Academic Planning & Strategy Initiative
Provost Sayrs convened the Academic Planning and Strategy group in November 2020. The group comprised faculty members from all colleges as well as representatives of Deans’ Council (see a complete list of participants below). They lead an academic planning process to envision the academic future of our university. They asked fundamental questions about our future and collaborated to create solutions will be critical to both preserving and refocusing on the core of the university—our academic mission.
The Academic Planning and Strategy group will focus on three areas:
- Academic offerings: Are we offering the right courses, programs, and other academic offerings in the right places and modalities to meet the needs, interests, and expectations of current and future students?
- Academic structure: Which academic structures help us achieve our mission and priorities? Which impede us?
- Academic policy, process, and practice: Which policies, processes, and practices help us achieve our mission and priorities? Which impede us?
Academic Strategy and Planning Group Members
- Joann Benigno, College of Health Sciences & Professions
- Merri Biechler, College of Fine Arts
- Doug Clowe, College of Arts & Sciences
- Julie Cohara, University College
- Brad Cohen, Strategy & Innovation Office
- Sarah Davis, George Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service
- John Day, Provost’s Office
- Sam Dodd, College of Fine Arts
- Cary Frith, Provost’s Office
- Gabriel Giordano, College of Business
- Tim Goheen, Scripps College of Communication
- Katie Hartman, College of Business
- Tanya Hire, College of Business, Regional Higher Ed
- Mary Kate Hurley, College of Arts & Sciences
- Emmanuel Jean-Francois, Patton College of Education
- Marcy Keifer Kennedy, Patton College of Education
- Zaki Kuruppalil, Russ College of Engineering & Technology
- Beth Longenecker, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Deborah Marinski, College of Arts & Sciences, Regional Higher Ed
- Deb McAvoy, Russ College of Engineering & Technology
- John McCarthy, College of Health Sciences & Professions
- James McKean, University College, Regional Higher Education
- Renee Middleton, Patton College of Education
- Char Miller, College of Health Sciences & Professions
- Laura Myers, Strategy & Innovation Office
- David Nguyen, Patton College of Education
- Beth Novak, Honors Tutorial College, Scripps College of Communication
- Cornelia Patterson, Patton College of Education
- Ana Rosado Feger, College of Business
- Nukhet Sandal, College of Arts & Sciences
- Joseph Shields, Research, Graduate College
- Loralyn Taylor, Institutional Effectiveness
- Scott Titsworth, Scripps College of Communication
- Mark Weinberg, George Voinovich School of Leadership & Public Service
- Susan Williams, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine