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University, chancellor sets goals for new school year
Diversity, reorganization of administration included on list of topics to be addressed
Natalie Saeger
Issue date: 9/4/08 Section: News
As another school year kicks off, a new year of goals does as well. The strategic priorities for the upcoming 2008-09 academic year for UW-Eau Claire were set earlier this summer after consulting with various groups and are ready to be implemented, Chancellor Brian Levin-Stankevich said.
The seven strategic goals that are embedded into the year's plan, developed by Levin-Stankevich and the University Planning Committee, aim specifically at making Eau Claire a more sturdy, inventive and varied institute, according to the strategic plan.
Levin-Stankevich said having a defined set of goals for the year gives the university direction and is "an effort to channel our energy and address what are the most pressing issues."
One of the goals that Levin-Stankevich said he feels is most important for the university is diversifying the campus.
"We need to understand that the future is not like the past and that the demographics are changing," he said. "The dominant cultures in our country are changing … and we need to adapt to that and welcome it and make sure we incorporate that into everything we do."
Marty Wood, chair of University Senate and English professor, is also a member of the University Planning Committee. He agreed that "hardly anything else could be more important" than diversity.
To help transform learning, Levin-Stankevich said goals No. 1 through No. 3 will attempt to "foster purposeful learning, promote connected learning and accelerate global learning."
The chancellor said one example of "connected learning" would be to fund a way to bring together the upper, lower and Water Street campuses into one whole institution.
The last four goals involve engaging faculty and staff with improvement decisions, finding new ways of generating income for the university, improving the quality of services and academic programs, and making physical improvements around campus.
Levin-Stankevich said the grounds crew has already been working on minor outdoor projects on campus.
The seven strategic goals that are embedded into the year's plan, developed by Levin-Stankevich and the University Planning Committee, aim specifically at making Eau Claire a more sturdy, inventive and varied institute, according to the strategic plan.
Levin-Stankevich said having a defined set of goals for the year gives the university direction and is "an effort to channel our energy and address what are the most pressing issues."
One of the goals that Levin-Stankevich said he feels is most important for the university is diversifying the campus.
"We need to understand that the future is not like the past and that the demographics are changing," he said. "The dominant cultures in our country are changing … and we need to adapt to that and welcome it and make sure we incorporate that into everything we do."
Marty Wood, chair of University Senate and English professor, is also a member of the University Planning Committee. He agreed that "hardly anything else could be more important" than diversity.
To help transform learning, Levin-Stankevich said goals No. 1 through No. 3 will attempt to "foster purposeful learning, promote connected learning and accelerate global learning."
The chancellor said one example of "connected learning" would be to fund a way to bring together the upper, lower and Water Street campuses into one whole institution.
The last four goals involve engaging faculty and staff with improvement decisions, finding new ways of generating income for the university, improving the quality of services and academic programs, and making physical improvements around campus.
Levin-Stankevich said the grounds crew has already been working on minor outdoor projects on campus.
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