During this year’s Planning and Resource Alignment Hearings, deans, vice presidents and other administrative leaders gave a total of 32 presentations, highlighting the achievements of their departments and units during the 2023-24 academic year and outlining their priorities for the upcoming fiscal year.

The annual presentations were also an opportunity for leaders to demonstrate how they are building a greater culture of financial sustainability while planning for the future. These priorities align with the current strategic plan, Creating a Legacy, and its aspirational imperatives: enroll 16,000 students by 2030, achieve top 60 NIH ranking by 2030 with an implicit aspiration to achieve R1 Carnegie Classification, and receive the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification by 2026.

Open to all Augusta University faculty, staff and students, the sessions were hosted in person and streamed live.

Overall takeaways from the presentations include the following:

• AU Online: Enrollment projections; current and future academic programs (view the presentation);

• Auxiliary Services: Update on Health Sciences Campus parking facility; addition of a second daily equivalency to the student meal plan (view the presentation);

• College of Allied Health Sciences: Update on the Master of Health Science in Speech-Language Pathology preparation for Fall 2025 launch (view the presentation);

• College of Education & Human Development: Overall enrollment trends; update on the new Bachelor of Arts in Sports Management (view the presentation);

• Communications & Marketing: Update on amplifying the AU brand to expand community awareness (view the presentation);

• Enrollment & Student Affairs: Application and enrollment growth; updates on creating a student-centered campus (view the presentation);

• External Relations – Philanthropy & Alumni Engagement, Volunteer Services & Community Engagement: Updates annual giving to include IGIVE and Augusta Gives, the use of JagPulse, and more (view the presentation);

• Faculty Senate: Updates on the Open Access Charges Pilot Program and the Qualitative Research Lab (view the presentation);

• Institutional Access, Success, and Belonging: Service offerings; updates on trainings and workshops (view the presentation);

• Medical College of Georgia: Updates on the potential Atlanta campus and MCG NIH funding and rank (view the presentation);

• School of Public Health: Updates on space and Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) accreditation progress (view the presentation).

AU faculty, staff and students can view all presentations and the executive summary report by visiting the planning webpage.