Great Student Experiences
| Initiatives for 2014-15 | Performance indicators/ measurable outcomes | End-of-Year Status Update |
|---|---|---|
| Develop and implement a new Experience Seneca course that integrates student orientation initiatives that count for academic credit. | New Experience Seneca Course and Orientation model implemented by March 2015 with methods of assessment developed to track and improve first semester retention rates. | Achieved: New Introduction to Seneca Studies course developed and launched in three Faculty of Business programs in Fall 2014. |
| Develop first year programs and services to support Experience Seneca and transition of students to the College. | A new college-wide plan including an assessment model to support programs and Experience Seneca launched by March 2015. | Achieved: Experience Seneca successfully launched and college-wide integrated transitional programming developed. Rescheduled: Assessment model currently under development with work set to continue in FY2015-16. |
| Implement an enhanced strategic, coordinated and integrated approach to communicating with prospective students, current students and alumni. | Communication strategy deployed by Fall 2014. | Achieved: New communication strategies and processes developed. |
| Communication tools implemented by Fall 2014. | Achieved: New Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) system implemented to deploy strategies. | |
| Develop a conceptual design with the Seneca Student Federation and the Student Athletic Association that incorporates a new student and athletic build at the Newnham Campus. | Conceptual design that integrates all stakeholders completed by March 2015. | Achieved: Visioning exercise, stakeholder meetings and development of student survey completed. |
| Review Seneca’s endowment and investment policies and practices to ensure sustainability and predictability of student support. | Investment portfolio review completed by March 2015. | Achieved: New investment broker in place for beginning of FY2015-16. |
| Enhance technology across Seneca campuses. | 42 classrooms audiovisual upgrades by December 2014. | Achieved: Audiovisual upgrades to 132 e-classrooms across the College completed. |
| By March 2015, college-wide Internet availability, download speed and wireless network reliability and performance improved. | Achieved: Internet connection capacity across Seneca doubled. Wireless survey completed and wireless coverage increased across campuses. College-wide Internet access times significantly improved. | |
| Enhance Seneca mobile app. | Seneca mobile app. updated to enhance functionality by August 2014. | Achieved: PeopleSoft Mobile functionality achieved by March 2015 laying foundation for continued enhancement to SenecaMobile. |
| Enhance parking services at all campuses. | Improved service repair times reached to address parking system issues by March 2015. | Achieved: An equipment maintenance agreement with guaranteed service response time signed with parking services partner. |
| Improve Security services presence across Seneca. | Renovation of Security and welcome bases completed at Seneca@York Campus. | Achieved: Renovation completed. |
| Promote our faculty, alumni and partners’ contributions. | Media and presentation training for administrative and academic leads completed by Summer 2014. | Achieved: Media training for administrative and academic leads took place in November 2014 and December 2014. |