1.New Science Building

2. Greater Access for Physically Disabled

3.Increase Library Holdings

4.Increase Tenure-Track Positions

5.Air-conditioning in public-use spaces

6.Dual Degree Program in Physical Therapy and Other Medical Fields with Upstate Medical University in Syracuse

7. Add a Management Major to our Economics Program

8.New Library Building with Compact Shelves, Climate control, technology classes

9.Greater emphasis on shared research

10.New Website

11.Expand one-person departments

12.Hebrew as part of the Religion Program

13.Better recruitment of visual arts majors

14. Emphasize Lake for Curricular, Athletic, Recreational Possibilities

15. Off-Campus Study for Professional Fields

16. Build 4-5yr programs in Nursing, Engineering, Business

17. More technology staff

18. Outdoor recreation degree

19. Become a national undergraduate leader in entrepreneurial education

20. Plan every semester to have a lecture by noted scholar and/or researcher.

21. Strengthen the Science, Health, and Values minor

22. Increased prominence and support for ethics and science.

23. More efficient updating of College Catalog

24. Increase academic program connections to Cornell University

25. Annual outside review of the academic program of the College

26. Offer required courses annually.

27. Re-evaluate core courses

28. Plan library growth holdings to support programmatic priorities

29. Offer Masters in Education

30. Improve classroom facilities, spaces

31. Maintain small-sized classrooms as a model

32. Focus on writing across the curriculum

33. Start online education program

34. Integrate Business Course into Liberal Arts Program

35. Integrate single-person departments with other departments

36. Masters in education program for communities

37. Support the arts services presently happening

38. Offer courses in more varied time slots in all disciplines

39. Courses in global cultures and economics

1.Founders’ Day Ceremony

2.Establishing Endowed Chairs Named for Wells Women

3.Establishing the Wells College Center for Research on Women

4.Wells Women Hall of Fame

5.1868 Society (Celebration and Fundraising themes focusing on Founding Year)

6. Tenure-track lines in Women’s Studies

7. Foundation Course in Women’s Studies/History

8. Curricular Sensitivity to Women’s History

9. Preserve traditions that have always been important to women.

10. Include co-chair of WRC on committees regarding women-centered education.

11. Introduction to Women Studies as a College Wide Curricular Requirement

12. History of Wells class

13. New Faculty Hires in Women’s Studies

14. Install program to insure continuation of a woman’s centered education.

15. Female Friendly "health club" workout space designed to give women a separate, private space from men

16. Annual trips to Seneca Falls

17. Clearer, more specific definition of "women-centered."

18. Strengthen connection with alumnae. Create opportunities for more direct connection.

19. Balance women-centeredness with welcoming environment for men

20. Invite successful alumni into classroom to share experiences

21. Preserve important traditions while allowing them room to evolve

22. Seek broad input to define "woman-centered"

23. Use traditions for fun and for community-building

24. Expand archives and access to preserve current material (digitize, tie to Book Arts)

25. Integrate local women educators into Wells extended history (ex. Howland).

26.

1. Support the development and implementation of a community-wide diversity Plan

2. Workshops and programming on diversity, ethics, awareness

3. Recruit more minority students

4. Fundraise for scholarships for students of color and LGBT students

5.Make community standards statement a living document

6.Outreach to wider community and work with them to let them know that the signs posed against the Cayuga land claim are detrimental to the recruitment of Native American students.

