UVM Senior Leadership
Agenda October 22 – 23, 2004
More than a Vision:
A New Reality!
On October 22-23, 2004 President Daniel Mark Fogel and Provost A. John Bramley hosted a retreat for the University Senior Leadership. The attendees included Vice Presidents and Vice Provosts, Deans of the Schools and Colleges, members of the University Planning Council, representatives from the three governance groups (Faculty Senate, Student Government Association, and Staff Council) and other senior leaders. (A list of attendees is at the end.)
The theme of the retreat focused on the remarkable progress and advances the University has experienced since the vision was first announced in Spring 2003. Information about the vision and the accomplishments are summarized on the President’s web page at .
This exciting, intense two day retreat was designed to focus on ways to further realize the vision for the University. Teams representing the various constituencies (link to teams) worked through the five questions outlined in President Fogel and Provost Bramley’s July 6, 2004 memorandum to the University community regarding advancing the vision for UVM. Additionally, two focus sessions were led by outside consultants working with the University– the first on campus master planning with Glenn Allen from Hargreaves Associates and Warren Schwartz from Schwartz/Silver Architects and the second on enrollment management with Dr. James Black from SEM Works.
Supporting documents and material that were distributed at the retreat are linked below. Summary comments for each question as well as the two focus sessions from the teams are below. Following the retreat, President Fogel and Provost Bramley summarized the retreat findings and recommendations to the attendees in the attached memo (follow-up memo). We invite and welcome your comments about the retreat to the following email address .
Senior Leadership Retreat
Agenda
October 22 – 23, 2004
The UVM Vision: To be the nation's premier small public research university, preeminent in liberal education and the study of the environment and health, and dedicated to providing students with extraordinary opportunities for learning and personal development and to enhancing the cultural, social, and economic life of Vermont, the nation and the world.
Retreat Purposes: To bring together campus leaders/planners in an environment of collegiality and openness in order to explore critical questions related to setting academic priorities and campus master planning:
- What are the key items that must be pursued over the next thirty-six months in an integrated, clear, focused campaign to pursue the vision for UVM?
- What are the inter-relationships and priorities among the key elements of the Vision and amongst the major academic and support units of the Universitythat can be developed that will advance the Vision for the University?
- What are the essential steps necessary to advance the academic components of the Vision of the University?
- What are the substantive opportunities for the University that would enhance and improve the campus master planning process?
- What must the University do to offer an outstanding student experience?
Friday October 22, 2004
8:00 – 8:30 a.m.Arrival and check-in Stoweflake Resort
8:30 – 9:00 a.m.Opening Remarks – Green Mountain Room
Daniel M. Fogel, President–“More than a Vision – A New Reality”Link to PowerPoint
9:00a.m.- 12:00noonCharting the Course - Groups will discuss and brainstorm responses to each of the five questions outline in the President and Provost email to the UVM Community on July 6, 2004.Link to the letter & Summary Comments
Question - What must we do to establish UVM as a leading center of innovative liberal arts education in the 21st century?Link to Liberal education document & summary comments
Question - What must we do in our instructional programs, in our research and scholarship, and in our institutional practices to make good on our claim of being the nation’s environmental university? Link to PowerPoint presentation and Becoming the Nation’s PremierEnvironmentalUniversity and summary comments
10:30 a.m.Break – Sterling Reception Area
12:00– 1:00 p.m.Lunch - Atrium
A. John Bramley, Provost and Senior Vice President – “Leaders of Change – 2013”Link to PowerPoint Presentation
1:00 – 3:30 p.m.Campus Master Planning–Glenn Allen - Hargraeves Associates in partnership with Schwartz Silver ArchitectsLink to PowerPoint presentation and summary comments
3:30 p.m.Break – Sterling Reception Area
3:30– 5:00 p.m.Charting the Course – Continued
Question - To what niche areas within the vast domain of health, medicine, and the life sciences should we commit differential resources in order to establish programs that are the very best in the world? Link to document and summary comments
6:30 p.m.Reception - Atrium
7:30 p.m.Dinner - Atrium
Saturday October 23, 2004
7:30 – 8:00 a.m.Breakfast - Atrium
8:00 a.m. – 10:30 amEnrollment Management – Dr. Jim Black, SEM WorksLink to PowerPoint, his web site, strategic Enrollment Management, summary comments and SEM Enrollment Management Report
10:30 a.m.Break – Sterling Reception Area
10:30 a.m.Charting the Course–Continued
Question - How do we align the University and its services to provide an exceptional and high quality student focused experience? Link to summary comments
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.Lunch - Atrium
1:00 – 2:30 p.m.Question - What steps must we take to ensure an exceptional environment for the conduct of world class research which contributes to the University’s promise to be a key driver of Vermont’s economic vitality? Link to white paper on research& Summary comments
2:30 p.m.Break – Sterling Reception Area
2:30 – 4:30 p.m.Next steps
The same small groups will determine the top twoideas for each question above to include appropriate rationale for their selections. Determine several specific action steps, champions, timeframes, etc. Groups will report out to the full group with opportunity to discuss and challenge assumptions.
Link to summary comments
4:30 – 5:00 p.m.Closing Comments
Daniel M. Fogel, President
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