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Idea |
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“Almost Heaven” is an idea for a Mountain-Top Removal/
Mountain-Like Recreational Facility for, by, and with people in
wheelchairs. Mountain mine shafts can grow mushrooms for export,
Trash Treasures can recycle garbage into Living Room Art. With
unleashed ingenuity, the Mountain State can see the future
inside, under, and through, like nowhere else for people who
used to be called Handicapped, who could be seen as Handy-Capped
or even Hand E-KOPPed. |
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MU should be able to entice foreign firms looking to establish a
presence or expand operations in the US to come to the
Huntington area. Tout MU's research accomplishments &
capabilities and offer special services to support firms
locating here. |
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1. Increase summer research awards to allow a full summer of
work (10K or greater) 2. Expand other MU sponsored research
grants (mini-grants) 3. Expand data base of grants/mini grants
that are available in all disciplines (co-sponsorship) 4.
Increase funding for RA/GA/TA to attract a larger population of
full-time graduate students who can assist professors carrying
loads consisting of teaching and research. |
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Have summer outdoor concerts at the stadium and indoor concerts
at the Henderson Center. Combine use with city to combine fees
and upgrades and maintainance. Build new parking garage on 3rd
Ave. |
I would like to see a mini "Tamarack" setup in Downtown
Huntington to showcase the work of local artists and artisans
and to teach crafts. Possibly a collaboration with Marshall and
the HMOA.
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Campus tours need to start at a point closer to the main area of
campus, such as the Student Center. There needs to be some type
of tram, like in amusement park parking lots, to take visitors
around campus in cold or rainy weather. |
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Work cith city to clean up area around campus. Deteriorating
bldgs. Those old houses used to be the most beautiful in town.
Owners have allowed students to destroy them. Owners need to
charge higher damage deposits. City needs to create and enforce
codes. |
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Integrate service across the curriculum from Fr to Sr years.
Select key community partners to create more impact of service
activities. Center for Service could serve as key resource to
link students and available service roles. Emphasize student
skills. |
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Service Learning components in various courses can help our
students understand importance of service, but many already do
work for their churches, serve their families, and other civic
organizations. |
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Community service can be an excellent way for students to learn
critical thinking, their own strengths, weaknesses, and how to
relate to diverse individuals IF their experience is followed by
a discussion that allows them to process that experience. |
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To make public service and service learning a more visible part
of the curriculum. |
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Increase student participation in a broad array of leadership,
service learning, intercollegiate and intramural athletics, and
cultural opportunities. |
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Encourage students to write grants for area non-profit
organizations including: City of Huntington, Cabell County and
Marshall U. as part of the capstone requirement. |
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Institute a service requirement for all students beyond course
activities. Encourage service which utilizes skills at upper
levels. Include reflective component to reinforce role of
service in a healthy society. |
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How do we encourage growth of a service learning environment
which involves all academic units at MU?
1.See students at MU volunteer their
time and become involved in organizations that will help the
community. For example, Tri-State literacy needs some assistance
2.Have Service Learning as part of a graduation requirement, but
non fee based. Perhaps providing college credit and expand
internship. We need to have faculty also involved in the
process. 3. City Government needs to be more involved with
Marshall. Internships with MU students would help selected
departments. For example the Police Department, Marketing,
Planning, Finance, etc. 4. The Community and Business needs to
provide area for Internships and opportunities that students can
review and look for a match. The Chamber of Commerce does
provide Job Shadowing. MU needs to be more active in providing
job shadowing at the university. MU needs to encourage students
to pursue Internships. 5. Faculty training of business on how to
develop a good meaningful and professional Internship. |
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By getting the community involved with Marshall University,
people will realize how wonderful most of the students are. This
might even allow more job opportunities for students who are
struggling to get a job. Jobs in our area seem to be concern! |
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Marshall should find ways to connect closer to the community to
meet its needs. Academic programs should have community service
as part of their curricula. More programs and courses for
seniors--summer would be a great time. More camps for kids at
risk. |
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Partner w/existing local orgn./businesses to provide services
students may want/need in a manner that benefits both
organizations such as YMCA for fitness and Pullman Square for
entertainment (e.g. Thursday night music series). |
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Require documented community volunteer service of all
undergraduate students to broaden their learning. |
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I feel that we need a new computer data base that enables all MU
fund raising groups to share alumni contact information and
coordinate efforts. This would include Big Green, MU Alumni
Assoc., Student groups (frat. & Soroities) the MU foundation. |
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How do we create a campus infrastructure which supports and
encourages faculty and staff involvement in engagement?
