Mission, Vision, & Strategy
Mission
Sheridan College at Northern Wyoming Community College District (NWCCD) welcomes all learners, empowers student success, and encourages and strengthens community development.
Vision
Sheridan College will be the premier higher education institution in the region; we will provide all students with a diverse range of experiences to prepare for a dynamic future.
Values
- RESPECT: Embrace diversity of people, ideas, and experiences. Treat everyone with dignity.
- INTEGRITY: Be honest, fair, and trustworthy. Communicate responsibly. Honor commitments.
- EXCELLENCE: Maintain high standards and clear expectations. Provide quality learning services and experiences. Innovate and create.
- LEARNING: Learn and grow as employees and as an organization.
Strategic Plan to 2030
This plan exists as a forward-looking opportunity to reaffirm our college’s direction within the context of higher education in our nation, state, and communities. It communicates the direction of the institution with all stakeholders and identifies funding priorities. By exploring student and institutional needs, combined with available data, plan goals and potential initiatives were developed. The plan recognizes that aging populations in Sheridan and Johnson Counties, combined with projected declines in Wyoming high school students, may bring challenges to maintaining sufficient workforce and enrollment levels to support our communities.
Within the five-year lifespan of this plan, anticipated shifts in revenue make it necessary for the college to expand its recruitment efforts into new markets and demographics of potential students. Coupled with these recruitment efforts is the enhancement and expansion of holistic support to help students meet their educational goals and thrive in the workforce.
Plan Pillars
Value Through Innovation
As a college we will demonstrate flexibility, value and relevancy through our programs and services while expressing innovation by adopting creative solutions and best practices to fulfill our mission.
Fiscal Solvency and Sustainability
We will prioritize fiscal solvency and sustainability as we initiate strategic initiatives. This includes being adaptable and efficient in our operations.
Continuous Quality Improvement
We will prioritize fiscal solvency and sustainability as we initiate strategic initiatives. This includes being adaptable and efficient in our operations.
Student Focused
GOAL A
Increase enrollment, retention, and completion by recruiting and supporting students throughout their academic journey from enrollment to graduation.
INITIATIVES
- Launch a Future Cowboys of Sheridan College Program
- Make college more affordable by using financial incentives in more focused ways among targeted groups. This includes utilizing tools like tuition scholarships and room and board packages to attract students from new markets.
- Partner with local stakeholders to create living/learning programs that may include bundling work opportunities with educational programs and on-campus housing.
- Evaluate and strengthen communication with potential students from prospect to applicant to enrolled and successful student.
- Continue to develop relevant programming and embrace new paradigms in scheduling, course length, and delivery to meet
the needs of the student. - Continue to utilize multi-faceted approaches, like pre-semester boot camps and workshops, to retain existing students through the completion of their educational goals.
- Evaluate adding additional athletic teams upon final fiscal separation of the district.
GOAL B
Ensure the readiness of our College to serve a diverse array of students by providing broad and holistic support, both in and out of the classroom.
INITIATIVES
- Implement peer mentoring programs where experienced students are matched with new students to help foster a greater sense of belonging and engagement.
- Ensure the on-going quality and speed of response to students seeking academic and student services support both off and online.
GOAL C
Strengthen pathways for students into the local and regional workforce from primary and secondary schools through college to the workforce.
INITIATIVES
- Assess and create ways to strengthen educational plans and support services for high school students, including specific support services for high school students to complete a CTE certificate or degree.
- Strengthen support for faculty teaching dual and concurrent students to increase success.
- Increase summer offerings focused on targeted academic areas that align with career paths tied to Sheridan College programs and short-term training to help people fast-track into the workforce.
- Implement a service-area junior high school student visitation program, allowing students the opportunity to explore college programs as they are developing their educational goals.
Organizationally Focused
GOAL A
Sheridan College will continue to be a regional employer of choice.
INITIATIVES
- Continue to support our employees by providing professional development opportunities and resources to enhance skills and develop competencies.
- Enhance wellness programs with year-round options.
GOAL B
Foster a safe and welcoming learning and working environment.
INITIATIVES
- Support excellent customer service to our students through adoption of successful models and systems.
- Reinforce through our activities and facilities the College Mission to create a welcoming working environment.
- To foster a safe, informed, and respectful campus community through comprehensive training that empowers students, staff, and faculty with the knowledge and skills necessary to report incidents and to prevent or respond to safety concerns.
- Develop guidance to help facilitate and model civil discourse at Sheridan College across campus locations and modes of communication, helping to foster environments of mutual respect where critical dialogue and inquiry can occur.
GOAL C
Sustain a college-wide culture of continuous quality improvement, with a focus on innovation and efficiency.
INITIATIVES
- Phase I– Strengthen department-level review processes by adopting systematic approaches to regular departmental assessments.
- Phase II– Provide continuous quality improvement training.
About Sheridan College
At Sheridan College, we encourage each student to grow and flourish with an array of courses and degrees. With more than $7 million in scholarships and financial aid awarded last year, students have the opportunity to achieve their academic goals.
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Accreditation
Sheridan College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), a regional accreditation agency recognized by the United States Department of Education.
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Board of Trustees
The Sheridan College Board of Trustees consists of seven members who are elected to staggered four-year terms by the citizens of Sheridan County. Any qualified voter in Sheridan County may be elected to the district board.
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Events Calendar
Go explore what’s happening at Sheridan College. Whether it’s a concert, lecture series, art gallery exhibition, or an academic event, theres always something to get excited about.
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