Advance interprofessional education, research, scholarship, and practice to prepare collaborative leaders to promote, treat, and manage health, wellness, and performance.

Strategies:
1. Identify and foster mutually beneficial public-private partnerships to support student learning, research, scholarship, professional development, and community health and well-being.
Accomplishments & Progress:
• Developed a Functional Plan for a new College building scheduled to house our Department of Nursing, Simulation Learning Center, and more in collaboration with the City of Colorado Springs and the CU Anschutz branch medical campus.
• Received CAPTE accreditation approval of the joint CU Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) Hybrid Program offered by UCCS and CU Anschutz.
• Developed an International Faculty Research Exchange Program with Edinburgh Napier University in Edinburgh Scotland.
• Partnered with the Colorado Area Health Education Center (AHEC) and delivered the Health Occupations Promotion Equity (HOPE) Summer Camp at UCCS for high school students interested in careers within the health care and human performance fields.
• The Jumpstart the Aging Workforce Solutions (JAWS) program increased recruitment and retention of the local long-term care workforce by connecting health care providers with local educators and community service organizations brining awareness to career opportunities.

2. Promote collaborative opportunities to cultivate an inclusive and team-based environment of mutual respect.
Accomplishments & Progress:
• Initiated a College Writing Group to provide faculty with an internal support system to help foster scholarly productivity and collaboration. 
• Offered several in-person College events aimed at increasing professional development opportunities and fostering collaboration. 

3. Develop a culture of innovative and sustainable interprofessional education.
Accomplishments & Progress:
• Held annual Interprofessional Education – Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion workshop for students, faculty, staff, and community partners.

Foster a culture of wellbeing among students, employees, and the community by supporting the sustainable and holistic development of health and wellness, resilience, and accessibility.

Strategies:
1. Support student and employee mentorship opportunities to enhance career interests and pathways, professional development, and workforce skills. 
Accomplishments & Progress:
• Launched our College Alumni-Student Mentor Program, which matches Johnson Beth-El undergraduate and graduate students with select alumni. 
• Offered teaching workshop for new Johnson Beth-El Graduate Teaching Assistants to help these individuals assimilate into their teaching roles. 
• Provided College Family Webinar for prospective students, which consisted of a 1-hour question and answer forum for students and their families and friends.
• Launched College Student (peer) Tutor Program to assist undergraduate students in historically difficult classes.

2. Collaborate with college stakeholders to enhance and expand dynamic opportunities for the wellbeing and learning of students, employees, and the community. 
Accomplishments & Progress:
• Started the administration of a survey to all Johnson Beth-El students who graduated in the past year. 
     o Results were then shared with respective academic programs to provide critical information regarding the quality of our programs and to continue to offer innovative educational experiences for our students and to help us better understand our graduates career trajectories and how we can improve our instruction for future students.   
• Created College Ambassadors Program, which employees Johnson Beth-El undergraduate and graduate students to represent our College during different events and activities (e.g., alumni events, meeting with potential students, providing facility tours).
• Created a College Presentation Award that provides additional funds to faculty/staff who are presenting their work at conferences, symposiums, etc. to help offset the cost of professional development. 

3. Increase accessibility to education and life-long learning through innovative academic opportunities for all.
Accomplishments & Progress:
• Developed CU Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) Hybrid Program, which will allow students to take most courses remotely followed by short intensive hands-on experiences on campus.

Establish an innovative, nationally recognized academic health and wellness community to serve all stakeholders.

Strategies: 
1.  Explore and develop internal and external partnerships to support the health and wellness community. 
Accomplishments & Progress:
• Continued and expanded collaborative projects within the Lane Center for Academic Health Sciences to provide various health care programs and services to our community. 
2. Build cutting-edge college facilities to serve all stakeholders via education, research, scholarship, and clinical practice. 
Accomplishments & Progress:
• Created internal Functional Plan in collaboration with the City of Colorado Springs and the CU Anschutz School of Medicine. This was based on feedback from multiple focus groups that included faculty, staff, alumni, and community partners
3. Develop innovative programs and teams guided by stakeholder input that prepare health, wellness, and performance professionals to improve health and performance outcomes.
Accomplishments & Progress:
• Developed CU Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) Hybrid Program, which will allow students to take most courses remotely followed by short intensive hands-on experiences on campus.
• Created a MSc degree in Applied Physiology with a track in Elite Sport Performance.
• Created a Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner option for the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program.
• Enrolled first cohort of students in the new MSc Nutrition and Dietetics program. 
• Approved a new minor in Sport Coaching housed within the Department of Health Sciences.

Champion a culture of belonging, diversity, equity, and inclusion.  

Strategies: 
1. Implement and sustain best practices for recruiting, retaining, and supporting college students and employees.
Accomplishments & Progress:
• Offered a Health Occupations Promotion Equity (HOPE) Summer Camp at UCCS for high school students from underrepresented groups who are interested in careers within the health care and human performance fields.
• Finalized and implemented best practices document for faculty/staff searches related to diversity, equity, and inclusive belonging.  
• Developed and implemented a faculty/staff exit survey, which is now administered to any faculty/staff who choose employment elsewhere in an effort to better understand how we can improve employee retention. 
2. Support teaching, research, scholarship, practice, and service within an environment that promotes belonging, diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Accomplishments & Progress:
• Revised our College DEI Council’s charge to reflect biennial goals of the UCCS Council on Inclusive Belonging.
3. Implement training and professional development opportunities to educate students and employees about belonging, diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Accomplishments & Progress:
• Held annual Interprofessional Education – Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion workshop for students, faculty, staff, and community partners.