Coordination Office for Title III Programs

 Title III Activities      

The general thrust of the activities that comprise the university's Title III and SAFRA Project is provided below.

• Student Success through Outreach, Engagement, and Academic Enrichment and Support 
• Academic Excellence through Faculty and Administrator Development
• Achieving Academic Excellence through Specialized/Program Accreditation
• Internationalizing the Campus through the International Education Center 
• Foreign Language Lab
• Strengthening Campus Information Services
• Strengthening and Enhancing Library Resources 
• Writing Across the Curriculum Program
• University Testing Services and Assessment 
• Reading Across the Curriculum  
• Enhancing and Strengthening the Office of Sponsored Research and Programs 
• Center for Promoting STEM Education and Research (CPSER)
• Establishing a School of Education Academic Advisement & Retention Center
• Librarian/Faculty Collaborative for Information Literacy
• Continued Enhancement of the Telecommunications Media Center to Support 147 Communications Major
• Enhancing Student Support through a Student Services Center
• Career Services: Technology and Professional Development Integration Initiative
• Strengthen the Effectiveness of Office of Institutional Advancement
• Community Justice and Service Learning
• Project Administration and Evaluation

Student Success through Outreach, Engagement, and Academic Enrichment and Support 

Activity Director: Dr. John Brooks
Dean of University College
Funding Level: $725,027 

This activity provided programs and resources that meet a wide range of student needs that affect their success and retention.  The following revisions are proposed for 20010-11. 1. To achieve Objective 1, two Retention Counseling Psychology Internships will be established.  These positions will assist in the administration and interpretation of a variety of assessment instruments, such as the College Student Inventory.  Under the supervision of the Retention Counselor, they will assist in counseling students.  They will assist in developing and implementing programs for learning communities and other student organizations. 2. The Coordinator for Developmental Writing will be moved from Title III to state funding. As a result, this position will no longer be part of the Title III activity. 3. Also to achieve Objective 3, a part-time Academic Support Coordinator position will be established.  The Academic Support Coordinator will coordinate academic support among all academic support units at FSU to ensure that all areas needing academic support are identified, that gaps and overlaps in academic support are minimized, and that centralized record-keeping and uniform reporting is maintained. 4. Also to achieve Objective 3, a part-time Supplemental Instruction (SI) Resource Center Manager position will be established.  The Resource Center Manager will oversee the day-to-day operations of the SI Resource Center, to include oversight of Center facilities, supplies, and equipment; scheduling of SI sessions in the Center; greeting visitors to the Center and directing them appropriately; and ensuring that SI sessions are conducted in an orderly manner.  The Resource Center Manager will assist in collection and recording of SI attendance records. 5. The Academic Excellence Counselor will be moved from Title III to state funding.  As a result, this position will no longer be funded by Title III, and Objective 7 is removed from the Student Success Activity. All other components of this activity will continue as planned.

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Academic Excellence through Faculty and Administrator Development

Activity Director: Dr. Perry Massey
Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Funding Level: $97,030

The Faculty and Staff Development program is designed to support activities that address critical professional development needs of the participants. Funds will be provided to support on-campus workshops, seminars, webinars as well as travel to conferences and workshops that will enable faculty and staff to contribute to institutional improvement efforts guided by the Strategic Plan. It is expected that faculty and staff who participate in these activities will be retained longer at the university and become model employees, thus resulting in improved academic programs and services to our students.

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Achieving Academic Excellence through Specialized/Program Accreditation

Activity Director: Dr. Marion Gillis-Olion
Assoc VC for Academic Affairs & SACS Liaison
Funding Level: $135,000

In an effort to improve its academic and co-curricular programs, Fayetteville State University seeks to be more globally competitive which starts with meeting national standards as well as international standards. As a demonstration of its competitiveness, FSU is seeking to improve student learning outcomes by voluntarily submitting to rigorous national peer review accreditation of ten of its programs in the next five years. The goal for 2012 is to initiate, achieve and/or maintain accreditation in these ten programs. The grant ensures support for the accreditation efforts by supporting self-study preparation, engagement of external evaluator assessments of readiness for on-site visits, building faculty knowledge about accreditation processes, providing funding to address issues that would thwart reaching the goal, and ensuring that funding is available to host accreditation visiting teams.

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Internationalizing the Campus through International Education Center (IEC) 

Activity Director: Dr. Yunkai Chen
Assistant Vice Chancellor for International Education
Funding Level: $90,000

This activity’s primary objective is to strengthen the University’s curriculum and internationalize the campus and curriculum through services and activites provided to our American and international students, FLTAs, Fulbright Scholar in Residence, foreign visitors, local community visitors, faculty, staff and international partner institutions. Video equipment for the office and conference room are needed to conduct mini workshops, presentations and communications with our international partner institutions. Travel is necessary to strengthen staff's knowledge in order to efficiently internationalize the campus, further strengthen international partnerships, maintain our current partnerships and seek financial support to provide scholarships to our studnets with financial hardships seeking to study abroad. IEC has steadily increased its international partnerships and study abroad participants with the assistance of Title III. We would like to continue increasing our international partners and internationalizing the campus. 

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Foreign Language Lab 

Activity Director: Dr. Yali Li
Director of Foreign Language Lab
Funding Level: $118,760 

The Title III funding support is vitally crucial for the Foreign Language Laboratory, built with the Title III funds, for its continuing developing and expanding, so as to play an integral role in the University’s ongoing efforts to internationalize the curriculum. This activity substantially and directly implements and supports the FSU Strategic Plan 2009-2010, Initiative 4 under Priority 3, Intellectual and Cultural Center, and Priority 4: Leaders and Global Citizens. With Title III funding support, since its establishment, the Foreign Language Laboratory has been successfully helping and facilitating the expansion of foreign language offerings, including eight (8) critical languages in addition to Spanish and French. During the first quarters of the 2010-2011 fiscal year, the Lab has:

1. Accommodated 79 foreign language classes
2. Served approximately 4,000 users each quarter
3. Supported three(3) FSU-BTTC global classes(UNC-China program)
4. Provided243foreign language tutoring sessionsin Chinese, Arabic, Spanish, French, Swahili, Portuguese, etc. and 562 Rosetta Stone use sessions
5. Offeredsix (6) personalized consultations on edu-tech and online course construction
6. Contributed 100 hours to supportthe Chinese program of Cumberland County Schools
7. Run a successful Chinese Week with 518 students participating and over 100 parents observing language and cultural activities
8. Had 12 foreign movie shows, and supported other cultural and language learning activities organized by faculty and student organizations

 
The continuing support from the Title III funds, $138,396.87 as proposed, in the 2011-2012 fiscal year is vitally important for the successful operations of the Foreign Language Laboratory to continue the current services, to upgrade facilities, to purchase urgently needed educational, especially language and cultural learning software, to provide tutoring service to student language and cultural learning, to create a multi-functional teaching and learning laboratory, and to take initiatives to support student global competence and competitiveness building. The support of the Title III will also build a solid foundation for the further development and expansion of the Lab to enhance the capacity of FSU as a regional language and cultural resources center.   

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Strengthening Campus Information Services

Activity Director: Mr. Nick Ganesan
Vice Chancellor and Chief Information Officer
Funding Level: $758,700

