Chapter 12: Conclusion
Recent Developments

The conclusion of this self-study is that Millersville University is achieving its mission with distinction. A number of developments in the past few years have helped us make significant progress in achieving our mission and vision.

• The successful completion of our first-ever capital campaign has brought us $27.5 million in new resources.
• We have made major enhancements to our facilities, constructing two new buildings for our science programs, a Best Western inn and student housing, and transforming existing buildings into state-of-the-art facilities for our communications and English programs and dining. Lyle Hall's transformation into a student services facility has brought together many key services previously scattered across campus, giving students improved access to them.
• We have developed our first capital facilities master plan in over 20 years, and we are making plans to renovate our existing social sciences, business administration, education, industrial technology, and science facilities.
• We have created a new Information Technology division, headed by a vice president, resulting in major enhancements to information technology support. This has led to new pedagogies, greater library access, new and improved instructional facilities that integrate technology into the learning process, and a new integrated administrative and academic data management system.
• The General Education curriculum required of all degree-seeking undergraduates has undergone review and modification. A new emphasis on academic outcomes assessment has been launched that has led to tangible improvements in many of our academic programs.