QU Strategic Plan 2017-2022**

Strategic Plan

2017 - 2022

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Introduction Quincy University began the process of developing a new strategic plan in November of 2014 with the goal to create a mission-driven, community-driven, actionable plan. Over the course of 2015 and early 2016, the university collected qualitative data from a wide cross section of university stakeholders.

The Strategic Plan was shared with internal stakeholders including faculty, staff and the Board of Trustees in November and the final comprehensive plan was approved in December 2016. The Strategic Plan identifies three overarching goals for the university featuring academic excellence, Franciscan values and financial sustainability.

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History Mission Vision Values Goals

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History

St. Francis and St. Clare of Assisi saw each person and all creation as blessed by God and worthy of respect and service. For more than 800 years, their followers have sustained their original vision through the power of education, embracing the pursuit of wisdom in service to others. The vision inspired Franciscan friars from Germany arriving as missionaries to rural Illinois in 1858. Among the first initiatives of these friars of the Sacred Heart Province stands the foundation of a college at Quincy in 1860. The friars, responsive to the need for education in frontier Illinois, served this area by providing liberal arts education in the Catholic Franciscan tradition. Originally named St. Francis Solanus College after a Hispanic missionary hero of the Franciscan outreach in the Western Hemisphere, Quincy University stands as a Catholic, independent, liberal arts institution of higher learning in the Franciscan tradition that continues to prepare women and men who will be instruments of peace, forgiveness, truth, freedom, hope, joy and love for this world.

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Mission

Quincy University stands as a Catholic, independent, liberal arts institution of higher learning in the Franciscan tradition.

Inspired by the spirit of Francis and Clare of Assisi, we respect each person as a sister or brother with dignity, value, and worth. We work for justice, peace and the integrity of creation.

We prepare men and women for leadership and for the transformation of the world by educating them to seek knowledge that leads to wisdom.

We welcome and invite all to share our spirit and life.

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Vision

QU will ignite each individual’s passion to impact positive change in the world. Distinguished by its focus on service and servant leadership, QU will be nationally recognized for its commitment to academic excellence in the Franciscan liberal arts tradition. It will be accessible to all students through flexible course delivery, flexible curriculum options and degree completion opportunities, equipping career-ready graduates for immediate and lifetime service and success

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Values

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Strategic Focus Areas Academic Excellence

Franciscan Values

Financial Sustainability

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Academic Excellence Quincy University will offer a rigorous curriculum featuring high-impact educational practices focused on student outcomes, with content and delivery methods designed to meet the changing needs of current and future students.

Academic Excellence Goals

▶ Facilitate the development and implementation of curricular

offerings that are both innovative and responsive to the ever-changing world students encounter upon graduation.

▶ Continue to foster the successful matriculation of high achieving,

well-prepared college students while simultaneously fostering an environment that promotes the persistence of all QU students toward graduation.

▶ Increase University-wide academic resources to assist the QU community in the development of active learners, educators, mentors, and scholars.

▶ Promote the development of competent, highly-skilled,and

career-ready graduates through an increased focus on comprehensive, University-Wide assessment initiatives.

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Franciscan Values Quincy University will foster a Franciscan Environment that promotes campus diversity, leadership, service, and spiritual development with a focus on community engagement and collaboration.

Franciscan Values Goals

▶ Increase community understanding, knowledge, and experience of Franciscan Charism and Catholic World-view.

▶ Increase student understanding and value of living a life of service.

▶ Increase University-wide experience of community life through the

Franciscan Values of Hospitality, Humility, Servant-Leadership, Justice and Peace, Acceptance, Respect, Inclusiveness, and Accountability.

▶ Create intentional civic engagement and multicultural

experiences for students that strengthen integrative leadership skills necessary for socially responsible leadership.

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Financial Sustainability Quincy University will strengthen its financial capacity and long-term sustainability to ensure the success of its mission.

Financial Sustainability Goals

▶ Improve impact of institutional revenue streams on both short-term viability and long-term sustainability.

▶ Devise and implement a financial plan focused on keeping expenses lower than revenues.

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Increase annual giving to a level that supports the institutional mission and the goal of financial sustainability.

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Improve strategic plan integration and implementation throughout the university.

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