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GOAL 4: ENRICHMENT - Be the residential campus that provides the sense of diverse community and student experiences that strive to develop the whole person.

Michigan Tech needs to identify its competitive niche in an environment where the e-commerce markets try to segregate “knowledge delivery”, “knowledge creation”, and the “social aspects” of a traditional college education. Fewer institutions will offer robust residential programs devoted to the student-centered development of educated citizens and leaders. Michigan Tech must take advantage of its beautiful location on the shores of Lake Superior and become a university where undergraduate students have the developmental experience of living and studying in a small, residential setting among a true community of scholars.

In addition to outstanding recreational opportunities (cross-country skiing, down-hill skiing, golfing), the completion of the Rozsa Performing Arts Center will provide the university and the community with an acoustically superb and visually beautiful facility in which to experience, perform, and learn about the arts. It will elevate the quality of the University’s music, theatre, and visual arts programs through its performance and exhibit spaces and its specialized rehearsal, recording and computer labs. It will provide each of our students the possibility to actively participate in artistic, acting, or music experiences. In sum, we should strive to become a student-centered university, known for attention to student needs and committed to student success.

Objectives:

4.1 Become recognized for high quality student life activities
Strategies:

• initiate and fund student centered outdoor activities such as an “Outdoors Club” focused on outdoor recreation and taking advantage of our location, particularly the waterfront and cross-country ski trails;
• create an integrated center for student life programs that includes advising;
• integrate the administration of student life programs including academic, residential, co-curricular, counseling, and career center activities;
• develop proactive programs to foster student success;
  
• reinforce the traditions of the past and begin new traditions that will instill a sense of community and pride;
  
• foster student leadership and self-managed teams in co-curricular and classroom activities;
  
• offer exciting intramural and varsity athletics programs.

4.2 Provide and promote cultural and artistic experiences.
Strategies:

• coordinate cultural and artistic activities to maximize their impact on students;
• increase the support of cultural and artistic experiences through outside funding sources.

4.3 Provide an attractive campus environment.

Strategies:

• promote campus beautification efforts;
  
• establish an inviting campus entrance;
  
• expand the Memorial Union and make it the center of student services.

4.4 Provide outstanding residence hall options such as suites, etc.

Goal 1: Learning | Goal 2: Scholarship | Goal 3: Size and Composition | Goal 4: Enrichment | Goal 5: Administration | Goal 6: Outreach | Goal 7: Image

The Michigan Tech Plan Home

Mission, Vision, Guiding Principles | Our Vision | Our Current Context | Our Goals | Elements for Success Continuous Strategic Planning | Implementing Our Plan | Appendix 1. (Vision Fund Proposal) | Appendix 2. Examples