2020-21 Wichita State Annual Report: Partnerships and Engagement

Advance industry and community partnerships to provide quality educational opportunities and collaboration to satisfy rapidly evolving community and workforce needs.

Strategic Plan Objectives

Strategic Plan Objectives	Performance Drivers	Baseline	Current Performance
Number of intellectual property disclosures, patents	Disclosures	47 (2020)	40 (2021)
Licensing Revenues	Revenues in US Dollars	$81,247 (2020)	$233,451 (2021)
Start Up Supports	Startups supported	30 (2019)	347 (2021)
Employed Students	Work-based Applied Learning	2,736 (2019)	2,515 (2020)
Employed Student Salaries	Work-based Applied Learning	$27.5 M (2019)	$26.6 M (2020) COVID impact
Applied Learning Internships	Internships in field of study	1,801 (2019)	1,995 (2020)
Embrace a mission of service by enhancing community and regional engagement	Strategic Engagement and Planning and the Office of Engagement were created to strenghten the university's community engagement efforts. The university community engagement model was approved by faculty and staff involved in engagement activities. Focus was placed on supporting intiatives in Shocker Neighborhood including the Shocker Neighborhood Promise Scholars, mobile food markets, Trunk or Treat, WU Reads, and several community health initatives.
Deepen partnerships with P-12 educational providers such as USD 259	BAASE, CTE Pathways, Teachers of Tomorrow
Collaborate with other higher education institutions on initiatives enhancing student educational opportunities and supporting the economic, health and cultural needs of our communities	Number of articulation agreements	Agreements signed (2019): 25 Total agreements in force (2019): 72	Agreements signed (2020): 10 Total agreements in force (2020): 82
	WSU Tech new to WSU	324	373
Grow relationships with business partners to generate new applied learning and research opportunities	Student experiences— Shocker Career Accelerator	5,138	4,634
	Employers Engaged — Shocker Career Accelerator	500	416
Small Business Clients supported	Kansas Small Business Development Center clients, workshops and attendees	2019 640 clients 109 workshops 1,077 attendees	2021 489 clients 74 workshops 1,863 attendees
Advance alumni and donor relationships to secure their engagement with students and financial support	WSU Alumni Association License Plate Scholarship program: Awarded $71,000 in scholarship funding to seven License Plate Scholarship recipients and 44 Legacy Scholarship recipients. 51 scholarship recipients cover 30 different declared majors plus one undecided. Raised over $1M for student scholarships since 2002. More than 3,600 WSU tags on the road today.
Increase the quality of the students' undergrad and grad experience	32 Community Orgs served by 78 students. 209 students provided 1,568 hours of community service.