7. Advertise more in the South to contribute to intellectual diversity.(Currently only 2 students from KY and W.Va.)

8. Make Wells Website more inclusive

9. Focus more on recruiting non-traditional students

10. Design and intentionally build community

11. Create tenure lines specifically for the recruitment of faculty of color

12. Fundraise for diversifying faculty

13. Post Community Standards Statement Around Campus

14. Require all members of Wells Community to sign the Honor Code

15. Mandatory Diversity Training for Faculty and Staff

16. Educate Dining Hall Staff Regarding Dietary Needs During Religious Holidays

17. Offer Domestic Partner Benefits to Faculty and Staff

18. Expand Diversity Sensitivity to include males

19. Review CCS to provide for it to be enforceable

20. Provide scholarship and expanded support for a wider range of students (ie. WILL students).
21. More diversity items in the book store (cards)
22. Include widest range of needs, diversities
23. Diversity training for students
24. More events that include all faculty, staff, students, and alumnae
25. Institutional Definition of Diversity
26. Website and other marketing material updated for inclusiveness

28. Create visual environment to reflect diversity
29. Offer more educational forums on issues open to community and increase P.R.

1. Increase Faculty Salaries

2. Increase Technology Use and Access for Teaching and Research

3. Greater Emphasis on Shared Research

4. Renovate one of the downtown properties as a Faculty Guest House

5. Approve All Registered Tenure Lines

6. Need Forum/place for ongoing level-playing field communication between faculty staff, students, and trustees

7. Additional support for philosophy department so that we can more honestly address our mission

8. More technical staff

9. Support Lecture series that highlights the contribution of Wells to different fields

10. Provide course release funds to faculty with demonstrated scholarly productivity

11. Revisit the idea of exchange programs between Wells faculty and other colleges or universities

12. Plan every semester to have lecture by noted scholar/researcher

13. Develop the Faculty in Residence or Faculty Fellow Program

14. Develop Study-Leave Program for faculty!

15. Secure more and better computer equipment for faculty

16. More support for conference attendance

17. Release time for faculty to work on issues related to other goals (diversity, etc.).

18. Provide (require) technology training for college community

19. Training and support for teaching and advising men

20. Provide support resources for curriculum development and external review

21. Maintain competitive faculty development fund

22. Guest house concept should be expanded and inclusive

23. More training on AS400

24. More training and access on Advising Module

25. Revised faculty evaluation form to include focus on learning/teaching style (consider electronic form)

20. More technical support in "smart" classrooms

1. Required courses in Experiential Learning

2. Encourage Service Learning

3. More Internships—Corporate and Non-Profit

4. Individual Entrepreneurship Models

5. Student Shared Research Opportunities

6. Establish Center for Entrepreneurship Education within the Dean’s Office to formalize the dedication to this priority

7. Off- campus study for pre-professional fields such as landscape architecture, urban planning and design, physical and occupational therapy and art

8. Expand Study Abroad Programs to Include Science Majors

9. Evaluate and Improve Career Services

10. Support OCS, BAC, CU partnership initiatives
11. Initiate Writing Portfolio
12. Support for off campus study
13. Support and institutionalize the symposia
14. More investment in the career services position and experiential learning
15. Internship for students in offices to gain working skills

1.Improvements to dormitories

2.Encouraging a smoke-free environment

3.Building a more useful and attractive physical education facility (window!, lights!, mirrors!, air!)

4.Increasing access and use of technology in learning

5.Improve student health and wellness

6.Help to create a smoke free environment

7.Provide better access to surrounding attractions

8.Improvement in food service—less fried foods.

9.New campus card ID system

10.Design office or program to help students utilize Wells-Cornell connection.

11.Laptops for all incoming students

12.I-tunes for all students

13.Cross country skiing courses or intramurals

14.Academic Resource Center

15.Expand Study Skills Offerings

16.On-line classes/On-line blackboard

17. Expanding WILL program to include house where single moms could live with children.

18. Female Friendly "health club" workout space designed to give women a separate, private space from men

19. Develop a plan for the social use of the college that respects academic spaces yet provides the opportunity for students to mingle and enjoy themselves.

