Strengthening NSU Endowment Fund

• The purpose of the activity is to strengthen NSU’s education program and expand student support through the growth of public and private contributions to the University’s endowment
• http://www.nsu.edu/development/

Enhancing Instruction and Delivery of Online and Blended Courses

• The goal of this activity is to solidify the capabilities of Norfolk State University to design, deliver, and support quality instructions using Web and other emerging technologies.

Enhancing The University’s Infrastructure to Support Academic, Administrative, and Research Missions (OIT)

•  The chief purpose of this activity is to support efforts to achieve a higher level of technological capabilities in three areas of the University: academic-related activities, administrative support, and support of faculty projects.
• http://www.nsu.edu/atss/

Strengthening, Alignment for Academic Achievement (A³): Assessment-Based Curriculum Innovations to Improve Student Learning Outcomes

• This activity responds to three factors in support of the enhancing student success and providing quality instruction: 1) reshaping the current assessment system into a comprehensive multilevel system, 2) assist in responding to  changing circumstances by implementing an evidence based process for program review and 3) improve productivity of student learning outcomes.

Enhancing Effectiveness in Teaching, Learning, and Advising

• This Title III proposal is designed to address this need by establishing the Academy for Effective Teaching, Learning, and Research (TLR Academy) and offering  programs to promote the scholarship of teaching and learning, increase faculty knowledge of factors that affect student learning, provide a structure/mechanism for discussing, researching, and developing innovative methods, work products, or deliverables to show how learning can be enhanced throughout the University, enhance research opportunities, and increase the number of faculty members with terminal degrees. The Academy will assist faculty and professional staff in achieving excellence in teaching and learning with a resultant impact on student academic performance and provide activities and opportunities which support teaching and learning inside and outside the traditional classroom

Developing a Comprehensive System to Improve Student Retention and Ensure Student Success (First Year Experience)

• This activity proposes to enhance its services to address and support the needs of new and transfer students through the undergraduate years by providing support services to assist in their matriculation at the university.

Developing an Alternative Teacher Certification Program

• The primary goal of this activity is to develop and implement alternative Non-traditional modes of learning.

Strengthening Families and Communities via Collaborative Partnerships and Innovations in Education and Technology

• This activity proposes to improve the quality and scope of services delivered to families and the community through the Brambleton Community Center and form collaborative partnerships expanding social work education nationally by utilizing innovations in education and technology.

Strengthening the NSU Institute of International Education and Global Initiatives

• A major goal of this activity is to infuse international and cross cultural experiences in the curriculum in an effort to create a world community of scholars through the use of technological practices.

Developing Creative Classroom and Curriculum Models for Fostering Student Retention

Growing And Strengthening The Graduate Program In The College Of Science, Engineering And Technology (CSET)

• The College of Science, Engineering and Technology (CSET) at Norfolk State University (NSU) proposes to use Title III funds to grow and strengthen its five existing graduate programs; and develop at least two new graduate certificate programs and one Professional Science Masters Degree (PSM) Program. The first graduate program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), the M.S. degree in Materials Science, was initiated at NSU in 1994. An HBGI grant was awarded to support the program in 1999. By 2007 this HBGI support for the Materials Science Program has developed a strong research base and lead to the development of a Ph.D. Program in Materials Science and Engineering. In August 2003 as a result of an Office of Civil Rights (OCR) agreement, the Computer Science, Electronics Engineering, and Optical Engineering Graduate Programs began. With the support of an HBGI project the student population of the Computer Science M.S. Program grew from 19 students to 58 students according to the most recent (Fall 2008) census. The HBGI funding has strengthened Computer Science and Materials Science Programs by the addition of new faculty, support staff, instructional equipment, and equipment maintenance funds. This new HBGI application will aim at leveraging these individual successes in a coordinated effort to further strengthen all five graduate programs in CSET, including the less mature engineering programs. Building on this success, the CSET further proposes the development of two new graduate certificate programs and one new Professional Science Masters Degree (PSM) Program. The new programs will provide alternative and more direct paths to getting greater numbers of minority students into STEM professions.

• The College of Science, Engineering and Technology (CSET)

Enhancing the Delivery of Library Services to Norfolk State University Students.

The NSU Testing Center: Enhancing the Academic and Career Success of NSU Students and Hampton Roads Residents Through Comprehensive and Rigorous Testing Services.

Strengthening Services to Veterans and International Students

Improving Student Retention by Expanding Honors College to include Discipline-Specific Honors Programs

• The purpose of the Honors College is precisely to improve the quality of academic instruction not only for the students in the Honors College but for the entire university. The Honors College will serve as a place to pilot the latest and the best in pedagogy, particularly in the general education core on which we will focus. We shall also offer a host of campus enrichment events open to all.  Visit www.nsu.edu/honors.