Offer more programs in the arts Partnering with other businesses to enhance the products of those businesses and to provide new avenues to shared markets. Explore opportunities across disciplines to develop new knowledge and the development of productive new roles in the workforce. Engage highly qualified people in the various industries in which we interact in the educational mission, both through the university and in the work place. The creation of the Business School should help enhance educational offerings available to industry as well as serve as a resource to industry with regards to business development initiatives. The University should improve its outreach to the alumni.
Alumni are an integral part of most private college and university communities.
Presently, Stony Brook has little alumni involvement. Consider how many people who live and work on Long Island who have an affiliation with Stony Brook. Alumni should be called upon to mentor students, promote the University, assist in admissions and recruitment efforts, as well as help identify and sponsor scholarships, additional internships, and career opportunities. Private colleges and universities rely heavily on alumni for financial support that allows their institutions to respond to changes more quickly, create innovative programs and services for students, and foster a greater sense of community among current and past graduates. The University should make a meaningful and lasting investment in this effort by creating an alumni-relations office and staffing it adequately.