Office of the Vice President Quad Cities & Planning
Chris Brown & Lindsay Fender
April 2014
Office of the VPQCP
Higher Learning Commission
• New criteria for accreditation
• Institutional team to identify sources of
evidence
• Electronic Repository
University Surveys
• Coordinated with AIMS
and IRB
• Administered recurring
and new surveys for
quality improvement
and assessment
purposes
• Approximately 25-30
surveys
Survey Request website
• Redesigned the survey request process among
several different departments
• AIMS, OSP, Office of the VPQC, and Researcher
• Created new online survey request form
• Created new webpage to clearly outline the
survey request process, contacts, forms, etc.
Web
• University Planning
– Dashboard & Performance Reports
– Strategic Plan
– Campus master plans
– Long Term Planning
– Vice President for QC and Planning
– Accreditation
– University Surveys
AmeriCorps FY14
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Early Childhood Learning program
WIU-QC received $79,875 in grant funds
19 AmeriCorps members
Monthly budget reporting with OSP
AmeriCorps FY15
• Submitted proposal for year two requesting
$154,321 in grant funding
• 24 half time AmeriCorps members
Data
• Extract student and course data from MVS
• Planning and reporting
• Gather benchmarking and dashboard data
from MVS, the Office of Institutional Research,
US News & World Report, peer institutions &
IBHE
HLC Academy for Persistence & Completion
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Closer look at QC Linkages for databook
Identify trends
Improve retention and graduation
HLC Mentor
4 year project
Steering Committee
Website
Bring it on down to budgetville
Budget Tracking
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Appropriated Operating funds Student Help budgets
Student Fee Accounts
Cash Accounts
Reserves
Foundation
Other Expense Tracking
• Technology Renewals
• Fall Travel Reporting
Purchasing
• Purchasing for:
– QC Administration
– QC Foundation
– QC Marketing
– QC Operations & Maintenance
– QC Student Services
– QC Technology
– QC Phase II Riverfront
• Contract implementation, tracking &
maintenance
Memberships
• Illinois Association for Institutional Research
• Association for Institutional Research
• QC FAT
• International Association for Administrative
Professionals – Quad Cities Chapter
• QC FIT II
• QC Advisory and Planning Committee
Quad Cities Campus Events
Quad Cities Campus Events
• Annual Fall Scholarship Breakfast
• Annual Fall Faculty Staff Welcome Back
Picnic
• Founders’ Day
• December Graduation Celebration
• QC Excellence in Values & Years of Service
Awards
• “Funding Our Future” Scholarship Event
• Distinguished Faculty Lecture
• Spring Commencement
• June Board of Trustees Meeting
FY15 Goals
• Chris Brown – Continue working towards a Bachelor’s in
English
• Support the Vice President for Quad Cities & Planning
• Support the QC Administrative Team
• Provide Support for HLC Committees & QC Advisory &
Planning
• Continue to work closely with areas regarding QC budgets
• Maintain the procurement process for daily operations
• Coordinate and plan University events
• Serve on other University Committees as needed
• Take advantage of professional development opportunities