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UNO STEM Strategic Priorities

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Strategic Priorities

The UNO STEM Priority Phase III Strategic Plan will be activated on January 1, 2025 with objectives accomplished on or before January 1, 2030. Below are the four priorities for the UNO STEM Priority Phase III Strategic Plan with fourteen corresponding objectives.

Priority ONE

Grow an engaged and connected campuswide STEM community.
1.01 Propagate a human-centered culture and approach to STEM teaching, learning, and research.
1.02 Mobilize the STEM Leadership Team to design and implement pathways that facilitate interdisciplinary engagement opportunities for faculty and staff members.
1.03 Create and curate a hub to connect and assess the full range of UNO student success initiatives in the STEM disciplines.
1.04 Facilitate integration of evidence-based models for STEM teaching and learning.

Priority TWO

Expand interdisciplinary STEM research and infrastructure.
2.01 Expand capacity to facilitate interdisciplinary grant funded research.
2.02 Design and develop infrastructure that facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration.
2.03 Leverage interdisciplinary expertise and synergies to create new intellectual property (IP) and innovations for the public good.
2.04 Elevate Discipline-Based Education Research (DBER) as a recognized research agenda that generates new knowledge about teaching and learning across STEM disciplines.

Priority THREE

Maximize local and regional STEM networks to increase economic energy.
3.01 Cultivate and sustain authentic partnerships to advance access to STEM education and employment opportunities.
3.02 Partner with K-12 schools, business and industry, and nonprofit agencies to amplify STEM community assets and address needs.
3.03 Leverage Omaha STEM Ecosystem to build the effectiveness of partnerships and programs.

Priority FOUR

Effectively measure and communicate campus and community STEM impacts.
4.01 Regularly share STEM programming information and outcomes to a broad campus and community audience.
4.02 Elevate opportunities among key audiences to build engagement and advance STEM priorities and programs.
4.03 Assess and refine STEM programs and initiatives to align with strategic priorities and ensure high-quality and effectiveness.

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