College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences

Strategic Planning Update

Emergent Method, our strategic planning consulting team, has hit the ground running. Thank you to everyone who has attended a listening session or completed an interview. 

Here is a snapshot of the interviews and listening sessions that have been conducted or scheduled, as of January 15th:

  • 19 CAFLS stakeholders
  • 19 External stakeholders
  • 24 completed interviews
  • 15 listening sessions completed
  • 8 interviews scheduled

January site visits include:

January 27th:

  • Food, Nutrition, and Packaging Sciences
  • Animal and Veterinary Sciences
  • Agricultural Sciences
  • Plant and Environmental Sciences
  • President Jim Clements
  • Forestry and Environmental Conservation

January 28th:

  • Advancement/Development
  • Provost Bob Jones
  • Tour Main Campus Facilities
  • Tour Piedmont REC

January 29th

  • Pee Dee Research and Education Center
  • Coastal Research and Education Center

Next steps: 

Peer and aspirational institutions are being identified, and survey instruments are being developed.