1. Empower and
create an atmosphere that encourages engagement. Time is a
critical need. 2. Lobbing the legislature from a grass roots
effort from a community base to make sure Marshall is getting
the appropriate resources. More money for faculty.
3. Faculty needs to be encouraged to
be more creative to go beyond the classroom and into the
community for service. Create the need. For example do a PR
campaign for Big Brothers and Big Sisters. |
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The development of a scholarship for the children and dependents
of Marshall employees will increase enrollment, increase the
morale of the faculty and staff, and build greater loyalty to
the institution. |
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We need an additional incentive to attract more statewide
PROMISE recipients. This could increase residence hall
occupancy, will improve the quality of students, and generate
additional revenue for the institution. |
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The development of a transportation network between the main
campus and South Charleston. Right now there is no regular
shuttle service; great numbers of students & faculty would make
use of such a service, and I think continuing discussions with
the city/tri-state transit authority about this possibility, and
possibly the Rahall Transportation Center, would be a GREAT
step. |
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1. Huntington and Marshall need to work together more to help
city embrace MU. 2. Summer outdoor concerts at the stadium and
indoor concerts at Henderson Center. 3. Gain more fans. 4.
Combined city/MU rec center for all! |
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MU needs to develop a comprehensive tuition remission program
for employees, their spouses, and children. I suggest look at
the Ohio or Pennsylvania state school systems. Basically, free
tuition to children and employee and a reduction for spouses. |
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Allow children of MU faculty to attend MU free of tuition.
Children of faculty tend to be excellent students, sharing their
parents' value of learning. This would simultaneously enhance
the classroom environment and increase the MU graduation rate. |
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Many universities offer free education for employee's
dependents. I would love to see MU offer this to it's
employees. |
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I think tuition assistance for employee's children would be
something to look into. This would be another benefit to
attract qualified, long term employees. |
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Provide 6 cr/term tuition remission for ALL faculty/staff and
their children. Minimal cost to university and big return in
satisfaction and retention. One of the best benefits for a
university. Walk the talk and promote education of our
employees/families. |
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Offer free tuition to the children of faculty AND staff. |
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Desparately need a tuition reimbursement system where faculty,
staff and families could benefit. The waiver system is not
working. Staff have taken courses for 20 years and do not have
an associate degree. |
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To create top-rate University, we need to retain and attract
best faculty. Although, we cannot offer the top salaries we
could at least create an environment of belonging to our
faculty. One way is to give free-tuition for full-time faculty
children. |
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Provide 6 cr/term tuition remission for ALL faculty/staff and
their children. Minimal cost to university and big return in
satisfaction and retention. One of the best benefits for a
university. Walk the talk and promote education of our
employees/families |
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Offer tuition waiver to dependents of full-time faculty members
in order to recruit and retain faculty numbers. |
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UNI 101 sections and learning communities can be a good base for
initiating cross disciplinary thinking. |
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1.Daycare-The current program does not help students that have
children over the age of 5. If Marshall would expand its daycare
facility to encompass school age children, it would allow more
people to take evening classes, therefore increasing
enrollment. |
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Student Health Services: Department Faculty and MT students
could do waived tests. We would be required to do proficiency
testing which can be expensive. |
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Bring Student Health back on campus as a nurse run program;
consider adding an employee health component as a cost saving
factor for the university |
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Provide health care on campus for students, faculty, and staff
with integration of all health professions. Benefits: faster
care, reduced time off from work/school, provide opportunity for
clinical experience for students, provide revenue stream. |
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Our students need health care services on the main campus. |
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Provide Clin Lab Sci students a faculty to perform the waived
laboratory tests at the student health center. This would
provide additional materials for our students to use and could
provide a paid position for students. This should be self
sufficient. |
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MU can increase success for students who are parents (a
considerable portion of current and future enrollment) by
offering facilities such as a room where their kids can play
while they work on papers, projects, etc. on campus computers. |
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8.Alma Mater Discount- MU should consider offering a tuition
discount to alma maters that send their children to MU. This
would greatly boost enrollment. |
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In an effort to educate and retain high performing high school
students/faculty for the local economy and to attract top
faculty, offer free tuition or tuition assistance as an
incentive to attend MU for immediate family of faculty and dept.
