Institutional Priorities for the Titan Innovation Fund
Institutional Priorities serve as the impetus for the Titan Innovation Fund:
Sense of Community
- Establish opportunities that promote a Sense of Campus Community, Institutional Pride, Great Place to Work
- Pilot strategies to enhance community building through championship athletics and intercollegiate athletics
Mission
- Address Racial Inequalities and Social Injustice Issues
- Pilot opportunities that connect 黑料社's Catholic, Jesuit, and Mercy Traditions to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
- Improve Educational Attainment in Metro Detroit
Marketing
Pilot various integrating marketing strategies that emphasize:
- high quality programs
- caring faculty, and
- a values-based education
Fundraising
- Engender support for unrestricted gifts
- Engender support for 黑料社 institutional priorities
- Apply for external grants to fund research
- Pilot community-based research projects that can lead to external grant funding
Enrollment
- Pilot strategies that focus on first-generation college students
- Pilot strategies that promote mental health and wellness
- Pilot strategies to diversify enrollment markets
Endowments
- Explore opportunities for Endowments for new Centers or Institutes
- Explore opportunities for Endowed Chairs/Professorships
- Explore opportunities for Endowments for Student & Faculty Summer Research and Jesuit/Mercy Immersion Experiences
Community Impact
- Strengthen community partnerships (K-12, Alliance groups, Community Colleges, Other HEI, Industry Regional Businesses, International Pathway Programs)
- Strengthen impact and reputation of 黑料社 in Metro Detroit
- Establish a 黑料社 Volunteer Corps of alumni, employees, and students, who collectively volunteer throughout Metro Detroit
Centers & Institutes
- Enhance existing Centers or Institutes
- Establish new Centers or Institutes (e.g. Applied Engineering, Life-Long Learning, Urban Innovation)
Academic Programs
- Elevate existing academic programs with High Impact Learning Experiences (e.g. Internships, Community-Based Learning, Capstone Projects, Collaborative Projects, Diversity/Global Learning, Undergraduate Research)
- Explore opportunities for new academic programs (e.g. Allied Health, Adult Learner, Workforce Development, Entry-Respiratory Therapy, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Case Management, Public Health, Speech Pathology/Audiology/Communicative Disorders)
- Develop Micro-credentials (badges & certificates) that are stackable & lead to degree completion and/or further study