Southern Polytechnic State University

Strategic Planning Task Force – notes from meeting on 15 December 2005

 

Report from SWOT Analysis subcommittee – Barry Birckhead

 

·    Strengths: went from 8 to 6 in number

-            a title change in number 4 (from “Academically well-prepared students” to “We attract well-qualified first-year students”) was announced

-            group discussion / questions involving Strengths; Dr. Szafran questioned Strength 2 “Caring, supportive and safe campus environment” – decision was made to add supportive data

·    Weaknesses: went from 8 to 13 in number

-            Discussion involving number of strengths vs. number of weaknesses; Will this be an internal or external document? Will it be available on the web? – SWOT does not have to be included as part of the final plan; does not have to be “public”

-            group discussion / questions involving Weaknesses; numbers 2,4, and 6 all address a lack of resources – Dr. Szafran suggests combining these into one – will work on a draft statement

·    Opportunities: total number stayed the same

-            Discussion involving whether being a comprehensive University should be a weakness, an opportunity, or a threat; decision was made to leave it as an opportunity

·    Threats: went from 8 to 3 in number

 

Report from Vision subgroup on recommended Goals

 

·    3 Goals:

1.      Increase Enrollment: There was discussion involving whether enrollment was a goal or a means to an end. It was decided to leave enrollment as a goal.

2.      Become a comprehensive University: work toward offering full liberal arts programs but with a technology focus; discussion regarding the definition of “comprehensive” was concluded with the decision to better clarify the meaning before moving forward with this goal.

3.      Create an environment in which students, faculty, and staff all take pride in the University and want to remain in contact beyond the formal relationship

 

·    After some debate, an agreement was reached to move forward with these as the 3 major University goals, with more clarity to be added as to what each goal specifically entails.

 

·    A subcommittee was created for each goal and instructed to begin the planning process outlined by the Structure and Process committee, chaired by Dr. Becky Rutherfoord. Members of the Task Force signed up for one of the three committees.

 

·    First assignments for each subcommittee include further clarifying each goal and summarizing what success in that goal would look like. Each subcommittee will report at the next Task Force meeting on Jan. 12, 2006.

 

MMcG/121505

 

Sub-groups to focus on strategic planning goals for 2005-06 -- created 12/15/05

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enrollment

Comprehensive

Positive culture

 

 

 

 

Chair(s)

Jim Cooper

Zvi Szafran

Bill Gruszka

 

 

 

Ron Koger

 

 

 

Patrick McCord

 

 

 

 

Acad Affairs

Tom Currin

Bill Barnes

Michael Murphy

 

Bernice Nuhfer-Halten

Alan Gabrielli

Jeff Orr

 

Frank Tsui

Dawn Ramsey

Ronny Richardson

 

 

Stephen Rehberg

Denise Stover

 

 

Becky Rutherfoord

Wayne Unsell

 

 

Mark Stevens

 

 

 

Walt Thain

 

 

 

 

 

Advancement

Kit Trensch

Ron Dempsey

 

 

 

 

 

Bus & Finance

Mary Ellen McGee

John Mills

Charles Azebeokhai

 

 

Rob Whitaker

Gary Chasteen

 

 

 

 

Info Tech

Ron Skopitz

David Stone

 

 

 

 

 

Pres Office

 

Mary Phillips

Bill Ketchum

 

 

 

 

SES

Barry Birckhead

Jocelyn Clark

 

 

Gary Bush

Steve Hamrick

 

 

Gini Head

Ann Watson

 

 

Melissa McGarity

 

 

 

Karl Staber

 

 

 

Phyllis Weatherly

 

 

 

 

 

 

SGA

Naimah Shaw

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alumni

 

Sharon Perry

Tim Moss