heads. |
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I safest lowering the metropolitan fees and tuition to the
equality of in-state. The average household income in the
metropolitan area is lower than that of the in-state area.
Lowered metro costs would equal more metro students applying to
the school. |
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We need to give instate tuition to the tristate area including
Ashland, Chesapeake and Proctorville, etc. This will help in
getting more students to MU. OU is getting ready to build an
extension in OH so we need to step up and compete or lose
students. |
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In-state tuition for tri-state area, including Boyd, Greenup,
and Lawrence Counties. Unite with Ohio University Southern as
"feeder" school, in graduate studies, or connecting majors. If
joining with OUS not considered, consider adding new majors to
MU. |
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Allow metro county residents to pay in-state tuition. I believe
the increase in enrollment would easily make up for the dollars
lost by eliminating the metro fee. |
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Why hasn't the "metro" out of state reduced tuition area been
greatly expanded. Ohio should have at least 12 instead of 3. Ky
should expand deeper into the middle of the state, and make
certain counties in Virginia metro also. Broaden your
horizons. |
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3.Internet Tuition- It is cheaper to take online classes from a
different university and then pay the transfer fee to have the
credits recognized by MU than it is to take an online course
from MU. The fees need to be reduced. |
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student/employee health services: provide satellite
student/employee health services on main campus; utilize COHP
faculty as faculty practice |
communication between campuses: provide daily courier service to
both MOVC and South Charleston campus to facilitate
communication
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offer tuition waiver for dependents of faculty in order to
recruit faculty to campus |
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Bravo! This concept has been suggested before, and the answer
is always that the cost is too high. But what is the true
marginal cost of putting a student in an empty seat? It
certainly is not the full cost of tuition.And what are the
benefits of bringing faculty children on campus? They are
likely to be significant, both in boosted faculty moral and
good... |
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Equitable tuition: I am a proponent for equitable tuition. As
an out-of-state doctoral student, I was somewhat dismayed at the
difference in tuition rates for in-state, metro, and
out-of-state students. If Marshall sincerely is interested in
fostering a community atmosphere then segregation shouldn't
exist with regards to such financial matters. These added fees
serve to estrange some students, definitely... |
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Equitable tuition: Wouldn't equitable tuition just encourage
more Huntingtonians to run for the border? After all, why pay
WV taxes if you still get the same benefits? I don't see
this going over well with WV taxpayers and legislature. I paid
out-of-state grad rates at UK. Is there any public univ that
doesn't do this? |
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MU's biggest responsibility to the community is to graduate
capable, educated, thinking adults. Secondly, continue to
interact with other institutions in the area to use MU's human
and material resources to their fullest. |
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Marshall should put its emphasis is QUALITY undergraduate
education: as WVU admits more and more undergrads and becomes
like every other "big state U" Marshall could provide a much
needed alternative. |
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What might have a great need for now, say 2007, may not be
available in 2011. We are entrusted with preparing students
today for tomorrow. We must prepare them for the future and
give them the vision of the future. That is our responsibility
and the students’ quest to be prepared for it. Also, we need to
go to a trimester or quarter system and eliminate summer
school. This will be more cost effective over the long term.
It will also enhance student’s educational experience by
offering more classes. Our society moves at a faster pace
today. This will prepare students for this.Marshall is a great
institution to work at and for parents to send their children.
