The Continuous Improvement Initiative is designed to provide faculty, staff, students, and visitors with an opportunity to recommend improvement ideas that will advance the mission of the College of Science and the University of Notre Dame. Ideas may involve morale, safety, processes and procedures, communications, facilities, or other topics intended to enhance the college and its vision. This initiative is not meant to replace the University's "Bright Ideas" campaign, but rather to provide a means for individuals to submit thoughtful ideas for improvements to the College of Science.

All submissions that are received will be thoughtfully considered, and improvements will be implemented based on each idea's benefits, costs, relevance, and timeliness by the Continuous Improvement Initiative team. The best ideas from each period will be featured on this website and eligible for recognition. Submit your idea for improvement.

Representative of the departments within the College of Science, the Continuous Improvement Initiative team is comprised of the following individuals:

Kathy Phillips, Department of Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics
Rebecka Kocsis, Department of Biological Sciences
Mary Prorok, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Patti Strauch, Department of Mathematics
Shelly Goethals, Department of Physics
Kay Stewart, Freimann Life Science Center
Bill O'Hayer, Dean's Office
Kassie Spencer, Dean's Office
Allen Utterback, Dean's Office

Patti Strauch serves as the team leader and Mary Prorok serves as the team scribe.

For additional information on the initiative or questions not addressed on this website, please e-mail improve@nd.edu.