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Meeting Notes

Differences between UH at Katy and UH at Sugar Land (we cannot treat the goals as if they are the same)

Katy

• Clean slate
• Less emphasis on public-private partnerships
• Acreage
• Sharing facility with sister institution
• No foundation in Katy
• Concentration of energy companies
• Single location programs
• One building
• No library
• External amenities
• System property (advantages and disadvantages)
• Engineering academy

Sugar Land

• Limited by height (Katy can be higher, Sugar Land cannot)
• Community decision maker
• Inherited vs. Intention
• Sharing facility with tenant
• Distance from main campus

Goals

Growth

• Facilities, buildings, programs (particularly graduate programs), fundraise

Student Resources

• Increase/establish
  • Academic support
  • Financial aid/scholarships
  • Career readiness

Partnerships

• District
• Media
• UHV
• Industry
• Community
• UH

Identity

• Communication plan that incorporates UHV
• Regular facetime with UHV and UH administration partners
• Create a UHV balance

What does growth mean?

• Enrollment to 4,000 (understanding that we cannot be responsible for UHV’s 4,000)
• Graduate vs. undergraduate (nursing vs. engineering)
• Explore, Establish, Innovate (moves us toward being very intentional
• Show that this is how UH does things in Katy
• Develop, Initiate, Create
• Establish, Identify

What needs to be done within the next three years>

• Economic impact study
• Community needs assessment
• “If we have _______, then we need______” With this kind of proposition we can better package what needs to get us there. Students, money, equipment, buildings….
• Develop a plan for student services
• Academic planning for programs

Grow enrollment to 2,000 students by fiscal year 2025

• Economic Impact study (1)
• Community/Industry study (1)
• Academic Plan (2)
• Strategic Enrollment Plan (3)
• Demographic Update (1)
• Support GPS

Expand and foster student life experiences at Katy

• Services/resources
  • Career readiness
  • CAPS
  • FinAid
• First year experience
• Survey of Student Needs
  • Service
  • Co-curricular
  • Satisfaction

Partnerships

• Develop partnerships that support the on-going development of UH at Katy
  • Financial
  • Political
  • Academic
• Build relationships, partnerships and connections with key stakeholders in the Katy community to establish UH at Katy in the Katy community
  • Friendship building
  • Partnerships
    • P16
    • Chambers/EDC
    • Media

Communication

• Establish
• Create approach
• Create clear identity for UH at Katy
• Create a systems communication approach for UH at Katy in a shared space within an academic year
• Create regular meeting with UH and System reps
• Map our guidelines for future communication efforts
• Create a strategic communication plan
  • Create a framework for UH at Katy in a shared space with academic year
  • Create a timeline for assets
• Create and convey marketing and communication for UH at Katy

Next Steps:

From our GOALS:

• Draw up initiatives
• With those, gather groups that would be responsible for the success of those initiatives

Do we need Key Priorities?

• Four pillars to build on?
• Aspirational, strategic
• Do these reflect the differences in Katy than in Sugar Land?
• Where did we get the data for our goal (be able to answer that question)

Defining Statement?

• Need to settle on one

Timeline?

• Steering Committee
• Provost
• VC/VP?
• Action steps

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