I believe Marshall can and will become a greater institution.
It is time to “ask not what Marshall can do for you, but what
can you do to enhance Marshall for today and tomorrow.” We, the
older generation, must pass the torch of leadership, education,
and our nation’s future to the students of today and students
yet to come. This is a daunting task. But I believe we can
accomplish these needed educational facilities. |
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How can we get additional high level of community involvement in
the decision making process in such critical areas as course
delivery, range of services, and events for the arts, expansion
of services, etc? 1.
Lay Academy (see submitted idea). |
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A lay academy whereby members of the community may 'teach'
subjects related to hobbies or specialied interests: life in
ancient Greece, theology of..., crafts not necesarily realted to
their professional career prior to retirement. Cf. program in
Wilm, De |
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Develop other consortia relationships on state, regional, and
national levels in order to improve and increase access to
scholarly materials (including learning objects), wherever they
reside. |
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COHP should collaborate with other colleges/departments to
elevate the level of health care in the tri-state. For example,
offer professional development for external partners and
community forums on topics in areas of faculty expertise. |
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6. Faculty helping students think critically and evaluate the
skills they had obtained from the Internship experience. 7.
Faculty need to be exposed to the real business world so they
can make sure they know what the students can expect from the
business world. 8. Formal contracts with larger corporations
across the nation for Internships. 9. We need to know where are
students have been successful in obtaining careers. We need to
network our existing alumni to better mentor our current
students. A portal where students can go and find possible
alumni they can create a relationship and have collaborative
possibilities. |
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Develop formal agreements with major industry and corporate
America to provide a large number of internship and post
graduate opportunities for Marshall graduates in various fields
of discpline with minority student indicators vs career fairs
only. |
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There is an emergent need for faculty/staff/students to develop
skills that help them effectively interact with those different
from themselves. Performance evaluation should include diversity
education/training as required for professional development. |
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Implement programs of activities to retain students on campus
during weekends. Most students leave campus due to a lack of
friends with common interests. Current trends such as physical
fitness need to be considered in creating student "clubs". |
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Students have no place to gather during their free time (late
night) to develop social networks that will aid them in
identifying and developing personal strengths, commitment to
each other and their surrounding community. Give them that
place. |
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To entice students to stay on campus on the weekend, plan one
major student activity per month at MSC with free food. Some
institutions provide weekly events, MU could begin with a
monthly activity and if successful move towards a weekly
activity. |
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There should be more to do on the weekends. Why not have more
activities? At least have local college bands play on the
weekends-SOMETHING. Rally students to get into the Guiness Book
of World Records. The bars get really old and boring after a
while. |
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Increase student access to university facilities on evenings,
weekends, holidays and summer. If we don't want to be a
suitcase campus stop the building lock-downs. Leave elevators
on and doors open. Some disciplines, such as art, require
ongoing work and access to facilities. |
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Creation of a one-stop area to benefit the students.
Brochures/resource materials could be provided re: other areas
such as; health serv., career serv., student insurance &
tutoring. Computers available to assist students w/accessing
online forms and info |
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Bring in music artists that students like. Take surveys from
students to get an idea of the most popular artist and spend
money on that artist rather than a few artists that no one will
go to. Have to give kids a reason to stay here on weekends.
