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1 COLLEGE OF Arts and Sciences Strategic Plan Cllege f Arts and Sciences The Ohi State University

2 THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY Strategic Planning at The Ohi State University Supprting Faculty, Students, and the Structures that Fster their Success Ohi State s future will be defined and driven by an unwavering cmmitment t ur faculty, students and the structures physical, administrative, curricular, and financial that will fster their success. Such a cmmitment is funded in the verarching principles f the institutin s visin, missin, values, and cre gals. VISION The Ohi State University is the mdel 21st-century public, land grant, research, urban, cmmunity engaged institutin. MISSION The University is dedicated t: Creating and discvering knwledge t imprve the well-being f ur state, reginal, natinal and glbal cmmunities; Educating students thrugh a cmprehensive array f distinguished academic prgrams; Preparing a diverse student bdy t be leaders and engaged citizens; Fstering a culture f engagement and service. We understand that diversity and inclusin are essential cmpnents f ur excellence. VALUES Shared values are the cmmitments made by the University cmmunity in hw we cnduct ur wrk. At The Ohi State University we value: Excellence Diversity in peple and f ideas Inclusin Access and affrdability Innvatin Cllabratin and multidisciplinary endeavr Integrity, transparency, and trust CORE GOALS Fur institutin-wide gals are fundamental t the University s visin, missin and future success: Teaching and Learning: t prvide an unsurpassed, student-centered learning experience led by engaged wrld-class faculty and staff, and enhanced by a glbally diverse student bdy. Research and Innvatin: t create distinctive and internatinally recgnized cntributins t the advancement f fundamental knwledge and schlarship and tward slutins f the wrld s mst pressing prblems. Outreach and Engagement: t advance a culture f engagement and cllabratin invlving the exchange f knwledge and resurces in a cntext f reciprcity with the citizens and institutins f Ohi, the natin, and the wrld. Resurce Stewardship: t be an affrdable public university, recgnized fr financial sustainability, unparalleled management f human and physical resurces, and peratinal efficiency and effectiveness.

3 Cllege f Arts and Sciences Table f Cntents Letter frm the Executive Dean... 3 Cllege Overview... 5 Strategic Scan External... 8 Internal... 9 Succeeding in Our Strategic Fcus Areas ASC Initiatives Teaching and Learning Research and Innvatin Outreach and Engagement Resurce Stewardship Peple/Our Faculty and Staff Diversity Physical Envirnment/Infrastructure Enrllment Planning IT Plan Advancement Tracking Our Perfrmance (Excel Screcards) Definitins Teaching and Learning Screcard Research and Innvatin Screcard Outreach and Engagement Screcard Resurce Stewardship Screcard Page ii

4 Cllege f Arts and Sciences Letter frm the Executive Dean The Cllege f Arts and Sciences was reunified by a unanimus vte f the university s Bard f Trustees n June 18, 2010, reincrprating the five legacy clleges f the frmer Federatin f the Clleges f the Arts and Sciences, including Arts, Bilgical Sciences, Humanities, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, and Scial and Behaviral Sciences. Tgether the departments and schls, and the many additinal centers and institutes within Arts and Sciences, frm the academic cre f The Ohi State University, and thrugh the new Cllege s structure have a greater capacity t amplify resurces and maximize the ptential fr excellence in a visible, cherent, effective, and efficient way. Presented in this dcument is the Cllege s first unified visin fr the future that will serve as a guide fr ur future develpment as a unified and cmprehensive Cllege f Arts and Sciences. The Cllege f Arts and Sciences is big and cmprehensive. There are apprximately 1,100 faculty members in Arts and Sciences wh study just abut every cnceivable subject. Our arts, humanities, scial and behaviral sciences, and natural and mathematical sciences faculty are amng the best in the wrld. Members f ur faculty were respnsible fr expenditures f We are mving frward aggressively t recmbine Arts and Sciences t make it the mst pwerful intellectual platfrm in the cuntry by remving structural and budgetary bundaries and facilitating faculty cllabratin. That wrk is, in many respects, the single mst imprtant intellectual venture at Ohi State during the past 20 years and may well be fr the next 20 years. President E. Grdn Gee Address t the Faculty Thursday, May 14, 2009 nearly $82 millin in federal grant supprt in FY11 (17% f the university s ttal expenditures) and in ur arts and humanities faculty wrte and published 163 bks, cmpsitins, jurnals, majr exhibitins, perfrmances and recrdings. Our arts and sciences units prvide mre than 70% f undergraduate student credit hur prductin (including mre than 90% f the general educatin teaching) and almst 60% f all credit hurs taught n campus. Many faculty and students are engaged in the cmmunity and prvide quality service fr their fields. The Cllege f Arts and Sciences aims t achieve excellence in research and ther creative endeavrs, prvide utstanding learning pprtunities fr ur students, and serve cmmunities utside the university s brders thrugh utreach and engagement activities. T this end we have been engaged in a cmprehensive strategic planning prcess fr Arts and Sciences, a planning prcess that attempts t capitalize n the cmprehensive nature f the Cllege. The strategic plan we have develped benefitted frm the input f faculty, department chairs, prgram directrs, and the Cllege administratin. The plan was vetted and discussed by ur departments and prgrams, by wrking grups that were rganized t discuss individual initiatives and help set pririties fr the Cllege, by subcmmittees f the Faculty Advisry Cuncil that prvided a cmprehensive, crss-cutting view f the initiatives, and by the Cllege s assciate deans and deans. The strategic plan that has resulted frm this prcess recgnizes that we have strng traditinal disciplines that have cntributed significantly t the university s reputatin. The plan als celebrates the emerging spirit f cllabratin and cperatin between faculty and students in ur traditinal units as they engage in interdisciplinary and crss-disciplinary research and teaching a spirit that is helped in part by the frmatin f the cmprehensive arts and sciences cllege tw years ag. The plan als addresses ur respnsibility t engage members f the cmmunity, frm the greater Clumbus area t lcatins arund the glbe. Page 3

5 Cllege f Arts and Sciences We have defined fur basic bjectives fr the Cllege f Arts and Sciences as we mve frward: 1. We will prmte a spirit f cllabratin and cperatin that embraces the diversity f schlarship in the Cllege and increases pprtunities fr interdisciplinary and crss-disciplinary research and teaching, while at the same time recgnizing the imprtance f maintaining ur traditinal areas f strength. 2. We will prvide new innvative teaching pprtunities fr ur faculty and enhanced learning pprtunities fr ur students, and we will prvide undergraduate and graduate curses and prgrams that challenge ur students and match their excellent academic credentials. 3. We will enhance ur cmmunity utreach and engagement and recgnize that we have a respnsibility t the cmmunities utside ur campus brders t disseminate knwledge, prvide valuable expertise, and engage the public. 4. We will cntinue t perate an efficient Cllege that directs as many resurces as pssible tward ur teaching, research, and utreach missins After engaging ur faculty, staff and students in wide-ranging discussin cncerning the strategic plan, 12 initiatives have emerged that we believe will assist us in meeting ur fur verarching bjectives as we mve frward in the future. These initiatives include: Bilgical, Psychlgical, and Scial Pathways t Health and Wellbeing Cyber-Enabled Discvery Decisin Sciences and Human Behavir Change Enhancing the Student Learning Experience Envirnment, Energy and Sustainability Humanities The Cre Understanding f the Human Cnditin Integrated Arts, Media, and Enterprise Internatinalizing the Arts and Sciences Curriculum and Prgrams Literacy, STEM and Research Interpretatin Measurement and Imaging Multi-scale Science Urban Studies The Cllege f Arts and Sciences plays a majr rle in the schlarship and engagement that ges n at Ohi State and this fact is reflected in the majr initiatives we have defined. Our strategic plan prvides the radmap fr ur future success in all areas. Sincerely, Jseph E. Steinmetz, PhD Executive Dean, Cllege f Arts and Sciences Vice Prvst, Arts and Sciences Page 4

