TC Strategic Planning Structure

Steering Committee and Strategic Imperative Working Groups

Steering Committee: Lisa German, Dean of Libraries (Steering Chair), Chairs and Co-Chairs of each working group (see below).

Strategic Imperative 1: Prepare students to be fully engaged and active in our state, nation and world

  • Prepare students to be engaged in a diverse democracy
  • Make career preparation and experiential and immersive learning an expansive and defining strength of the University of Minnesota experience for all students
  • Enable the highest quality of life by supporting students mental health and food security so they can focus on thriving not simply surviving
  • Design new models of learning that meet students/learners where they are and address emerging realities and opportunities in higher education

Imperative 1 Working Group

  • Chair: Dean William McGeveran (Law School)
  • Co-Chair: Ryan Allen (Humphrey School of Public Affairs)

Working Group: Colleen McDonald, Nick Bednar, Amee McDonald, Merrie Benasutti, Karin Quick, Aryn Lipnicki, Sarah Westberg, Riley Hetland, Rebecca Wurtz, Daniel Myers.

Strategic Imperative 2: Innovate to transform the future of learning

  • Create problem based, solution generating academic programs and classes by expanding interdisciplinary learning, thinking and teaching
  • Build a comprehensive online learning hub to serve all students, regardless of campus, and meet the needs of lifelong learners beyond campus
  • Lead AI innovation in teaching & learning through development of a comprehensive AI educational strategy for all learners & create new opportunities for professional development in AI for the University of Minnesota's teaching workforce

Imperative 2 Working Group

  • Chair: Dean Saara De Walt (College of Biological Sciences)
  • Co-Chair: David Blank (College of Science and Engineering)

Working Group: Caroline Hilk, Lindsay Matts-Benson, Kris Woll, Amanda Chamberlain, Colin McFadden, Rebecca Swenson, Mitch Zamoff, Mochen Yang, Jennifer Granick, Genevieve Melton-Meaux, George Veltsianos, Charlie Willis.

Strategic Imperative 3: Serve communities through knowledge creation and exchange in the arts, health, healthcare, and the economy

  • Create a dynamic integrative arts and design initiative that supports faculty and student creativity, innovation, empathy and optimism
  • Drive economic development and support Minnesota employers as they build and strengthen their workforces
  • Lead the nation in community health innovation, and Minnesota in healthcare delivery
  • Expand the current healthcare workforce to meet the needs of all Minnesota, including rural Minnesota
  • Grow our national leadership in partnership with Tribal Nations and Native American/American Indian Studies

Imperative 3 Working Group

  • Chair: Dean Melinda Pettigrew (School of Public Health)
  • Co-Chair: Kaleigh Roepke (Medical School)

Working Group: Sara North, Carl Flink, Kailin Oliver, Carrie Henning-Smith, Rachel Morin, Elizabeth Sumida Huaman, Sara Newberg, Olof Indridadottir, Armeda Wojciak, Tejas Dhadphale.

Strategic Imperative 4: Advance our excellence to lead in the discovery and application of sustainable solutions, improving environmental, human, plant and animal health

  • Lead in the creation of knowledge and solutions, as well as an interdisciplinary education for a healthy planet with abundant natural resources
  • Lead in the science of where through the creation of data-based decision-making and community based problem-solving by harnessing our deep expertise in mapping and spatial technologies
  • Lead in knowledge creation and innovation to advance the health of people, animals, plants and ecosystems through agricultural innovation and a One Health approach
  • Invest in field defining research to advance the frontiers of AI

Imperative 4 Working Group

  • Chair: Dean Andrew Alleyne (College of Science and Engineering)
  • Co-Chair: Galin Jones (College of Liberal Arts)

Working Group: Eli Sagor, Candy Hirsch, Daniel Harki, Melissa Horning, Eric Shook, Forest Isbell, Elizabeth Wrigley Field, Raj Gopalakrishnan, Andy Erickson.

Strategic Imperative 5: Secure our future as a world-class university by strategically investing in our talented workforce, operations and facilities

  • Invest in the University of Minnesota’s workforce to recruit and retain talented faculty and staff and support them with cutting edge technology and other tools that contribute to the university’s mission
  • Invest in modern and sustainable infrastructure to enhance research, discovery teaching and learning
  • Bring to life "One University on Five Campuses" to ensure student access in resources and opportunities regardless of home campus
  • Reimagine the St. Paul campus

Imperative 5 Working Group

  • Chair: Dean Prasad Boradkar (College of Design)
  • Co-Chair: Steve Henneberry (Carlson School of Management)

Working Group: Greg Donofrio, Lizzy Beghelli, Sarah Kussow, Becky Valentine, Matthew Anderson, Colleen Manchester Flaharety, Anna Darrell, Andrew Chan, Chris Dillon

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