The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Draft Strategic Plan is now posted on the CLAS website for an approval vote by all faculty and staff. The deadline to vote has been extended to Thursday, June 30th. I can’t stress enough how critical it is for everyone to review the plan and vote as soon as possible. This plan represents the hard work of many people within the college, and we need a quorum for the vote to be valid. So please vote TODAY and please encourage others to vote as well. When you click on the link (you will need to be on the university network or VPN, and you will be asked to sign-in with your university credentials) you can download a pdf (click on the blue box indicated) to review the plan in its entirety. Once you are ready to vote simply scroll to the bottom of the page and click either the “approve” or “disapprove” option. Complete the CAPTCHA by clicking on the box next to “I am not a robot” and then the submit button.
There has been some confusion about how the CLAS Strategic Plan is different from the University-wide 2030 Strategic Plan that I would like to clear up quickly. The university strategic plan has already gone through the approval process and is in the implementation phase. Our internal, college strategic plan update was started before Chancellor Marks came on-board the university, and under her leadership our internal planning process took a hiatus while the university strategic planning proceeded. Our CLAS plan was then edited a bit to better reflect the university-wide plan, and we now need a vote on it so that we can begin our own implementation process. If you have any questions about this please don’t hesitate to reach out to Tracy Kohm, CLAS Marketing and Communication, for clarification.
