Strategic Planning Archives

Strategic Question Task Forces are meeting throughout October and November.
Schedule of Open Forums to Review the Work of the Task Forces

Task Force 1: Undergraduate Curriculum: Balancing of Majors and Elaborating the Mission
Specifically seeking input on:
1) What should the distribution of majors be? How should we envision what distribution of majors we would like to steer toward?
2) How might we try to move toward an envisioned distribution of majors?
                Weds., Nov. 2, 4:00 p.m., Bush 176
                Fri., Nov. 4, 4:00 p.m., Reeves Lodge

 Task Force 7: Civic Engagement & Community-Based Learning
                Weds. Nov. 9, 12:00-1:00 p.m., Bieberbach-Reed
                Mon., Nov. 14, 2:00-3:00 p.m., Bieberbach-Reed

 Task Force 8: Post Graduate Direction and Success
                Thurs., Nov. 10, 11:00 a.m., Olin 230

Task Force 2: Integration of Global Learning Experiences
                Mon., Nov. 14, 4:00-5:00 p.m., Location: SunTrust Auditorium

All faculty and staff are encouraged to attend the scheduled Task Force (TF) colloquies on Strategic Planning recommendations. Click here, Preliminary Task Force Reports, to read more about the topics to be discussed.

TF 11: Guidelines to Steward Faculty Compensation
Tues., April 4 |12:30-1:45pm | Professors | Faculty Club
Weds., April 5 | 4:00-5:15pm | Assoc. Professors | Bush 176
Thurs., April 6 | 4:00-5:15pm | Asst. Professors | Faculty Club
Fri., April 7 | 4:00-5:15pm | All CLA Faculty | Bush 176
Topic: Small group discussions of data presented at the March 23, 2017, CLA Faculty meeting.

TF 1A-B: Undergraduate Curriculum: Mission and Balancing of Majors
Fri., March 3, 2017 | 4:00 p.m. | Bush 176
Wed., March 8, 2017 | 4:00 p.m. | Bush 176
Topics: Proposals for deferred, deliberate declaration of major, departmental assessment of optimum number of students, departmental regulation of student numbers using autonomous curricular measures, and reduction of student Neighborhood requirements depending on major declaration.    

TFs 8: Post-Graduate Direction and Success and 10: Persistence and Graduation Rates
Wed., March 8, 2017 | 3:00-4:00 p.m. | Olin Library Meeting Room
Topic: Recommendation to explore a one‐stop‐shop student support model with two hubs: 1) a Developmental Hub that co-locates key support services (e.g., Career and Life Planning, tutoring, pre‐professional programs, competitive scholarships, student‐faculty collaborative scholarship) and 2) a Transactional Hub that co‐locates Bursar, Registrar,Financial Aid, and Advising services.

Board of Trustees - February 24, 2017
                                     May 12, 2017
Faculty Executive Council - February 28, 2017
Faculty/Staff - February 28, 2017
                            April 18, 2017
                            May 18, 2017

Alumni Board of Directors

• Thursday, October 20, 3:00-4:00 p.m., Galloway Room
  A full presentation on strategic planning activities to date, including themes identified from responses to the SWOT exercises

Faculty/Staff - October 17 and 18, 2016
Board of Trustees - October 14, 2016
Faculty Executive Council - October 5, 2016
President's Extended Staff - September 26, 2016

Liberal Arts Faculty - August 15, 2016
Crummer Faculty - September 13, 2016
Emeriti Faculty - September 12, 2016
Enrollment Management Staff - August 23 and 26, 2016
Athletics Staff - August 25, 2016
Holt School Staff - August 31, 2016
Student Affairs Staff - September 9, 2016
Institutional Advancement Staff - September 9, 2016
Academic Affairs Staff - September 14, 2016
Liberal Arts Students - September 16, 2016
Liberal Arts SGA - September 21, 2016

*The following groups participated in SWOT exercises without focus groups: Business and Finance Staff, Holt Students, Alumni, and Board of Trustees.