Strategic Planning

Meeting Notes

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Strategic Session with President and SGA – Feb 28

GOAL: Review the draft 3.0 documents and provide feedback to build a more complete document.

  • Clarification on residential life and next steps—the plan for residence life will be to scan the higher education landscape and research options, talk to lots of students and discuss what is ideal for MC and then […]
March 3, 2016|Listening 3.0|0 Comments

Strategic Session with President and Faculty & Staff – Feb 25

GOAL: Review the draft 3.0 documents and provide feedback to build a more complete document.

  • Positive time at MC
  • Focus on retention is important
  • Time constraints when collaborating with faculty and staff.  How to connect staff with the faculty’s initiatives for growth with time constraints?
  • For the theme, learn through play. PLAY….
  • How often we […]
February 26, 2016|Listening 3.0|0 Comments

Strategic Session with President and Admissions – Feb 15

GOAL: Review the draft 3.0 documents and provide feedback to build a more complete document. Focus on priorities.

  • It will be important to communicate how the campus, particularly admissions, supports the academic growth process.
  • Academic growth is the top priority. When we can get faculty […]
February 16, 2016|Listening 3.0|0 Comments

Strategic Session with President and Staff – Feb 12

GOAL: Review the draft 3.0 documents and provide feedback to build a more complete document. Focus on priorities.

  • Academic program growth needs to be a priority along with building a billion dollar endowment. Allowing faculty to get started building and accessing resources as soon as possible makes […]
February 16, 2016|Listening 3.0|0 Comments

Strategic Session with President and Faculty – Jan 25

GOAL: Review the draft 3.0 documents and provide feedback to build a more complete document.

  • Campus entrance has been a priority concern since the strategic planning discussion started. A phased plan is in progress and will be shared early this semester.
  • SP very focused on faculty to lift up academic programing as […]
February 8, 2016|Listening 3.0|0 Comments

Strategic Session with President and Staff – Jan 25

GOAL: Review the draft 3.0 documents and provide feedback to build a more complete document.

  • What type of role does the McPherson community have in our growth? Buy in, support, political, economic, get the community to be proud of where they come from and endorse us, generational. (i.e. When you grow […]
February 8, 2016|Listening 3.0|0 Comments

Strategic Listening 2.0 Lunch Session – Jan 8

GOAL: Review the draft 2.0 documents and provide feedback to build a more complete listing of initiatives.

  • Academic Programs-how do we assist with implementation? How does faculty decide to participate? What is the process/system? Quasi-incubator process—pair with mentors.
  • Finding our brand. Where do we focus?
  • Creating the marketing plan based on the strategic […]
January 15, 2016|Listening 2.0|0 Comments

Strategic Listening 2.0 Coffee Session – Jan 8

GOAL: Review the draft 2.0 documents and provide feedback to build a more complete listing of initiatives.

  • In terms of sustainability, 1B endowment is a good area of focus and we need to continue to grow our endowment to thrive.
  • Student engagement-how do we make that more systematic. Students and faculty doing […]
January 15, 2016|Listening 2.0|0 Comments

Strategic Session with President and Social Science Division – Dec 10

GOAL: Review the draft 2.0 documents and provide feedback to build a more complete listing of initiatives.

  • Success of Power Day/connecting with young alumni; Maintain the relationship (in addition to giving) with young alumni through mailing, reunions, events—what can we offer them to keep them engaged?
  • What is the focus of our […]
December 10, 2015|Listening 2.0|0 Comments

Strategic Session with President and Humanities Division – Dec 7

GOAL: Review the draft 2.0 documents and provide feedback to build a more complete listing of initiatives.

  • Concerned with campus entrance and the open space; Open space is a detriment and needs immediate attention
  • How we use space is important as well as how it looks; Use space for student labs/studios; more […]
December 7, 2015|Listening 2.0|0 Comments