The four activities stated here are in support of FSU Strategic priorities 1.3  (To attract and retain faculty/staff), 1.5 (To improve Student Services and Satisfaction), 1.6 (To Improve Facilities and Technology), and 6.1 (Maximize the use of funds).  The total amount requested for these activities is $842,060.00 which would provide for 99.99% availability of technology and services, 30% increase in wireless coverage, 24 X 7 helpdesk services, and increased staff development activities. Objective One: To implement technologies and services that are highly available supports directly FSU strategic priority 6.1 which calls for fiscal resourcefulness and sustainability.  The major outcome of this activity is to maintain technologies and services available 99.99% of the time for the campus. Objective Two:  To increase wireless coverage by 30% across the campus. This supports FSU ’s strategic objective 1.6 which calls for increased use of technology in the academy and administration. Objective Three: To expand helpdesk services from 8:00 – 5:00 to 7 by 24 by 365.  This objective supports both FSU strategic objective 1.6 – improved services and 6.1 – fiscal resourcefulness and sustainability. Objective Four: To enhance processes by training at least 60 staff in the effective use of administrative systems on campus. Strategic priority 1.3 calls for providing staff development activities in an effort to retain productive staff. As a state institution, the campus IT division has suffered 15% budget reduction.  As a result, the allotted budget barely covers the recurring operational expenditures of the unit.  Hence the division depends on Title III funding for new initiatives that enables us to maintain up-to-date technologies and to increase FSU’s competitiveness in the region.  The target group that will benefit from the Title III project initiatives are the campus users in general, specifically the faculty and staff who depend on technologies for efficiencies. 

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Strengthening and Enhancing Library Resources

Activity Director: Mr. Bobby Wynn
Director of Library Services
Funding Level: $880,187

Chesnutt Library requires additional resources to support program development and research needs of faculty and students Fayetteville State University.  The state funded portion of the library’s budget has not increased in the past four years, while predatory pricing and inflation have increased our subscriptions by 43%.  To cover these increases, the library has transferred funds from its operational lines to pay for subscriptions.  There is no correlation between the Consumer Price Index and increasing cost of subscriptions. As we prepare for reaffirmation of the university’s accreditation, we must ensure that the library is providing learning/information resources that are appropriate to support its teaching, research and service mission as required by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.  Additionally, SACS requires that “each institution must ensure that all students and faculty have access to the primary and secondary materials needed to support its purposes and programs… the library collections …at the graduate level must provide library resources substantially beyond those required for the bachelor’s degree.”  The library also needs to continue to provide the resources called for by SACS and other accrediting agencies in previous accreditation reviews. The staff development component of Strengthening and Enhancing Library Resources continues to ensure that the Associate Director for Collection Development continues to update skills, knowledge and familiarity with library resources, trends and operations. The information obtained at professional conferences is required to manage the selection of resources and assist faculty.  The majority of the funds will be spent on resources, $873,687 (99%).  The Associate Director will collaborate with other institutions to get the best value for funds used by joining consortia or making group purchases whenever possible. The remaining funds will be for the faculty development component, $ 6,500.00 (1%).

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Writing Across the Curriculum Program

Activity Director: Dr. Sonya Brown
Assistant Professor, English & Foreign Languages
Funding Level: $49,700

The purpose of the Writing Across the Curriculum program remains to ensure that Fayetteville State University trains students to become better writers for the 21st century, as citizens, employees, and students of graduate and professional programs. The primary means for ensuring that students will learn to write well in their disciplines is to ensure that faculty have access to training in writing pedagogy appropriate to their disciplines; support as they develop their assignments and assessment materials; and quality resources to which to refer students who are engaged in a process of writing.
Specifically, the WAC program at FSU serves faculty, helping them through training and mentoring to design more--and more effective--writing assignments. This Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) initiative is premised on the theory that writing, in addition to being a necessary skill for students’ academic, professional, and civic lives, is also a valuable learning tool, requiring students to record, synthesize, evaluate, apply, and explain the relevance of course content and research. Therefore, writing instruction must be offered to students not just in their freshman year, but through their upper division coursework and even in graduate programs. Recognizing that faculty are expert at writing in their disciplines, the WAC program assists faculty to more successfully incorporate the teaching of writing into their courses at all levels.  

