Dear Washburn Community,
Over the next several months, our Strategic Planning Task Force will work with Dr. Paul Friga, one of the foremost higher education thought leaders and strategists, and his team to gather feedback from our campus community and draft a plan, which will be presented to our Board at its December meeting. Thank you for taking the time to participate in our strategic planning process.
Dr. JuliAnn Mazachek
President
Virtual Community Input Forums
- Tuesday, September 12 from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Friday, October 13 from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m.
- Friday, November 17 from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Strategic Plan Timeline and Deliverables
- Aug. 10: Planning Call
- Sept. 12: Campus survey launch and strategic planning community input forum
- Sept. 25: Faculty Senate meeting
- Oct. 4: General Faculty Meeting, WSGA Senate meeting
- Oct. 10: Staff Council meeting
- Oct. 12: WSGA Presidents roundtable
- Oct. 13: 2nd Community input forum
- Oct. 19: Board meeting — Draft mission, vision, values and priorities done
- Oct. 25: Advisory Council
- Oct. 27: Alumni meeting
- Nov. 17: 3rd Community input forum
- Dec. 7: Board meeting: Review strategic plan
- Faculty Senate meeting, TBD
- WSGA Senate meeting, TBD
- Staff Council meeting, TBD
- Alumni meeting, TBD
- Feb. 1: Board meeting: Approve strategic plan
Strategic Planning Task Force
- JuliAnn Mazachek
- Laura Stephenson
- Luther Lee
- Alan Bearman
- Eric Grospitch
- Marshall Meek
- Cynthia Holthaus
- Lori Hutchinson
- Christa Smith
- Renee Burlingham
Strategic Planning Advisory Council
A larger group of stakeholders, the Strategic Planning Advisory Council, for suggestions that further strengthened the proposed plan. We want to thank the committee members for their time and expertise.
- Jennifer Ball – Associate Provost Compliance Accreditation Governance Corrections
- Sean Bird – Senior Associate Dean/Mabee Library
- Jane Carpenter – Dean School of Nursing
- Tim Clothier – Washburn Tech
- Teresa Clounch – Associate Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students Diversity Officer
- Kelly Erby – Interim Dean College of Arts & Sciences
- Loren Ferre – Director of Athletics
- Zach Frank – Dean School of Applied Studies
- Marc Fried – General Counsel
- Lauren Frost – Associate Director Athletics Compliance
- Michelle Godinet – Director of Equal Opportunity
- John Haverty – Chief Information Officer
- Jeffrey Jackson – Interim Dean School of Law
- Eric Just – Assistant Vice President Facilities Services
- Judy Korb – Washburn Tech
- Teresa Lee – Assistant Vice President Human Resources
- Steven Luoma – Chief Enrollment Systems Officer
- Patrick Mikesic – Alumni Association and Foundation – Executive Director of Development and Alumni Relations - Law School
- Beth O'Neill – Assistant Provost for Curricula and Program Innovation
- Chris Parker – Alumni Association and Foundation – Executive Director of Development
- David Sollars – Dean School of Business
- Gina Stewart – Alumni Association and Foundation – Executive Director of Administration
- Sarah Towle – Alumni Association and Foundation – Executive Director of Engagement
- Danny Wade – Assistant Provost for Faculty Development and Student Issues
- Debbie White – Assistant Vice President Finance
- Jennifer Wiard – Assistant Dean for Student Success
Strategic Plans from Forward 150 to Academic Bridge 2022-2023
The latest Washburn University Strategic Plan was approved by the Washburn Board of Regents in December 2018. The Plan represents the hard work and commitment of numerous people across campus and the Topeka community and builds upon the success of the Washburn 150 Forward plan.
The latest Plan is coming to a close and information gathering to inform the next strategic Plan will occur during the 2022-2023 academic year. In Fall 2022 campus stakeholders collaborated in development of an Academic Bridge Strategic Plan intended to support academic areas during the presidential transition, and development of the next campus wide strategic plan.