6 Cllege f Arts and Sciences Cllege Overview The Cllege f Arts and Sciences is the academic heart f the university. We prvide the cre general educatin curriculum fr all undergraduates and hst nearly 80 majrs. With 39 departments and schls, numerus wrld-class research centers, and mre than 2,000 faculty and staff members, we are a unique university cmmunity that encurages dynamic cnversatins, fsters brad cllabratins, and creates an envirnment f lifelng learning. The Cllege f Arts and Sciences is arguably the largest f its kind in the cuntry and has the ptential t be amng the best as well. Abve all, the Cllege is extremely cmprehensive in its prgrams, curse fferings, and research with students and faculty wh are artists, scial and behaviral scientists, humanists and life, physical and cmputatinal scientists. The faculty hired by the five legacy clleges ver the years is very strng Ohi State is blessed with many great teachers and great schlars in the arts and sciences. The undergraduates attracted t arts and sciences majrs and minrs have steadily imprved ver the years and are nw amng the very best in the Cmmittee n Institutinal Cperatin (CIC). Graduate prgrams in the Cllege als are very strng, many ranked in the tp 20 in the cuntry by several plls. Based n ur strng existing fundatin, and, with careful planning, the arts and sciences at Ohi State can be even better. Given ur structure as a cmprehensive cllege, we have an excellent pprtunity t further enhance ur interdisciplinary teaching, research, and creative activity, bth inside and utside f Arts and Sciences. Indeed, much f the excitement in higher educatin is at the intersectins f ur traditinal disciplines, and an increasing number f faculty members we hire cme with interests and expertise that span mre than ne f the traditinal fields that make up the Cllege. This new interdisciplinary academic wrld prvides the main backdrp against which ur strategic plan fr Arts and Sciences has been develped. We plan t hire faculty wh cntribute t and have an impact n mre than ne department r prgram. We want t develp and supprt interdisciplinary prgrams that reflect the current state f affairs in higher educatin. Our strategic planning prcess was undertaken t create a blueprint that drives prgress in arts and sciences thrugh the further strengthening f ur traditinal disciplines in cncert with develpments in new interdisciplinary initiatives. The end result shuld be a highly innvative, cllabrative, and cperative Cllege f Arts and Sciences that will define higher educatin fr years t cme. Missin The arts and sciences are the academic cre f The Ohi State University and f distinguished universities wrldwide. This is because the areas f study that cmprise the arts and sciences are fundatinal t all university educatin. Prvst Jseph A. Alutt Address t the University Senate February 11, 2010 The Cllege f Arts and Sciences is the university s primary labratry fr inquiry int human expressin; scial and cultural systems; and physical, bilgical, and cgnitive prcesses that is, defining what it means t be human and ur relatinship with the universe. The areas f teaching and learning, discvery and innvatin, and utreach and engagement that cmprise the arts and sciences are brad and cmprehensive and are fundatinal t all university educatin and prfessinal preparedness. The basic bjectives f the Cllege f Arts and Sciences missin are t: Page 5

7 Cllege f Arts and Sciences Prvide learning pprtunities fr ur students that are designed t develp a rigr and penness f the mind that enhances quantitative as well as creative thught; cmputatinal, technlgical, and cmmunicative skills; histrical cnsciusness and ethical perspective; literary understanding and artistic appreciatin; internatinal literacy and curisity; and regard fr values unlike ne s wn, while at the same time preparing them fr a lifetime f change. Engage in innvative discvery and creative activities in the wide range f basic and applied areas that make up the cmprehensive Cllege f Arts and Sciences, including wrk in the arts, behaviral sciences, cmputatinal sciences, humanities, life sciences, physical sciences, and scial sciences, with an verarching gal f seeking slutins t cmplex prblems that have captured the wrld s cllective attentin. Serve the many cmmunities lcated beynd the campus bundaries thrugh engagement and utreach activities designed t disseminate knwledge widely and prvide expertise and experience that is beneficial t the lcal cmmunity, State f Ohi, the cuntry, and the wrld. Visin We envisin a Cllege f Arts and Sciences that: (1) fsters pprtunities fr cllabratin and cperatin amng diverse faculty in pursuing research and schlarship but at the same time recgnizes and celebrates ur traditinal areas f strength; (2) prvides students with innvative, high quality, and challenging learning experiences that match their high level f aspiratin and achievement; and (3) reaches ut and engages individuals utside f the university. Values We value: The cmprehensiveness that the Cllege f Arts and Sciences ffers The imprtance f a liberal arts and sciences educatin fr all Ohi State students The imprtance f preparing ur students t be citizens f the wrld The imprtance f preparing ur students fr an ever-changing wrld Interdisciplinary appraches t learning, discvery and engagement activities The hiring, develpment and retentin f faculty whse schlarship and teaching significantly impacts the wrld arund them Diversity in ur faculty, staff and students Page 6

8 Cllege f Arts and Sciences The imprtance f faculty and staff develpment and input in the life f the Cllege Develping a culture f excellence based n merit and accmplishment Cmmitment t Diversity The Cllege f Arts and Sciences at The Ohi State University embraces diversity as a key cmpnent f excellence and the pursuit f eminence. We are cmmitted t prmting the principles f equal pprtunity, affirmative actin, and multiculturalism in which all individuals are valued, respected, unbstructed in their pursuit f excellence, and prvided pprtunities t flurish. The Cllege s Diversity Statement The Cllege f Arts and Sciences affirms that academic excellence depends upn recruiting and supprting a diverse ppulatin f faculty, staff, and students and n encuraging this diverse faculty t pursue innvative research, transfrmative teaching and learning, and engaged utreach. Diversity is everyne s gal, everyne s pririty, and t everyne s benefit. The Cllege is therefre cmmitted t actively building and sustaining a cmmunity in which peple f diverse race, ethnicity, culture, veteran status, marital status, sci-ecnmic level, citizenship, natinal rigin, religius belief, physical ability, sexual rientatin, gender identity and expressin, age, class, and plitical idelgy fully participate in, cntribute t, and benefit frm the resurces and activities f its departments, centers, and prgrams. Mrever, the Cllege is cmmitted t prmting the university s plicies against discriminatin and t increasing the participatin f individuals frm histrically underrepresented grups at all levels, including within its administratin. Our gal is t create wrkplace and classrm experiences that prmte academic excellence thrugh cultural and intellectual diversity and are free f intlerance and cercive behavirs. In an era f increasing glbalizatin, develping the multicultural cmpetence f the Cllege cntributes critically t achieving excellence in research, teaching, and utreach. Innvatins in inquiry, curriculum, pedaggy, and engagement shuld be undertaken thrugh the lens f cultural pluralism and diversity. Deepening ur institutinal cmmitment t, cmpetence in, and understanding f diversity will cntribute t the internatinal excellence, creativity, and prestige f the Cllege in all f its wrk. In its expansive understanding f inclusin and in its cmmitment t excellence and innvatin in research, teaching, and utreach, the Cllege is ultimately cmmitted t incrprating diversity int every level f its strategic planning as we mve frward. This is an underlying assumptin f all f ur strategic planning. Page 7

9 Cllege f Arts and Sciences Strategic Scan The External Envirnment There are at least tw majr external pressures frm utside f The Ohi State University that will significantly impact the future f the Cllege f Arts and Sciences: (a) a natinal mvement that seems t be placing less emphasis n the value f a liberal arts-based educatin and an increasing emphasis n the imprtance f a jbs- r career-based cllege educatin, and (b) the emergence f an increasingly mre interdisciplinary apprach t schlarship and teaching. We believe that we are in a psitin t deal with bth f these pressures directly as we mve frward. Fr the last several years there have been an increasing number f vices that have questined the value f a liberal arts cllege educatin in favr f a mre direct, career- r jbs-related cllege educatin. Given the recent ecnmic dwnturn arund the wrld, the discussin n this issue has heated up again. We remain dedicated t the idea that in the lng term there is great value in prviding ur students with an excellent liberal arts and sciences experience that is, prviding them with pprtunities t develp their creative side, becme excellent thinkers and prblem slvers, and hne their cmmunicatin skills and abilities. Perhaps mst imprtantly, we believe this experience prepares ur students fr a lifetime f change, as they mst certainly will encunter. In essence, we believe it is a mistake t narrwly fcus their educatin at this critical time f their lives. Hwever, it is nt gd enugh t simply state these ideals as facts. As we mve frward we, as a Cllege, will wrk t prve the value f the liberal arts and science educatin thrugh the rigrus assessment f what ur students learn and hw they grw as students. And we will nt frget that students eventually g ut in the wrld and wrk in a variety f careers. Our strategic plan includes effrts t make a strnger tie between their liberal arts and science educatin and the careers they have after leaving Ohi State. The secnd external pressure the Cllege is facing at this time is the grwing mvement tward interdisciplinary and crss-disciplinary appraches t schlarship and teaching. Our cllege is built n 39 individual units that have lng-standing histries and strengths that have nt always perated in a spirit f cperatin and cllabratin. Yet, the academic wrld is increasingly interdisciplinary as ur schlars study increasingly cmplex prblems and ur students demand multiple views and insights int what they are studying and learning. This situatin has created a natural tensin between ur traditinal disciplines and the emerging interdisciplinary pursuits at the brders f ur traditinal disciplines. Our strategic plan recgnizes this tensin and attempts t create an envirnment that encurages the develpment f interdisciplinary pursuits that are based n strng disciplinary fundatins. Bth appraches t schlarship and teaching can and shuld cexist. Page 8

