BSS Faculty Brown Bag Series
March 8, 2024
BSS Student Symposium
May 6, 2024
BSS Awards & Scholarships Ceremony
May 17, 2024
BSS Commencements
May 18, 2024
Strategic Goals
Promote student success
Increase graduation rates while maintaining program excellence
Eliminate the achievement gap for underrepresented minorities
Encourage, support and grow internships and service-learning opportunities
Maintain and develop innovative and high-quality learning experiences that provide skilled graduates to our North State service region, the State of California, and beyond
Build and maintain the accreditation status for all current and potential academically accredited programs
Encourage, support and grow high-impact learning practices and opportunities
Utilize assessment to measure student learning and make evidence-based programmatic changes
Maintain, develop and grow community service and research partnerships that enhance student learning and community involvement
Build upon and grow our community partnerships with public agencies, nonprofit organizations, and other entities to enhance student learning
Conduct research and outreach that benefits our North State service region, the State of California, and beyond
Facilitate innovative approaches that streamline student progress toward graduation
Offer and staff courses to meet requirements for graduation
Serve our student population by providing effective mentoring, tutoring, and related services
Implement two- and four-year advising plans to assure timely graduation rates
Promote excellence in faculty teaching, research, and service
Promote the teacher-scholar model
Support faculty professional development and travel
Enhance opportunities for collaboration and teamwork among College personnel
Maintain and develop new tenure/tenure-track faculty positions that reflect changes in the field
Promote excellence in staff development
Maintain and develop new staff positions appropriate to program size and function
Support staff professional development
Recognize outstanding staff contributions
Maintain, promote, and support inclusivity
Be proactive in recruiting, employing, and enrolling diverse faculty, staff, and students
Support and develop learning environments where inclusivity is taught and respected
Develop strategies to optimize resources
Provide incentives to encourage grant and contract development
Utilize BSS Advancement and department events to communicate with alumni and donors
Enhance the affinity for volunteers / alumni / donors through involvement in the BSS Advisory Board, departmental advisory and professional boards, projects, and activities where appropriate
Refine the college advancement plan