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1 Implement a campus-wide recycling program, allowing NKU to serve as a community leader in sustainability.
 		        
2 Provide funding to continue the development of graduate programs and to provide compensation to faculty for mentoring of graduate students.
 		        
3 Continue to increase funding for Faculty Development Programs, initiatives and external advanced courses, that will leading to improved teaching and scholarship
 		        
4 Reduce parking fees while implementing a controlled access system to staff parking lots, allowing staff to readily finding parking at all times during the semester.
 		        
5 Increase the salaries for part-time instructors, allowing more competitive hiring of high quality applicants.
 		        
6 Renew efforts to increase faculty salaries and bring NKU to CUPA standards, addressing issues of equity (among colleges, departments, and disciplines) and of compression (between ranks).
 		        
7 Continue to develop POD resources and make them more accessible to faculty and staff, including providing shorter training courses and video content via the internet.
 		        
8 Provide funding for the building of bridges and tunnels that would ease traffic congestion around campus.
 		        
9 Increase classroom and office space on campus, to match availability at other Kentucky universities.
 		        
10 Increase the level of tuition waiver for spouses and dependents of faculty/staff
 		        
11 Continue to decrease the reliance on part time and temporary faculty by hiring tenure track faculty
 		        
12 Continue increasing the number of full-time support-staff
 		        
13 Obtain external funding for the renovation of Founder’s Hall.
 		        
14 Continue to provide adequate funds to maintain, repair and upgrade appropriate technology for faculty, staff, and students within classrooms and labs.
 		        
15 Continue increasing the funding level for NKU libraries to develop a core collection of books, periodicals, and electronic resources supporting teaching and research
 		        
16 Provide a higher quality benefit package including new options in dental, health and life insurance, while not increasing net costs to employees, and continue to develop the Wellness program