stream most games and matches. In Fall 2016, live streaming will be possible from the lacrosse field, making tennis the only sport that remains to be streamed. 11E. Develop and deliver a comprehensive intercultural program. Expand support for international students. Expand support for minority students. Ensure support and activities for diverse students groups (e.g., Spectrum, faith-based groups, etc.) Provide more programming that promotes understanding and appreciation of diverse cultures, ethnicities, and lifestyles. Student Affairs Academic Affairs Ongoing Programs and events are held in response to significant intercultural social and political issues The President’s Office sponsored a discussion by local, county, and state officials on race and law enforcement that was attended by a capacity crowd in LeBaron Auditorium in fall 2016.
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