Initiatives

The President and EVPs selected the final initiatives, after which Conveners form implementation teams for each chosen initiative.

INITIATIVES

Under each of our pillars, we have developed strategic initiatives that are now ready for implementation. Each initiative is aligned with a specific goal identified by the strategic planning committee, shaped by valuable input and feedback from the Georgia State University community. Use the filter below to explore each initiative and share your feedback and input.

EXPLORE OUR INITIATIVES

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Implement the Hidden Gems Project

Develop the Hidden Gems Project to highlight historical sites and events on each campus to increase connections and community.
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Develop Signature University-Wide Events

Enhance the Georgia State University community experience by highlighting signature experiences, expanding existing traditions and developing new shared traditions that reflect our core values and create a sense of shared identity.
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Develop GSU Mobile App

Develop an official mobile app for the Georgia State University community that elevates the user experience, boosts engagement, extends the university's reach, fosters seamless communication, drives innovation and reinforces the strength of the university’s brand.
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Develop a Panther Quad on Every Campus

Develop a Panther Quad on every campus, which will serve as an identifiable location where students, faculty and staff can gather for activities, events or leisure.
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Implement Safety Improvement Plan

Implement the safety improvement plan to improve safety infrastructure, enhance the learning environment, foster community trust, promote well-being, strengthen the university's reputation and create better campus connectivity.
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Recruit, Cultivate and Retain Employees

To establish Georgia State as a competitive place to work, one of President M. Brian Blake's first priorities was to launch a compensation study. The study will provide data to establish benchmarks for competitive salary structures to better recruit and retain employees.
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Elevate Research and Innovation

As the next phase of Project RISE, Georgia State will establish a new health-focused University Research Center (URC), which leverages the unique strengths of our research and academic community to address complex problems through interdisciplinary collaboration.
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Implement Graduate Research Excellence Program

Launch the Graduate Research Excellence Program to bolster support in line with peer Research 1 institutions, offer degree completion incentives and introduce enhancements that elevate the overall graduate student experience.
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Reimagine Research Administration

Reimagining Research at Georgia State will strengthen the administrative framework by improving tools and technologies that streamline the management of sponsored programs, research activities and related processes.
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School of Computing

Create a School of Computing within the College of Arts & Sciences to expand the scope of traditional computer science by leveraging interdisciplinary fields that advance computing research and education while meeting the growing demand for degree programs that align with distinct sub-fields and career paths.
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Engage Faculty to Increase Student Success

Georgia State will form faculty-led task forces to explore and implement best practices in targeted courses aimed at improving completion rates. Modeled after the successful Math Taskforce, these groups will focus on replicating positive student outcomes across various disciplines.
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High-Impact Practices and Core Curriculum

Enhance the core curriculum by prioritizing high-impact practices, particularly in first-year courses, through stronger integration and expansion while implementing a faculty incentive plan to promote the adoption of best practices.
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Recruit, Cultivate and Retain High-Quality Graduate Students

Implement the Graduate Enrollment Management Plan to better recruit, cultivate and retain high-quality graduate students.
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Implement an On-Campus Worker-Learner Program

Establish a Student Employment Program that provides financial support to students, offers practical experience to strengthen career-academic connections, aligns employment opportunities with College-to-Career initiatives and includes a comprehensive training program for student employee supervisors.
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Implement Customer Relationship Management Tool for Robust Student Records

Implement a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tool for continuing students to enhance engagement, improve communication and retention, streamline processes, make more timely data-driven decisions and personalize the student experience.
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Strengthen Infrastructure for Student Success and Research

To create a one-stop hub for Georgia State's student success services and the headquarters for the National Institute for Student Success (NISS).
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Enhance Learning Management System

Enhance the learning management system into a more comprehensive student-facing tool by integrating academic support, enrollment management and career exploration opportunities, with a focus on connecting students to college-to-career initiatives.
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Expand Access to Career Services

Implement VMock, a virtual career assistant that uses artificial intelligence, machine learning and analytics to ensure every student has continuing exposure to career services.
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Centralize and Expand Continuing and Professional Education

Centralize and expand the continuing and professional education enterprise using short-format credentials and certificates that help workers upskill to meet the marketplace's changing needs.
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Create an Undergraduate Research Center

Create a Center for Undergraduate Research and Creativity that will enhance the undergraduate experience through increased opportunities for experiential learning in the domains of research, scholarship and creative activities.
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SEE THE PLAN

This strategic plan outlines a 10-year blueprint for Georgia State University. As one of the largest, most innovative multi-campus public research universities in the country, Georgia State transforms students’ lives, advances the frontiers of knowledge and strengthens the workforce of the future. Bridging cities, suburbs, and rapidly growing rural areas, our university readies students for professional pursuits, educates future leaders and prepares citizens for lifelong learning.