UGA Strategic Planning

The Strategic Planning Process

The Strategic Planning Advisory Group:

The University of Georgia's Strategic Planning 2000-2010 process was launched in March 1999 under the supervision of the University Strategic Planning Advisory Group appointed by the President of the University. The Group includes the following members:

Mr. Clyde Anglin
Work Management Supervisor
Past Chair, Staff Council

Dr. Bob Boehmer
Associate Professor, Insurance/Legal Studies/Real Estate Management
Director, SACS Accreditation Study
Mr. Tim Burgess
Associate Vice President for Finance and Administration

Mr. David Clements
Director, Institutional Research and Planning

Dr. Ernestine Copas
Executive Associate Director, Georgia Center for Continuing Education
Chair, University Council Strategic Planning Committee

Ms. Kathryn Costello
Senior Vice President for External Affairs
Dr. Betty Jean Craige
University Professor of Comparative Literature
Director, Center for Humanities and Arts

Dr. Jack Crowley
Dean, School of Environmental Design

Dr. William Davis
Professor of Music

Dr. Donald Eastman
Vice President for Strategic Planning
Chairman, Strategic Planning Advisory Group

Dr. Karen Holbrook
Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost

Mr. A. Felton Jenkins Jr.
Retired Partner, King & Spalding
Emeritus Trustee, University of Georgia Foundation
Ms. Tricia Page
Senior in Political Science and Public Relations
President, Student Government Association

Dr. Scott Shamp
Professor of Journalism and Mass Communications
Past Chair, University Council
Mr. Danny Sniff
Director, University Architects

Dr. Claire Swann
President, University of Georgia Retired Alumni
Emeritus Director of Admissions
Representative, University of Georgia National Alumni Association

STAFF:

Dr. L. Steven Dempsey
Public Service Associate
Carl Vinson Institute of Government
  Community and Regional Development

Ms. LeAnn Golob
Secretary to the Vice President
Office of Strategic Planning

Ms. Maggie McAllister
Administrative Specialist
Office of Strategic Planning

Dr. Wes Wynens
Public Service Assistant
Carl Vinson Institute of Government
  Community and Regional Development

The Strategic Planning Advisory Group's schedule of meetings included the following presentations:

Strategic Planning Web-site Workshop: Workshop with strategic planning unit heads on how to utilize web-site for submission of strategic plans
Demographic Trends in Georgia: Doug Bachtel
Key Issues for Graduate Enrollment: Gordhan Patel, Wyatt Anderson, Tom Dyer, Russ Yeany
Opportunities for Maximizing UGA's Research Potential Over the Next Decade: Joe Key
Next Steps for the Campus Master Plan: Danny Sniff, George Stafford
Facilitator Presentation to Strategic Planning Units
Key Issues Related to Enrollment Including the Funding Formula, Personnel and Space: Bob Bugbee, David Clements
UGA and the Athens-Clarke Community: Issues for the Next Decade: Jack Crowley
The Future of International Education at UGA: David Coker
The Future of Public Service: Gene Younts
Plans for Student Housing for the Next Decade: Jim Day, Tom Dyer
Student Culture, Support and Co-Curricular Activities at UGA: Bill Porter
Tentative Conclusions About What the Major Issues Art: Joint meeting with the Strategic Planning Advisory Group, vice presidents, deans, and other unit heads and planning committee chairs
Faculty Development Needs for the Next Decade: Bill Jackson
Students and Distance Learning by 2010: Scott Shamp
How Does the State Government Look at UGA? What Does it See and Expect?: Tim Burgess
Update on Campus Physical Master Plan: Danny Sniff
Update on SACS Review: Bob Boehmer
Recruitment and Admissions at UGA: Nancy McDuff
Institutional Strategic Goals for Information Technology at UGA: Walter McRae
Reflections on Higher Education Issues: Louise McBee
Information Technology in Higher Education and Distance Learning: Rick Skinner, President and CEO of Georgia Globe
Student Strategic Planning Session: For 100 students including the Student Government Association
The Biomedical Initiative: Stuart Feldman
The School of Public Policy Initiative: Loch Johnson
The College of Ecology and Environmental Science Initiative: Ron Pulliam
The College of Fine Arts Initiative: Carmen CoAngelo
The New Media Studies Initiative: Scott Shamp
Staff Strategic Planning Session: For 100 invited staff members, including the Staff Council
The Yamacraw Project: Rod Canfield
Minority Recruitment at UGA: Sherwood Thompson and Karen Webb
University of Georgia Foundation Trustees Strategic Planning Session: For review, comments and suggestions on the institutional strategic plan from UGAF trustees

The Strategic Planning Advisory Group has recommended this plan to President Michael F. Adams for his approval on September 1, 2000.

This strategic planning effort, directly involving some 600 faculty, staff, students and administrators and called "Strategic Planning for the First Decade of the 21st Century," has attempted to identify, college by college by major administrative unit, the principal opportunities for serving Georgia over the next decade. The colleges and units have developed strategic priorities based on combining the most compelling of those opportunities with their strongest programs, and the institutional plan incorporates and elaborates on these priorities with additional university-wide initiatives.

The greatest utility of this plan will result from its absorption into the regular cycle of institutional administration and leadership, and in its use there as a guide for decision-making and a compass for operational planning.

It is expected that the strategic planning process will continue in the form of annual reviews of units and institutional plans; coordination of plans with budget, capital outlay and private fund-raising priorities and activities; and in enhanced coordination with other planning units on- and off-campus.

Updated 12/09/2000