10 Cllege f Arts and Sciences Internal Envirnment The recent restructuring f the arts and sciences here at The Ohi State University prvided an excellent pprtunity t take a fresh lk at hw we teach students and cnduct research. The restructuring eliminated sme barriers that in the past prevented faculty frm teaching and cnducting research acrss unit bundaries. It als prvided an pprtunity fr us t cllectively think abut hw resurces are spent t deliver necessary services in areas like cmmunicatin, student advising, infrmatin technlgy, and human resurces. And the reunificatin f the Cllege has resulted in a larger cllective budget that enables us, thrugh reallcatin, t invest in new prgrams that benefit faculty and students while at the same time lets us cntinue t invest in ur traditinal strengths. Given the breadth and depth f the unified Cllege s faculty and prgrams, we are well psitined t help advance the university s strategic visin in the areas f teaching and learning, research and innvatin, and utreach and engagement. We already have seen sme successes that can be attributed at least in part t the restructuring f the arts and sciences. New multi-disciplinary degree prgrams have been created r are n their way t final apprval, such as majrs in neurscience and sexuality studies. We are in the prcess f merging sme departments that will result in strnger units that can cmpete mre effectively at a natinal level. Fr example, the Department f Mlecular Genetics recently cmbined with the Department f Plant, Cellular and Mlecular Bilgy, and the Department f Bichemistry is in the prcess f merging with the Department f Chemistry. We have increased investment in the Interdisciplinary Graduate Prgrams in the life sciences and envirnmental sciences and have begun wrking with ther clleges n campus t create a framewrk fr the future success f these prgrams. On the fiscal side, t date we have realized ver $3 millin in savings n staff csts due t cmbining ffices at the center f the Cllege. Als, we were able t retire the debt that accumulated in the legacy Cllege f Mathematical and Physical Sciences as well as launch a number f new capital prjects t imprve facilities n campus, especially fr the arts. Our ability t perate in a stable fiscal climate is at least in part a result f having a larger base f funds n which t make fiscal decisins. There are sme internal challenges ahead fr the Cllege f Arts and Sciences. Perhaps the biggest challenge is cultural in nature. Fr the last 40 years, arts and sciences n campus were parsed int five independent clleges, which at times were mre cmpetitrs than partners. This situatin may have been aggravated by the change in Ohi State s budget mdel eight years ag: student credit hur generatin ften became the dminant determinant f budget allcatin and investment at the individual unit level. We hpe t change the culture in the Cllege frm ne f cmpetitin t ne f cperatin and cllabratin this strategic planning prcess prvides an pprtunity t define and reinfrce this cultural change. Secnd, in general crss-department hiring f faculty and staff has nt been encuraged. As a result the develpment f prgrams at the intersectins f ur traditinal departments has lagged behind ther institutins, even thugh many f the recent exciting develpments in higher educatin have been at these intersectins. Our emphasis n the develpment f strng interdisciplinary prgrams as part f this strategic plan shuld address this situatin. Third, it is clear that ver the last years there has been a steady imprvement in the academic credentials f undergraduate students wh enter Ohi State ur students are amng the Page 9

11 Cllege f Arts and Sciences best in the CIC. It is nt clear, hwever, whether the prgrams we ffer students have kept pace with the quality f students at the university. Our cnversin t semesters, as well as strategic planning effrts, will aid us in assessing the classes and prgrams we currently ffer ur students, with an eye tward prviding the innvative and challenging learning experiences these utstanding students shuld receive. Lastly, it has been several years since the size f ur varius graduate prgrams has been examined. External reviews f ur graduate prgrams have cnsistently indicated we shuld examine the relative size f ur prgrams, as well as current areas f cncentratins within each prgram, as graduate prgram size has traditinally been linked mre with undergraduate teaching demands and less t demands fr graduates in the field r the current state f graduate educatin in the field. The strategic planning prcess will give us an pprtunity t examine where resurces assciated with graduate educatin are directed. In summary, it seems that the time culd nt be better fr mving frward with a cmprehensive strategic plan fr the Cllege f Arts and Sciences which addresses the visin that has been defined fr the university: 1. Prviding an unsurpassed, student-centered learning experience led by engaged, wrldclass faculty and enhanced by a glbally diverse student bdy, 2. Creating distinctive and internatinally recgnized cntributins t the advancement f fundamental knwledge and schlarship and t the slutins f the wrld s mst pressing prblems, 3. Establishing mutually beneficial partnerships with the citizens and institutins f Ohi, the natin, and the wrld s that ur cmmunities are actively engaged in the exciting wrk f The Ohi State University, and 4. Becming the mdel fr an affrdable public university recgnized fr financial sustainability, unsurpassed management f human and physical resurces, and peratinal efficiency and effectiveness. The vast academic diversity fund in the Cllege f Arts and Sciences may be its greatest institutinal strength, and we are cnfident that we will cntribute significantly t the university s strategic plan in many areas. In additin, this strategic planning prcess prvided an utstanding pprtunity t assess and affirm supprt fr ur traditinal strengths and guide hw we invest further in these areas, sme f which may nt seem bvius in the university s plan. In the end these effrts shuld greatly assist us in advancing the Cllege s primary bjectives: t facilitate the interdisciplinary and disciplinary research, schlarship and creative wrks f ur wrld-class Page 10

12 Cllege f Arts and Sciences faculty; t prvide ur excellent students with innvative, first-rate learning experiences; and t serve the public utside campus bundaries. T this end, we have created a strategic plan fr the cllege that is based n 12 initiatives described belw. These initiatives share sme cmmn principles that will guide the Cllege s decisinmaking cncerning future develpments and investments. These principles include: Wherever pssible we will hire faculty whse research and teaching is interdisciplinary in nature; that is, faculty wh can impact multiple areas f the Cllege and the university, especially related t the university s strategic plan. We als will be mindful f the need t maintain ur traditinal disciplinary strengths when we hire faculty, in part because hiring strng interdisciplinary faculty is based t a large extent n strng disciplinary fundatins. We will examine all f the Cllege s plicies and prcedures with an eye tward develping streamlined prcedures and prcesses that free faculty and staff fr the real reasn we are here t teach students and create, acquire, and disseminate new knwledge We will develp an evaluatin and cmpensatin system fr the Cllege that recgnizes the wide and varied cntributins made by ur faculty and staff. Fr faculty, this includes cntributins t nn-traditinal appraches t research and schlarship, participatin in interdisciplinary research and schlarship, develpment f innvative teaching, and participatin in cmmunity utreach and engagement. We will explre ways t create innvative teaching pprtunities fr ur faculty and new learning pprtunities fr ur students, such as the incrpratin f elearning methds, team-teaching, and the develpment f new curricula and curses that tap int the talents f ur faculty and prvide challenging academic prgrams fr ur excellent undergraduate and graduate students. We will wrk t diversify the faculty, students and staff n every dimensin pssible. We will prvide develpment pprtunities fr ur staff t enable them t grw prfessinally, while prviding the Cllege with enhanced service. Page 11

13 Cllege f Arts and Sciences Succeeding in Our Strategic Fcus Areas T reach the bjectives described abve, we engaged the Cllege f Arts and Sciences faculty, staff, and students in a cmprehensive strategic planning prcess that attempted t link the strengths and future directin f the Cllege with the university s frmal strategic plan. We began this prcess by discussing with department chairs and prgram directrs where ur individual units might make cntributins t the university s plans and ther areas f develpment alng with future directins we might g as a cllege. Frm these discussins, we have identified a number f themes r initiatives that were relatively general in nature but wuld engage large numbers f ur units and their faculty. Our departments and prgrams spent sme time discussing the initiatives and where they culd ptentially be invlved. Frm these discussins, 12 strategic initiatives emerged. Wrking grups cmpsed f faculty and students then reviewed the initiatives and prvided sme further guidance including a priritizatin f prgrams within each initiative. Next, tpical subcmmittees f the Faculty Advisry Cuncil reviewed the recmmendatin f the wrking grups with an eye tward making cnnectins between initiatives as well as further refining them. In the end, 12 initiatives were frmulated. These resulting initiatives are described here and essentially make up the Cllege s strategic plan. Bilgical, Psychlgical, and Scial Pathways t Health & Wellbeing What leads t health and wellbeing? D the answers differ at varius life stages and fr differing grups f individuals? Given individuals varying genetic, bilgical, and psychlgical cnstitutins, the variability f humans scial, family, ecnmic, linguistic, and physical envirnments, and the cmplicated interactins amng all f these factrs, can we get t ppulatin-wide mdels and individualized maps t health? Might these maps and mdels generate the discveries, treatments, technlgies, mdels, and prducts that create a thrugh understanding f the nature f wellbeing and thus hw t individualize the strategies fr its imprvement? Ohi State researchers in the Arts and Sciences have been invlved in studying a number f these issues frm either the micr-level study f individual health determinants and treatment utcmes r the macr-level study f health acrss varius ppulatins (men, wmen, African Americans, immigrants, elderly, prer ppulatins). Few, hwever, have wrked acrss the micr- and macr-levels f analysis t develp a cmprehensive picture f the determinants and cnsequences f health and well-being acrss the lifespan. T shed new light n the interactin f cmplex bilgical, psychlgical, and scial systems, wrk requires pwerful new tls (e.g., functinal Magnetic Resnance Imaging technlgy), data analytic techniques such as netwrk analysis, and large samples. Already available, t sme degree, t Oh State researchers, these tls have allwed them t begin t explre f such questins as: What cnstitutes and hw d we measure health and well-being acrss the lifespan?; What cnstitutes healthy aging?; What is the rle f family and scialinstitutinal factrs in the health and well-being f adlescents and adults?; and What cmplex Page 12

