Soaring Higher Together

Priority 1: Ensure Student Success from Enrollment to Employment and Beyond

Goals:

Achieve intentional high-quality strategic enrollment to establish UNF as a destination of choice for talented students from diverse backgrounds.

Strengthen student engagement and ignite Osprey Pride and sense of belonging to help students thrive socially and academically by implementing support services, campus life programming and civil discourse initiatives aligned with the Florida Board of Governor’s Statement of Free Expression.

Elevate academic excellence through experiential learning and civic engagement to ensure students are prepared for career success, possess adaptable skills and will make meaningful contributions to society.

Accelerate employment opportunities to prepare every graduate to ultimately contribute towards the economic prosperity of Northeast Florida and beyond.

Key Initiatives to Achieve Goals

• Implement an integrated enrollment management strategy that engages academic units and regional industries to achieve enrollment targets in undergraduate, graduate and noncredit programs to fuel a talent pipeline that meets workforce demands.
  
  
• Establish initiatives to ensure that all students have access to coordinated and scaled high-impact practices (e.g., entrepreneurial projects; student research; global or sociocultural learning; internship; career and professional experiences; leadership opportunities and community-based learning) to strengthen the academic experience.
  
  
• Reduce barriers to student academic success across academic units through continuous improvement of high-quality learning experiences for students, intentional course scheduling designed for student progression to degree and flexible offerings that prepare students of all ages to contribute to the creative and economic vitality of the region and beyond.
  
  
• Enhance resources to foster student engagement and a sense of belonging by improving student-centric campus spaces and facilities designed to increase comfort and connection while implementing programs
  to nourish the health and well-being of every student.
  
  
• Launch centralized initiatives in partnership with academic divisions, alumni, industries and community partners to diversify career advancement programs leading to successful job placement and professional growth.

Priority 3: Expand Mutually Beneficial Partnerships with the Community

Goals:

Strengthen existing community partnerships, and build new ones, to boost economic, social and cultural development.

Expand the opportunities for the community to be engaged in campus activities that showcase the University’s contributions to the region and state, and establish UNF as an intellectual hub and athletics destination.

Institutionalize community engagement throughout the University using the Carnegie Elective Community Engagement Classification as a framework.

Key Initiatives to Achieve Goals

• Establish an economic development unit that serves as a point of contact for companies, agencies and other institutions interested in engaging with the University for their workforce and RSCA needs.
  
  
• Develop new programs such as UNF+ Pathways that enhance the University’s role in fulfilling the lifelong educational and professional development needs of the Northeast Florida community.
  
  
• Create organizational infrastructure both to expand on-campus events available to the public and to ensure that these are fully leveraged to communicate a shared message about the value of the University to Northeast Florida.