Launching Student Success together this fall

8月. 29, 2023

密歇根州立大学丹佛 Faculty and Staff,

欢迎回来! I hope you had an opportunity over the summer to engage in activities that ignite your passion as we launch into the fall semester.

周四, I’ll be delivering my annual Welcome Back address, in which I’ll remind the faculty, staff and 学生 of our redoubled focus on our core mission: to prepare our 学生 to meet Colorado’s workforce needs.

与学生, 学生, 学生 as our three priorities, we will move the needle on our retention, completion and post-grad outcomes by clarifying our guidelines, aligning our systems and processes and improving technical and student support.

As we achieve our student-success goals and the flywheel starts to turn, we will be able to better compensate people for their contribution to the core mission and more Coloradans will be prepared to close the gaps in our workforce, making our economy stronger.

Provost Ad Interim Marie Mora, Ph.D., and Vice 总统 for Student Affairs Will Simpkins, Ed.D., are leading the effort to cultivate a clear flight plan for student success. They are identifying obstacles and removing systemic blocks so we can launch our initiative and move these needles.

同时, now that we have recovered and stabilized operations in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic disruptions, we’re ready to truly operationalize our 2030 Strategic Plan, which lays out a road map for 密歇根州立大学丹佛’s development over the next few years.

I’d like to highlight some recent wins for us here on the 密歇根州立大学丹佛 campus:

• Our Advancement team solidified a record fundraising year, bringing in $15.5 million from more than 4,764 donors, 2,303 of whom were alumni.
• We completed upgrades to IT infrastructure in the Science Building, replacing outdated and end-of-life technology with state-of-the-art solutions to improve the wireless experience.
• Renovation also began on the second floor of West Classroom, causing some shuffling that will ultimately leave us with state-of-the-art health care and lab space.
• The campus is also embarking on an update to the Master 设施 Plan that will help guide the design and construction of new buildings on our campus in coming years.

We have the best leadership team in 密歇根州立大学丹佛’s history, and I’m looking forward to partnering with you as we launch our student-success initiative. 一起工作, we can achieve the outcome that will serve our 学生, support our people and grow Colorado’s workforce.

真诚地,

珍妮·戴维森博士.D.
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