14 Cllege f Arts and Sciences interactins f genetic, neural, and bichemical mechanisms mediate the psitive scial relatinships that are s essential t health and well-being? We believe that Ohi State can and shuld be the natinally- and internatinally-recgnized hme fr answers t these and related questins answers that respnd t the burgening needs f an aging ppulatin, healthcare prviders, and cmmercial prviders f healthcare prducts. Fcusing n health, nt slely n disease, is the prmising directin f healthcare glbally, a directin that The Ohi State University has the capacity t spearhead. Truly transfrmative discveries that fundamentally alter ur understanding f health and well-being require nt nly tls, samples and large data sets, they als require structures and prgramming that bring researchers frm acrss disciplines tgether t address cmmn prblems at multiple levels f analysis. This initiative builds upn existing university strengths but ges far beynd them. Once realized, the pririties under this initiative will make majr cntributins t the Health and Wellness discvery area in the university s strategic plan. Pririty 1: Develp and patent a large scale, representative, and lngitudinal data base (Infrmatin Bank) that captures nrmative markers f health and well-being. The markers cllected shuld be cmprehensive and shuld address the multiple levels f analysis idea that is fcal t this initiative Develp sampling methds fr target ppulatins; identify key markers [including, but nt limited t genetic and epigenetic analyses, brain images (EEG, MRI, fmri, DTI), hrmnal levels, assessments f cgnitive and perceptual functining, persnality characteristics, scial, emtinal, and behaviral patterns r styles, envirnmental factrs, speech recrdings and acustic assessments, demgraphic, SES, lifestyle status] and critical health and wellbeing utcmes; design and cnstruct database that extends data cllectin ver multiple waves, generating nging multilevel data resurces that can be amended t include new data/fci in rder t be respnsive t pprtunities fr research cllabratins acrss disciplines; develpment and disseminatin f tls and data analytic techniques that will permit hypthesis testing acrss levels f analysis Use wrk n cnstructin and analysis f data in Infrmatin Bank as a teaching tl at undergraduate, graduate, and pstdctral levels Market data base t scientific and business partners in Ohi and at natinal and internatinal levels. Pririty 2: Develp an Institute n Health and Well-being that will versee the Infrmatin Bank, will crdinate the activities (research, seminar and wrkshp, grant, patent, and cmmercial activities) f three research cncentratins, and will versee assciated curricular develpments Establish three new research grups acrss campus that will be administratively hused under the Institute. These three research cllabratives will fcus n (a) the Bilgical, Psychlgical, and Scial Causes, Cnsequences, and Prmtin f Health Behavirs; (b) Multi-level Analyses f Stress and Health; and (c) Pathways t Health and Well-being acrss the Lifespan Page 13

15 Cllege f Arts and Sciences Appint faculty wh have expertise wrking acrss disciplines and levels f analyses and in ne f the three research cllabratives identified abve Develp and versee a new, interdisciplinary BS/BA degree in Multi-level Pathways t Health and Well-being Develp and strengthen initiatives t translate the fundamental science dne in Institute Fellws labratries t the public in a way that is understandable, prmtes behavir change, and infrms public discurse and health plicy Cyber Enabled Discvery Cyber-enabled discvery (CED) research facilitated in an essential way by mdeling, algrithms, and cmputatin enables the study f cmplex natural, human, and technlgical systems and their interactins in ways that wuld be difficult r perhaps even impssible t study by any ther means. Researchers in the arts, humanities, scial, behaviral, natural, and mathematical sciences increasingly use mdels, algrithms and cmputatin t address intellectual questins and slve research prblems. CED skills are imprtant fr students, t, as emplyers increasingly seek emplyees with sphisticated data analysis capabilities. The large prblems f the 21st century are frequently embedded in r are significant cmpnents f very cmplex systems. Understanding the wrld arund us requires a lens thrugh which we view the wrld, and the primary lens is a mdel, r an abstract, simplified view f reality. The mdel is used fr many purpses, including making decisins. The essential features f infrmed reasning range frm develpment f the mdel thrugh cnnecting the mdel t data t assessment and imprvement f the mdel. Methdlgy is the tl that links data and mdel; simulatin prvides an alternative means f explring implicatins f mdels in data-pr and thery-rich settings. CED plays a central rle in a brad range f interdisciplinary centers acrss campus. By building n these investments, and cnnecting faculty and students engaged in CED acrss campus, we can simultaneusly advance fundamental research and quantitatively address sme f the wrld s mst pressing prblems. The next generatin f citizens needs practical experience in examining the kinds f public questins explred in all ASC undergraduate prgrams. Emplyers are asking us fr graduates wh have a fuller understanding f glbal cnnectins, knw hw t wrk in diverse teams t slve cmplex prblems, explre plicy issues, and build healthy cmmunities. All kinds f rganizatins are emplying cyber-enabled appraches t ptimize services, develp new prducts, and streamline peratins. They need access t new CED tls and appraches, and a wrkfrce f data scientists and data literate managers wh can help them analyze massive amunts f data fr new insights that, ultimately, have a psitive impact n the bttm line. Given the ubiquitus use f mdeling, algrithms and cmputatin in research and innvatin, the develpment f pririties described fr this initiative will make majr Page 14

16 Cllege f Arts and Sciences cntributins t all three f the discvery areas that have been identified fr investment in the university s strategic plan: Health & Well-being, Fd Prductin & Safety, and Energy & Envirnment. Pririty 1: Establish a CED Netwrk at Ohi State t prvide guidance and establish pririties in this rapidly changing apprach t research and inquiry acrss many ASC disciplines Inventry current prgrams, talent and supprt, and t identify pssible 1- and 3- year learning, discvery and engagement gals Cnvene wrking grups as priritized by the Netwrk arund identified current faculty interest, fr example: Mdels, Methdlgy, Simulatin; Visual Analytics; Learning Thrugh Discvery; Targeted Data Repsitries; and Cmplex Systems Make new appints that include: interdisciplinary research and cllabrative partnerships Create a virtual cllabratry t get different areas mre engaged with each ther and t facilitate sustained real-time cllabratin amng gegraphically and rganizatinally distributed teams Increase funding frm external agencies and cmmercial enterprises Build n the strength f The Advanced Cmputing Center fr the Arts and Design (ACCAD) as a critical part f the CED Netwrk Pririty 2: Mdify and enhance curricula and establish a climate f learning in CED Expand current and develp new degree prgrams/certificatins fr undergraduate, pst-baccalaureate and graduate levels in CED, fr example: GIS in Survey Research, Digital Humanities, Visualizatin and Analysis, etc. Incrprate int the CED Netwrk semester/year-lng prgrams, seminar series, and shrt curses abut mdels, methdlgy and simulatin Develp training pprtunities where fundamentals frm Mathematics and Statistics are cupled with training in discipline-specific research methds fr students, faculty and staff t raise the current campus capacity Increase pprtunities fr students t access cmmn massive data sets thrugh virtual learning tls/envirnments Develp upper-level undergraduates and graduate student access t the same types f instruments and cmputatinal tls faculty use in their research Establish lecture series t intrduce faculty t different perspectives and appraches they culd apply t their wn cmplex system research Organize curricula arund cmplex system themes; actively help students t becme skilled in using CED appraches t wrk with cmplex prblems Help students apply what they learn thrugh service learning prjects fcused n cmplex prblems/themes Pririty 3: Invest in and develp targeted data repsitries fr teaching and research Fcus funding fr wrking data (e.g., large amunts f temprary space needed fr certain phases f a prject) n strage and data management resurces that can be repurpsed frm ne prject t the next and shared acrss disciplines Page 15

17 Cllege f Arts and Sciences Inventry existing preservatin data cllectins and determine the extent t which they culd (r shuld) fit int natinal taxnmies r repsitries make the data being preserved at the university shareable beynd Ohi State t maximize its value Adpt NSF and ther funding agencies data sharing requirements and data management slutins in crdinatin with the CIC t avid reinventing the wheel Link a specific plan fr data cllectin and management t each f the strategic plan discvery themes Cllect data t create large numbers f data pints thrugh inexpensive devices attached t student, faculty, and staff smart phnes Decisin Sciences and Human Behavir Change We currently are witnessing the middle f a glden age f behaviral research. One f the mst active areas f research int human behavir fcuses n Decisin Sciences. Chice and decisin making are key behavirs that permeate everyday life and every level f human interactin, frm individuals t small grups, t states and natins, and t multi-natinal crpratins and institutins. Individual and grup decisins alter substantive utcmes such as health, energy use, envirnmental impacts, water rights and use, and pverty. Within ASC, research in decisin science already cntributes t each f the three areas emphasized in the university s strategic plan. In the Energy and Envirnment theme, research is addressing peple s understanding f energy and climate systems (including the cgnitive and mtivatinal mechanisms underlying energy use, cnservatin, prduct chice, and ther climate-relevant behavir), energy auctins and ther market mechanisms (which culd infrm current auctins f natural gas resurces by the Public Utilities Cmmissin in Ohi r effrts t facilitate time-f-day pricing in residential energy cnsumptin). In the Health and Wellness theme, research and mdeling address the rle f emtin in patients and physicians decisins (including risk perceptins and anticipated regret ver diagnstic r treatment decisins), numeracy (number ability) and educatin (including their relatin t risk perceptins, infrmed chice, and prtective health behavirs), lcatin analysis fr healthcare delivery, and rganizatinal cntext and medical errrs (including the rles f time pressure, staffing and wrklad issues, and cumbersme r prly designed prcedures fr wrkflw and cmmunicatin amng prviders), and self-cntrl in health and wellness (including helping patients and thers t fllw thrugh n recmmended actins and lng-term gals). In the Fd Security and Prductin theme, a variety f researchers address agricultural decisin making (including hw public attitudes and plicies c-evlve with dwnstream ecsystem cnditins such as water quality and, in turn, hw farmers respnd t these attitudes and plicies). Decisins regarding the purchase f lcal and rganic fd are als related t this theme. Yet, at Ohi State and in mst universities, research and teaching t address decisin making are spread acrss disparate departments with little verall rganizatin r crdinatin. Recent effrts at the university t emphasize Behaviral Decisin Making (BDM) have prvided a cre set f Page 16

