Synopsis of Committee Deliberations:
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Meetings. The Strategic Planning Committee met twice during the 2005-2006 academic year. The Chair attended all Executive Committee meetings in the Fall but could not attend those held in the Spring because she was on maternity leave. For the same reason, the committee did not hold meetings in Spring 2006. |
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Master Plan. The committee met with Tom Serwatka in September 2005 and reviewed (with the committee) the roles and responsibilities of the committee. It was decided that the Strategic Planning Committee should be a working committee and as such should become more visible to Faculty Association through attendance and communication at Executive Meeting and Faculty Association Meetings. |
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Strategic Plan. The committee reviewed the UNF Strategic Plan in several versions of development during the academic year. Members of the committee created a plan of action for revising and re-working the current UNF strategic Plan. In particular, the committee decided to review and revise four sections of the Strategic Plan: Quality of Faculty, Student Learning, Research, and Flagship.
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There has been concern during the last year about the duplication of efforts. Tom Serwatka expressed the commitment of the administration to work with the committee collaboratively on strategic planning and expressed the need to elicit faculty input in refining what has been started.
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Yemisi Bolumole, Henry Thomas, Ajay Adewale, and Alexandra Schonning represented the committee at the UNF Leadership Retreat in November 2005 and participated in breakout sessions focusing on different elements of the Strategic Plan: Flagship programs; Research; and Quality Faculty. Repeated opportunities for the committee to meet with Tom Serwatka (from the President’s office) allowed committee members to provide input into the strategic plan document. |
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Status of any current work still in progress: The Committee finalized their review work on the selected sections of the strategic plan but did not host the faculty workshops and focus groups as planned. These will be carried out during the 2006-207 academic year.
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Information items submitted to the Association: |
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A plan of action was generated by the Strategic Planning Committee to review four (4) sections of the University of North Florida Strategic Plan:
1. Quality of Faculty
2. Student Learning
3. Research
4. Flagship Programs
The Committee will seek input from the campus community and administration regarding each of these areas in the form faculty workshops following the Fall 2005 semester planning stage.
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| Action items submitted to the Association: None |
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Status of any current work still in progress: The Committee finalized their review work on the selected sections of the strategic plan but did not host the faculty workshops and focus groups as planned. These will be carried out during the 2006-2007 academic year.
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Issues or concerns that need to be addressed in the coming year: The committee will seek input from the campus community and administration regarding specific areas of the Strategic Plan through faculty workshops in the coming year.
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A committee chairperson needs to be elected for the 2006-2007 year. |
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The UNF Strategic Plan needs to be continuously reviewed each year by the committee.
Tom Serwatka is available to meet with the committee and should be invited to upcoming committee meetings. |
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