PROMOTE!! |
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There needs to be better identification of students that are
at-risk and appropriate support services developed to encourage
the retention and graduation of this population. |
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To keep students on campus over the weekend, there could be
student clubs centered around music, art, etc. Perhaps student
surveys could be used to determine interest. Three day weekends
- no class on Friday - is a greater challenge. |
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Develop marketing tools to describe services offered for other
departments and students. An area such as this could assist the
student in resolving their concerns and help in achieving their
academic goals. |
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Students' allegiance to MU could be fostered through a new
student orientation period during which they meet fellow
students (form bonds), learn traditional cheers and songs, and
get library and study skills training. Other schools do this:
it helps! |
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Public schools' Spring Break is in April. MU's is in March. So
any MU student w/ school age kids or anyone w/ school age & MU
kids can't enjoy either Spring Break, & MU students w/ school
age kids have to pay for child care during their kids' Spring
Bre |
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Public Art Policy: To ensure that Marshall’s physical campus
grows wisely, like esteemed public institutions nationwide,
Marshall should consider adopting a percent-for-art acquisition
and stewardship policy to beautify the campus, stimulate
divergent thinking, preserve cultural assets, and cultivate
donors. |
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Tell me why I should be alarmed by our retention rates: 1. We
have a truly unique socio-economic student body - how can we
compare our rates with other institutions? 2. I know of many
examples of students that try college, and decide that they'd
rather do something else (eg work in a big city) for a few
years, and then return. They (many are 1st generation students)
see the work they... |
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Student retention :You are right about better advising. We
start to improve on that by making advising mandatory through
graduation for all students.Surveys of graduating Marshall
students suggest those students in colleges with mandatory
advising are the most satisfied with advising. No one should be
surprised by that. |
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Student retention: Improved advising is very important. I agree
that it should be mandatory. |
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College of Education and Human Service's Role in the new MU
Vision: The COEHS should partner with other MU
departments/institutes/colleges and colleges throughout the
region in conducting and publishing multidisciplinary research
(economic, geospatial, sociological, pyschological, etc.) aimed
at strengthening rural schools and helping the communities they
serve to thrive. |
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I had an interesting conversation with a group of students about
“social capital” on the Marshall campus recently. The gist of
this conversation was that very few students (at least according
to my sample) seem to care what happens to Marshall. They want
their degree and they want out. More alarming, possibly, is
that this seems to be the default position of many faculty
members as well... |
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Yes, and Yes! Students, in my experiences here, for the most
part don't care particularly about Marshall, in large part
because they feel abused, sometimes in concrete ways - lack of
advising and information, getting passed from office to office
without their problem(s) being solved, professors who won't
respond to their requests for help, and so forth - and sometimes
by what they percieve... |
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You are completely on target about the lack of openess and
trust. And it doesn't just apply to faculty vs. students, or
staff vs faculty, etc. It affects departments within the same
division, and it also manifests in staff vs staff conflict as
well. I have worked here for 20 years, and I believe the level
of trust and cooperation university-wide has decreased steadily
from years ago. ... |
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I think a series of fora, or dare I say town meetings, would be
an important step in the right direction, and I would hope that
faculty would take it seriously enough to get involved. I too
find the limited time for suggestions troubling, but it's not
nearly as troubling as the fact that so few are interested in
participating. It seems that for many here, dissatisfaction with
the process... |
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Give us students a real opportunity to be involved in the
strategic planning process. Introducing this initiative near the
end of the semester when we're heavily engaged in other
activities demonstrates the university's disinterest in gaining
any meaningful input from us.It is so hard for Marshall to
believe its students are genuinely interested in improving the
quality of their education and the... |
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Create a partnership with Blenko Glass to engender a new
generation of both utilitarian and design glass artists. Pilchuk
of the EAST!!!! |
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As part of the partnership with Huntington, develop student
internships in IT and Finance. Emphasize possible use of
electronic resources provided by the state such as a lockbox,
ACH or credit card. |
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A direct partnership with Unlimited Future, Inc., to provide
Marshall with a small business incubator. Most of the colleges
and universities in WV are either developing or have developed
their own small business incubators, Marshall has not. |
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MU's financial system and the compliance requirements placed on
MU have become extremely complex. MU needs staff members who
are knowledgeable about management principles, finance, budgets
and IT applications. |
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Marshall has lots of brain power potential in highly qualified
faculty members who recently have retired and still live in
Huntington area. Develop a program that will take advantage of
this -- providing a vehicle for their contributions. |
Support concept of Scholarship of Engagement in tenure and
promotion process. Emphasize the importance of faculty and
students using skills and expertise to transform the community.
Huntington needs Marshall and we need Huntington to be strong.
Win-win.
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Service activities of the University should be tied to other
activities whenever possible to provide multi-use of resources.
