PowerPoint Presentation - Office of the Provost

							  Dialogue
with the Provost


Dr. Robert C. Bates
 March 11, 2003
provost.wsu.edu
Achieving Our Vision
  World Class. Face to Face.
  WSU Strategic Plan
   Implementation
        Strategic Plan

The Strategic Plan is a framework
 within which each budget area
  has responsibility to plan and
  budget – and be accountable
           Strategic Plan Goals

1. Offer the Best Undergraduate Experience in a
   Research University
2. Nurture a World Class Environment for
   Research, Scholarship, Graduate Education,
   the Arts & Engagement
3. Create an Environment of Trust & Respect
   in All We Do
4. Develop a Culture of Shared Commitment to
   Quality in All of Our Activities
Strategic Plan

 Integration of Implementation Activities
   Implementation Council
   Implementation Teams
   Colleges & Administrative Units
   Departments
   Faculty and Staff
Strategic Plan

                 Implementation
        Progress Report to the Campus Community


 Improving salaries is number one priority of current
 biennial (03-05) budget request

 Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs position created

 $100,000 initial commitment to
 Undergraduate Teaching & Learning
 Improvement Grants
Strategic Plan

                 Implementation
        Progress Report to the Campus Community

  Department Chairs’ Workshops and White Papers
  (program quality and delivery, advising and mentoring,
  interdisciplinary scholarship and research, individual
  and collaborative grants and graduate recruiting)

  Center for Integrated
  Biotechnology established
  under the leadership of
  Interim Director
  Dr. Michael K. Skinner
Strategic Plan

                 Implementation
       Progress Report to the Campus Community

 Increased recognition of our outstanding faculty
 including establishment of the rank of Regents
 Professor and Eminent Faculty Award. Faculty Honors
 Convocation is March 28.
 Regents Scholars Program

 Admission applications have
 increased allowing us to be more
 selective with better qualified
 students being admitted
                                    Andrew Landowski
                                                       Melissa Speigle
Strategic Plan

                 Implementation
        Progress Report to the Campus Community

 Funding provided for joint initiatives by the Office of
 Research and the Graduate School to encourage and
 support faculty and strengthen/grow interdisciplinary
 research programs

 Launching a strategic campaign
 focused on graduate and Ph.D.
 programs
Strategic Plan

                 Implementation
       Progress Report to the Campus Community

 “Updates from President Rawlins” and “Provost
 Progress Reports” are now sent to the campus
 community on an alternating basis monthly during the
 academic year
 Dialogues with the President
 and the Provost once each
 semester
 Vice Presidents’ Forums
Strategic Plan

                 Implementation
       Progress Report to the Campus Community

Branch Campus Study completed and implementation
process initiated
Draft proposals have been submitted for
the Office of Undergraduate Education,
President’s Teaching Academy and
Exemplary Department Award

Survey on advising
strengths and weaknesses
has been completed
Strategic Plan

                 Implementation
        Progress Report to the Campus Community

  Mission to DC program initiated to promote federal
  support for research

  Cougars and Huskies for our economic future – a joint
  initiative led by the Presidents of WSU and UW to raise
  higher education issues across the state
  Dialogue
with the Provost


Dr. Robert C. Bates
 March 11, 2003