
This has been an extremely exciting period as we embarked on our first institutional strategic planning process in nearly 15 years. Together, we have developed a new mission, a new vision and new values. We have also outlined goals and objectives that will help us achieve our aspirations. Thanks to the collective leadership of all of you, we have collectively chosen where we want to go and who we want to be over the next five to seven years!
The next phase involves developing an implementation plan. The implementation plan is defined as a set of action items corresponding to each objective specifically designed to help us achieve our desired vision. At this stage we have to bring our most innovative ideas and best practices to develop a set of action items that we can implement over the five to seven years to get us to our vision with the understanding that these action items could change. As conditions change, we will keep our eye on our vision while remaining flexible and nimble in our approach. The strategic plan will serve as our compass as we navigate an ever-shifting landscape.
Our new vision statement includes our aspiration to become a national leader in social mobility, especially the ways in which we serve our first-generation students. To achieve this vision with our students instead of for our students, we encourage you to explicitly include student input/voices in developing your action items and unit-level plans.
Given that our resources are limited, strategic planning is also about making choices and allocating new resources and reallocating existing resources towards those action items that will best help us achieve our vision while staying grounded in our mission.
The campus community is invited to attend and participate in an upcoming Implementation Plan Inspiration Session. These sessions are intended to inspire next steps related to our mission, vision and goals. Learn from and share with others how you can participate and work across units and divisions to move our plan forward and achieve our vision.