Resources committed to service activities should follow
institutional priorities. |
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Build strategic partnerships with Research I universities in
other states that provide opportunities to multiply the value
created by Marshall’s investments in research. These
partnerships should focus on specific areas of collaboration and
cooperation that expand the fundability of research conducted at
Marshall and specialized expertise and resources that are not
available at Marshall. |
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Steps should be taken to solve to interrelated problems:
students working too much and students not staying on campus |
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Find a way to connect students to the school to build tradition
and love for the school and town. This is a suitcase college and
we need to change that if we are going to be successful. Promote
all functions and maybe pair students in all classes. |
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Students need to feel a connection to Marshall and I think by
grouping students who take the same classes would be a great way
to build friendships. If these kids have the classes with the
same students for a couple years they will make friends. |
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Marshall needs to develop more of a sense of community among the
students: freshmen interest groups, learning communities, campus
activities that encourage the commuters to return to campus
after class is over, weekend activities for residential
students. |
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Serve as continuing education (CPU) resource for professionals.
Provide on-campus conferences, online classes, summer institutes
and regional/national professional meetings. Definite
opportunity in Health Professions. |
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Provide satellite health services in rural, underserved areas.
Bring specialty care and consultation to remote areas. |
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To increase the potential learning, retention, and commitment to
MU of students, we should personalize the educational process as
much as possible by teaching through undergraduate research,
faculty-student collaboration, community action research, etc. |
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The Art and Science of Communication in the 21st Century: As
Marshall develops the "commerce of ideas" we need to be
attentive to how those ideas and subsequent spin offs (products,
technologies, etc.) will be shared beyond the university.
Moreover, as we prepare students to move into careers, we should
pay careful attention to their abilities as communicators. As
we develop the next generation of scientists, we should also be
developing... |
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A collaborative and caring community: I agree with posts about
students seeking the path of least resistance in pursuit of
thier immediate goals. It's also apparent to me that we don't
have a real sense of community amoung our students. We're no
different that most IHEs that have herterogenoeus populations,
but I firmly believe that we can instill in our students a
better sense that they belong to a community... |
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A collaborative and caring community: And let's expand our
student organizations to include the students on the South
Charleston campus! Huntington and South Charleston operate
independently from each other. Rarely have I encountered a
student from either campus who took any coursework whatsoever
from the other campus. There are issues pertinent to the
campuses individually, and so to the students. I find that
students... |
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Student/University Culture: At the risk of repeating myself, and
with no intention of diverting the excellent discussion my
initial post started, let me re-paste here the paragraph I find
so disturbing/enlightening/provocative/scary: Ultimately, higher
education's success requires students to take more
responsibility for their own learning. The more students are
engaged in the intellectual work of thinking and learning,... |
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Student/University Culture: I have to qualify these remarks by
saying I'm rather new to Marshall, and I'm not sure if that
means I have a unique perspective or unrealistic expectations
(not that the two are mutually exclusive). I think the
suggestion of rethinking general education is an important place
to start: I hear students regularly complain about the Marshall
Plan, and whether or not these complaints are justified seems... |
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Some students seek a degree, not an education. I don't have an
answer for that but I am sure not all students are the same. I
wonder if we could market and increase the awareness of the
Honors Designation. This would be somewhat like... |
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These are excellent suggestions! I too am fairly new to
MArshall, and while I find the students very receptive to what I
offer in the classroom, they need to be taught to think beyond
"get a grade" type thinking. They came into my class expecting
to be "taught"- defined in their minds as "teacher says, I write
or I do", versus active learning. |
Infusing critical thinking in all that we do. I have just
recently had people tell me it's no use to suggest any sort of
collaborative efforts with K-12, as they will not be accepted!
I don't know if that's true or not, but I do know that I see on
a daily basis (via the writing and oral skills of students - or
more to the point, the lack thereof) students who are completely
and totally unprepared for college-level work. And yet
somehow...
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Revitalize the General Education program at Marshall, giving
full consideration to eliminating the “distributed” and
returning to the “core” general education program model.