18 Cllege f Arts and Sciences researchers and teachers t guide an effrt t create an internatinally prminent presence fr Ohi State in decisin science. Fllwing is an utline f additinal structures and initiatives that wuld establish a cherent and crdinated wrld-class decisin sciences presence at the university. Further develpment f teaching and research thrugh realizing the pririties we have defined fr the decisin sciences will make significant cntributins t all three f the discvery areas that have been identified fr investment in the university s strategic plan: Health & Well-being, Fd Prductin & Safety, and Energy & Envirnment. Pririty 1: Establish a cmprehensive research center in Decisin Sciences and Human Behavir Change at The Ohi State University. The Cllege f Arts and Sciences (and the University at-large) has an immense capacity in terms f faculty research and schlarship t supprt a research center in this area with natinal and internatinal distinctin Appint a Center Directr t versee and prmte the research, learning, and utreach, activities f the Center Develp research cllabratives that prmte wrk n Fundatinal Appraches t investigating human reasning and decisin-making (i.e., the descriptive, the prcess-riented, the nrmative/ratinal, and the prescriptive appraches t decisin making) and applicatins t the university s discvery themes f (a) Energy and Envirnment, (b) Health and Wellness, and (c) Fd Security and Prductin Appint faculty and pstdctral and visiting faculty fellws t wrk in ne r mre f the abve-described research cllabratives. Acquire the requisite space, equipment (including cmputing, eye-tracking, and physilgical recrding equipment ), and resurces (financial incentives fr research participants, and persnnel fr large data cllectins) t facilitate their research, training, and utreach activities Develp an infrmatin prtal thrugh which media, decisin makers, and the public can learn abut the research and plicy implicatins/applicatins f Ohi State s Decisin sciences researchers. The ultimate gal wuld be t translate the fundamental and applied science cnducted under the umbrella f the center t the public in such a way that is understandable, prmtes behavir change, and infrms public discurse and plicy Pririty 2: Develp curricular prgrams t enhance graduate and undergraduate learning experiences Develp undergraduate minr in Decisin Sciences t be verseen by the center Develp graduate Interdisciplinary Specializatin in Decisin Sciences Enhancing the Student Learning Experience Much f a university s frmal educatin f undergraduates is centered in ur classrms and instructinal labratries where learning takes place thrugh structured lectures, discussins, and active learning pprtunities. This apprach has histrically been valuable and cntinues t be an imprtant part f the student learning experience. The Cllege f Arts and Sciences als recgnizes Page 17

19 Cllege f Arts and Sciences that learning can and shuld take place utside f these frmal settings during individualized learning pprtunities as well as when wrking with individuals and grups n- and ff-campus. Our plans are t significantly expand and enhance high quality learning pprtunities fr arts and sciences students that include imprvements in classrm teaching experiences as well develping quality experiences that g well beynd the traditinal undergraduate classrm and labratry, which we referred t has experiential learning pprtunities. The further develpment f student prgrams is a majr gal f many f the ther initiatives that are part f this strategic plan. Many f the ther initiatives address pprtunities that will cntribute t the enhancement f the student learning experience In many ways this initiative is clsely tied t the ther initiatives that cnstitute the verall strategic plan fr the Cllege. It is anticipated that the enhancement f teaching and learning described under this initiative will have a significant impact n all three f the discvery areas identified fr investment in the university s strategic plan: Health & Well-being, Fd Prductin & Safety, and Energy & Envirnment. Pririty 1: Enhancing Experiential Learning Opprtunities. Experiential learning pprtunities take place utside f the classrm and include individualized r small grup learning pprtunities. We will enhance existing experiential learning pprtunities and develp new pprtunities in fur areas, internships, service learning, study abrad, and research s that all arts and sciences students can have meaningful and structured learning experiences utside f the classrm. Braden the missin f the Arts and Sciences Career Services Office t supprt and fster the enhancement f a variety f experiential learning pprtunities including internships, service learning, study abrad and research activities. Increase internships pprtunities fr Cllege students by enhancing cmmunicatin with students abut internship pprtunities and their intrinsic value, wrking with Ohi State alumni and friends t develp new internship pprtunities that are relevant t arts and sciences students and wrking with departments t incrprate internship pprtunities int curriculum and degree requirements. Develp service learning pprtunities fr Cllege students by creating a cllege structure t crdinate service learning effrts that is clsely cnnected with the OAA s Undergraduate Educatin ffice and develping additinal service learning pprtunities fr students. Develp new study abrad prgrams designed t take advantage f the May sessin f the summer term under semesters; Increase schlarship supprt fr study abrad experiences. Increase undergraduate participatin in research by enhancing cmmunicatin with abut available research experiences; creating f a cmprehensive data base regarding available research pprtunities; develping additinal research Page 18

20 Cllege f Arts and Sciences pprtunities fr students; and examining the faculty reward structure fr prviding undergraduate research pprtunities. Pririty 2: E-Learning. The Ohi State University lags behind ther institutins in the develpment f E-Learning appraches t teaching and learning. E-Learning appraches incrprate technlgy int learning experiences and can range frm hybrid curses in which technlgy is used in cnjunctin with traditinal teaching methds t cmpletely distance curse frmats where interactins invlving instructrs and students ccur ttally n-line. Our verall gal is t enhance student learning thrugh the incrpratin f technlgy int curses. Develp cllege guidelines fr the develpment f n-line curses (whether cmpletely n-line r hybrid) and increase the number f curses that use E- Learning appraches including hybrid and distance curse frmats. Prvide faculty with resurces t develp elearning appraches and increase technical supprt fr elearning prjects. Incrprate mre interactive tutrials, testing services, and innvative technlgies fr use in large lecture-type classes t allw faculty t mnitr student respnse, participatin, and perfrmance. Pririty 3: Interdisciplinary Team Teaching. Team teaching can be a valuable apprach t enhance the student experience especially when delivering interdisciplinary prgrams and curses. Develp cllege plicies that encurage team-teaching and address faculty wrklad issues, curse crdinatin issues, and faculty evaluatin issues and increase supprt at the department and cllege level fr team teaching and encurage its use. Pririty 4: Advising and Mentring. Student advising in arts and sciences invlves members f the faculty as well as a prfessinal advising staff. We will imprve student advising at all levels t enhance ur undergraduate student experiences. Increase faculty participatin in advising and mentring undergraduate students. Enhance cnnectins between ur prfessinal advising staff and faculty and staff in ur departments invlved in advising activities. Increase supprt fr academic advising at all levels. Pririty 5: New Prgram Experiences. The academic wrld is ever changing and there is a cnstant need t update ur curses, majrs/minrs, and degree prgrams as well as intrduce new prgrams t recgnize the changes in the wrld arund us and reflect thse changes. Develp new curses, majrs/minrs, and prgrams in supprt f the ther initiatives in this strategic plan, especially thse prgrams that are integrated int the research and schlarship areas t be develped in the strategic plan (see ther initiatives). Page 19

21 Cllege f Arts and Sciences Envirnment, Energy & Sustainability The future sustainability f ur sciety is fundamentally cupled t, and limited by, energy and envirnmental resurces. As Jhn P. Hldren, Directr f the Office f Science and Technlgy Plicy, put it recently, Energy is the hardest part f the envirnment prblem; envirnment is the hardest part f the energy prblem, and reslving the energy-ecnmy-envirnment dilemma is the hardest part f the challenge f sustainable well-being fr industrial and develping cuntries alike. Our current energy-envirnment paradigm is nt sustainable. Expliting energy and envirnmental resurces has driven us tward ur current state f extrardinary scial, agricultural and technlgical develpment. But it has als altered Earth s bigechemistry, ecsystems, and climate and expsed ur sciety t risks that are difficult t assess, t hedge and t mitigate. The challenges and uncertainties we face prvide us with an unprecedented pprtunity t build n ur existing strengths and t establish Ohi State as a premier institutin fstering learning, discvery and utreach at the nexus f envirnment, energy and sustainability. Ohi State is ne f nly a handful f academic institutins arund the cuntry that has the right mix f capabilities, skills and expertise t fundamentally shift hw we apprach research and educatin in this area. The Ohi State University has a great deal f relevant expertise in its labs, centers, ffices, and netwrks but they are nt fully netwrked tgether, campus-wide. By rganizing and integrating existing strengths in research and educatin, in partnership with ther clleges, we will develp the capability f assembling the crss cllege, multi-disciplinary teams needed t fully address the energy, envirnment and sustainability questin. Develpment f the pririties described fr this initiative will make majr cntributins t advancing the Energy and Envirnment discvery area in the university s strategic plan. Pririty 1: Develp a scientific and peratinal mechanism t (a) identify specific research themes and pprtunities as targets fr semester r annual fcused prgrams in the area f envirnment, energy and sustainability; (b) cnvene relevant university researchers arund the current theme t tailr a prgram f visiting schlars, wrkshps, shrt curses, seminars and seed grants; (c) encurage frmatin research partnerships that will be cmpetitive fr external funding; and (d) serve as a natinally recgnized center f expertise in this brad area. Pssible thematic years include (1) Subsurface energy explratin and explitatin; (2) Alternative energy generatin and strage; (3) Envirnmental plicy, law and ethics; mediating envirnmental cnflict; (4) Water and Climate: climate change; sustainable water supply; human dimensins f natural resurce use; (5) Bilgical, Page 20