20. Create tenure lines specifically for the recruitment of faculty of color

21. Plan more attractive places for community members to hang out

22. Repair/Replace dish washing machine in the Dining Hall

23. More van destinations

24. Improve the locking systems (ID cards)

28. Develop a childcare center
29. Cable in rooms
30. Expand/Improve Athletics/Physical Education/Recreation Spaces and Equipment
31. Diversity Training for Students
32. Implement program/procedures for problem-solving in student work areas (educate supervisors)
33. Better inform staff to address health and safety problems
34. More mental health support
35. Improve bookstore location
36. Initiate Retention Effort Plan—(Integrated, Expanded)
37. Update judicial program
38. Expand paraprofessional and professional staff in residence life
39. Expand transportation program
40. Improve website Dining Hall
41. Improve meal plan structure
42. Work with local authorities and campus staff to improve understanding of building layout for emergency purposes
43. Improve post office facilities
44. Bathrooms in Dining Hall
45. Explore Alternative Dining Service
46. Review policy for practices for accountability for bias
47. Create a centralized Student Services Hub ( Library?)
48. Resources for entering men
49. Develop a base for one stop shopping
50. Training professional staff in residence halls
51. More functional spaces for students to congregate

1. Staff development days

2.Increase Salaries

3.Smoke-free workplace

4.Air-conditioning of public spaces

5.Continued updates in access and use of technology in

6. Reduce staff hiring of Wells graduates. "Admirable that alums return but results in incestuous relationship and breakdown in fundamental goals of strategic planning."

7. Do something about ragged, dangerous pallet that is placed outside lower level of Macmillan.

8. Air conditioning for offices

9. Coordination between special activities on campus and cultural events in the village

10. Establish classes to teach current technology to Wells community

10. Merit raises tied to performance
11. Develop system for financial rewards and incentives for education and improvement of skills
12. Training support for staff in dealing with new population of men
13. Seek broad applicant pools for job openings
14. Improve parking
15. Address issues and perceptions of animosity
16. Flexible work schedules/job sharing/second shifts
17. Childcare center
18. Encourage flexibility in jobs to allow for advancement growth
19. More hand rails
20. Increase and integrate tech staff
21. Training on AS400 for staff
22. Added parking
23. Enforcement of Parking Rules
24. More support of staff forum by staff
25. More supervisory support for staff attendance at events on campus during work time.
26. More support for educational/cultural conferences
27. Written policy for flex time.
28. Program to Recognize employees by institution
29. Outside consultants to study reclassification of staff positions

1. Conflict Resolution Teams

2. Training for Teaching in New Classroom Environment

3. Trainers to Facilitate the Transitions in Administration and Recruitment

4. Involving Students in Recruiting

5. Update Meetings and Shared Communication

6. Ready Dorms for Men Students

7. Add Physical Education Teams and Facilities

8. No men in Women’s Dorms

9. Overhaul Admissions Effort to make new audience understand who we are and why we’ve changed.

10. Add Cricket to give college distinction and to attract international men

11. Brother/Sister program to foster good relations between men and women students

12. Have open communication meeting once a month.

13. Don’t have co-ed dorms

14. Introduction to Women’s Studies as College Wide Curriculum

15. Communicate with total openness to devoted alumnae

16. Make efforts to retain current students

17. Make Board of Trustees by-laws and resolutions available.

18. Inform next freshman class of all events and reactions that took place this year.

19. Provide additional support for male students throughout the first year

20. Do not withdraw from the endowment for co-education adjustments.

21. Create budget for transition and make it accessible.

22. Make a policy against Greek-life (no frats or sororities).

23. Establish a new/modified mission statement

23. Female Friendly "health club" workout space designed to give women a separate, private space from men

24. Provide Clear Budget for how transition initiatives will be financed.

25. Do not require all students to take women’s studies courses
26. Housing committee and inter-hall board to make residence decisions
27. Focus on positive change to provide new opportunities
28. Support all male and female new students
29. Transition elements in place within years 2, 3, 4 and 5, etc.
30. Need transition information on the website
31. Keep transition team in place
32. Campus-wide education as to what is the difference in departments (athletics, physical education, recreation)
33. Better use of golf course
34. Update ropes course
35. Continued support for male students beyond the first year
36. All-student support for transition
37. Create assessment and benchmarks for transition
38. Create new traditions
39. Training and collaborative leadership for students and faculty

