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The proposed vision statement is: “Ģ����Ƶ is the university of choice for tomorrow’s leaders, creatively connecting communities, ideas and opportunities.”

The vision statement was developed by the Ģ����Ƶ Strategic Planning Working Group, composed of approximately 50 Ģ����Ƶ faculty, staff, students and community stakeholders. Public comments related to the proposed vision statement will be accepted until Dec. 15.

Additional background about the vision statement and a graphic are included below.

Comments are being accepted via email to ieac@isu.edu.  Ģ����Ƶ staff and faculty members may also contact their college or division’s strategic planning representatives by following the link from Ģ����Ƶ’s Strategic Planning web page at .

Additionally, Ģ����Ƶ’s Faculty Senate representatives and Staff Council representatives will also collect comments.

The working group members describe their thoughts behind the development of the proposed vision statement:

• We believe Ģ����Ƶ can become the university of choice not just for students but also faculty and staff.

• We sought a vision that focuses on a culture of leadership. Ģ����Ƶ aspires to educate leaders; Ģ����Ƶ’s faculty and staff aspire to be leaders within Ģ����Ƶ and in their fields.     

• As a university, we will establish internal and external connections using creative, novel techniques that go beyond the standard approaches.

• The success of three focal points: “communities, ideas and opportunities,” rely on the connections that Ģ����Ƶ helps establish between them. The arrows point both directions.

• Communities have social and economic concerns. Ģ����Ƶ will help address these through generating innovative ideas and connecting communities to the the right opportunities.

• Opportunities would never exist without the communities’ need or the generation of ideas. The opportunities and connections created through interaction will assist Ģ����Ƶ’s continual development as a teaching and research institution.

• Ģ����Ƶ aspires to offer new opportunities and ideas to communities in our service region, helping them prosper socially and economically, leading to the creation of formidable, lasting partnerships.