22 Cllege f Arts and Sciences eclgical and agricultural resurces respnse t changing envirnments; (6) Predictive mdels and quantificatin f uncertainty Facilitate visiting schlars, pstdctral fellws and graduate students; develp shrt curses, seminars, wrkshps, wrking grups, and prvide seed grants fr newly frmed research partnerships Establish truly innvative crss-disciplinary research cllabratins within and acrss clleges; and als with the Office f Energy and Envirnment, the Subsurface Energy Resurce Center, Byrd Plar Research Center, and the Envirnmental Sciences Netwrk Develp innvative and flexible undergraduate majrs in envirnment, energy, and sustainability in which students culd chse amng several different research fci including science/technlgy; public plicy/law; scial/behaviral/ecnmic; and health/wellness Build n the Envirnmental Science Graduate Prgram t engage the humanities; natural, scial and physical sciences; engineering; and business; Imprve crdinatin and utilizatin f existing instructinal and labratry capabilities Develp new state-f-the-art research capabilities specifically targeting needs f researchers in envirnment, energy and sustainability Wrk with lcal, reginal, and natinal emplyers t develp prfessinal degree prgrams Cultivate industry interactins leading t cllabrative research, new funding, technlgy transfer and training pprtunities fr students Cmmunicatin and disseminatin f research t plicy makers; resurces managers, state gvernment agencies; K-12, and the general public Humanities The Cre Understanding f the Human Cnditin The Cllege affirms the fundamental significance f the liberal arts in shaping the cntexts fr discvery and self-discvery, learning and wise engagement. Pressing glbal issues require cnceptual clarity, histrical awareness and cultural understanding, and ften demand new ways f thinking abut these prblems and ur relatins with thers. Research and schlarship in the humanities are indispensable fr understanding cnceptual fundatins, examining nrmative cntexts, and generating fresh insights and appraches t the challenges f scial and technlgical change. Educatin fr glbal citizenship increases the need fr serius reflectin and sustained deliberatin abut questins f hw t live and what is f value in human life. We prpse a number f pririties fr strategic develpment in the Humanities t enhance the Cllege s effrts at understanding the human cnditin, building new links between Arts and Sciences and ther stakehlders in the University, and strengthening the existing links between units within the Cllege f Arts and Sciences. Page 21

23 Cllege f Arts and Sciences Pririty 1: Reinvest in the Humanities Institute t allw the Institute t serve as an incubatr fr new cllabrative initiatives and as a pint f cmmunity cntact fr the Humanities. Appint a new directr fr the Institute Fund a Faculty fellws prgram prviding pprtunities frm within the faculty r frm ther universities, and pst-dctral fellws Prvide the Institute with administrative assistance t develp an NEH Challenge Grant, and facilitate ther grant prpsals such as the NEH Cllabrative Grants Supprt sympsia, university dialgue and lecture series such as the prpsed Critical Matters sympsium, Big Ideas Netwrk, Presenting Lives Initiative Pririty 2: Establish a Center fr Ethics and Human Values based n the effrts f the current Innvatin Grup Cnfirm and fund the leadership fr the center t include: a funding directr, assciate directr and GTA supprt Assign base level funding that supprts an Annual Cnference, Lecture Series, and annual COMPAS (Cnversatins n Mrality, Plitics, and Sciety) thematic prject that extends acrss campus. COMPAS shuld be an annual, crdinated effrt acrss many disciplines Seek external funding t establish a Fellws prgram that supprts external schlars t the Center Pririty 3: Establish a cllabrative and cperative administrative structure fr ur language departments that better captures their individual strengths and takes advantage f the physical attributes f Hagerty Hall Establish an Advanced Language Institute t engage high ability language students Develp a research and teaching chrt that fcuses n Secnd Language Acquisitin and Pedaggical studies Frmalize the curricular publicatin effrts f ur Freign Language Center t serve multiple disciplines Increase the number f endwed chairs in languages, literatures, and cultures t raise the verall prfile f the faculty Pririty 4: Enhance current research effrts t gain strength, viability, and impact Prvide lgistical supprt and infrmal structures t faculty chrts wh share expertise in a variety f emerging research tpics, fr example: Translatin Studies; Mvement Analysis and Dcumentatin; Transnatinal and Multiethnic Studies Language; Lgic, Infrmatin, and Cmputatin Analysis, Study f Shakespeare, Digital Humanities Frmalize the cllege cmmitment t Suth Asian Studies thrugh the further develpment f curriculum, creatin f a transparent and flexible administrative structure, and a faculty appintment plan Establish plicies, fiscal supprt, and physical lcatins fr jurnal effrts acrss the multiple arts and humanities disciplines Page 22

24 Cllege f Arts and Sciences Encurage wide-spread use f Research in View t establish a faculty expertise database fr cmmunity engagement Develp a natinal publicity campaign t highlight the research/creative activity impact f ur faculty including intentinally nminating faculty fr apprpriate natinal /internatinal awards Create mre dnr study experiences like Histry s WWII curse mdel t expse the wrk f ur faculty and increase funding surces Integrated Arts, Media, and Enterprise The arts cntribute t the civic cre f university culture and align with President Gee's visin f an arts prtal t the university's main campus and the University Framewrk s underlying principles. Our missin is t enhance current academic prgrams, renvate select campus facilities, and thrugh the pprtunity t develpment new curricular initiatives, establish a clustered and expanded arts neighbrhd that identifies 15th and High as "the critical pulse n the cultural crridr and histric gateway t OSU." This initiative seeks t supprt and amplify existing and newly develping: curricular effrts, arts facilities, and cmmunity engagement. We need t sharpen ur curriculum and imprve ur facilities t enable the teaching f artists and schlars t have the skills t launch careers, frm cmpanies and ensembles, and cntribute t sciety regardless f their particular career path. The cllege strives t establish a prminent arts presence and entryway t the campus alng with prjects that reach ut beynd the campus t demnstrate the active cntributin and significance f the arts t the larger cmmunity. An rganic apprach t planning, plicy develpment and implementatin invlving bth campus and cmmunity partners will guide ur visin t be pen t new discvery and yet-t-be-discvered research appraches and evlving technlgies. All current visual and perfrming arts units and well as ther university partners will strive t integrate bth interdisciplinary research and prgram-specific research and curriculum. Current facilities under renvatin and all future new cnstructin and renvatin will prvide essential prgram-specific resurces as well as shared spaces that facilitate cllabratin, integratin and enterprise. Withut inspired curricular changes and imprved facilities, utreach, discvery, and the learning bjectives f the Cllege in the 21st century will be impssible t achieve. Pririty 1: Establish an arts neighbrhd - a new cnstellatin f space near High and 15 th within the larger University Arts District that includes the renvated Sullivant Hall, the Schl f Music campus and the Hughes, Hayes, Hpkins cmplex and actively cnnects university culture, lcal business, and a brader public cmmunity enhancing visibility and accessibility Page 23

