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Better FutureBetter Future

Aiming Higher and Farther Aiming Higher and Farther To Fulfill the Promise of A To Fulfill the Promise of A

Better FutureBetter Future

VisionVision

“Aiming for Perfection”

• A state of mind – The Attitude• Not a destination – Not about “being perfect” • Aiming for Perfection is About:

– Becoming better and better – Seeing and acting on opportunity– Valuing potential, empowering others– Taking risks– Approach to realizing our future

PurposePurpose

• Chart Critical Directions & Priorities

• Unity, Clarity – Valuing Time

• Intentional and Adaptive Plan

• Effective Strategies

• Resources

• Goals Accomplished

ProcessProcess

• GLOBAL/INCLUSIVE – invites active participation by entire Marshall University Family

• DYNAMIC – harnesses power & versatility of technology to reach all of Marshall’s constituents

• ENGAGING – enlists ideas and support

• ONGOING – continuing active involvement toward actualizing our future

ProcessProcess

Cyclic Strategic Planning and Budgeting Process:Cyclic Strategic Planning and Budgeting Process:Schematic RepresentationSchematic Representation

Marshall’s Strategic

VisionConstituentConstituent

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Plan Plan PrioritiesPriorities

1-3 Year 1-3 Year Action PlanAction Plan

Evaluation Rubrics

Strategies Progress Indicators

Targeted Outcomes

1-3 Year 1-3 Year Budget PlanBudget Plan

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ProcessProcess

DomainsDomains

• Intellectual Capital:Intellectual Capital:– Educational innovation – expanding/

elevating intellectual resource base of state & region

– Developing and maximizing human potential

• Discovery and Innovation:Discovery and Innovation:– New Knowledge Creation – peer evaluated

scholarly activity leading to knowledge growth, new discoveries, creative breakthroughs

– Broad Continuum – single investigator work to applied interdisciplinary research dedicated to entrepreneurial innovation

• Community and Service:Community and Service:– Engagement That Matters

• Meaningful involvement, improving communities• Fostering civic/social responsibility• Deepened understanding of self, place & context

• Economic Development:Economic Development:– Enhance Research/Intellectual Property

Creation & Commercialization– Cultivate Strategic Partnerships,

Dynamic Alliances and Coalitions

DomainsDomains

Stages

Narrative TimelineStage 1 Input Stage – 7-Year Strategic Vision 11/17/05 –

12/19/05Stage 2 Summation Stage – 12/21/05 – 1/02/06

Stage 3 Review and Comment on Draft Plan – 1/03/06 – 1/09/06

Stage 4 Finalization of Strategic Vision – 1/10/06 – 1/12/06

Stage 5 Constituent Review – 1/13/06 – 1/20/06

Stage 6 MU Board of Governors Presentation 1/25/06

Stage 7 Presentation to the Educational Committee of WV Legislature

1/31/06

Stage 8 Commence 1-3 Year Action Plan Process – Input stage to establish foremost goals for the 1st-phase of implementing Marshall University’s Strategic Vision

2/01/06 – 4/01/06

Stage 9 Priority Goal Setting – Delineation of priority goals, strategies for accomplishing goals, progress indicators, measures/indices that define successful goal attainment and Budget Plan for accomplishing priority goals over a 1-to-3 year time horizon

4/02/06 – 4/17/06

Stage 10 Action Plan Implementation – University-wide alignment with plan goals, including budget allocations over the specified time horizon

4/24/06

Ongoing Progress Updates and Celebrate Successes – Ongoing updates to constituents on progress of goals

Continuing

TimelineTimeline

Next StepsNext StepsNext StepsNext Steps

• 1-to-3-year Actions Plans Follow Vision Process

• Action Plans – 2/06

– Focus on foremost priority goals– Delineate Strategies– Define Progress Indicators– Establish Measures/Benchmarks– Prepare and Approve Budget Plan – required to

accomplish goals

StrategicStrategicThemesThemes

• Improvement - A commitment to becoming better and better in all that we do each day, seeing opportunities in the challenges of our daily work and life and acting on them..

• InvestmentInvestment - Strategic investments in what will matter most in terms of creating future opportunities, greater public value and success.

• Innovation/InquiryInnovation/Inquiry - A multi-faceted, resourceful process predicated on an inquiring mind. It takes two basic forms: 1) discovering novel ways to improve existing processes and 2) pioneering inventiveness that creates greater value and supersedes

existing endeavors.

StrategicStrategicThemesThemes

• Integration Integration - An approach to systems thinking and practices that use multiple tools and strategies to discover new opportunities embedded within complex issues with the goal of advancing performance, productivity and new discoveries.

• InitiativeInitiative - A concept empowering and mobilizing organized and systemic action to accomplish priority strategic goals.

• InvolvementInvolvement - A self-initiated and self-directed engagement leading to advances and development in personal, community and institutional growth.

• InclusivenessInclusiveness - The provision of equal opportunity to achieve and succeed, fostering social and professional networking and shared success, while building a greater sense of community and citizenship.

SignatureSignatureInitiativesInitiatives

• A comprehensive plan for revenue stabilization and enhancement

• Complete the necessary steps to establish a 4-year, ABET-accredited engineering school

• Develop and institute the Marshall Commitment

• Plan, pilot and launch the Marshall/West Virginia Science Technology Engineering Math (STEM) Academy

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• Focus resources on advancing centers of excellence, including probable initiatives: – Center for Human Environmental Genomics and Proteomics– Center for Rehabilitative and Adaptive Sciences– Rahall Transportation Institute (RTI)– Marshall Institute for Interdisciplinary Research– Center for Water Research– Center for Environmental Research, Assessment and Policy– Center for Innovative Education:  Research, Policy and Pedagogy– National Institute for Forensic Science and Criminology

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• Pilot the da Vinci Roundtable Project –  Renaissance Professor Program

• Advance economic development through the Marshall Marshall Institute for Interdisciplinary ResearchInstitute for Interdisciplinary Research and other initiatives

• Develop new degree programs that increase enrollment and revenue

• Construct a health/wellness/recreation student center on the Huntington campus

• Develop a comprehensive plan and funding mechanism(s) to support the construction and renovation of priority facilities

Expected Expected OutcomesOutcomesExpected Expected OutcomesOutcomes

• WV Intellectual Infrastructure Development– Expanded “Knowledge Economy” workforce

• Human Capital Expansion– Advanced Student Learning and Success – Graduates educated for 21st Century Thinking and Learning

• Healthy communities that work, adapt and prosper– Civically responsible, engaged citizenry

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