Marshall must be held accountable for developing and advancing
the essential thinking/learning foundations, dispositions and
ways of knowing in their graduates, which form the basis for
lifelong learning. |
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Establish an MU "business directory" listing MU alumni, their
business and their business address. Sell it to alumni to
support MU, use it as source for fundraising contacts, encourage
cross referrals for business development. |
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1. forums for community input will likely not generate realistic
initiatives. 2.corridor between MU campus and Huntington
downtown could be developed as a campus culture corridor. 3.MU
should focus on developing community programs that enhance the
quality of life, stimulate the economy, and generate learning
experiences for students. What can MU do to help Huntington
become a "top 100" small city? |
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MU should work with local government and business to establish a
Huntington-Charleston intercity transportation system on 64
which would fulfill a need for transporting students and faculty
between our two campuses and spur economic growth for the
region. |
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promote,promote,promote the Pullman Square Shuttle. This is an
extremely valuable asset not only for the obvious economic value
but for Marshall related events like ball games, music concert
events at the stadium),etc. |
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Sports is vital for income for any university. There needs to
be A LOT of attention placed on the baseball program. The
coaches discourage players. They deceive the players & family
supporters with marathon games that don't exist. MU needs a new
field. |
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To increase the out-of-state recruitment market, additional
resources will be needed to support the development of quality
publications and additional travel. |
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Every university in the Appalachian region should have programs
dedicated to preserving the land, culture and history of
Appalachia. |
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We need a Center for Appalachian Studies that would include
history, ecology and economics. The Appalachians are some of the
oldest mountains in the world and seem to lack our intellectual
curiosity.Students need a better sense of history and science. |
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Workshops and Health Fairs using Point-of-Care laboratory
instruments for blood tests. Also provide workshops for
healthcare providers on these point-of-care instruments. |
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MU establish and administer a Higher Education and Applied
Technology Center in Huntington area bringing in courses of
study/degree programs from other colleges/universities not
available at MU. Tie to Velocity Center and business technology
development |
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It was our vision that one of the local universities would
provide post-secondary opportunities in this field as well as
collaboration with Kanawha County to expand the program to other
school systems in the region via distance learning and the
internet. An internet search reveals that more and more colleges
are offering programs in "International Studies" such as
Georgetown University, UNC Greensboro, and So. California
Community Colleges to name a few. As a MU graduate, I believe
this program may serve to elevate Marshall's business program to
a higher status as well as make the Advantage Valley corridor
even more attractive to national and international corporations.
I believe this idea could be initiated with minimal cost and
relatively minor curriculum adjustments to Marshall University.
At the same time it could provide large returns for the
institution in terms of regional business, government
involvement and grant opportunities. Marshall University can
take the lead in our region for this idea! |
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Sissonville High presented itself as a good fit for such a
venture as it is located near NGK Sparkplugs (Japanese), Toyota,
and WV-American Water (German) companies.Sissonville High has
already implemented this program of studies as a magnet school
with emphasis in the areas of: Social Studies, Foreign
Language, Business, and Technologies. They also offer other
special opportunities in the area. |
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and WV-American Water (German) companies. Sissonville High has
already implemented this program of studies as a magnet school
with emphasis in the areas of: Social Studies, Foreign
Language, Business, and Technologies. They also offer other
special opportunities in the area. It was our vision that one of
the local universities would provide post-secondary
opportunities in this field as well as collaboration with
Kanawha County to expand the program to other school systems in
the region via distance learning and the internet. An internet
search reveals that more and more colleges are offering programs
in "International Studies" such as Georgetown University, UNC
Greensboro, and So. California Community Colleges to name a few.
As a MU graduate, I believe this program may serve to elevate
Marshall's business program to a higher status as well as make
the Advantage Valley corridor even more attractive to national
and international corporations. I believe this idea could be
initiated with minimal cost and relatively minor curriculum
adjustments to Marshall University. At the same time it could
provide large returns for the institution in terms of regional
business, government involvement and grant opportunities.
