{"id":44373,"date":"2016-06-15T11:21:53","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T18:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=44373"},"modified":"2016-06-15T12:13:42","modified_gmt":"2016-06-15T19:13:42","slug":"cheng-highlights-successful-community-collaboration-abor-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/cheng-highlights-successful-community-collaboration-abor-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheng highlights successful community collaboration at ABOR meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Click to view President Cheng’s presentation to the Arizona Board of Regents during the June meeting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Northern Arizona University\u2019s success is intrinsically aligned with the success of the communities we serve, President Rita Cheng<\/strong> told the Arizona Board of Regents last\u00a0week during a meeting in Flagstaff.<\/p>\n

\u201cI use the term ‘community’ broadly, since community means so many things to us,\u201d Cheng said. \u201cIt\u2019s about collaboration, partnerships and public service. It\u2019s about maximizing resources, leveraging talents and celebrating our distinctiveness. And finally, it\u2019s also about shared responsibilities and finding solutions that make a difference today, and to future generations.\u201d<\/p>\n

During her presentation<\/a>, the president noted the university\u2019s place as an important economic engine in the region, and that community integration promotes workforce development, community service, information exchange, infrastructure sharing and coordinated decision making. Cheng also highlighted NAU\u2019s\u00a0community partnerships, which have\u00a0contributed to the creation of 1,880 net new jobs, the equivalent of 56,000 new jobs in the Phoenix metropolitan area.<\/p>\n

The president\u00a0highlighted partnerships across the state that provide Arizona residents with more programs and more options that ensure student success. \u201cWe know that the opportunity we provide in smaller communities around the state has a big impact. Our graduates in these communities provide vital economic stability and service, and serve as champions for others seeking expanding learning opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the meeting, the\u00a0board approved the universities\u2019 proposed FY 2017 budgets. Cheng outlined major initiatives and strategic investments that will further NAU’s\u00a0progress toward several key 2025 metrics. The investments include support for recruitment and retention of faculty and staff, enrollment growth, student success and retention to graduation, high demand degree programs and growth in the university’s research enterprise. The budget also includes facility and technology infrastructure upgrades, such as classroom technology remediation, fire and life safety and other critical deferred maintenance projects.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cheng said the proposed state investment model focused on students\u00a0\u201cis very important to NAU and we look forward to continuing to build on this year\u2019s initial investment to our base appropriation. We are committed to growing new programs for the workforce of tomorrow and increasing our research and external funding success.\u201d<\/p>\n

William\u00a0Grabe<\/strong>, vice president for Research, outlined NAU\u2019s five-year project plan for the Technology and Research Initiative\u00a0Fund<\/a>, TRIF, which will focus on the following areas: water, environmental and energy solutions; improving health; national data security systems; exploring planetary systems; and workforce development. Twenty percent of TRIF\u00a0revenue is allocated to NAU, with the remaining 80 percent split between Arizona State University and the University of Arizona. The sales tax revenue funds are utilized\u00a0to attract and retain faculty and researchers, catalyze compelling research initiatives, provide workforce development and support technology transfer. The initiatives draw\u00a0outside resources to the state, expand economic opportunities and benefit the well-being of all Arizona residents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Northern Arizona University\u2019s success is intrinsically aligned with the success of the communities we serve, President Rita Cheng told the Arizona Board of Regents last\u00a0week during a meeting in Flagstaff. \u201cI use the term ‘community’ broadly, since community means so many things to us,\u201d Cheng said. \u201cIt\u2019s about collaboration, partnerships and public service. It\u2019s about…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":44386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[216,186,38,24,1182],"class_list":["post-44373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-community","tag-abor","tag-arizona-board-of-regents","tag-nau","tag-northern-arizona-university","tag-president-rita-cheng"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}