Dear Rossier Community:
We will revise and renew our strategic plan this academic year. The plan will emerge from our revised mission statement, and a number of recent reviews, including our academic program reviews, our school based climate report, and our Diversity Task Force plan.
While there will be a number of opportunities for Rossier faculty, students, and staff to share their thoughts on our work, it’s crucial that we put together an inclusive strategic plan writing team that can listen, synthesize, and create our plan. Kristan Venegas, Assistant Dean for Strategic Initiatives and Evaluation and Darline Robles, Associate Dean, Equity and Inclusion will lead this initiative.
The writing team should expect to work together until August 2019, with a required summary report due on December 1, 2018. The report will be shared with the Rossier Student Organization, Staff Advisory Council, Faculty Council, and finally, the Dean’s Executive Council to gain feedback. Additional deadlines, a process for writing, and a process for gathering feedback will be developed once the taskforce has been selected.
All faculty, staff, and students are eligible to apply and be considered to participate on the writing team. Interested community members should provide a 100-word statement to share their interest in participating in the Strategic Plan Writing Team and share how they see themselves contributing to Rossier as a member of this group. The deadline for submission is Friday, September 28, 2018. Please send your response to Rickie Carbajal at rcarbaja@rossier.usc.edu.
If you have questions about participation, please contact Kristan Venegas at kristanv@usc.edu.
Thank you.