Open Forum: Agenda
February 25, 8:15-10:15 PM, Powers 136
(Follow-up discussion/focus groups from 10:30-11:30)
In preparation for this meeting, we strongly encouraged participants to review a position paper for each of the six emerging strategic directions (listed in no particular order below). These draft papers are roughly 5 pages in length and provided necessary background information conducive to a thoughtful, productive discussion about the future of CMU on Friday, February 25th.
| Time | Activity |
| 8:15 AM | Overview & Introduction (Provost) |
| 8:30 AM | Emerging Strategic Direction I: Successfully Preparing CMU Students for a Culturally Diverse World |
| 8:40 AM | Emerging Strategic Direction II: Make CMU a Leader in Sustainability |
| 8:50 AM | Emerging Strategic Direction III: Becoming Michigan’s Public Higher Education Leader in Access, Value & Enrollment Management (III) |
| 9:00 AM |
DISCUSSION: First Three Strategic Directions (Small Groups, Report Out) |
| 9:20 AM | Emerging Strategic Direction IV: Expanding and Creating New Market-Driven Academic Programs |
| 9:30 AM | Emerging Strategic Direction V: Staging the Future of Central Michigan University through Investment in Scholarship |
| 9:40 AM | Emerging Strategic Direction VI: The CMU Experience |
| 9:50 AM | DISCUSSION: Last Three Strategic Directions (Small Groups, Report Out) |
| 10:15 AM | Wrap-Up |
| Time | Activity |
| 10:30 AM | Welcome and initiation of discussion of emerging strategic directions. |
| 11:25 AM | Wrap-up |
