Dr. Paul Davenport

Month/Day, 2005

Leaders’ Forum

December 22, 2005

Dialogue on Western’s Strategic Plan:Your Views on ‘Life at Western’ for our Diverse University

Community--For Submission to the Strategic Planning Task Force

AGENDA

12:15 - Update on the Planning Process

12:30 - Dialogue in Small Groups

1:20 - Whole Group Commentary & Questions

2:00 - Thank You and Close

Western’s Planning Process

“Leadership in Learning”Strategic Plan“Making Choices”

1995 2001 2006

Four Year Plans

2003 2007 2011

Operating Plan1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2005 2006 2008 2009 2010

Key Issues for Strategic Planning

• An Environment of Opportunity

• Pursuing the Mission

• Addressing the Space Constraint

• Measuring Progress

Our Mission

To provide the best student experience among Canada’s leading research-intensive universities.

The Challenges Ahead

• How do we improve the student experience at the Undergraduate level? At the Graduate level?

• How do we improve research performance?

• How do we measure “student experience” and “research performance? Media surveys such as Maclean’s and G&M are indicators, but we need our own measures.

Improve the Student Experience

• Keep focus on outstanding teaching, student services, good relations between students and faculty and staff

• Increase “service learning”, internships, counseling

• Increase international emphasis—in curriculum, in student recruitment, in student exchanges/study abroad

• New focus on the graduate student experience—from recruitment, through career counseling, to placement

Improve research performance

Challenge:

Create a highly competitive research environment, with more disparity between the research-intensive universities and others

Actions:

• recruit and retain faculty who can excel in both teaching and research

• encourage a culture of high expectations for faculty with regard to research performance

• identify our research strengths relative to other universities

• provide high quality space and support services for research

• engage students, staff, faculty in the research goal

Address the Space Constraint

• more space to meet our objective to double PhD enrolment and remain a leader in research

• use buildings at the centre of campus for teaching; move a significant part of non-teaching operations

• provide space for future large research projects, often before knowing the outcome of the grant competition (e.g., CFI).

• have a comprehensive space proposal in the Provost’s February document.

Planned Capital Projects

• B&G Renovations

• Physics & Astronomy Renovations

• Althouse Building Renovations

• Westminster College Renovations• Psychology Research Groups & Pre-School• Consolidation of VP External’s Portfolio

• Biotron: CFI funded

• Science Building• Chemistry, Physics & Astronomy• Graduate Students, labs

New Projects Being Considered

• Support Services Building• At Commissary Site• Physical Plant, ITS, and possibly other Support

Units

• Consolidation of Student Services• Possibly in Current Physical Plant Building

• Recreational Field House / Western Athletic Centre

• For Campus Recreation, attached to TRAC• Additional funding could allow for more athletic

facilities

Potential Space in Core Campus Released for Academic Purposes

• Create space in the core of campus for academic purposes.

Other Possible Future Projects

• Replace Bio-Engineering Building

• Renovate Chemistry Addition

• A building or addition to an existing building with CFI type space for future research projects

• Ivey additions at Spencer for the MBA program

Dialogue

• What are some of the IMPACTS these new directions will have on the group you are discussing?

• What NEEDS will this group have, as they seek to achieve their goals at Western?

• What are some STRATEGIES to address those needs?

Join us!

Bring a colleague

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Western Staff & Leaders Conference

Online Registration opens January 30th, 2006

Feb. 27, Feb. 28, Mar. 1, 2006

Thank you to our Facilitators

• Jennifer Ashenden

• Becca Carroll

• Frank DeGurse

• Sharon Farnell

• Andrew Fuller

• Chantal Gloor

• Nancy Griffiths

• Stephanie Hayne

• Ruth Heard

• Wilma Lagerwerf

• Scott May

• Christine Mellon

• Peggy Roffey

• Malcolm Ruddock

• Harriet Rykse

• Glen Tigert

• Peggy Wakabayashi

Happy Holidays

Wishing you peace and joy over the holiday and much success and happiness in the New Year.

See you at the February 9, 2006 Leaders’ Forum:

“Seek, Select, Get Set to Go: Hiring Talent and Supporting Performance”

with Antoni Cimolino, Executive Director, Stratford

Festival of Canada