25 Cllege f Arts and Sciences Develp fully the Barnett Center fr Integrated Arts & Enterprise Create a new Arts Gallery apprpriate t further supprt the burgening and tpten public visual arts prgram and tp-fur design prgram Establish spaces that huse: Mving image prductin; Music, Media and Enterprise; and Arts Management activities that benefit frm verlapping prgramming Create a mving-image and sund prductin facility dedicated t multi-media prductin in rder t supprt film studies and screen-based delivery, instructin, and research acrss disciplines including a Public Screening Theatre Invite apprpriate nn-asc units t cllabrate n the design, use and plices f prpsed facility Imprve the wrking relatinship with the Wexner Center t include: imprved access t Mershn Auditrium, access and integratin f the Wexner Media Arts exhibitin series and Wexner Art and Technlgy Filmmakers Residency Prgram Develp a master plan fr prjected site placement and funding fr the relcatin f theatre frm Drake t the arts neighbrhd Pririty 2: Review and enhance curriculum frm an integrated perspective Align faculty and curricular grwth f Music Media and Enterprise, Art and Technlgy, Music Cmpsitin, Mving Image Prductin, and ACCAD thrugh crdinated space allcatin and faculty/staff appints Develp new prgrams built ff existing strengths, including: Curatrial Studies, Interdisciplinary Prfessinal Practices, Mving Image Prductin, Writing fr the Arts (Grants, Artist Statements, Features, etc.), Arts Analysis and Preservatin, Prductin Analysis and Dcumentatin, Multi-media Minr, Sund, Image prductin fr the Sciences, Research Interpretatin, Mtin Capture, Games fr Scial Gd, Digital Histry, Digital Humanities Establish an curriculum acrss the visual and perfrming arts that features writing fr the arts, grant applicatins, and the develpment f artistic statements Scheduling a cmmn blck acrss arts unit level scheduling t enable crssdisciplinary wrk Frm and frmalize The Lantern Media Grup, t include the Lantern newspaper, Lantern On-Line and Buckeye TV clsed circuit televisin Pririty 3: Develp creative cmmunity partnerships, faculty and staff appints reflecting the necessary institutin supprt fr the visual and perfrming arts Directly link the Schl f Music Opera Prgram with the Department f Theatre and frmalize prgrammatic relatinships with Opera Clumbus, Clumbus Symphny Orchestra, and ther presenting rganizatins Increase prductin supprt based staffing acrss arts units t enable crssdisciplinary and inter-disciplinary prductin effrts Cnslidate Gallery management and supprt staffing under the cllege Crdinate perfrmances and presenting schedules with CAPA Establish an Arts Extensin Specialist Fund a guest artists/schlar prgram fr the cllege Structure a cluster-appint pprtunity fr multiple-current units t enhance their Page 24

26 Cllege f Arts and Sciences wn prgrams and prvide a critical-mass f appints in Mving Image Prductin Partner with WOSU-Public Media fr student pprtunities Internatinalizing the Arts and Sciences Curriculum and Prgrams Withut a dubt there is a great need fr ur students t be prepared t live and wrk in a glbal sciety that is made up f multiple languages and cultures. The Cllege f Arts and Sciences has many faculty members wh cnduct research and teach in a wide variety f internatinal areas and is hme t language instructin n campus. At this time there is a great pprtunity t increase ur effrts in internatinalizing ur academic curriculum and prgrams acrss the bard s ur students can functin effectively in ur ever-expanding glbal sciety. T this end, we will pursue several initiatives that will further expse ur students t cultures and experiences utside f this cuntry as well as enhancing ur research engagement in areas related t glbal and internatinal subject matters. There are multiple mechanisms fr internatinalizing the curriculum. Our apprach is based n a framewrk cnsisting f three verarching rubrics: freign language instructin; internatinalizing curricula and prgrams (ther than language instructin); and internatinal experiences. Our gal is t identify n-campus and ff-campus appraches that will have a brad and sustained impact n students and faculty and based n these three principles. It is anticipated that ur effrts t internatinalize the arts and sciences curriculum and prgrams described under this initiative will advance all three f the discvery areas identified fr investment in the university s strategic plan: Health & Well-being, Fd Prductin & Safety, and Energy & Envirnment. Pririty 1: Freign Language Instructin. Enhanced freign language instructin is critical fr the internatinalizatin f students acrss the university. We prpse t: Develp an Advanced Language Institute (ALI) as a critical methd fr integrating language and prfessinal training fr a large number f students. ALI seeks t prvide quality language training linked t the student s discipline-based skills and include a strng set f supprting activities and prgrams t link language training t service learning, internships, and career preparatin. Amng ther things, the chief activities f the ALI will be t engage the cmmunity utside f Ohi State, build a database f internships at lcal, natinal, and internatinal lcatins and service pprtunities, and explre internatinal netwrking pprtunities affrded by the develpment f Glbal Gateways and ther means Page 25

27 Cllege f Arts and Sciences Explre ways t better rganize ur utstanding language departments t imprve the quality and accessibility f language and culture instructin at Ohi State, encurage cllabratin between units, and enhance the preparatin f ur students. Pririty 2: Internatinal Curricula and Prgrams (ther than freign language instructin). Many curricula and prgrams acrss the cllege are internatinal in nature and these will be enhanced t prvide additinal internatinal educatin fr students. Strengthen the existing Undergraduate Internatinal Studies Prgram (UISP) by simplifying the BA and BS tracks, ffer academically challenging prgrams and expanding Natural and Mathematical and Arts and Humanities fferings in the IS curriculum, creating prfessinal master s degree prgrams in internatinal studies, and encuraging the invlvement f mre fulltime tenure track faculty in the IS prgram. Increase the number f faculty interested in internatinal teaching and schlarships by appinting faculty with jint appintments in IS and ther relevant academic units acrss the Cllege including faculty whse teaching and schlarship are in areas f internatinal cultures and literature. Enhance the university s capacity fr internatinal partnerships in instructin and research. Pririty 3: Internatinal Experiences. Internatinal experiences include traditinal study abrad prgrams and study turs, internatinal internships, and internatinal service learning pprtunities. We will substantially increase the number f undergraduate students wh have sme kind f internatinal experience. Establish an incentive-based funding mdel fr develping new study-abrad curses and experiences. Develp new study abrad experiences that range frm shrt-term experiences t lnger-term intensive experiences and als reflect the diversity f disciplines in the Cllege. Develp n campus curses that are related and integrated with study abrad experiences. Literacy, STEM and Research Interpretatin Recent interest in STEM educatin reflects cncern regarding the extent t which the general public fails t understand university research and lacks the scientific and quantitative literacy t be effective stewards f public plicy. Alng with learning scientific methdlgies and develping quantitative literacy, students need t be able t cmmunicate their wrk t the public: t effectively articulate hw research addresses sciety s mst pressing questins and challenges. Mrever, as public discurse mves mre and mre nline, students need t learn t be prepared t wrk with rapidly changing, scial, digital media. Our students can becme ur best advcates fr research as they learn t be well-infrmed and actively infrmed citizens. Page 26

28 Cllege f Arts and Sciences As part f the university s missin as a landgrant institutin, Ohi State engages with the wider cmmunity t share its research, teaching, and service expertise fr the benefit f the public. The current interest in building the natin s STEM wrkfrce has resulted in increased fcus n hw universities can play a rle in fstering student interest in STEM careers in K-12, including the establishment f requirements fr utreach and engagement as part f prpsals t sme state and federal agencies fr research funding. The Cllege f Arts and Sciences and the university have existing facilities and resurces that have the ptential t expand their current STEM utreach and engagement capacity as well as develp new initiatives. There is a crrespnding increase in the need fr an infrmed electrate that understands the science and technlgy assciated with these issues and the impact that the science technlgy has n sciety. Frm glbal climate change t teaching evlutin in the schls, these issues ften require an interdisciplinary understanding that is infrmed nt nly by STEM disciplines but als the humanities, public plicy, law, and ther areas. In tandem with develping a better understanding f these issues, students need t develp skills t cmmunicate that understanding t thers as well as critically evaluate the messages presented t them by the media. Currently, there are very few mechanisms t acknwledge and fster the schlarship f STEM teaching and learning within ASC, much less t direct the insights f this schlarship tward the develpment f effective curricula and pedaggy. Nevertheless, there is cnsiderable but underutilized excellence in the research-based delivery f STEM cntent in every department as well as cnsiderable range f capabilities amng instructrs that must be supprted. It is anticipated that advancing scientific literacy and STEM and research interpretatin will be realized thrugh pririties and prgrams that are develped in cnjunctin with effrts t advance all three f the discvery areas identified fr investment in the university s strategic plan: Health & Well-being, Fd Prductin & Safety, and Energy & Envirnment. Pririty 1: Partner with the Cllege f Educatin and Human Eclgy, t enhance the K-12 pipeline f teacher preparatin and prfessinal develpment in STEM Fields Establish a clear and cherent prgram fr students that want t be teachers in STEM fields Encurage the adptin f research-based best practices in teaching fr the ASC curses in the prgram Increase specialized GTA assignments fr students pursuing K-12 licensure Develp a certificate prgram fr in-service teachers Establish a centralized web directry f STEM teacher prfessinal develpment pprtunities Pririty 2: Imprve Resurces fr STEM Engagement and Research Page 27

