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UMA Strategic Plan - Key Goal 6

Objective	Actions Required by:	Timeframe	Who's Accountable	Progress Reports
Key Goal 6: Continue to serve the region and the state by contributing to cultural enrichment, community service and economic development.
1. Expand, promote and enhance cultural programming.
6.1.1 The University will continue its support of, and focus on, the arts by sponsoring co-curricular activities, promoting cultural events, collaborating with campus sponsors of cultural events, and seeking opportunities to develop community arts programs.	Deans and Directors	Initiated: Fall 2006 Completed: Ongoing	President and Provost	History and Context for Key Goal 6
				Strategies and Benchmarks
				Annual Reports FY '07 FY '08 FY '09 FY '10 FY '11
6.1.2 The University will preserve and enhance its partnership with Senior College through jointly sponsored activities such as the Jewett Hall Concert Series, lectures, poetry readings, and the work of other University committees.	Deans and Directors	Initiated: Fall 2006 Completed: Ongoing	Provost	Strategies and Benchmarks
	Deans and Directors	Initiated: Fall 2006 Completed: Ongoing	Provost	Annual Reports FY '07 FY '08 FY '09 FY '10 FY '11
6.1.3 The University will facilitate the establishment of the Maine Holocaust and Human Rights Center, promote collaborative programming at the Center, and add multidisciplinary courses on the Holocaust and human rights to the curriculum.	Deans and Faculty	Initiated: Fall 2006 Completed: Ongoing	President's Staff	Strategies and Benchmarks
	Deans and Faculty	Initiated: Fall 2006 Completed: Ongoing	President's Staff	Annual Reports FY '07 FY '08 FY '09 FY '10 FY '11
2. Foster community involvement through partnerships and civic engagement.
6.2.1 The University will support affiliated programs that have a strong community focus, such as: Women, Work and Communities; the Maine Institute for Public Safety Innovation; the Dept. of Health and Human Services' Community Mental Health Project; and the recent Spurwink Institute's Cooperative Agreement with UMA to conduct research, improve the quality of professional practice and advance the education and skills for persons working in human services, behavioral health, and criminal justice fields.	Executive Directors of WWC and MCPI	Initiated: Fall 2006 Completed: Ongoing	Provost and V.P. for Finance	Strategies and Benchmarks for 6.2.1
	Executive Directors of WWC and MCPI	Initiated: Fall 2006 Completed: Ongoing	Provost and V.P. for Finance	Annual Reports FY '07 FY '08 FY '09 FY '10 FY '11
6.2.2 The UMA Message of the Day and other publications will include announcements of community service opportunities and, as appropriate, highlight University employees' community activities.	All Faculty and Staff	Initiated: Fall 2006 Completed: Ongoing	V.P. for Administrative Services	Strategies and Benchmarks for 6.2.2
	All Faculty and Staff	Initiated: Fall 2006 Completed: Ongoing	V.P. for Administrative Services	Annual Reports FY '07 FY '08 FY '09 FY '10 FY '11
6.2.3 Faculty peers and supervisors will raise the awareness of the importance of "Community Service" as should be defined within their review criteria, in all personnel evaluations.	Deans and Directors	Initiated: Fall 2006 Completed: Ongoing	President's Staff	Strategies and Benchmarks
	Deans and Directors	Initiated: Fall 2006 Completed: Ongoing	President's Staff	Annual Reports FY '07 FY '08 FY '09 FY '10 FY '11
6.2.4 The University will seek partners to enhance production and broadcast capabilities in Jewett Hall Auditorium in order to share programming with the greater UMA community.	Provost	Initiated: Fall 2006 Completed: Spring 2009	President	Strategies and Benchmarks for 6.2.4
	Provost	Initiated: Fall 2006 Completed: Spring 2009	President	Annual Reports FY '07 FY '08 FY '09 FY '10 FY '11
6.2.5 The University will seek opportunities to expand the use of the College Center in Bangor.	Dean of the Bangor Campus	Initiated: Fall 2006 Completed: Ongoing	Provost	Strategies and Benchmarks
	Dean of the Bangor Campus	Initiated: Fall 2006 Completed: Ongoing	Provost	Annual Reports FY '07 FY '08 FY '09 FY '10 FY '11
3. Continue to contribute to and promote the economy of the region.
6.3.1 The University will work with employers in its service territory to identify and address the educational needs of their employees.	Deans, the Advising Center, and the Admissions Office	Initiated: Fall 2007 Completed: Ongoing	President and Provost	Strategies and Benchmarks for 6.3.1
	Deans, the Advising Center, and the Admissions Office	Initiated: Fall 2007 Completed: Ongoing	President and Provost	Annual Reports FY '07 FY '08 FY '09 FY '10 FY '11
6.3.2 The University will cooperate with and support the efforts of Women, Work and Community and their partners to promote entrepreneurship development in Maine through entrepreneurship education and training and policy development.	Executive Director of WWC and the Academic Deans	Initiated: Fall 2007 Completed: Ongoing	Provost	Strategies and Benchmarks for 6.3.2
	Executive Director of WWC and the Academic Deans	Initiated: Fall 2007 Completed: Ongoing	Provost	Annual Reports FY '07 FY '08 FY '09 FY '10 FY '11
6.3.3 The University will examine and strengthen its role in the development of a Regional Business First model for an entrepreneurial development system and will make a commitment to coordinate and cooperate with other partners in providing services to entrepreneurs in the Central Region of the state through such a system.	Dean of MAPS and the Business Faculty	Initiated: Fall 2007 Completed: Ongoing	President and Provost	Strategies and Benchmarks
	Dean of MAPS and the Business Faculty	Initiated: Fall 2007 Completed: Ongoing	President and Provost	Annual Reports FY '07 FY '08 FY '09 FY '10 FY '11
6.3.4 The University will re-examine the idea of establishing the Center for Commerce and Community to serve the central and mid-coast regions of the state.	Dean of MAPS and the Business Faculty	Initiated: Fall 2007 Completed: Fall 2008	Provost	Strategies and Benchmarks
	Dean of MAPS and the Business Faculty	Initiated: Fall 2007 Completed: Fall 2008	Provost	Annual Reports FY '07 FY '08 FY '09 FY '10 FY '11