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General Timeline
February 2008
- Kickoff meeting: forming the Strategic Thinking Initiative Steering Committee and Working Groups, and naming the co-leads
- Ongoing dialogue between the Working Groups and the broader campus community begins
- Council for Equity and Community elections
- Board of Trustees meeting: "Student Life and Learning"
- Discussion in standing college faculty, department, stem, and staff meetings throughout campus begins
March 2008
- Council for Equity and Community membership formed, work begins
- Collaborative virtual community (blog) launches
- University faculty meeting: discussion, updates
- Campus-wide community events: open dialogue with faculty and staff – March 25, 6-9 p.m., and March 27, 9 a.m. to noon
- Discussion in standing college faculty, department, stem, and staff meetings throughout campus continues
- Working Group meetings ongoing
- Steering Committee meetings ongoing
April 2008
- Results of campus-wide events compiled, integrated
- Working drafts of documents outlining institutional goals and priorities made available for review and comment
- Discussion in standing college faculty, department, stem, and staff meetings throughout campus continues
- Working Group meetings ongoing
- Steering Committee meetings ongoing
May 2008
- Working drafts of documents outlining institutional goals and priorities honed into final drafts
- Joint development of Strategic Thinking Steering Committee synthesis report (summary of the three Working Group reports) for campus community
- Board of Trustees meeting: "Enrolling Strategically"
- President's report to campus community and alumni at Reunion
- Final Working Group meetings
- Final Steering Committee meetings
June 2008
- Executive summary reports prepared for presentation to the Board of Trustees
July 2008
- Joint Board of Trustees/Senior Leadership retreat
August 2008
- Strategic planning and implementation groups launched