1. Strengthen College Recycling Program

2. Campus "Green" Activities

3. New Wells College Logo

4. New Sign for College Lawn

5. New Signage for College Buildings

6. New Flower Landscaping and Design

7. Plaza with a Fountain to serve as Campus Center

8. "Welcome to Wells" Banners on Lamp Posts

10. Town and Gown Activities

11. Limit Automobile Access to central campus

12. Better use of the lake, including adding crew and sailing

13. Have Botany students design and plan a wildflower garden

14. Have Botany students build a nature trail

15. New signage for trees on campus

16. A Trail from GP to the NW corner of Wells campus through the lawn

17. Contract Student Initiated Designs

18. Develop large available space in front of Pettibone or/and lakeside of Route 90

19. A More Accessible Route from Morgan/Cleveland and Main back door to Library 21. 20.Woods Lot Area (Handicap Accessible).

21.Tear Down or repair green house attached to Southside of Macmillan. ("I’ve been here 12 years and the tarp has been up since I came.")

24. Improve Sommer Center Lawn

25. Have a Campus Vegetable Garden

26. Better signage throughout campus

27. Village offerings that would appeal to men ( recreation/social)

28. Need affordable guest housing for college guests

29. Improve campus sidewalks, Macmillan patio

30. Utilize Walcourt

31. Gas pump in Aurora

32. Fitness Trail

33. Organized nature walks

34. New heating system

10. Improved pedestrian traffic
11. Work w/village for a sidewalk to ball field
12. More hand rails
13. Energy efficiency on campus
14. Annual village mixer sponsored by college
15. Better security for our art.

1.Increase enrollment by broadening national and international marketing and recruiting.

2. Increase enrollment by targeting specific groups well-suited for the location and mission

3. Begin a New Capital Campaign "Wells for the World"

4. Increase Alumni Giving

5. Increase Major Corporate Giving—Wells Fargo and American Express Especially

6. Increase Major Pre-Professional Offerings—Teacher Certification, Nursing, Engineering, Business,

7. Target and Enhance Special Niche Areas: Book Arts Center, Bachelor of Fine Arts, 8. Summer Writers’ Workshops, Performing Arts Workshops.

8. Support the Marketing Committees Plan for Wells College

9. Guard against duplicating spaces/services for men and women

10. Raise more money

11. Build Wells Fargo fundraising link

12. Incremental Goals for specific areas of growth—enrollment and fundraising

13. Ongoing Assessment

14. Explore New Funding

15. Centralize Institutional Research Data

16. Form Partnership with other Liberal Arts Institutions to Promote Liberal Arts

17. Explore the spiritual/religious connections with communities

18. Bring in businesses on campus to present to students offering internships and recognition of Wells as a place to recruit and acquire matching funds.

19. More use of Phipps and Coordinator of Campus Spaces

1. Better Recruitment of Students
2. More Support to Campus Organizations
3. Design a program or office to help students utilize the Wells Cornell Connection
4. Increase Trust and Communication
5. Change in Leadership Style
6. Require all Wells Community Members (not just students) to sign to honor code.
7. Continuation of Women-Centered Education
8. Make Wells More Financially Stable
9. Better Support for Faculty
10. Establish Graduate Programs
11. Better Communication
12. Focus on Making Wells a Safe Space for All
13. Increase Focus on Environmental Studies
14. Become National Undergraduate Leader in Entrepreneurial Education by fostering the already existing entrepreneurial nature of Wells education.
15. Better Understanding Campus Wide of Current Technology
16. Develop a Vision Statement that is Inclusive of all Goals
17. Design and Intentionally Build Community
18. Create Tenure Lines Specifically for the Recruitment of faculty of color.
19. Develop a new Vision Statement for the College that represents our goals*
20. Review the Campus Master Plan for inclusion into the Strategic Plan *
21. Develop a Vision of what we can become*