Orientation Team Leaders posing together for a photo during freshman orientation at McLain State Park in Hancock in August 2015. These are three highly engaged students at the university. Below is a short introduction into each of their involvement at the university. Sara Martin (left) is a junior nursing student who came to Finlandia from Durango, Colorado. She’s a three-year member of the women’s hockey team, and the secretary and treasurer of student senate. Schwartzen Jarmond is a junior business major from Staten Island, New York. He is the president of student senate, black student union and a member of the basketball team. Kristy Kerstner is a sophomore nursing student from Rapid River, Michigan who helped start the Alpha Lambda Delta honor society chapter on campus, a group that she is now the president of. She also participated in the 2015 Service and Learning in Tanzania experience last May. Plan 2021 SUMMARY–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– PLAN 2021is an integrated strategic document spanning Institutional Advancement, and University Relations) is the seven years prior to Finlandia University’s 125th responsible for implementation and continuous anniversary in 2021. It embodies the essence and nature assessment of PLAN 2021. The plan unfolded with an of the university’s mission as a learning community of aggressive schedule of implementing programs, services, academic excellence, spiritual growth, and service. and facilities that parallel the overall growth agenda. Shared values and commitments through a precise articulation of disciplined application and rigorous The areas targeted for achieving major elements of the assessment, as present in the plan are that which will plan, enrollment, institutional image, facilities, and allow students to experience a relationship-driven, assessment are being given priority attention. The holistic, and transformative educational experience that underpinnings of such deserved attention are community, is distinctive, whole, and engaged in preparation for life campus posture, people, programs, physical plant, and and career in the 21st century. policies. Together, an amalgamation of these five elements will produce actions uniting the campus and community to: • Strengthen Finlandia’s identity as an affordable private four-year university located in the heart of the Copper Country • Advance expansive learning that best prepares students for the 21st century workplace and world • Grow our learning community with academically successful, socially responsible, and community engaged students • Hold forth a strongly recognized university brand in the Upper Peninsula • Develop resources which directly contribute to institutional health and resilience through good stewardship, investment, and capacity building THE SIGNATURE GOALS OF PLAN 2021: • Develop a thoroughgoing culture of assessment • To become a learning community inspired and set apart by a clear and compelling vision PLAN 2021 indeed charts a course for firmly establishing • To advance expansive learning that best prepares Finlandia’s place in higher education and for realizing graduates for the 21st century workplace and world her highest aspirations. • To meet and exceed rigorous standards for financial stability and resilience • To enroll 700+ students who persist and graduate at historically high rates • To become a full member of a preferred NCAA Division III regional conference • To carry a strong brand and reputation locally and regionally • To enhance and expand instructional, residential, and athletics facilities • To establish a thoroughgoing culture of assessment for continuous improvement Numerous strategic documents contributed to the architecture of the plan from whence these goals emerged. Leadership of the four areas of senior management (Academic Affairs, Business & Finance, The Case for Resourcing PLAN 2021–––––––––––––––––––––––– PLAN 2021 has charted the course for the future of Finlandia Fund which provides support for annual Finlandia University. As the university proceeds with institutional scholarships, academic and co-curricular enthusiasm and vigor, it is essential to note that a crucial programmatic needs, laboratory and facility component is providing the plan with an accompaniment enhancements, and general operating needs is of resources. Finlandia’s goal of a sustainable enrollment imperative. While vital, increasing revenue from the of 750 students by 2021 is based on a steady growth Finlandia Fund alone will not solely support PLAN 2021. requiring a continued emphasis on launching new There is a real need to generate larger dollars for the academic and co-curricular programs as well as kind of physical plant, new programs, and support emphasizing and enhancing traditionally strong systems that will accompany students along their path of programs in Finlandia’s two schools and two colleges. matriculation to a degree to which this gem of a university in the Upper Peninsula has not previously seen. Part two of resourcing PLAN 2021 involves new and exciting opportunities for lifelong and new donors to firmly establish individual and family legacies through permanent naming gifts. Legacy name recognition by virtue of sharing good fortune to the benefit of others is a passing forward of belief in our mission of Finlandia University as a learning community of academic excellence, spiritual growth, and service. The mission of Finlandia is far-reaching and not temporary. So too is the foundational element of establishing a legacy. Legacy namings will ultimately help Finlandia establish itself as ‘something more.’ Excelling in education and research, attracting and retaining a diverse student body, For the trek of enrollment growth to be effective and faculty, and staff, as well as creating lasting cultural and efficient, new funds must be generated beyond those economic impact, are collectively integral aspects of which increased tuition revenue will contribute. To attract Finlandia’s highest aspirations. We sincerely believe what and retain new students and the faculty, staff, facilities, Finlandia offers now and in the future is worth developing and programmatic elements which serve this growing and preserving. As we envision a transformational population of learners, there comes with it a need to university, one that will see Finlandia as its best self, we improve several aspects of the university. Included in look to you as our donors to journey with us. We need those needs are: your help in making this dream become reality. • Classroom modernization • Technology services • Laboratory enhancements • Funds for initiating new academic and co-curricular programs • Increasing scholarships to help keep Finlandia affordable for those who comprise the majority of our student body profile Meeting those needs is a natural antecedent for the path of growth. With this challenge at hand, it is important to realize that such challenges create opportunities. This case for support is about opportunity. The following pages present the opportunities available for creating permanent lifetime legacies. As it is with the Opportunity for supporting PLAN 2021 lies in a measure establishment of a legacy, some wish to leave their mark that is primarily two-fold in nature. Enhancing the –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– of generosity. Others wish for the legacy of naming to OPPORTUNITIES signify those influential, near and dear, or simply by virtue There is a large number of naming gift opportunities and of love itself. The expressions of such are truly noble and an array of possibilities for persons/families with influential by what gifts of this level do to honor those who particular affinities. These range from; entire buildings, traveled paths leading to lives well-lived. It is with hope college and school naming as the largest units of that those who will study, achieve remarkable academics at Finlandia, laboratories, computer labs, a accomplishments, and change the lives of others as a new learning commons, conference rooms, residence result of the impact of the Finlandia experience will indeed halls, new state of the art fitness center, and many other live on by their own merit held forthright in recognition of possibilities. In addition, named annual institutional what your contribution to establishing legacies has done scholarships with 3-year and 5-year options are for them. Join us now in this remarkable journey that will available. These will also signify donor commitments to make a positive difference of uncommon attention to the the Legacy aspect of the Finlandia Fund. virtues of lives well-led and well-lived. SIGNIFICANCE OF NAMING GIFTS Tradition in higher education has established a practice of placing the names of distinguished individuals on facilities and spaces as a means of recognition for accomplishments, meritorious service, memorials, and generosity of wealth. The naming of a building, space, location, program, or even an entire school or college is considered one of the most significant honors that can be bestowed by Finlandia University. Through the establishment of naming gifts, legacies of persons and families will live in perpetuity. We kindly ask that you consider the options available on the following pages and make a heartfelt decision to join us in celebration of Finlandia’s bright future by virtue of your investment in success. School & College LEGACY NAMING–––––––––––––––––––––––– INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF ART & DESIGN (ISAD) ISAD Vision Statement: Finlandia