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University Testing Services and Assessment

Activity Director: Mr. Alvis Moore
Director of University Testing
Funding Level: $184,049

For better than a decade, University Testing Services has been a key player in attempting to build a campus-wide culture of assessment at Fayetteville State University, and in advancing and enhancing assessment practices through its delivery, analysis, and reporting of assessment results.  More recently, the focus has shifted to include a larger role in ensuring student access and success.
Until recently, assessment of entering students was often limited to evaluating readiness for college-level courses.  Over the past four years, assessment across academic programs has developed rapidly, spurred by the accountability agenda and mandates from General Administration of North Carolina and the impending 2011 SACS reaffirmation visit.  New instruments and techniques have been developed so that two-year and four-year institutions, like FSU, can assess what students do throughout the college experience, and how they change as a result of exposure to various educational activities.  These mandates have resulted in the challenge for University Testing Services to play a larger role in finding or developing comprehensive strategies to measure learning outcomes and program-level impact of experiences throughout the college career.

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Reading Across the Curriculum

Activity Director: Dr. Trela Anderson
Assistant Professor, English & Foreign Languages
Funding Level: $29,440

The proposed 2010-2011 Reading Across the Curriculum program addresses the Chancellor’s first strategic priority, (“FSU will be a university of choice in North Carolina and the nation and will garner a reputation for innovation and excellence in teaching, learning, research and technology”) through its incorporation of three components: The RAC Faculty Course Revision Project, The RAC Faculty Blackboard site, and Student Health 101.  The Faculty Course Revision Project involves faculty members from various disciplines restructuring a course, making it more centered upon reading comprehension. Duties include incorporating a Reading Across the Curriculum clause into their syllabi, creating a brief reading-centered pre-test and post-test, and creating at least three innovative assignments that implement proven reading-comprehension strategies.The goals of the proposed 2010-2011 Reading Across the Curriculum program are 1.) to train faculty in various disciplines to implement proven reading-comprehension strategies into their classes in an effort to improve FSU students’ reading, reading comprehension and literacy skills and 2.) to decrease “alliteracy” among FSU students through the implementation of the Faculty Course Revision Project, the Faculty Blackboard site and Student Health 101. The aforementioned components of the program are apropos to achieving these goals and allow for all FSU students to be impacted by the program. Because reading and reading comprehension are paramount to every discipline, I believe programs, such as Reading Across the Curriculum, are fundamental to our students’ growth and success.

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Enhancing and Strengthening the Office of Sponsored Research and Programs

Activity Director: Mr. David Camps
Director of Sponsored Research & Programs
Funding Level: $118,470

The purpose of the Office of Sponsored Research and Programs is to ensure compliance with Federal and state laws and UNC policies; to clarify proposal submission procedures and processing of awards for external sponsored program funds; and to ensure a uniform administrative process among the constituent UNC institutions. OSRP is a support structure and seeks to assist faculty, staff and students in identifying appropriate funding sources to match academic and research interests, assisting with the development of proposals and budgets, and developing a process that includes pre-award and post award non-financial administration of grants, contracts and cooperative agreements. The office is an advocate for a campus environment that is conducive to the research enterprise and advises the administration on matters of regulatory compliance issues. OSRP’s strives to provide comprehensive and high-quality support services to faculty, staff and students to develop proposals and secure external grants, contracts and cooperative agreements to implement effective research, instructional and public service programs in support of the institution’s mission. OSRP will provide interested faculty and staff with a wide variety of supportive services and assistance that includes researching prospective funders, budget development, attendance at meetings and required technical assistance sessions, budget development, assistance in obtaining supportive documents, obtaining necessary University approvals, serving as the liaison to other University offices during the development of grant proposals, and assistance in submitting all proposals, and by providing periodic workshops and technical assistance sessions to faculty and staff on issues of interest, such as the grant development process, budget development, and finding funding sources.

