To: ASU Jonesboro

The strategic planning process is building toward a culminating activity Monday, April 26. On that date, the Strategic Planning Council, the Deans, and the Governing Ideas Task Force will be working to specify 3 to 4 “strategic initiatives” (measurable, action steps) under each of the strategic directions. On Thursday, April 8, the Strategic Planning Council officially adopted the following set of strategic directions:

1.         Enhance the university’s reputation, visibility, and influence.

2.         Enhance learning by focusing on the institution’s priorities – teaching, research, and service.

3.         Develop a cohesive campus community based on strong shared governance, excellent communication, and mutual respect.

4.         Develop a culture of assessment to continually and systematically examine and enhance educational and institutional outcomes.

5.         Increase enrollment, retention rate, and graduation rate of both undergraduate and graduate students.

6.         Enhance the diversity and inclusiveness of students, faculty, staff, and curriculum.

7.         Increase resources to the university.

8.         Strategically allocate/reallocate resources among divisions and colleges based on institutional priorities.

9.         Develop an environment that fosters social and economic development.

I have listed at the end of this message the invitees to the April 26 conference. I wish we could shut down the university, rent a hotel ballroom, and involve everyone, but in lieu of that not being possible, will you please share your thinking on strategic initiative ideas with one or more of the people who will be attending as your representative. I know this is the busiest time of the academic year, but we are in the “homestretch” of the strategic planning process.

Your involvement at this juncture is important to the process!

While the strategic directions provide the skeleton of where we would like to point the university, the strategic “initiatives” will take us to the next level of specificity. They will give spirit, energy, and accountability to the outcomes. Please share your good ideas with one or more of the following persons between now and April 26.

Thank you.

David Cox, Chair
Strategic Planning Council

The invitees are:

Strategic Planning Council

Bill Humphrey            bhumph@astate.edu  
Charles Carr              crcarr@astate.edu 
Cindy Albright            calbrigh@astate.edu 
Courtney Rowe          courtney_rowe@hotmail.com 
Derrick Coleman       dcoleman@astate.edu 
Erik Gilbert                 egilbert@astate.edu
George Grant            ggrant@astate.edu 
Glen Jones                 gjones@astate.edu 
Greg Thornburg         gthorn@exchange.astate.edu 
Hector Flores             hflores@astate.edu
Jack Zibluk                 jzibluk@astate.edu 
Jake Hampton           jakehampton@smail.astate.edu 
Jan Duggar                jduggar@astate.edu 
Jenifer Rice Mason   jrmason@astate.edu 
Jennus Burton            jburton@astate.edu 
Jerrod Lockhart         jlockhar@astate.edu 
Judith Pfriemer          jpfriem@astate.edu 
Judy McCay               jmccay@astate.edu 
Julie Isaacson            jisaacson@astate.edu 
Kathryn Jones            kjones@astate.edu
Kent Johnson             dkjohnson@astate.edu 
Len Frey                     lfrey@astate.edu 
Les Wyatt                   leswyatt@astate.edu 
Lynita Cooksey         lcooksey@astate.edu 
Lynn Howerton           howerton@astate.edu 
Marilyn Hummelstein   mmh@him.com 
Mark Hoeting           mhoeting@astate.edu 
Markham Howe        mhowe@astate.edu 
Myleea Hill                 mhill@astate.edu 
Rich Carvell               rcarvell@astate.edu 
Rick Stripling             ricks@astate.edu 
Shelley LunBeck       shelley.lunbeck@smail.astate.edu 
Sherry Johnson         sjohnson@astate.edu 
Steve Owens            sowens@astate.edu 
Susan Davis Allen     sdallen@astate.edu 
Tom Moore                tmoore@astate.edu 
Velmar Richmond     vrichmnd@astate.edu 
William Burns            wburns@astate.edu 
William Rowe            wrowe@astate.edu 


Deans 
 

Andy Sustich              sustich@astate.edu 
Bill Roe                       broe@astate.edu 
Cal Shumway            cshumway@astate.edu 
Carol O'Connor         coconnor@astate.edu 
Dan Reeves               dreeves@astate.edu 
Don Maness              dmaness@astate.edu 
George Grant            ggrant@astate.edu 
Greg Phillips              gphillips@astate.edu 
Hector Flores            hflores@astate.edu
Herman Strickland    hermax@astate.edu 
Jan Duggar                jduggar@astate.edu 
John Beineke            jbeineke@astate.edu 
Michael Loftis            mloftis@astate.edu 
Ricky Clifft                  rclifft@astate.edu 
Russ Shain                rshain@astate.edu 
Ruth Hawkins           rhawkins@astate.edu 
Susan Hanrahan       hanrahan@astate.edu 
Tom Wheeler            twheeler@astate.edu 
Tracy Finch                tfinch@astate.edu 
Verlene Ringgenberg           vring@astate.edu 
 

 Governing Ideas Task Force

Chuck Coffelt             pastorchuck72401@yahoo.com 
Dan Marburger          marburge@astate.edu 
Dan Reeves               dreeves@astate.edu 
David Maloch            dmaloch@astate.edu 
Don Lester                 dlester@astate.edu 
Doug Abel                  dabel@astate.edu 
Gloria Bridges           gbridges@astate.edu 
Jason Young              jasonyoung02@yahoo.com 
Jeff Bailey                  jbailey@astate.edu 
Joe Givens                 joegivens@mail.astate.edu 
John Beineke            jbeineke@astate.edu 
Keith Steele               ksteele@astate.edu 
Len Frey                     lfrey@astate.edu 
Lonnie Williams         lonniew@astate.edu 
Mitch Holifield            hfield@astate.edu 
Molly Phillips              mphillip@astate.edu 
Pam Kail                    pkail@astate.edu 
Phil Hestand              phestand@astate.edu 
Roger Lee                  rlee@astate.edu 
Roy Aldridge              raldridge@astate.edu 
Traci Perrin                tperrin@astate.edu 
Warren Johnson        wjohnson@astate.edu 
William Allen               wallen@astate.edu