Shaping Our Strategic Plan
Greetings SOU community members,
As we move forward with strategic planning, I want to update all of you on our ongoing efforts at SOU to shape our university for many years to come: the strategic plan.
With a year of planning behind us, you’ll now be able to find, on this website, sections that describe: the plan itself; the history of the planning effort; some of the research that went into the plan’s development; and some of the names of the hard-working people helping to craft it. We invite you to check this website often as we will periodically update it with new information.
As we complete winter quarter of 2018, we are entering a transitional phase. After having identified the plan’s foundational pieces, we are moving into its implementation as we prioritize the goals; work out exactly how they will be accomplished; and assign oversight and completion responsibilities to different campus personnel and committees.
We can say now that we believe the plan is focused, achievable, and forward-thinking. It will help clarify how our students can best be served and the roles our institution can best play in our region and beyond.
With this plan, SOU is becoming the University For The Future. We hope the work will inspire each of you to strive for greatness – individually and collectively – over the next five, 10, and even 20 years. Thank you for your interest and participation.
Dr. Linda Schott
SOU President
