Mission

Vision

Core Values

Excellence - We seek excellence in all endeavors, especially teaching, creative scholarship and outreach.

Intellectual Freedom - We believe in ethical and scholarly inquiry in an environment that respects the rights of all in their pursuit of knowledge.

Integrity - We are committed to truth, honesty in the pursuit of equitable, ethical and professional practice.

Service - We believe service to the public to be our noble and worthy responsibility.

Diversity - We respect and value diversity of opinion, freedom of expression and individuals of all ethnic and cultural backgrounds.

Stewardship of Resources - We are dedicated to the efficient and effective use of resources. We accept the responsibility of public trust and accountability for our actions.

Goals, Critical Success Factors, Objectives, and Strategies

Goal 1: Academic Excellence and Human Resources: Retention, promotion, and reward of outstanding faculty members.

Critical Success Factors:

• Increased average number of faculty juried presentations and publications.
• Increased participation by faculty in invitational exhibitions and presentations.
• Increased average number of faculty memberships/officers in professional organizations at the regional and national levels.
• Monitored success rate of students’ works accepted in regional and national competitions.

Objectives:

• Provide funding for research and creative development of faculty.
• Provide funding to support faculty travel for research, presentation, and exhibition.
• Provide funding for fees for journal and exhibition sumbissions, plus preparation and shipping costs for competition entries.
• Provide funding for faculty memberships in professional organizations.
• Provide meaningful reward and recognition for successful record of research and creative scholarship.
• Adjust faculty teaching loads to be on a par with those of peer institutions.

• Provide students with information and incentives to participate in conferences and competitions.
• Reward student accomplishments with recognition and scholarships.

Goal 2: Academic Excellence, Human Resources and Leverage Resources: Provide an environment that is healthy to the well-being of faculty, staff and students.

Critical Success Factors:

• Measured salary and fringe benefits as compared with peer institutions.
• Monitored air, sound, and visual quality in teaching studio/classrooms.
• Measured research and teaching facilities as compared with peer institutions.

Objectives:

• Increase faculty and staff salaries to the average or greater than that of the Big 12.
• Increase university contributions to employee health costs.
• Increase university contributions to TIAA-CREF.

• Limit enrollment in studio art and graphic design courses to 15 students in upper-division and 20 students in lower-division.
• Provide more honors courses and seminars in art history.

• Provide card swipe entry security system to Bartlett Center.
• Utilize security cameras to monitor gallery and computer labs.
• Provide system for insuring air quality in all Art Department studio/classrooms.
• Employ studio/classroom lab assistants.

• Create a designated space for photographing art works.
• Continue maintaining and updating computer labs.
• Provide personal studio space for faculty.

Goal 3: Student Development: Prepare students for graduate study and/or professional careers.

Critical Success Factors:

• Sophomore class sizes of 40 each in the Graphic Design, Studio Art, and Art History Programs.
• Minimum average GPA to 3.0 for qualification in sophomore level Graphic Design Program.
• Sophomore portfolio review for acceptance to junior level programs in Studio Art and Graphic Design.
• Increased sumbission/acceptance in Annual Juried OSU Student Art Exhibition.
• Portfolio Capstone Exhibition for graduating Graphic Design and Studio Art majors.
• Exit interview and portfolio assessment with design professional for graduating Graphic Design majors.
• Monitored retention rate of students passing sophomore reviews and accepted to Graphic Design and Studio Art Programs.
• Survey of graduates to determine job placement and satisfaction.
• Monitored success rate of students accepted to graduate programs.

Objectives:

• Secure funding for design and production of recruiting materials.
• Secure funding for an annual juried art exhibition and summer workshops for Art Teachers.
• Increase the amount of funds available for the award of freshman and transfer student scholarships.

• Hire, retain, promote and reward outstanding faculty and staff.
• Refine degree requirements as changes in program needs occur.
• Increase the number of faculty in areas of Art History, Studio Art, and Graphic Design to provide programs on par with peer institutions.
• Expand and renovate classroom/studio facilities to provide learning environments appropriate to the disciplines.
• Continue efforts toward realization of Phase II of Bartlett Center for the Visual Arts initiated in 1982.