29 Cllege f Arts and Sciences Establish f a university-wide cllabrative structure fr STEM utreach Inventry existing resurces and supprt envirnment and their current and anticipated needs Enhance f the stemutreach.su.edu website t publicize STEM utreach effrts Seek effective ways t assess the impact f STEM utreach prgrams, examining participants learning, changes in attitude and lng-term impact Develp faculty incentives t enhance the schlarship f teaching and learning, and pprtunities fr prfessinal develpment Share innvative frmative and summative assessment practices acrss disciplines Develp resurces and shrt term assistance in develping Multi-media methds fr sharing mre widely research discveries Pririty 3: Enhance Science and Sciety and the Curriculum Facilitate updating f current and develpment f new undergrad curses and curricula t imprve STEM literacy, fcusing n multidisciplinary appraches in areas f scietal relevancy and public plicy Develp service learning curses that wuld allw ASC undergraduates intending t enter EHE graduate teaching degree prgrams t gain experience wrking with visiting schl grups and the general public Facilitate systemic and cntinuus imprvement f existing GE STEM curses t imprve multidisciplinary STEM literacy, STEM learning, and STEM recruitment Design with teams f faculty frm different disciplines acrss the cllege interdisciplinary GEC curses addressing pressing wrld issues Establish a Teaching Fellw prgram with ASC t hnr and recgnize utstanding teaching Develp a certificatin in science/research cmmunicatin Train undergraduate students t be peer tutrs Measurement and Imaging Measurement and imaging tls extend ur senses and allw us t perceive the wrld in seemingly miraculus ways: t see an individual star frm acrss the csms, t remtely sense the Earth frm rbit, t view the interir f a living brain, t manipulate an individual strand f DNA. The experimental use f these tls leads t deeper understanding f fundamental science and t the develpment f new technlgy. Indeed, the use f measurement and imaging capabilities is part f a cyclic pattern f inventin - f new tls that lead t new discveries that lead t new technlgy, repeating in a virtuus cycle. A recent example is the Glbal Psitining System whse pinpint accuracy depends n bth general relativity and quantum mechanics fr precise lcatin- and timekeeping. Originally develped as a measuring device fr the military, GPS is nw a ubiquitus cell phne capability that plays an essential rle in newly emerging scial netwrk technlgies. The skills hned in this cycle f discvery, inventin, and innvatin are essential fr the prgress f research, the develpment f new technlgy and the training f a highly skilled natinal wrkfrce. In additin t the technical expertise embedded in labratries acrss campus, facilities such as the Imaging Sciences Labratry, the Campus Chemical Instrumentatin Center, and the Page 28

30 Cllege f Arts and Sciences Center fr Cgnitive and Behaviral Brain Imaging have the capability t vercme the limitatins f ur human senses and reveal new wrlds. Cutting edge research acrss many areas f science and technlgy depends nt nly n ur ability t develp nvel instrumentatin fr data cllectin but als n the mathematical, statistical and cmputatinal tls needed t extract knwledge frm the data. Given that advances in measurement and imaging can be applied t virtually all areas f research and innvatin, the develpment f pririties described fr this initiative culd make majr cntributins t all three f the discvery areas that have been identified fr investment in the university s strategic plan: Health & Well-being, Fd Prductin & Safety, and Energy & Envirnment. Pririty 1: Develp cutting-edge instruments and technlgy fr measurement, imaging and analysis. We will cncentrate in fur main areas: (1) Infrmatics, Imaging and Instrumentatin (theretical cre prgram); (2) Measuring the Csms frm Particles t Galaxies; (3) Measuring a Changing Planet; and (4) Bilgical, Medical and Materials Imaging. Cluster appintments f faculty in Arts and Sciences departments and cmplementary departments t grw in these areas Develp wrld-class, campus-wide, cre facilities fr biinfrmatics and deep sequencing; fr prtemics and metablmics; fr structural bilgy and materials research; and thers Enhance training at the graduate and undergraduate levels in advanced instrumentatin and in mdeling, analysis and infrmatics techniques Cnnect different grups n campus engaged in develping new instrumentatin t share expertise and infrastructure Leverage existing strengths t develp new remte sensing capabilities and nvel micrscpies, spectrscpies and sensrs Develp the technical wrkfrce by creating internships fr students in measurement and instrumentatin technlgy Create gateway fr Ohi industries t advanced instrumentatin and expertise available n campus, including partnerships that enhance instrument develpment Multi-scale Science The frntiers f science are ften fund at the extremes f length, time r energy; ranging frm attsecnd laser pulses and nanscale manipulatin f single mlecules, thrugh thse intermediates scales representative f life n Earth, t the largest scales characteristic f black hles, galaxies and the verall structure f the universe. Increasingly, hwever, new scientific pprtunities crss multiple scales and can nly be addressed by interdisciplinary teams f Page 29

31 Cllege f Arts and Sciences researchers that have distinct sets f expertise at ne scale r anther and have the ability t wrk effectively with ther expert teams. Fr example, bichemical, mlecular, and evlutinary tls and cncepts develped within individual bilgical sub-disciplines are nw applied thrughut the life sciences. Thrugh research cnnecting DNA, cells, rganisms, and cmmunities, t ecsystems and the bisphere we can hpe t achieve a full understanding f sustainable develpment and human health and wellbeing. Similarly, the develpment f new materials fr cmputer and infrmatin technlgy, fr batteries and phtvltaics, and fr bi-engineering, is ne f the fundatins fr technlgical innvatin in ur mdern ecnmy. Analgus t the cnnectin between DNA and physical characteristics, an increasingly detailed understanding f materials at the atmic level is leading t the design f new materials frm first principles. This precise, predictive cntrl f material prperties is the fundatin fr future technlgical innvatin and ecnmic cmpetitiveness. The pririties described under this Multi-scale Science initiative align well with all three f the discvery areas that have been identified fr investment in the university s strategic plan: Health & Well-being, Fd Prductin & Safety, and Energy & Envirnment. Pririty 1: Cnnecting genes t the bisphere. This initiative will be anchred by tw grwing university initiatives: the Center fr RNA Bilgy (CRB) and the Center fr Bidiversity Research and Analysis (CEBRA). CRB cncentrates n bilgy n the shrtest time and length scales while CEBRA cncerns bilgy at the lngest such scales. Appint faculty in Arts and Sciences departments and cmplementary departments in ther clleges t grw CRB and CEBRA Develp new initiatives and centers f excellence that interplate between CRB and CEBRA, fr example a Center fr Structural Bilgy that fcuses n the structure f membranes and ther cellular structures Increase investment in genmics and biinfrmatics persnnel, equipment and infrastructure - the research capacity needed t bridge scales acrss all the bilgical sciences Deliver cmprehensive teaching, training and internship prgrams fr students and pstdctral schlars; including experience frm the field t the labratry and a significant internatinal cmpnent Develp cnsultancy/utreach prgrams t industry and gvernment and establish incubatr prgrams fr translating research and intellectual prperty int the marketplace Pririty 2: Frm mlecules t materials t markets. The ability t understand the causal relatinship between structure and functin f nvel materials is ushering in a new technlgical era in predictive synthesis f materials with desirable prperties thrugh the cntrl f atmic and mlecular characteristics. Building n existing strengths in materials fr alternative energy, bimaterials, and nanscale materials fr sensrs we will fcus n three majr areas f science and technlgy: (1) Electrnic and magnetic materials fr infrmatin technlgy and lw pwer cmputing; (2) Batteries and phtvltaics; and (3) Synthetic chemistry and bilgy fr bilgical materials and biengineering. Page 30

32 Cllege f Arts and Sciences Cluster appintments f faculty in Arts and Sciences departments and cmplementary departments t grw in these areas Fster cutting edge research and interdisciplinary cllabratin by strategic investment in develping and maintaining wrld-class research infrastructure Develp pprtunities fr incrprating interdisciplinary training in the undergraduate and graduate curricula, ranging frm research pprtunities, t technical electives acrss disciplines t the develpment f explicitly interdisciplinary curse fferings Create an Institute fr Science, Innvatin and Sciety (ISIS) fcused n wrk-frce develpment, entrepreneurship, jb creatin, and impact f science and technlgy n sciety. The missin f ISIS is (1)Transfrmatinal learning that draws students with interests in business and plicy t STEM fields and enhances business awareness amng students in STEM fields via a new Ohi State Entrepreneurship Institute; (2) Cutting-edge schlarly research n science t infrm plicy; and (3) assessing the scial, medical, technlgical and ecnmic impacts f research Urban Studies Initiative Half f the wrld s ppulatin nw lives in urban areas. They grw arund dynamic industry clusters, fstered by a regulatry, tax, and gvernance climate cnducive t business develpment and a high quality f life, health, and safety fr citizens. They are intricately cnnected by transprtatin and cmmunicatin netwrks. Urban areas are imprtant cncentratins f ppulatin with distinctive and changing ecnmic and scial gegraphies. In the Brkings Institutin s 2007 Blueprint fr American Prsperity, Ohi s 16 metrplitan regins accunt fr 81% f the state s ppulatin, 84% f the state s jbs, and 87% f the state s utput. Ohi s largest metr areas huse mre than 75% f Ohi s patenting activity. Urban areas are clearly fundamental t the ecnmy f the state, as pints f innvatin and develpment, but als, thrugh their activities and their cnnectins t urban areas acrss the natin and the wrld, and t ur analysis and understanding f the brader prcess f ecnmic develpment. The Ohi State University is ne f very few institutins within the CIC that is lcated in an urban setting. There are sme units and prgrams n campus that are actively invlved in research and schlarship related t urban issues such as the AAAS Cmmunity Extensin Center; Center fr Human Resurce Research; Center fr Urban and Reginal Analysis; the Fd Innvatin Center; Urban, Reginal and Glbal Studies Prgram; the Internatinal Pverty Slutins Cllabrative; and the City and Reginal Planning area within the Knwltn Schl f Architecture. Hwever, given that Ohi State is an urban campus, the institutin wuld benefit frm the develpment f a cmprehensive, campus-wide urban studies initiative. Page 31