The next set of Strategic Planning Open Forums will be:

Monday, March 14 from 2:00P-3:30P, Russellville Campus, Doc Bryan Lecture
Tuesday, March 15 from 9:00A-10:30A, Russellville Campus, Doc Bryan Lecture Hall
Friday, April 1 from 9:00A-10:30A, Ozark Campus, Student Services Conference Center

The Open Forums will also be available to view via live stream at:

Strategic Planning Open Forum 1: https://atu.zoom.us/j/316579855

Strategic Planning Open Forum 2: https://atu.zoom.us/j/778486266

Ozark Strategic Planning Open Forum: https://atu.zoom.us/j/678994110

Those who watch the forums online may still participate in the discussion by emailing any questions or comments to strategicplanning@atu.edu.

Recordings of these sessions will be also available on the Strategic Planning website at http://www.atu.edu/strategicplanning/.

To the ATU Community from AJ Anglin, Interim VPAA and EPC Chair

The Arkansas Tech University community has been engaged in a strategic planning process that has involved faculty, staff, administrators, and students from the Ozark and Russellville campuses as well as government officials and community members. Through a Strategic Planning Committee(SPC) and an Executive Planning Committee(EPC), a strategic plan has been drafted. The SPC used five working groups to probe specific areas of the university through interviews and a series of public forums. Each group developed a white paper, based upon their findings, which was posted on the campus website. In December the SPC approved the initial draft of the strategic plan and forwarded it to the EPC for review and analysis. In late February the EPC approved an amended plan. The minutes of the actions of the EPC and the draft that has been forwarded to the President are now posted on the campus website.

President Bowen will be hosting three campus forums in mid-March and early April in order to hear further from all stakeholders before making any possible amendments and passing it on to the Board of Trustees for final action. The forums are scheduled as follows:

• Monday, March 14 from 2:00P-3:30P, Russellville Campus, Doc Bryan Lecture Hall
• Tuesday, March 15 from 9:00A-10:30A, Russellville Campus, Doc Bryan Lecture Hall
• Friday, April 1 from 9:00A-10:30A, Ozark Campus, Student Services Conference Center

Since the University has invested substantial time and thought in developing a strategic plan, I strongly encourage you to review the plan and attend one or more of the forums. Please feel free to send any comments regarding the strategic plan to the dedicated email on the website (http://www.atu.edu/strategicplanning/).

Thank you for your interest and participation in this important process.

AJ

The Strategic Planning Committee has finished the first draft of the University Strategic Plan and it is available on the following webpage: http://www.atu.edu/strategicplanning/strategicplan.php.

The Strategic Planning Committee will now deliver their draft to the Executive Planning Committee who will refine the plan before recommending it to President Bowen. The President will take this new draft of the plan to the public for comment before submitting it to the Board of Trustees.

The timeline and organizational structure of the strategic planning process can be accessed on our webpage.

The Strategic Planning Working Groups have finished their white papers and they are available on the following webpage: http://www.atu.edu/strategicplanning/whitepapers.php. The Working Groups worked hard and invested a lot of time preparing these thorough documents. These documents will help guide the Strategic Planning Committee as it prepares a draft of the strategic plan. Please note that not every initiative in the white papers will be included in the strategic plan. Once the Strategic Planning Committee completes its draft, it will be posted on the strategic planning webpage and will be delivered to the Executive Planning Committee. The timeline and organizational structure of the strategic planning process can be accessed on our webpage.

There are no Strategic Planning meetings the week of November 30.