Dear Colleagues,
I am proud to share with you the 2021-2025 Information Technology Strategic Plan. This plan is the culmination of many months of collaboration with a large number of individuals across our campus. It provides a roadmap for the future that supports our university’s mission to place learners and their learning at the center of what we do. It specifically incorporates alignment with the Success by Design Strategic Framework. As NKU evolves with new business models and seizes new opportunities, this plan will provide the technological framework for success.
Recent events have emphasized the impact of innovative technology solutions on society and the opportunities for moving NKU forward have never been more promising. We live in a time when information technology is impacting work, entertainment, healthcare and, of course, education at a level few have ever imagined. In fact, the recent Covid-19 Pandemic is accelerating necessary digital transformations that will greatly impact NKU’s future as a premier learning institution.
We now live in a hybrid world in all that we do, and this plan embraces the role of technology and the opportunity that it provides. Our students are coming to campus with new expectations, including the desire to learn anywhere, anytime, anyway. These digital natives that are “always” connected will bring change accompanied with challenges, but ultimately they will drive us to improve education and our university. This reality has fundamental implications for how we design and deliver our academic programs as well as how we gather, share and use knowledge to support student success. Technology is expanding student access and changing the fundamentals of both how we go about the teaching-learning process, support campus life activities and how the university operates.
We have lofty goals and believe the roadmap presented in this 2021-2025 Information Technology Strategic Plan will have a long-lasting contribution and effect on the mission of NKU. As an alumnus of NKU, I could not be more proud of this institution and look forward to a tomorrow full of endless possibilities.
Sincerely,
TIM FERGUSON
Chief Information Officer, Office of Information Technology