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 Center for Promoting STEM Education and Research

Activity Director: Dr. Daniel Okunbor
Director of Research & Professor of Computer Science
Funding Level: $175,427

The purpose of the activity is to continue the support for the Center for Promoting Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education and Research (CPSER).  The Center serves as an umbrella program for integrating all existing STEM educational enrichment programs and research activities in the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS). The enrichment programs are the Louis Stokes Alliance for Participation (LSAMP), Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE), Opportunities for Talent Expansion for interdisciplinary Education for Minorities and Women in Undergraduate Mathematics and Science (OpTIMUM), and the University and Community Alliance for Mathematics and Computer Science (UCAMCS). In addition to ensuring collaborations and coherence implementation of externally funded STEM enrichment programs, the Center coordinates an outreach summer research camp for rising high school seniors, a summer intramural research training program for rising Fayetteville State University sophomore STEM majors, the annual Mathematics and Science Undergraduate Research Symposium, STEM Faculty Focus Group and the STEM tutorial program. The primary goal of this Title III activity is to improve student outcomes by increasing the enrollment, retention, progression and graduation rates of minorities and women in STEM dis of baccalaureate degrees in STEM academic areas.

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School of Education Academic Advisement & Retention Center

Activity Director: Ms. Shari Willis
Director, Teacher Education Recruitment & Advisement
Funding Level: $31,660

The SOEAARC is designed to improve student success by providing answers and information about degree and major requirements, general advisement concerns, information about various majors and minors, Praxis I preparation identification, the process steps toward graduation and licensure, and academic program requirements for departments within the school and to do so early in the tenure of enrolled students with an interest in education to make a difference in retention and completion rates.   The SOEAARC serves the needs of FSU undeclared undergraduate students with an interest in education, transfer students who do not have a major, and individuals considering changing their field of study.  By supporting all undergraduate programs, especially the high needs areas; the SOEAARC will cover most of the student groups who take courses within the School of Education. The overall mission of the SOEAARC is to make students’ college career as smooth as possible by providing services that include guidance in the declaration process, developing curriculum plan for each program, explanation of the general core requirements, tutoring in preparation for the Praxis I examination, helping schedule classes, clarifying goals and options, and consistently providing community outreach to students transferring from community colleges. These activities will support time to graduation and subsequently increase the retention and graduation numbers by a projected 10 percent. 

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Librarian/Faculty Collaborative for Information Literacy

Activity Director: Mr.Bobby Wynn
Director of Library Services 
Funding Level: $40,000

Chesnutt Library is proposing three workshops that will be a collaborative effort between faculty and librarians that will focus on incorporating information literacy into classroom assignments.  SACS criteria states that: libraries and learning resource centers must provide students with opportunities to learn how to access information in different formats so they can continue life-long learning.  Librarians must work cooperatively with faculty members and other information providers in assisting students to use research materials effectively… this should be consistent with the goal of helping students develop information literacy….  ACRL state that collaboration is based on shared goals, a shared vision and climate of trust and respect.  Each partner brings different strengths, weaknesses, attitudes and interests of students and of the content to be taught. The librarian adds a thorough knowledge of information literacy skills and methods to integrate them into the course, pedagogical knowledge for teaching these skills and an understanding of the student’s frustration with the research process.
Through a variety of exercises and presentations, librarians will work with faculty to modify an existing syllabus to include information literacy objectives.  Librarians and faculty will work together to design active learning assignments, plan instruction and develop assessment strategies.  There will a minimum of four individual meetings between faculty and librarians they have been assigned to work with. The goals are to promote resource-based learning outside of the classroom, to encourage use of library resources and to equip students with the skill they will need in their matriculation at the university and beyond.  Each student will be able to meet basic information literacy competencies as defined by the Association of College and Research Libraries. 

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Continued Enhancement of the Telecommunications Media Center to Support 147 Communications Major

Activity Director: Mr. Todd Frobish
Interim Department Chair, Associate Professor
Funding Level: $219,474

