Senate reviews planning ideas
Administration presents strategic planning proposals, asks for feedback on longterm goals
Nicole Strittmater
Issue date: 9/27/07 Section: Campus News
The hours of campus offices are sometimes not conducive to everyone's schedule, members said, and essentially, this student center could be a night services center.
Senator Betsy Lorenz, a member of Group 3, said this proposal, like all proposals, centers on one thing.
"The central idea of creating a campus that is open," Lorenz said.
Martin Wood, professor of English, proposed Group Four's plan, Enhancing the Campus Community.
He said the campus needs to improve its "sense of place," posing the questions, "Who's here? Where are we, and what are we doing here?"
Students need to be at the center, and campus policies need to support them, he said, and the university needs to be environmentally friendly to sustain itself. The curriculum must encourage people to grow beyond their familiar fields, he said.
"Can we continue the best teaching and learning into the future?" Wood said. "Yes, if we're sustainable."
Group 5, Effectively Managing For Our Mission, deals with how all of the proposals are put into place. It examines ideas to effectively manage the university's operations.
Among the proposals were diversifying enrollment, examining and revising the Baccalaureate goals and partnering with private and community groups.
Group 6, Fostering Equity and Diversity, focused on making sure all students have success. They proposed more aggressive student recruitment, examining data on student learning and achievement to see areas needing improvement and conducting regular campus climate surveys. In addition, they want to provide support for spouses of diverse faculty and provide positions for visiting faculty of color.
Informational tables highlighting the proposals filled the Skylight Lounge in Davies Center Monday and Tuesday, urging people to write their comments and concerns down.
Levin-Stankevich said this way everyone can be involved.
"What do you expect the university to be? What can it be for this community?"
Senator Betsy Lorenz, a member of Group 3, said this proposal, like all proposals, centers on one thing.
"The central idea of creating a campus that is open," Lorenz said.
Martin Wood, professor of English, proposed Group Four's plan, Enhancing the Campus Community.
He said the campus needs to improve its "sense of place," posing the questions, "Who's here? Where are we, and what are we doing here?"
Students need to be at the center, and campus policies need to support them, he said, and the university needs to be environmentally friendly to sustain itself. The curriculum must encourage people to grow beyond their familiar fields, he said.
"Can we continue the best teaching and learning into the future?" Wood said. "Yes, if we're sustainable."
Group 5, Effectively Managing For Our Mission, deals with how all of the proposals are put into place. It examines ideas to effectively manage the university's operations.
Among the proposals were diversifying enrollment, examining and revising the Baccalaureate goals and partnering with private and community groups.
Group 6, Fostering Equity and Diversity, focused on making sure all students have success. They proposed more aggressive student recruitment, examining data on student learning and achievement to see areas needing improvement and conducting regular campus climate surveys. In addition, they want to provide support for spouses of diverse faculty and provide positions for visiting faculty of color.
Informational tables highlighting the proposals filled the Skylight Lounge in Davies Center Monday and Tuesday, urging people to write their comments and concerns down.
Levin-Stankevich said this way everyone can be involved.
"What do you expect the university to be? What can it be for this community?"
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