Strategic Planning News as of October 2

from David Cox (dwcox@astate.edu)

I’m asking the individuals listed below to serve as “listening posts” throughout the ASU community for ideas on strategic planning. Please email them with your ideas, thoughts, feelings, concerns, perceptions, etc. I’m also asking them to initiate conversations on strategic planning questions and issues with the people they come into contact with every day.

Here are the members of the Strategic Planning Council and the five Task Forces as of Sept 30. Membership on the task forces may change over time.

Strategic Planning Council Membership

Cindy Albright, Faculty Senate

Susan Davis Allen, VCRAA

Bill Burns, Faculty Senate

Jennus Burton, VPFA

Chuck Carr, Diversity Committee Liaison

Rich Carvell, Chair of Institutional Distinctiveness Task Force

Derrick Coleman, Staff Senate

Lynita Cooksey, Coordinator

David Cox, Chair

Jan Duggar, Dean Representative

Jerry L. Farris, Chair of Graduate Education and Research Initiatives Task Force

Len Frey, Chair of Governing Ideas Task Force

George Grant, Library

Jake Hampton, SGA Vice President

Myleea Hill, Evaluator of Strategic Planning Communications

Mark Hoeting, ITS

Markham Howe, Public Relations

Lynn Howerton, Chair Representative

Marilyn Hummelstein, Community Representative

Bill Humphrey, Faculty Senate

Julie Isaacson, Chair of Governance Task Force

Sherry Johnson, Recorder

Glen Jones, Assistant to the President for Diversity Initiatives

Kathryn Jones, Director of Institutional Research

Jerrod Lockhart, Graduate Student

Shelley LunBeck, SGA President

Jenifer Rice Mason, Student Affairs Director Representative

Judy McCay, Staff Senate President

Tom Moore, Public Relations

Steve Owens, VPUA

Judy Pfriemer, Faculty Senate

Velmar Richmond, Community Representative

Bill Rowe, Faculty Senate President

Rick Stripling, VCSA

Greg Thornburg, Chair of Enrollment Management Committee

Debra Walden, Faculty Senate

Les Wyatt, President

Jack Zibluk, Chair of Environmental Scanning and Driving Forces Task Force

Strategic Planning Council with email addresses

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

Task Force on Institutional/Environmental Scanning and Driving Forces

Chair is Jack Zibluk

Bennett, Bob	bbennett@atate.edu
Callaway, Dana	dcallaway@astate.edu
Collier, Starlett	Starlett.Collier@smail.astate.edu
Cotten, Catherine	cpcotten@asate.edu
Fowler, Tammy	tlfowler@astate.edu
Handwork, David	dhandwork@astate.edu
Hannah, Russ	rhannah@astate.edu
Hoeting, Mark	mhoeting@exchange.astate.edu
Holman, David	dholman@astate.edu
Kremers, Ed	ekremers@exchange.astate.edu
Lynn, Paula	plynn@exchange.astate.edu
Miley, Sandra	smiley@astate.edu
Relyea, Clint	crelyea@astate.edu
Ringgenberg, Verlene	vring@astate.edu
Salinger, Larry	lars@astate.edu
Shaw, David	dshaw@exchange.astate.edu
Smith, Beth	smitty@astate.edu
Smith, Jerry	jerry@astate.edu
Sustich, Andrew	sustich@astate.edu
Weaver, Tim	stafford@astate.edu
Williams, Whitney	wwilliam@astate.edu
Zibluk, Jack	jzibluk@astate.edu

Task Force on Governing Ideas

Chair is Len Frey

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

Task Force on Institutional Distinctiveness

Chair is Rich Carvell

Biebesheimer, Jerry	jfbieb@astate.edu
Carlisle, Roger	rcarlisle@astate.edu
Carvell, Rich	rcarvell@astate.edu
Clifft, Ricky	rclifft@astate.edu
Farris, Linda	lfarris@astate.edu
Gilbert-Palmer, Deborah	dgilbert@astate.edu
Jorgensen, Richard	rjorgens@astate.edu
Maness, Don	dmaness@astate.edu
Miller, Rod	rmiller@astate.edu
Morse, June	jmorse@exchange.astate.edu
Philhours, Melodie	phil@grnco.net
Poynter, Elaine	epoynter@exchange.astate.edu
Roach, Terry	tdroach@astate.edu
Shain, Russ	rshain@astate.edu
Simons, Jill	jsimons@astate.edu
Stroud, Dana	dstroud@exchange.astate.edu
Thornburg, Greg	gthorn@exchange.astate.edu
Tucker, Dawn	dtucker@astate.edu
Winters, Ray	rwinters@astate.edu
Wolfe, Cynthia	cwolfe@astate.edu