The In 2008-10, the first two years of a five-year plan, funding was provided for WFSS and the Communication program. The funding allowed for the repair and purchase of equipment that allowed students and staff to be properly trained for careers in the radio and television industry. Funding also enabled the staff to subscribe to programming, new services, and memberships in professional organizations.  The acquisition of these materials allowed instructors to teach students about program directing, interviewing, and how highly regarded wire services gather and disseminate news. Funding was also used to build a state-of-the-art Student Radio Station and a computer production laboratory to support the campus audio and video production courses. Funding is now being requested to continue and expand these opportunities and valuable teaching tools to students in the Communication program, but also to provide well-equipped facilities that will be of benefit to the Communication major, Fayetteville State University, and its community. Specifically, we are requesting funds to purchase support equipment and software to support required student coursework, enhance the major by providing students state-of-the-art studios and facilities in which to practice and master their production skills, and provide students with better opportunities for service learning via campus and community broadcasts.  The equipment is required to create an appropriate learning laboratory for student majors, especially those taking Audio Production I and II, Video Production I and II, Acting for the Media, and Presentation Technologies.  The equipment will also be of vital importance to the new Journalism students and new courses that are planned in TV production. Through these funds, we also seek to continue our computer lab supervisor/equipment manager position, which was created through Title III funds to support the students, faculty, and staff using the Telecommunications Center. The requested equipment will replace equipment that is, in some cases, more than 20 years old. This includes high definition studio cameras, operating boards to support the studio cameras, surround sound recording system, and studio flooring and furniture. With the new equipment, students will have increased access to opportunities designing media that will be of benefit to others, including the creation of broadcasts that can inform the surrounding public, support community partnerships, provide an outlet for cultural and educational events, and enhance the intellectual climate of the region. This will impact student retention and graduation rates as interest in the major, minor, and in our production opportunities will increase across the campus.

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Enhancing Student Support through a Student Services Center

Activity Director: Ms. Tavoria Wax
Director of Student Services
Funding Level: $196,995 

The primary objective is to develop a culture of responsiveness and expert student service within academic affairs.  The center will initially focus on the enrollment areas, admissions, financial aid and registration to enhance our efforts to engage and retain students and to provide seamless delivery of services and assistance to students.  The Student Service Center will consist of a centralized call center, tele-counselors and a director of student services.  The call center is a central place where enrollment management tele-counselors handle enrollment related calls from all constituencies.  The call center will need equipment that will give the staff the ability to handle a considerable volume of calls at the same time.  The staff will screen calls and forward to individual staff in EM offices as appropriate.  Additionally the call center staff will assist with telemarketing efforts.  The service center will handle walk-in traffic at Lily for the Office of Financial Aid, the Registrar’s Office and the Bursar’s Office. The first implementation phase of the center will be the design and establishment of a call center that will consolidate and enhance services provided through the three offices.  Next, we will establish an on-campus service center that we will staff with cross-trained enrollment generalists who can handle the first level of student contact.  Lastly, we will establish a virtual and interactive service office, where we will consolidate all enrollment related activities into one website. Through focused service initiatives and expert student service, FSU’s enrollment team can positively affect the retention and graduation rates by providing efficient and effective service to students throughout their academic careers at the University.  Collaboration between Enrollment Management, University College, Bursar’s Office, Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, ITTS and other FSU units and departments will be critical to the success of the student services center.  Working with these units, the activity director will establish and implement programs and activities that focus on expert student service.

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Career Services: Technology and Professional Development Integration Initiative

Activity Director: Ms. Helen Cameron
Director of Career Services & Business Manager/Student
Funding Level: $137,000

