We will connect with external organizations and stakeholders to leverage their experience, insights, and networks with partnerships that create opportunities for our students. GU will broaden its connections with alumni, partners, and other institutions to achieve greater impact. Mutual growth, resource sharing, and joint ventures will result.
Increase engagement with the Free Methodist Church
Extend educational and training programs to pastors and laypersons globally. Strengthen the Free Methodist community and support spiritual and professional development.
Assess Kingdom Impact
Identify and implement measures that assess how well we deliver our mission, foster community service, and bring hope to those we reach.
Expand Strategic Partnerships
Secure formal agreements with allied organizations and churches. Invite new collaborations to leverage growth in our student populations and their training.
Develop Strategy to Secure Grants.
Prioritize engineering applied science, technology, mathematics, healthcare, and economic development in our grant strategies.
Create new training opportunities for our students
Encourage them to invite the regional community to engage with them in campus offerings, such as community gymnastics and equestrian therapy.
Leverage our investment in Greenville University’s SMART Center with expanded outreach to entrepreneurs and training.
Lead the development of partnerships among the Association of Free Methodist Education Institutions (AFMEI) to yield cost savings and program advantages across institutions.
Empower our alumni base
Equip our alumni to act as ambassadors for GU’s mission among their networks, leveraging their significant passion for God’s Kingdom work developing throughout the growing Greenville University enterprise by supporting and growing the impact of the Orange and Black in athletics.
Draft an agile operations improvement plan
In partnership with quality experts, draft and implement this plan to enhance operational efficiencies, benchmark performance against high standards, and drive continuous improvement across the university.
Interact with Leaders
Build out existing and create new advisory boards across the enterprise to bring wisdom and counsel from many perspectives to bear on the effectiveness of our work to prepare students for lives of character and service.
Build and expand our enterprise facilities to support this strategy as funding permits.
