USF Sarasota-Manatee: CLC Brainstorming Suggestions

Below are ideas that members of the Community Leadership Council shared with USF Sarasota-Manatee Faculty and Staff during a brainstorming session on the goals pertaining to Continuing Education and Niche/Expanded Programs in the USF-SM Strategic Plan for 2006-11.

–Management Training – Business, Attorneys, MCC Staff

–Degree in Philanthropy

–Asian Business/International Business

–Transportation/Urban Planning (Affordable Housing) Programs

–Communication Skills Training – Partner with Asolo Theater

–Career-Related Computer Programs (Real Estate, Accounting, Banking)

–A Doctoral Program

–Professional Sales/Entrepreneurship

–Health Administration

–Gerontology

•On-Line & FEEDS Courses

•Financial Incentives for Employees Who Take Courses/Degrees/Certs

•Executive Sessions at Company Locations

•Joint County Schools - MCC – USF Programs (Gr 8-20)

•Link our Web Pages to Company Sites and Vice Versa

•Recruit at Community Colleges Beyond MCC

•DPR source of lists on medical professionals

•Higher Visibility and More PR in Papers, etc.

•Piggyback on MCC Community Forums

•Concentrate on Charlotte County (north of Peace River) and in South County before Gulf Coast – Nursing & Education

•Palmetto Youth Center

•Use Innovation 41 to obtain grants/loans for housing

•City of Palmetto on-site advising

•Minority Advising & Retention

•Scholarship Program

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