The Office of Career Services at Fayetteville State University is on a mission to provide the highest quality and level of service for students, employers, alumni and faculty.
In an effort to enhance the quality of service provided, the Office of Career Services proposes the Technology and Professional Development Integration Initiative (TPDII).  The TPDII is designed to assist the university in increasing the retention and graduation rates of our students by providing them with information on career choices and opportunities that align with the academic preparedness they are gaining at FSU.
The goal of the TPDII will be to integrate technology and professional development activities into the career development program by promoting a seamless integration of services and information sharing among students, faculty, staff, employers and alumni.  The ultimate goal of the TPDII is to increase the usage, understanding and ease of services provided by the office to aid in retention and graduation rates.  The additional positions will provide additional one-on-one contact for students with Career Counselors.
The office currently on has a total FTE of five(5) staff persons:  Director of Career Services, Career Counselor – (Internships, Cooperative Education and alumni services); Career Counselor- Student Professional Development(Juniors and Seniors), Career Counselor – (Freshman and Sophomores);  and an Administrative Support Associate.  There has been a significant increase in request for services from students and faculty and the current FTE of staff cannot keep up with requests for assistance.
The 2009-2010 request for Title III funding included three additional positions for the office:  two career counselors and an administrative support associate.  All of the positions had to be approved by NCOSP and the process for establishing new positions takes a significant amount of time.  Funding for the TPDII was actually not approved until November 2009.  The two Career Counselor positions were not approved for posting until April 2010 and recommendations for hire are in process with an expected start date for the two counselors on June 1, 2010.  The Administrative Support Associate position was approved in May 2010 and applications are currently being accepted.
We are requesting continuation so that the goal of increasing student usage of our programs and services to aid in increase retention and graduation rates can be obtained.

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Strengthen the Effectiveness of the Office of Institutional Advancement

Activity Director: Mr. Arthur Affleck
VC for Institutional Advancement
Funding Level: $275,500

The Institutional Advancement is responsible for, among other things, creating the conditions that will result in increasing the resources coming to the university.  However, the Advancement Program cannot be successful without a sufficient number of staff who are well trained for their particular jobs.  It is also essential to assess and to continually enhance and develop a positive image for the university. Staff in Institutional Advancement at Fayetteville State University (FSU) will work re-position the University and to garner the kind of community-wide support needed to advance the institution.  With additional staff positions, FSU will be better able to strengthen the effectiveness of our overall Advancement Office as well as our strategic communications and outreach programs, which includes the use of social media, multi-media platforms and information highlighting the university and targeted programs to positively promote our accomplishments.  With these resources and additional staff, FSU will be better able to effectively communicate with our many key constituent groups and assess image issues, giving patterns and practices that affect funding priorities.  The result of these efforts will be greater fundraising success. As this communications activity proceeds, it will provide the impetus for systematic and targeted communications to support a comprehensive advancement program.  The Advancement Division has many needs that this grant can support that will allow us to develop the capability to raise significant funds from our alumni and others. These efforts are vital to the University’s future and are intended to propel the institution forward. This is a long-term effort to be effected over a five-year period and it will coincide with a major Capital Campaign that is being planned for FSU.  This overall effort will allow the Division of Institutional Advancement to properly position and promote the considerable positive outcomes that we are experiencing at FSU.  Additionally, this effort to enhance the Office of Institutional Advancement as well as enhance the effectiveness of our communications and outreach efforts will play a vital role in assisting the University in its overall mission of producing 21st Century global scholars. The proposed funds will be used for the following: To evaluate the resource and development program, To provide professional development through CASE training and other entities, To provide the equipment and other tools the Advancement Division needs to strengthen its development program, To enhance our communications with key constituents and prospects, To improve our operations, policies and procedures, To enhance our revenue generation through more effective special-events, To increase our capacity to develop grant proposals, To strengthen our capacity to fully utilize database systems, and research to help as we identify, educate, and cultivate grants and gifts from public and private sources. To add needed staff:  Funds will also be used to hire 5 new staff members: Development officer, Director of Advancement Services, Campaign Coordinator, Administrative Assistant, Administrative Assistant.
 

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 Project Administration and Evaluation

Activity Director: Ms. Tendai Johnson
Assoc. VC for Inst. Effect. and Title III
Funding Level: $241,600

TheThe primary responsibility of the office of Title III Coordination at Fayetteville State University is the administration, monitoring and the evaluation of the institution’s Title III and related grants such as the CCRAA/SAFRA. The office is currently staffed with a Title III director, an administrative officer/university program assistant and an office assistant IV. The purpose of project administration is to assist the university to achieve its mission and vision through the development and implementation of the university‘s strategic priorities. These priorities are aligned with those of the State of North Carolina Board of Governors and details how Fayetteville State University will aid the state to achieve its strategic priorities.

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