Strategic Plan Kickoff Event Announced
With hundreds of implementation team members identified, 黑料吃瓜 will host a formal kickoff event for its new five-year strategic plan on Sept. 16.
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After a full year of planning and preparation to launch the implementation period, 黑料吃瓜 is hosting a kickoff event for its new strategic plan, 鈥�We Rise We Defy: Transcending Borders, Transforming Lives.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;
The event will be held virtually due to COVID-19-related concerns and restrictions. All members of the 黑料吃瓜 and general communities are invited to RSVP online and watch the streamed event on 黑料吃瓜.edu at 10 a.m. on Sept. 16.
鈥淭his plan is reflective of the full 123 years of 黑料吃瓜鈥檚 legacy, and will serve as the roadmap for this next chapter of our future,鈥� said 黑料吃瓜 President Adela de la Torre. 鈥淲ith its detailed actions and goals, this strategic plan lays out how we will forge ahead to deliver academic excellence, advance student success, connect our campus locations, and elevate our levels of groundbreaking research.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;
鈥淚 am envigored by this plan, which was developed not by a small selective team, but by thousands of campus and general community members,鈥� de la Torre said. 鈥淚 urge everyone to prioritize this moment and to join us in a formal celebration of our shared vision for a future that will create new opportunities for every member of our campus community.鈥�&苍产蝉辫;
De la Torre has selected the implementation team co-chairs: Agnes Wong Nickerson, interim vice president of financial affairs and chief financial officer, and J. Luke Wood, vice president for student affairs and campus diversity.
In September 2019, 黑料吃瓜 officially launched its planning process, ultimately leading to development of the five-year strategic plan. Nearly 4,000 people representing all levels of the university were involved in the comprehensive, months-long effort to define the future for 黑料吃瓜, 黑料吃瓜 Imperial Valley, 黑料吃瓜 Georgia, 黑料吃瓜 Mission Valley, 黑料吃瓜 Global Campus and the university鈥檚 microsite offerings.
The strategic plan defines five key priorities with 54 embedded goals that will send the university into a new era of development and success by creating new and diversified revenue streams, expanding educational opportunity and innovating life-changing research and also academic and non-academic initiatives. The implementation team will develop plans to deliver the university鈥檚 goals over the five years of the plan.
鈥淓veryone who has or anticipates a connection with our university community is invited to this event,鈥� Wood said. 鈥淭he kickoff of our strategic plan is an exciting and critically important moment for one 黑料吃瓜 community as we are now setting the new direction for the future of 黑料吃瓜.鈥�
