Tag: 2020Forward

Our 2020Forward strategic plan continues to take shape, and once again, you have an opportunity to be part of the process at a Town Hall meeting Tuesday, June 16, from 4 to 6 p.m. in 100 Brackett Hall. I encourage you to attend and actively participate.

You will hear an update and have a chance to pose questions to Provost Bob Jones and 2020Forward Co-chairs Dr. Ellen Granberg, Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs, and Brett Dalton, Vice President for Finance and Operations. If you are not able to attend in person, the Town Hall will be streamed live on ClemsonTV. You may review report summaries, recommendations and comments at clemson.edu/2020Forward/

Please remember that this isn’t my plan, and it isn’t the Provost’s plan. It is our plan. The priorities we set and the decisions we make will impact Clemson not just for the next few years but for generations to come. It is vitally important that faculty, staff and students help chart the path forward.

I am very pleased with the progress that has been made to date and the level of transparency and campus engagement. I sincerely appreciate the work of the leadership team and everyone who has devoted time and energy to this process. You are making a positive difference for our students and our university.

Go Tigers!

Clemson is well into its 2020Forward strategic planning update process, and you now have an opportunity to provide your feedback.

On Feb. 9, Provost Bob Jones sent an email to all students, faculty, and staff calling for feedback on the implementation reports written by the 2020Forward phase one planning committees. As a reminder, 2020Forward is an effort to update and refocus the existing 2020 Roadmap, not to replace it. Information about the 2020 Roadmap can be found on the 2020Forward website.

I hope that you all will take the time to read the reports in the three goal areas and provide your feedback. There is also a report on institution-wide strategies that are relevant to all three areas; you may also submit feedback on this report. Your input will be used to help finalize the first phase of 2020Forward and to develop these reports into implementation plans.

This strategic plan update will place all three areas of the academic enterprise — undergraduate learning, graduate education, and research — at the core of our strategic planning and thus will shape the future of the University, as we look beyond 2015, 2020, or even 2050. A process like this does not — and cannot — happen in a vacuum. For this to be a plan for the University, then the people of the University need to participate in writing it.

Please visit the 2020Forward website to read the reports and submit comments; you may also submit comments to forward2020@clemson.edu or respond to a confidential survey on the website. The feedback period ends on Feb. 20.

Please be a part of the process and make your voice heard.

Go Tigers!!