The Business Planning team completed the design stage gate process for the Shared Expense Allocation project. This information will be shared with the Finance & Facilities Committee of the Board of Trustees at their next meeting. The Employee Services sub team has been working on developing a consistent process across the System for assigning current …
You can tell that autumn is right around the corner as our campuses gear up for the beginning of the semester. Fall athletes and student orientation staff are coming back and next week marks the beginning of new students arriving on campus for orientation! It is so exciting to see our campuses coming alive for …
We are in the process of collecting data to inform basic needs around the operations of current workforce development programs across campuses. This includes data on the number of current projects, number of people served, overall revenue (i.e. from credit and non-credit courses), sectors served, credentials offered, and more. This part of the work is …
The team is moving into the design stage. We spent more time with the Chancellor and the two Presidents to better understand their vision for workforce development, given their prior feedback at the Discovery Gate meeting. There is a clear need to develop a workforce “entity” within VTSU bringing together the existing workforce development and …
As the Facilities sub team continues to prepare for their Design Gate presentations, it will be doing some preliminary surveying/boundary work as well as deed investigation. These foundational pieces will better inform the right sizing activities across our various locations. Facilities and Finance have been working together to establish base line lease rates across our …
A key area of discussion for the Academic Operations Core Team has been starting to define what it means in specific, operational ways for VTSU to be a hybrid university that supports all students in all locations and all modalities. Several of our sub-teams are beginning to identify a set of tools and practices that …
Transformation offers a chance like no other to build principles of diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice into the core of the work we are doing. To be student focused, all students need to feel like they are not just welcome but supported in a way that meets them where they are. To be able …
The Administrative Operations teams work has accelerated over the course of Summer 2022. Information Technology has many items on their plate. They have been updating cyber security policies and implementing multi-factor identification software. They are preparing for a business intelligence proof of concept to assess the possibilities of using a streamlined approach to access data. …
Dr. Richard Rhodes’ from Austin Community College (ACC) spoke with our team to give input on how we can best serve all learners with the Workforce Development division. Dr. Rhodes was able to speak from experience of how ACC was able to significantly raise enrollment by lowering barriers of cost and improving access to support. …
To align with the leadership structure of the Vermont State University, we will be changing the structure of the transformation teams over the next few months. The core team structure will be shifted to have five teams that better match the purview of the new leaders: New Student Experience, Student Success, Academic Programs, Administrative Operations, …
