Strategic Planning Committee announced

Dear Campus Community:

President Mark Kennedy recently announced a collaborative strategic planning process with the goal of having a preliminary outline by December and a complete plan by May 2017.  To accomplish this in the aggressive timeline, President Kennedy has asked the President’s Cabinet to serve as a Steering Committee to provide broad-based direction and ensure the process is moving forward and meeting timelines, and has also appointed a Strategic Planning Committee.  University Senate Executive Committee and Staff Senate leadership have collaborated with Student Government leadership and President Kennedy’s Cabinet to choose an excellent group of representatives from across campus to lead the way.  We are pleased to announce that the Strategic Planning Committee includes the following members:

President’s Cabinet (which also serves as the Steering Committee):

• Laurie Betting, Interim Vice President for Student Affairs, Co-Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee
• Brandon Beyer, Student Government President
• Patricia Bohnet, Executive Assistant to the President
• Alice Brekke, Vice President for Finance & Operations
• Tom DiLorenzo, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
• Brian Faison, Director of Athletics
• Angelique Foster, Associate Executive Assistant to the President
• Dana Harsell, Chair of University Senate, Co-Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee
• Pam Henderson, President of Staff Senate
• Peter Johnson, Interim Vice President for University & Public Affairs
• Grant McGimpsey, Vice President for Research & Economic Development and Dean of the School of Graduate Studies
• Becky Weaver-Hightower, Past Chair of University Senate
• Joshua Wynne, Vice President for Health Affairs and Dean of the School of Medicine & Health Sciences
• DeAnna Carlson Zink, CEO of the UND Alumni Association & Foundation

Deans:

• Hesham El-Rewini, Dean of the College of Engineering & Mines
• Cara Halgren, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students
• Cindy Juntunen, Interim Dean of the College of Education & Human Development
• Paul Lindseth, Dean of the John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences
• Grant McGimpsey, Vice President for Research & Economic Development and Dean of the School of Graduate Studies
• Kathryn Rand, Dean of the Law School
• Gayle Roux, Dean of the College of Nursing & Professional Disciplines
• Debbie Storrs, Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences
• Stephanie Walker, Dean of Libraries & Information Resources
• Margaret Williams, Dean of the College of Business & Public Administration
• Joshua Wynne, Vice President for Health Affairs and Dean of the School of Medicine & Health Sciences

Students, selected by Student Government:

• Blake Andert, Student Government Vice President
• Abbie Christiansen, Student Government Projects Coordinator
• Shawn McHale, Association of Residence Halls President
• Roy Roach, Multicultural Programs & Services Graduate Services Assistant

Faculty, selected by University Senate:

• Melissa Gjellstad, College of Arts & Sciences
• Duane Helleloid, College of Business & Public Administration
• Jeffrey Holm, College of Arts & Sciences
• Soizik Laguette, John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences
• Michael Mann, College of Engineering & Mines
• Thomas Mohr, School of Medicine & Health Sciences
• Brad Myers, School of Law
• David Nguyen, College of Education & Human Development
• Maridee Shogren, College of Nursing & Professional Disciplines

Staff, selected by Staff Senate:

• Tiffany Ford, Associate State Director, North Dakota Small Business Development Center
• Carrie Herrig, Learning & Development Coordinator, Human Resources
• Derek Sporbert, TRIO Programs Director, TRIO Programs
• Jason Trainer, Director of Admissions
• Chris Zygarlicke, Associate Vice President for Strategic Projects and University Relations, Energy & Environmental Research Center

Alum, selected by the Alumni Association & Foundation:

• Hal Gershman, Grand Forks business and community leader

Others, selected by the co-chairs with input from members of the Steering Committee:

• Stacey Borboa-Peterson, Graduate Student and Director of Multicultural Programs & Services
• Scott Correll, Registrar
• Todd Feland, Grand Forks City Administrator
• Sol Jensen, Assistant Vice President for Enrollment Services
• Sandra Mitchell, Associate Vice President for Diversity & Inclusion

This Strategic Planning Committee will meet August 25 for an initial discussion.  It is our hope that out of this meeting will come what we are calling our “conversation starter,” by which we mean a collaboratively developed rough outline of elements of a strategic plan.  We will then bring this “conversation starter” to the campus and larger community through a range of venues to get feedback and guidance for evolving the “conversation starter” into our campus’s Strategic Plan.  A website will be launched in early September.

We would like to reiterate that the planning process will be collaborative.  We want a Strategic Plan that the whole campus can enthusiastically support, one that will prove useful for creating a stronger UND with a clearer path into a brighter future.   We look forward to working with you all on it.

Sincerely,

Dana Harsell and Laurie Betting
Co-Chairs, Strategic Planning Committee