• Hire additional faculty in Art History, Studio Art, and Graphic Design.
• Secure proper studio/classroom spaces at OSU Tulsa to meet instructional needs.
• Secure additional funding to award teaching assistantships.
• Secure additional space needed for graduate assistants.

• Utilize alumni appeals for support of scholarships in the Department.
• Encourage student activities that raise awareness of scholarship needs and merit.
• Enlist the aid of the OSU Foundation in fund-raising needs.

• Identify successful alumni willing to serve in an advisory capacity.
• Utilize alumni and professionals for assessment.

Goal 4: Student Development: Enhance the cultural awareness of students.

Critical Success Factors:

• Increased student attendance to art gallery openings and artist lectures.
• Increased level of contributions received through the Student Activities Fee Allocation process that supports Fine Arts Activities on campus.

Objectives:

• Develop and maintain a comprehensive speaker/visiting artist program that addresses all areas of study in the Art Department.
• Schedule exhibitions of art and design for purposes of enhancing course instruction and cultural enrichment.
• Develop and coordinate a program that provides for the acquisition and placement of esthetically meaningful art on campus.
• Identify sources of additional funding for gallery support.
• Monitor student attendance at gallery and guest lecture events.

• Secure the endorsement and support of OSU upper administration on the need for a fine arts museum that is on a par with peer institutions.
• Enlist the support of the OSU Foundation in efforts to raise funds for the design and construction of a fine arts museum.

Goal 5: Human Resources: Recognize, utilize, and reward human resources.

Critical Success Factors:

• Monitored work satisfaction through use of personnel evaluations.
• Monitored course satisfaction through use of student evaluations.
• Monitored unit administrator evaluations.

Objectives:

• Add A&P staff.
• Provide more opportunities for work-study, monitors and lab assistants.
• Increase tech support for classes.

• Increase faculty travel funds to attend workshops and forums.
• Develop new courses to complement specific interests.

• Provide personal studio space for faculty.
• Decrease teaching load from 3:3 to 3:2.

Goal 6: Image/Pride/Recognition: Project an image that will promote pride and positive recognition for the Department of Art, the College of Arts & Sciences, and Oklahoma State University.

Critical Success Factors:

• Public acknowledgement of scholarships and awards to faculty and students.
• Enhanced public areas within the Bartlett Center and satellite buildings.

Objectives:

• Develop promotional materials that reflect quality and professionalism.
• Update and maintain the Art Department web site.
• Create an area within the Bartlett Center that showcases faculty, alumni, and student achievement.

• Refurbish Gardiner Gallery with new wall surfaces.
• Install signage and landscaping at the Visual Arts Annex.
• Provide paved parking for faculty and students at the Visual Arts Annex.

Goal 7: Diversity: Provide an atmosphere that welcomes diversity of thought and ethnicity.

Critical Success Factors:

• Monitored success rate of minorities qualifying for departmental programs.
• Increased enrollment of minority students.

Objectives:

• Expand offerings in art history.
• Increase ethnic diversity in the faculty.

Goal 8: Partnerships: Develop and encourage university and business partnerships.

Critical Success Factors:

• Record of interdisciplinary projects.
• Record of interdisciplinary career awareness events and activities.
• Record of internships and apprenticeships.

Objectives:

• Monitor the progress and success of interns.
• Maintain the departmental internship website for students.

• Build on the success of interdisciplinary projects of the past.

Goal 9: Outreach: Enhance the cultural awareness of the community through outreach.

Critical Success Factors:

• Increased community attendance to art gallery openings.
• Increased community attendance to artist lectures both within the Bartlett Center and at other venues.

Objectives:

• Schedule exhibitions of art and design that will contribute to the cultural enrichment of the community.
• Encourage art faculty presentations at university, local, and regional venues.
• Engage the community by reactivating the Alliance for Visual Arts, department and gallery support group.