Gather Here. Go Far

NSU is where success begins. Here professors know their subjects and how to get you ready for a career after you graduate. We empower individuals to become socially responsible global citizens by creating and sustaining a culture of learning and discovery.

Gather Here. Go Far

NSU is where success begins. Here professors know their subjects and how to get you ready for a career after you graduate. We empower individuals to become socially responsible global citizens by creating and sustaining a culture of learning and discovery.

Gather Here. Go Far

NSU is where success begins. Here professors know their subjects and how to get you ready for a career after you graduate. We empower individuals to become socially responsible global citizens by creating and sustaining a culture of learning and discovery.

Gather Here. Go Far

NSU is where success begins. Here professors know their subjects and how to get you ready for a career after you graduate. We empower individuals to become socially responsible global citizens by creating and sustaining a culture of learning and discovery.

Gather Here. Go Far

NSU is where success begins. Here professors know their subjects and how to get you ready for a career after you graduate. We empower individuals to become socially responsible global citizens by creating and sustaining a culture of learning and discovery.

Strategic Plan 2023

NSU Letters

NSU: AN INSTITUTION OF DISTINCTION

To remain competitive among our peers in higher education, and more increasingly, to compete with trade education institutions, NSU must distinguish itself from others with a laser focus on value added through educational achievements at NSU. To achieve this, NSU must focus on ensuring that our students are career ready, no matter where they come from, or whether their ultimate aspirations are a degree, a certificate, a micro credential, or a single course. The recommended Mission, Vision, Values, Institutional Goals, and Key Performance Indicators provide a foundation for our path to distinction, and to meet the unmet needs of our communities in three key ways: a focus on caring about our students and each other, a focus on experiential and immersive learning, and a focus on Workforce, Tribal, and Community partnerships and engagement. Through the strategic planning process, these focused principles must be integrated into every facet of our institution.

A Message from the:

A Message from the NSU President

A Message from NSU Provost

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Mission

Building on our Cherokee Nation heritage, Northeastern State University is committed to student success and a sustainable future for our diverse communities.

Student at Graduation

Vision

NSU will support our students' success by adapting to a constantly changing, globally competitive environment, by educating today's learners to be tomorrow's leaders, and by being responsive to the needs of our stakeholders and the region's workforce.

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Values

Our People
We are committed to the growth and success of our students, employees, and community partners.
Our Place
We honor all who came before us and advance a culture built on diversity, equality, inclusion, and belonging.
Our Purpose
We develop a collaborative environment that cultivates a life-long pursuit of learning, excellence, creativity, and opportunity.

Strategic Plan Goals graphic

Goal 1: Educational Partner of Choice

Provide accessible pathways to high-quality coursework delivered through flexible modalities to be the educational partner of choice in an ever-changing competitive environment.

Goal 1 Continued

Goal 2: Enhance Workforce Connections

Enhance workforce connections by ensuring our students are career ready.

Goal 2 Continued

Goal 3: Ensure Student Success

Ensure student success through genuine concern and support for students, and early intervention by faculty and staff.

Goal 3 Continued

Goal 4: Invest in Employees and Facilities

Invest in employees and facilities to ensure that both are performing at their best, excelling at their functions, and are outfitted with the tools and technology needed in today's intensely competitive workforce and evolving digital environment.

Goal 4 Continued

The Path Forward

For each of the four strategic goals, as well as for many of the enumerated outcomes, key performance indicators (KPIs) have been identified to measure change year-over-year. Where data is not currently available, key employees have been tasked with compiling that data in 2023-24 and establishing a benchmark accordingly. Each academic department and administrative division has already developed its own strategic plan for 2023 through 2028, which ties each departmental or divisional outcome and strategy to one or more of the four institutional goals. As with the institutional outcomes, departments and divisions have identified KPIs to measure change from year to year. NSU is exploring several software programs that provide dashboards, reports, assignments and other strategic plan inputs and outcomes by role and/or department or division. Once purchased and implemented during the 2023-24 academic year, the Strategic Plan Committee will be able to more easily track progress toward goals using the designated KPIs.

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Strategic Plan Booklet





SPECIAL THANKS

to the following NSU employees who contributed greatly to this plan and those who are already making NSU an "Institution of Distinction."

CABINET

Dr. Steve Turner, President
Dr. Debbie Landry, Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs
Dr. Jerrid Freeman, Vice President for Student Affairs
Dan Mabery, Vice President for University Relations
Christy Landsaw, Vice President for Administration and Finance

STRATEGIC PLANNING EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Dr. Cari Keller, Dean of the Graduate College /Executive Director for Planning and Assessment (Chair)
Dr. Kimberly Williams, Dean of the Muskogee Campus / Director of Adult Degree Completion
Dr. Kelly Jo Larsen, Assistant Vice President for Enrollment Management
Dr. Richard Reif, Chief Information Officer / Director of Information Technology
Dr. Peggy Glenn, Director of Development / Executive Director of NSU Foundation
Brian Manley, Assistant Director for Digital Platforms & Marketing

STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE

Dr. Cari Keller, Chair

Academic Affairs (8)
Dr. Vanessa Anton, Academic Affairs Rep / College of Education
Dr. Mike Wilds, Academic Affairs Rep / College of Liberal Arts
Dr. Jessica Martin, Academic Affairs Rep / Gregg Wadley College of Science & Health Professions
Dr. Dilene Crockett, Academic Affairs Rep / College of Business & Technology
Dr. Janet Buzzard, Academic Affairs Rep / College of Business & Technology
Dr. Pamela Fly, HLC Accreditation Liaison Officer
Dr. Carla Swearingen, Academic Affairs Representative
Dr. Nathan Green, Faculty Council President

Student Affairs (5)
TBD, Student Affairs Representative
Dr. Sheila Self, Student Affairs Representative
Dr. Kelly Jo Larsen, Student Affairs / Enrollment Management
Whitney Arbaugh, Student Affairs / Auxiliary Services
Chelbie Turtle, NSGA President

Administration & Finance (4)
Christy Landsaw, Administration & Finance Representative
Dr. Richard Reif, Administration & Finance Representative
Harold McMillen, Administration & Finance Representative
Sydney Nichols Rice, Administration & Finance / Staff Council Chair

University Relations (1)
Elizabeth Peterson, University Relations Representative

President’s Office (3)
James Bell, Public Safety / President’s Office Representative
Dr. Peggy Glenn, Development / President’s Office Representative
John Sisemore, Athletics / President’s Office Representative

Committee Selection (6)
Sara Barnett, Center for Tribal Studies
Dr. Eloy Chavez, College of Extended Learning
Dr. Michael Jones, Libraries
Dr. Roger Collier, International Programs
Brian Manley, University Relations Representative
Dr. Kimberly Williams, Workforce Representative


And we especially appreciate all of those stakeholders, including students,
faculty, staff, alumni and community members, who took time to provide
the data points and viewpoints that form the basis of this plan.

 

Blueprint 2030 - Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education

Planning Process

Committee Members

Strategic Plan 2015-2023

Strategic Plan 2023-2028

Departmental Strategic Plans