2008 Woodie Awards
Strategic plan forum enlightens campus
Erica Tuggle
Issue date: 11/1/07 Section: News
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UTC's campus wide plan for the next five years is set to hit the table Nov. 2, officials said.
The document known as the Strategic Plan, began formation last February by a campus committee formed by the chancellor, officials said.
The plan includes where UTC is as a campus, where UTC is headed and the possibility of plans for future funding, Karen Adsit, director of teaching at the resource center said.
Adsit is a co-chair with Charles Nelson, the head of the biology department, over the entire project.
A component of the committee are students, community members and staff divided into three task forces, making the project contributors about 120 members strong, according to Adsit.
The strategic plan's content was researched and put together by three task forces, Adsit said.
The first task force, the governing ideas task force, was in charge of reviewing the mission and vision and core values of the institution.
The second task force, environmental scan/driving forces, has evaluated the outside world to draw comparison of UTC's strengths and weaknesses to other institutions in recruiting students.
The third task force, university distinctiveness, has evaluated what academic programs of UTC distinguish us from other institutions.
These three task forces have gathered information and come together to combine it all into a document that is the Strategic Plan. The document's rough draft is currently online for the public to see.
Adsit said the strategic plan will hopefully let the entire campus and community know where UTC is going, UTC's priorities, who the campus is and how the campus can connect with regional partners to enhance student learning.
"[The plan] could impact structure, curriculum, technology, resources, provide better department research, form new majors and help students get jobs," Adsit said.
The idea of the Strategic Plan Adsit said, is "as the university improves, you tag along with improvements and how UTC is viewed."
Jennifer Rigenberg, a Nashville, junior, said she hopes some things about UTC will not change because of the plan.
Ringenberg said the reason she applied to UTC was because UTC is a small college.
Callie Phillips, a Chattanooga, sophomore, said she hopes the plan will address the parking complaints.
"Parking right now is inadequate. [They] oversold parking passes and have no tentative plan to fix the problem."
More information about this plan can be found at www.utc.edu/StrategicPlan.
The document known as the Strategic Plan, began formation last February by a campus committee formed by the chancellor, officials said.
The plan includes where UTC is as a campus, where UTC is headed and the possibility of plans for future funding, Karen Adsit, director of teaching at the resource center said.
Adsit is a co-chair with Charles Nelson, the head of the biology department, over the entire project.
A component of the committee are students, community members and staff divided into three task forces, making the project contributors about 120 members strong, according to Adsit.
The strategic plan's content was researched and put together by three task forces, Adsit said.
The first task force, the governing ideas task force, was in charge of reviewing the mission and vision and core values of the institution.
The second task force, environmental scan/driving forces, has evaluated the outside world to draw comparison of UTC's strengths and weaknesses to other institutions in recruiting students.
The third task force, university distinctiveness, has evaluated what academic programs of UTC distinguish us from other institutions.
These three task forces have gathered information and come together to combine it all into a document that is the Strategic Plan. The document's rough draft is currently online for the public to see.
Adsit said the strategic plan will hopefully let the entire campus and community know where UTC is going, UTC's priorities, who the campus is and how the campus can connect with regional partners to enhance student learning.
"[The plan] could impact structure, curriculum, technology, resources, provide better department research, form new majors and help students get jobs," Adsit said.
The idea of the Strategic Plan Adsit said, is "as the university improves, you tag along with improvements and how UTC is viewed."
Jennifer Rigenberg, a Nashville, junior, said she hopes some things about UTC will not change because of the plan.
Ringenberg said the reason she applied to UTC was because UTC is a small college.
Callie Phillips, a Chattanooga, sophomore, said she hopes the plan will address the parking complaints.
"Parking right now is inadequate. [They] oversold parking passes and have no tentative plan to fix the problem."
More information about this plan can be found at www.utc.edu/StrategicPlan.
