Dozens of faculty, staff and students came together Monday at the Student Activities Center to hear updates and provide feedback on the university鈥檚 strategic planning process.
The forum, one of many campus discussions about the process, began with an overview by President Bendapudi. Afterward, participants attended breakout sessions focused on the three pillars of the plan: making UofL a great place to 鈥渓earn, work and invest.鈥
A similar event is on the Health Sciences Campus.听
Bendapudi encouraged those attending the Belknap Campus forum to 鈥渟tay engaged鈥 in the process by attending events, submitting ideas and staying up-to-date via the .
She reminded attendees that the reason administrators are working toward two three-year plans, instead of a longer-term plan, is to boost accountability and flexibility.
鈥淭he strategic planning process doesn鈥檛 mean we throw everything away, but instead we are trying to build on what we already have,鈥 she said. 鈥淲e can create a process whereby every year we decide what鈥檚 happening the next few years. That will keep us more nimble and flexible.鈥
Since the January 24 kick-off, chairs, co-chairs and members for all three work groups have been selected.
鈥淲e were looking to fill 90 spots鈥30 people per work group,鈥 Bendapudi said. 鈥淚n just a few days we got over 1,400 nominations. Isn鈥檛 that incredible? That speaks so well for our institution.鈥
Next steps will be for the work groups to continue to gather feedback as they formulate proposed strategies, actions, metrics and timelines.
Bendapudi said 鈥渨e鈥檙e still on track鈥 to launch the plan at the beginning of the fall semester.
In addition to Wednesday’s HSC event, a session for alumni will be held that same day at 6 p.m. at the University Club. This session will be livestreamed here.听