Marshall University can take the lead in our region for this
idea! |
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In response to your solicitation for community input for the
university, I propose the following: The implementation of an
"INTERNATIONAL STUDIES" program at Marshall. I have been
involved with the construction and development of a new middle
school in Sissonville, WV - a suburb north of Charleston. The
group I worked with, "Better Schools, Better Communities"
suggested that the new Sissonville Middle School (now under
construction) and the current Sissonville High School implement
a magnet curriculum for international studies. I personally
presented this concept to the governor's "West Virginia, Vision
Shared" panel in the summer of '04. They were quite
enthusiastic about the opportunities this could create for the
region in terms of economic development and the access to a
well-educated population, one that could be prepared to reach
outside state and national boundaries. Vision Shared offered
its expertise and resources to develop the program as soon as
possible. Sissonville High presented itself as a good fit for
such a venture as it is located near NGK Sparkplugs (Japanese),
Toyota, |
In response to your solicitation for community input for the
university, I propose the following: The implementation of
an"INTERNATIONAL STUDIES" program at Marshall. I have been
involved with the construction and development of a new middle
school in Sissonville, WV - a suburb north of Charleston. The
group I worked with, "Better Schools, Better Communities"
suggested that the new Sissonville Middle School (now under
construction) and the current Sissonville High School implement
a magnet curriculum for international studies. I personally
presented this concept to the governor's "West Virginia, Vision
Shared" panel in the summer of '04. They were quite
enthusiastic about the opportunities this could create for the
region in terms of economic development and the access to a
well-educated population, one that could be prepared to reach
outside state and national boundaries. Vision Shared offered
its expertise and resources to develop the program as soon as
possible.
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Based on co-op engineering models (Va.Tech, U of Cinn.)
establish MU co-op study programs in bio-technology, health care
and education. A new tool to bring in highly talented WV high
school students. |
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With cutbacks, many don't get needed services. Thus, many
juvenile delinquents are illiterate. COEHS should lead
cooperative program w/ teaching, counseling, etc., to help
salvage their lives. Great experience for our students -- very
rewarding. |
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Expand international learning experiences for students and
faculty members by supporting study abroad and exchange
programs. This would help all involved gain a global
perspective. |
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Create summer camp academic programs based on the athletic camp
model of a four-day experience on campus. |
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Have mathematics and science "camps" not only for kids but also
for adults. Make them entertaining as well as educational. |
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Bring dollars to campus/Huntington during summer by offering
summer courses/institutes/camps. Use underused facilities
(classrooms/dorms) while bringing funds to city as well as
enhancing image by offering unique programs, ex; parish nursing
institute. |
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Provide summer camp experiences that go beyond athletics. Using
the athletic camp prototype, Marshall University can provide
summer camps in computers, writing, performing arts, science,
leadership, and etc. The resident halls lie empty all summer. |
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How can we expand our linkages with high schools to ensure that
graduates are adequately prepared for post-secondary programs?
What metric should we use to assure that this is being taken
care of effectively? 1.
Academic Fantasy Camp. This could help
bring some very good students in the summer to expose them to
what MU has to offer. Maybe offer credit. Science camp. Camps
at all different ages. 2.
The university needs a show on academics
that highlights. MU report weekly. Hire young faculty with
energy. Our bandleader is an example. Our faculty need to be
acknowledged for those that are go beyond the call of duty.
3. Marshall Magazine focuses too much
on the million dollar donor and not on the real contributors. |
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The skill of "learning how to learn" is not only needed, but is
necessary for anyone entering any university. Marshall could
create campus/online classes on this topic for those already
enrolled and also for high school students preparing for
college. |
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establish "ditance learning" video capability at southern WV
high schools for the community. Target people working in
business, education and professions. Allow them to obtaing
undergraduate and graduate course work in their communities. |
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Collaborate with Wayne/Cabell schools to develop a pilot project
that establishes a "virtual" math/science/art design academy at
MU for high school students. It should be scalable for expansion
statewide and adaptable to encompass grades 6-8. |
