5/21/21: Phase 3 Plan submitted to the campus
5/12/21-5/14/21: Draft of Phase 3 report posted online for SNS community feedback
5/5/21: Final Task Force Reports due to Dean
5/3/21-5/5/21: Task Forces' review community feedback and incorporate where appropriate
4/20/21-4/30/21: SNS community feedback on Action Plans. Online survey and open session discussions used to capture feedback
4/15/21: Meeting of the SNS Long Range Planning Group and Task Force Leads. Review Staff Development and Success TF priorities and discuss JEDI Initiative
4/14/21: Meeting of the SNS Long Range Planning Group and Task Force Leads. Review Advancing Faculty SuccessTF priorities and discuss Staff Development and Success
4/12/21: Meeting of the SNS Long Range Planning Group and Task Force Leads. Review Modernizing Curriculum TF priorities and discuss Advancing Faculty Success
4/8/21: Meeting of the SNS Long Range Planning Group and Task Force Leads. Group discussion: Undergraduate Programs and Skill Sets (continued)
4/7/21: Meeting of the SNS Long Range Planning Group and Task Force Leads. Group discussion: Undergraduate Programs and Skill Sets
4/1/21: Meeting of the SNS Long Range Planning Group and Task Force Leads. Review sequence of priorities in Grad Programs and R1 Report
3/31/21: Meeting of the SNS Long Range Planning Group and Task Force Leads. Review sequence of priorities in JEDI and Grad Programs and R1 Reports
3/25/21-3/30/21: Long Range Planning Group starts to review all Task Force Action Plans
2/25/21-3/22/21: Strategic Initiatives Task Force groups meet and develop Action Plans
2/17/21: Meeting of the SNS Long Range Planning Group. Discuss JEDI Statement.
2/3/21: Meeting of the SNS Long Range Planning Group. Planning Updates
1/25/21-2/15/21: SNS Strategic Initiatives Task Force leads and members are assembled.
1/20/21-1/22/21: Group Brainstorming Sessions held for the SNS Community to discuss the following initiatives: #1-Expanding and Re-Visioning Undergraduate Education, #2-Faculty Success and Recognition. Online survey launched.
1/20/21: SNS Long Range Planning Group: Planning history and future. progress and approach
12/2/20-12/11/20: Group Brainstorming Sessions held for the SNS Community to discuss the following initiatives: #1-Staff Experience, #2-Improving Programs, Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI), #3-Improving Doctoral Programs. Online survey launched.
11/12/20: Meeting of the SNS Long Range Planning Group. Deeper planning around Strategic Initiatives. Breakout Groups: Prioritizing Brainstorming Sessions for Strategic Initiatives.
Week of November 2, 2020: Open informational meetings with SNS constituents regarding Phase 2.
10/29/20: Meeting of the SNS Long Range Planning Group. Campus planning context & SNS action plan. Breakout Groups: Seeking Enthusiasts.
09/27/20: SNS Phase 2 Goals submitted to CAPRA and Provost Camfield.
9/24/20: Meeting of the SNS Long Range Planning Group. Breakout groups: Descriptions of Initiatives. Review Strategic Plan figure.
9/18/20: Meeting of the SNS Long Range Planning Group. Review results from Mission & Vision feedback. Discuss Goals versus Strategic Initiatives. Breakout groups: Sequencing Strategic Initiatives.
9/11/20: Meeting of the SNS Long Range Planning Group. Exercise: Mission & Vision shortlist. Mission & Vision statements. Breakout groups: brainstorm ways to support enrollment growth.
9/3/20: Meeting of the SNS Long Range Planning Group. Exercise: Editing High-Level Mission & Vision statements.
8/26/20: Meeting of the SNS Long Range Planning Group. Review 'themes and synergies' poll results. Mission & Vision exercise. Facilitated discussion regarding framing department and program plans.
8/21/20: Meeting of the SNS Long Range Planning Group. Review and poll themes and synergies. Facilitated discussion on Mission and Vision.
4/23/20: CAPRA and Provost Camfield release summary of goals and alignments for all schools and divisions.
3/4/20: Meeting of the SNS Long Range Planning Group. Identify program/department themes and potential synergies with respect to internal and external aspirations.
2/28/20: SNS Phase 1 Goals submitted to CAPRA and Provost Camfield.
2/19/20: Meeting of the SNS Long Range Planning Group. Facilitated session on Mission, Start/Stop exercise.
2/14/20: Meeting of Staff Council. Review of the context of planning and facilitated discussion of goals.
2/7/20: Meeting of SNS Staff Managers. Review of the context of planning and facilitated discussion of goals.
2/5/20: Meeting of SNS Long Range Planning Group. Facilitated vision session.
1/22/20: Meeting of SNS Long Range Planning Group. Prioritize goals and list objectives and metrics.
1/15/20: Meeting of SNS Long Range Planning Group. The group discuss context of planning and identify values and goals.
December 2019. The School of Natural Sciences kicked off its planning effort in early December, with a series of eight facilitated discussions that all faculty, staff, graduate students, and postdocs. An on-line forum for comments on the discussion topics was open from 12/18/19-1/6/20.
July 2019. A one-day retreat for all SNS staff focused on identifying shared values and goals.