Task Force on Graduate Education and Research Initiatives

Chair is Jerry Farris

Banta, Brady	bbanta@astate.edu
Biondolillo, Kris	kdbiondo@astate.edu
Cotten, Don	dcotten@astate.edu
Engelken, Robert	bdengens@astate.edu
Farris, Jerry	jlfarris@astate.edu
Flores, Hector	hflores@astate.edu
Foldesy, George	gfoldesy@astate.edu
Hannigan, Robyn	hannigan@astate.edu
Hicks, Kathy	kathyhicks@astate.edu
Johnson, Kimberley	krjohns@astate.edu
Milner II, Clyde	cmilner@astate.edu
Phillips, Greg	gphillips@astate.edu
Risch, Thomas	trisch@astate.edu
Russell, Greg	grussell@astate.edu
Smith, Darren J.	dsmith@astate.edu
Srivatsan, Malathi	msrivatsan@astate.edu
Stokes, Elizabeth	estokes@astate.edu
Teague, Tina Gray	tteague@astate.edu
Wheeler, Tom	twheeler@astate.edu
Wienke, Chris	cwienke@astate.edu

Task Force on Governance

Chair is Julie Isaacson

Bolin, Aaron	abolin@astate.edu
Carr, Chuck	crcarr@astate.edu
Cline, Dan	dhc@astate.edu
Fiala, Tom	tfiala@astate/edu
Fowler, Gil	gfowler@astate.edu
Freeman, Tami	tfreeman@astate.edu
Givens, Josh	joshua.givens@smail.astate.edu
Grymes, Joanna	grymesj@astate.edu
Hall, John	jhall@astate.edu
Hanrahan, Susan	hanrahan@atate.edu
Holifield, Mitch	hfield@astate.edu
Humphrey, Bill	bhumph@astate.edu
Isaacson, Julie	jisaacson@astate.edu
Johnson, Craig	crjohnso@astate.edu
Linnstaedter, Jerry	linnstaedter@csm.astate.edu
O'Connor, Carol	coconnor@astate.edu
Stacy, Annette	astacy@astate.edu
Steele, Jim	jsteele@astate.edu
Strickland, Herman	hermax@astate.edu
Vickers, Neal	nvickers@astate.edu

Here is a reminder of what the five task forces are all about

(1) Environment/Institutional Scanning and Driving Forces

· Determination of external and internal driving forces

· What factors or trends will significantly impact the institution’s future?

· Prepares a report on the implications of these for the future of the University

· Validates report with the ASU community and prepares a final statement

(2) Governing Ideas

· Mission – purpose, scope, and capabilities – What we do? (How include expanding graduate education and research initiatives?)

· Vision – desires or aspirations (that are brief, understandable, inspiring, imaginable, focused, feasible, and flexible)

· Core values – fundamental principles, common values that guide decision making

· Strategic directions – intended directions given mission, vision, and core values

· Prepares a paper and validates with the ASU community

· Makes recommendations to the Strategic Planning Council

(3) Institutional Distinctiveness

· What are the concepts, criteria, and process for identifying “distinctiveness” or “pockets of vitality”? (Distinguishing strengths or attributes that are so unique and significant that they allow us to stand out from our peers)

· Involves the ASU community in validating the criteria

· Advises on opportunities for developing increased institutional distinctiveness horizontally (attract students to all programs) and vertically (attract students to particular programs)

· What are comparative advantages for ASU versus major competitors?

(4) Graduate Education and Research Initiatives

· How will the mission of ASU accommodate the expanding doctoral programs and the Biosciences Institute?

· How can ASU enhance its graduate education programs and research initiatives?

· How can ASU assure that graduate education enhances the total institution, including undergraduate education and service to our region?

· How can assessment and program evaluation be incorporated into graduate education?

(5) Governance

· How can the institution develop a common understanding of “shared governance?”

· How can a collaborative model be used to build ownership, increase achievement, and pursue excellence?

· How can everyone’s ideas be heard while simultaneously becoming an even more agile and responsive institution?

· How can gaps in communication of goals, plans, and directions in the operations of the university be addressed?