MNU Administration plans for future expansions
Priority:2014 details their planned course of action over the next five years
Lance Dado
Issue date: 2/24/10 Section: News
In November of 2009, the board of Trustees approved "Priority: 2014," which is a five-year strategic plan for MNU.
The plan has six major strategic objectives. First, the school wants to have a mission based enrollment with 1,300 traditional undergraduate students and 1,500 adult and graduate students in professional programs.
Second, the academic program wants to have a distinction with an innovative core curriculum, a quality honors program along with a graduation requirement of international/cross-cultural experience and exemplary faculty and student scholarships.
Third, there is a need to create a premier community life with a first preference of on-campus student services for 700 traditional undergraduate students living in the residence halls.
Fourth, the school would like to have a stable financial position with a positive cash flow from activities annually and eliminating all existing debt by June 30th, 2014.
Fifth, increasing resources with a development of an endowment if $15 million, a University Fund of $1.5 dollars, and grants totaling $3.0 million dollars. Also, alumni donations are expected to reach a rate of 20%.
Finally, the development of a "21st century campus" will be the goal. The addition of a Business/Graduate/Professional Studies educational facility will be added.
According to Kevin Gilmore, Vice President of Finance, Campus Center, later to be called Cunningham Campus Center, will nearly double in size.
"We are shooting for a more KU feel, like their Student Union," Gilmore said. "That is the dream."
The new upgrades to Campus Center are still in concept form and no final drawings or plans have been submitted yet.
Also, a state-of-the-art NAIA outdoor athletic complex shall be built. There is much concern about the condition the soccer fields, outdoor track, and football stadium are in. These are in dire need of being replaced, and this project would allow for all of this to happen.
The stadium and soccer complex are extremely outdated, have needed to be updated for some time. The plans for these complexes are still the developmental stage.
It is certainly not an easy task for the Board of Trustees to figure all of this out. They have to sit and down and ask important questions such as what needs to be done, when can it be accomplished and where the funding will come from.
The President's Cabinet has a list of projects and their priorities to study to see what needs to be done.
"I just want to encourage people to get a copy of our Priority:2014 (pamphlet) to see what need to be done for the next five years for our facilities to be guided in the right direction," Gilmore said. Copies can be picked up in the Lunn building.
The plan has six major strategic objectives. First, the school wants to have a mission based enrollment with 1,300 traditional undergraduate students and 1,500 adult and graduate students in professional programs.
Second, the academic program wants to have a distinction with an innovative core curriculum, a quality honors program along with a graduation requirement of international/cross-cultural experience and exemplary faculty and student scholarships.
Third, there is a need to create a premier community life with a first preference of on-campus student services for 700 traditional undergraduate students living in the residence halls.
Fourth, the school would like to have a stable financial position with a positive cash flow from activities annually and eliminating all existing debt by June 30th, 2014.
Fifth, increasing resources with a development of an endowment if $15 million, a University Fund of $1.5 dollars, and grants totaling $3.0 million dollars. Also, alumni donations are expected to reach a rate of 20%.
Finally, the development of a "21st century campus" will be the goal. The addition of a Business/Graduate/Professional Studies educational facility will be added.
According to Kevin Gilmore, Vice President of Finance, Campus Center, later to be called Cunningham Campus Center, will nearly double in size.
"We are shooting for a more KU feel, like their Student Union," Gilmore said. "That is the dream."
The new upgrades to Campus Center are still in concept form and no final drawings or plans have been submitted yet.
Also, a state-of-the-art NAIA outdoor athletic complex shall be built. There is much concern about the condition the soccer fields, outdoor track, and football stadium are in. These are in dire need of being replaced, and this project would allow for all of this to happen.
The stadium and soccer complex are extremely outdated, have needed to be updated for some time. The plans for these complexes are still the developmental stage.
It is certainly not an easy task for the Board of Trustees to figure all of this out. They have to sit and down and ask important questions such as what needs to be done, when can it be accomplished and where the funding will come from.
The President's Cabinet has a list of projects and their priorities to study to see what needs to be done.
"I just want to encourage people to get a copy of our Priority:2014 (pamphlet) to see what need to be done for the next five years for our facilities to be guided in the right direction," Gilmore said. Copies can be picked up in the Lunn building.
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DLH17
posted 2/25/10 @ 10:44 AM CST
Outstanding. A new/updated Campus Center/student union is way past due. Our traditional students deserve something far better than they currently have. (Continued…)
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