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“NGU2025” WILL EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE UNIVERSITY’S REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT.


Strategic locations for program expansion will be identified, resourced and initiated.


4.1.1 We will launch an Institute for Global Leadership to equip students across the university to apply their education to various global contexts.


4.1.2 We will continue to establish strategic academic partnerships with like-minded organizations that help enhance NGU’s academic reputation.


4.1.3 We will offer alumni and friends events in expanded geographic areas, focusing initially on a triangle of marketing and recruiting opportunities located approximately in the area bounded by Knoxville, TN; Durham, NC; and Charleston, SC, as well as select national locations.


4.1.4 We will look for opportunities to broaden our professional networks.


4.1.5 We will expand conversations with all Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) state conventions that do not have a convention-affiliated university.


4.2 Expanded opportunities for student and alumni engagement will be implemented in key areas, including business, education and ministry.


4.2.1 We will increase opportunities for athletic teams and individual student- athletes to participate in mission trips.


4.2.2 We will focus on exposing the university family to local, national and international mission opportunities, as well as equipping them for and involving them in these opportunities.


4.2.3 We will provide community service opportunities locally and globally.


4.2.4 We will create a comprehensive and systematic pathway for student internships.


4.2.5 We will partner with departments to develop both degree seeking and non-degree seeking online learning platforms.


4.2.6 We will increase efforts to encourage former student-athletes to reconnect and engage in the work of the university.


4.3 Marketing and recruiting plans will be supportive of efforts to expand the university’s reach and profile.


4.3.1 We will create an NGU icon for alumni to use in their social media photos, helping to affirm that NGU alumni are spread across the world.


4.3.2 We will meet or exceed enrollment targets for student-athletes. 4.3.3 We will expand NGU Athletics’ social media footprint.


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