Jennifer Gilles

The committee reviewed internal audit activities completed since February, discussing staffing constraints and their impact on audit work. Key topics included a summary of remediation rates for high-risk audit items, the completion of several standard audits and transition reviews, and findings related to purchasing, travel, and expense policies. The committee also examined administrative process improvements for the University of Minnesota Police Department and the Crookston campus. Additionally, the audit plan for the upcoming fiscal year was presented, covering resource allocation, the implementation of a new automated work paper system, and specific focus areas including IT software purchasing and athletic department processes.

This document provides a performance update for the University of Minnesota Duluth's strategic plan, detailing progress across six key goals. The plan prioritizes student success through high-quality undergraduate and graduate experiences, advances equity, diversity, inclusiveness, and social justice within the campus community, and enhances the institution's reputation for impactful research and creative activities. Additionally, it aims to strengthen partnerships with the local region and state, and establish sustainable and effective institutional operations.

This document provides a comprehensive evaluation of the University of Minnesota Duluth's transportation and parking operations, policies, and supporting technologies. It assesses current practices, identifies opportunities to enhance service delivery and system efficiency, and establishes measurable, forward-looking objectives. The plan focuses on modernizing policies and technology, aligning with industry best practices, and ensuring a customer-focused approach. Key recommendations include annual permit rate evaluations, transitioning to lot-specific parking, optimizing transient lot utilization, investing in License Plate Recognition (LPR) technology, maximizing ADA parking, revamping signage, enhancing multimodal experiences, eliminating cash meters, and monitoring capacity thresholds to ensure financial sustainability and an improved user experience.

This document outlines the University of Minnesota Duluth's (UMD) strategic roadmap, designed to align with the broader University of Minnesota strategy and chart a robust future. Key initiatives include the Collaborative Learning to Advance Student Success (CLASS) program, which focuses on faculty and staff development for inclusive educational environments. It also highlights a Constructive Dialogue work group, an initiative to foster values of connection and civic-mindedness through respectful deliberation. Further initiatives involve a Workload Workgroup focused on developing transparent and equitable models, and the UMD Leadership Collective, which provides opportunities for conscious leadership development and cross-campus collaboration. The plan aims to enhance student success and build a resilient campus culture.

This Strategic Pathway outlines the University of Minnesota Duluth's long-term direction, aiming to inspire diverse ways of learning, creating, and being by nurturing relationships that connect people, ideas, and places. The plan focuses on five key strategies: strengthening its identity as a student-centered research university, expanding research partnerships and community impact, cultivating an inclusive and thriving culture, building a robust community of learners, and investing in people, systems, and facilities to elevate its mission. The vision is to be a student-centered research university that empowers people to strengthen community and economic vitality, environmental sustainability, cultural and global engagement, and health and wellbeing.