2016_SUNY_Optometry_PRR

Provide students, residents and alumni with the services to succeed in their careers:

GOAL 10

• Implement high-quality programs, activities and special events to prepare students and residents for their careers, including an annual career symposium and new mentoring program. • Offer services to College alumni that are tailored to their needs. • Create new pathways for alumni, industry partners and potential donors to engage with the College community.

• Monitor employment trends as well as state and national legislation issues and respond by providing up-to-date programming for students, residents and alumni. • Create programs and activities to enhance minority groups’ education and overall experience at the College. • Maintain graduate debt below the national average for schools and colleges of optometry.

Assure the College’s programs and strategic goals are achieved through ongoing, responsible, effective long-term financial planning resource allocation and infrastructure development:

GOAL 11

• Assure College resources are deployed in support of strategic priorities and used in a prudent, cost-effective manner through continued use of the zero-based resource assessment process. • Increase campus-based revenues, including the multi-year tuition plan, patient care, facilities-use agreements, continuing education and research grants. • Implement the College’s enrollment management plan, increasing the entering class size for the professional degree program to 100.

• Continue to develop the College’s physical infrastructure in support of a 21st-century health profession’s education, research and patient care facility. • Begin implementation of the College’s 2013-2018 Facilities Master Plan with a focus on the University Eye Center. • Enhance our fundraising efforts by successfully completing “The Vision and the Promise” campaign and implementing effective and ongoing post-campaign strategies.

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