{"id":1799,"date":"2020-08-18T08:17:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T15:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/?p=1799"},"modified":"2020-09-04T18:39:46","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T01:39:46","slug":"recast-draft-strategic-plan-and-trustee-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/2020\/08\/recast-draft-strategic-plan-and-trustee-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"RECAST | Draft Strategic Plan and Trustee Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>From:<\/strong> Bridges, George<br> <strong>Sent:<\/strong> Tuesday, August 18, 2020 8:17 PM<br> <strong>To:<\/strong> Bridges, George<br> <strong>Subject:<\/strong> Draft Strategic Plan and Trustee Meeting<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Colleagues,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Evergreen\u2019s transformation of higher education\nbegan more than 50 years ago. Over the last two years, Evergreen\u2019s evolution\nhas gained significant momentum. As we draft a new strategic plan, we are\nbuilding on that momentum and framing the next chapter of our story. In this\nmessage, I will recap the stages of our recent evolution and invite you to\ncontinue our cross-campus conversations by providing input to our draft\nstrategic plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2018, we launched Evergreen Renews to deepen our\ncommitment to student success and stabilize enrollment. Last year, Evergreen\nembarked on a generative and broadly collaborative process of designing the\ncollege\u2019s future, initially through \u201cBlue Sky\u201d conversations, then during the\ndevelopment of \u201cBig Bets,\u201d which has evolved into \u201cNew Academic Directions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, important strategic work of\nfostering growth, equity, and resilience for our students and Washington has\nbeen underway with the launch of the campus climate survey this past spring and\nthrough the development of our tribal relations plan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The scale of input into this work to design our\nfuture has been breathtaking. For example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Hundreds of Evergreen students, staff and faculty have participated in the campus conversations over Evergreen Renews, Blue Sky conversations, and dialogues about Big Bets and New Academic Directions <\/li><li>Over 500 ideas were submitted during the Blue Sky process<\/li><li>124 meetings occurred prior to when the new academic concept model was affirmed by faculty <\/li><li>143 students responded to a survey about the ideas<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In June, the Governor\u2019s Office of Financial\nManagement (OFM) charged us to synthesize our bold ideas into a brief strategic\nplan, due with the college\u2019s budget request on September 14, 2020. A strategic\nplan is also required to maintain our accreditation with the Northwest\nCommission on Colleges and Universities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Building on the broad consultation over the last\ntwo years, the Evergreen senior leadership team has developed a framework of\nhigh-level goals, objectives, and tactics for submission to OFM. This draft\nencapsulates core ideas and initiatives emerging from many cross-campus\nconversations and strategic work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The framework will guide us in achieving three key\ngoals:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Achieve unprecedented levels of student academic success and personal development in a manner responsive to students\u2019 unique career goals, talents, identities, and diverse perspectives<\/li><li>Significantly expand support for our local community, region, state, and nation during an unprecedented period of social and economic turbulence<\/li><li>Become a much stronger, more resilient, and adaptive college by expanding our capacities to serve a much wider range of students and to achieve our vision for fully contributing to the larger society <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>This draft framework will be discussed in this week\u2019s board\nmeeting, introduced via a brief message about our approach from me and a\nmessage from Director of Government Relations Jeremy Mohn about the plan\u2019s\nimportance for our advocacy with the Legislature. The draft and links to the\nmessages are available in the <a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.evergreen.edu%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2F2020-0820_Special%2520Meeting%2520of%2520the%2520Board%2520of%2520Trustees%2520Materials.pdf&amp;data=02%7C01%7Chomchicr%40evergreen.edu%7C24d3bde6d83446c24fce08d843ee576b%7C22adcff7c06f49a68f2050711c40ddaa%7C0%7C1%7C637334038272961753&amp;sdata=OCbi4oP5W1S%2FcyTETne1%2FzNhEAY25UDYdoVbxUAxwgU%3D&amp;reserved=0\">board materials<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I encourage you to view the recorded messages,\nreview the draft plan, and attend the Board of Trustees meeting to hear the\ndiscussion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to seeking input from our governing\nboard, the Agenda Committee and Campus Leadership Group will have the\nopportunity in the next two weeks to discuss the plan and upcoming work with\nsenior leaders. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I welcome your input on the draft to <a href=\"mailto:president@evergreen.edu\">president@evergreen.edu<\/a> by September\n1. Your input will be reviewed carefully by the senior leadership team as we\nmake final revisions prior to the September 14 submission. We also welcome your\nsuggestions about future phases of this work as we seek to realize our future\nvision in the months ahead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To be clear, the draft plan is by no means\ncomplete. There is much critically important work underway, and more planned\nfor the fall, to ensure our vision and plans will be well-implemented and\ntransformative for the college. This includes feasibility analyses of\ncurricular elements, anticipated outcomes of the new models of instruction, and\nidentifying resources needed to ensure the plan\u2019s success. We will continue to\nseek campus input on the plan and its implementation as this work continues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A final note. Many, many colleagues have worked\ntirelessly on these activities over the summer. Thanks to all who have made\nthis new direction possible. Your ideas, energy, passion, and knowledge will\nshape a more resilient, adaptive, and strong Evergreen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Best wishes,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>George<br>George S. Bridges<br>President<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.evergreen.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/email-signature.png\" alt=\"Downloadable email signature logo.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From: Bridges, George Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 8:17 PM To: Bridges, George Subject: Draft Strategic Plan and Trustee Meeting&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2778,"featured_media":1715,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[11],"tags":[50],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1799"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2778"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1799"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1903,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1799\/revisions\/1903"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/ltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}