Central Washington University Board of Trustees July 25, 2019 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – Mission and Core Themes
CWU is scheduled to submit the Year-One Mission, Core Themes, and Strategic Planning report to the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) in Spring 2020. The NWCCU has provided two sources of guidance for this report: • The NWCCU Standards of Accreditation require that the entire university community participate in the review of, and any changes to, the Mission, Core Themes, and University Strategic Plan. • The NWCCU Evaluation Committee that visited CWU in October 2018 and the NWCCU Board of Commissioners that convened in January 2019 recommended that CWU “integrate division plans into a comprehensive institutional plan that is tied to the core themes and assessment data.” Year-One Report preparation will include the following: • University-wide input through open forums, surveys, focus groups, and interviews • Discussions with the Board of Trustees, President, Cabinet, Faculty Senate, Foundation Board, Academic Department Chairs Organization (ADCO), Exempt Employee Association, Classified Staff Employee Council, the Associated Students of CWU (ASCWU), alumni, and other stakeholders
• Faculty-facilitated discussions within and across colleges and departments • Staff-facilitated discussions within and across the university community
To date, we have conducted four mission and core theme open forums to which all CWU faculty and staff were invited – two in Fall 2018 and two in Spring 2019. The Provost’s Council also held a mission and core themes brainstorming session during Fall 2018.
Submitted:
Lynn Franken Provost/Vice President for Academic and Student Life
Approved for submittal to the Board:
James L. Gaudino President
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