I am pleased to announce that Virginia Wesleyan’s Long-Range Planning
process is going forward with a vision of institutional growth and
quality that will advance our liberal arts mission while maximizing new
programmatic opportunities and honoring our United Methodist heritage
and traditions.
In any long-range planning, the president takes
the lead in convening and establishing the parameters of that process,
which now on our campus has been broadened to include academic strategic
planning. Following a year-long focus on campus master planning, with
co-vice chairs Laynee Timlin and Bruce Vaughan implementing that process
which resulted in a facilities plan that the Trustees accepted at their
winter meeting in February, the Long-Range Planning Committee will
address academic, resource-development, and co-curricular opportunities
comprehensively and in depth.
As we work toward the next phases of Virginia Wesleyan’s Vision 2020: Pathway to Prominence plan,
I have asked Provost and Vice President Tim O’Rourke to accept
responsibility for moving the process forward, with the following campus
representatives to serve with him and me on the Long-Range Planning
Committee:
The Cabinet:
Mort Gamble, Senior Vice President
Cary A. Sawyer, Vice President for Finance
Keith E. Moore, Vice President for Student Affairs
David Waggoner, Vice President for Enrollment
Robert Leitgeb, Chief Information Officer
Joanne Renn, Executive Director for Intercollegiate Athletics
Stephanie Smaglo, Executive Assistant to the President
Other appointments include:
Maynard Schaus, Associate Provost
Debbie Hicks, Assistant Provost
Travis Malone, Dean of the Susan S. Goode School of Arts and Humanities
Sara Sewell, Executive Director of The Lighthouse
Rebecca Hooker, Associate Professor of English
Craig Wansink, Director of the Center for the Study of Religious Freedom
Audrey Malagon, Chair, Academic Effectiveness Committee
Management and Support:
Kelly Sprouse, Administrative Assistant to the Provost
The
research and work of this committee will be essential in drafting
recommendations for keeping Virginia Wesleyan innovative, yet focused on
our mission; growth-oriented, yet always student-centered. I will keep
you informed of the committee’s work, and I thank them in advance for
their special service as they accept this strategically important
assignment.
