May 8

Strategic Planning Steering Committee
Minutes of Meeting

May 8, 2009

Attendees

• Dr. Luis M. Proenza, President
• Dr. Elizabeth Stroble, Sr. VP, COO and Provost
• Candace Campbell Jackson, Vice President and Chief of Staff
• Dr. Steven Ash, Associate Professor, College of Business
• Dr. David Baker, Interim Provost; Dir., Archives-History of American Psychology
• Holly Harris Bane, Associate VP - Strategic Initiatives and Engagement
• Dr. Diana Biordi, Associate Dean, College of Nursing
• Dr. Cynthia Capers, Interim Dean, College of Education; Coordinator, University Academic Leadership Initiatives
• Dr. F. John Case, Vice President for Finance and Administration/CFO
• Dr. Charles Fey, Vice President for Student Affairs
• Gordon Holly, Wayne College, Sr. Director of Student Life & Enrollment Mgmt.
• Dr. Chand Midha, Associate Provost and Acting Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
• Barbara O'Malley, Associate Vice President for Communications/CCO
• Stanley Silverman, Dean, Summit College
• Dr. Harvey Sterns, Chair of Faculty Senate; Professor, College of Arts and Sciences
• Jason Ziegler, ASG President

Guests:

• John Braunstein, Anthony Knerr & Associates (AKA)
• Brenda Westbrook

The meeting was called to order at 11:00 a.m.

Engagement Update

Holly Harris Bane provided an engagement update:

• Two faculty focus groups have been held, and more will be held during the upcoming week; and
• Focus groups for contract professionals and staff will be held when the faculty groups have been completed.

Updates from Stillwater/AKA

Anthony Knerr met with Dr. Proenza to discuss the strategic planning process and the plan document. The discussion included:

• The stakeholders' priorities and how they relate to the process;
• The continuing process of identifying clusters of excellence at UA;
• The format of the strategic plan document; and
• The plan will cover the period 2010-2020.

Redraft of Strategic Plan Document

The committee reviewed the current draft of the strategic plan document. The document is being revised until the committee feels that there has been engagement and input from all stakeholders and that the plan document truly reflects best thinking. It is expected that the draft document will be shared with the broader campus community in August. There was also discussion about how, when and what to name the document. 

The committee discussed the draft document in context with the overall important themes that were identified at a previous committee meeting:

• Metrics and measurement;
• Student retention;
• A link back to earlier documents so that continuity is more evident;
• Redraft of the goals which will encompass the initial goals currently under consideration;
• Identifiers of clusters of excellence, including STEMM;
• Alignment with the USO strategic plan; and
• Access as a potential central initiative.

In so doing, it was determined that:

• The next draft of the plan needs to be clearer in how it links to the Charting the Course language;
• Innovation should be closely tied to entrepreneurship;
• It should speak to everyone: undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff;
• It should offer transformation and success to everyone;
• Once defined, the clusters of excellence should be inclusive as well as distinctive;
• There needs to be stronger language regarding globalization; and
• The plan document, as well as the strategic planning process, needs to include student and faculty engagement.

Next Steps

• Dr. Nancy Zimpher, President of the University of Cincinnati, will meet with the strategic planning steering committee on May 11; and
• Patricia Burch from The Stillwater Group will be in attendance at the June 5 strategic planning steering committee meeting as work begins on the business plan portion of the committee's work.

 The meeting adjourned at 1:00 p.m.