UMBC’s strategic planning process began in the spring of 2023 when President Sheares Ashby kicked off the Bold Conversations series. Since then, through meetings with shared governance, input received via a campus core values survey, and other meetings with campus community members, a set of themes for planning has emerged. This is a brief overview of the planning process to date.
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Strategic Planning Process Graphic Timeline
Process Timeline: 2023 I 2024 I 2025
2023
January-May 2023
- Bold Conversations and Report
April 2023
- Presidential Message and Inauguration
Fall 2023
- Conversations with Shared Governance
2024
Spring 2024
- Conversations with Shared Governance (continued)
July 2024
- Provost Manfred van Dulmen joins UMBC
September 2024
- Strategic Planning Committee formed
- Review of USM 2030 Strategic Plan and priority areas
- Consideration of existing State of Maryland plan for higher education
- Consideration of existing UMBC strategic initiatives since the arrival of the new President and Provost (e.g., NISS, Carnegie Community Engagement, our history of inclusive excellence work, etc.)
October 2024
- Strategic Planning Steering Committee face-to-face group processing meeting to discuss emerging priorities with follow-up survey to the committee
November 2024
- Strategic Planning Steering Committee is expanded
- Core Values Survey launched to campus
December 2024
- Results of the Core Values Survey are shared with the community
- Emerging priorities are shared with President Sheares Ashby and the President shares the vision for UMBC 3.0 with newly expanded Steering Committee
- Strategic Plan Leadership Team synthesizes emerging priorities and Presidential vision
2025
February 2025
- Emerging priorities reviewed by Steering Committee sub-groups
March 2025
- Steering Committee sub-groups develop a community engagement plan to inform the development of strategic priority areas and recommended goals. This work will continue through early fall 2025.
April 2025
- President Sheares Ashby and Provost van Dulmen hold a campus forum during which they share their vision for the university.
Summer 2025
- Steering Committee engages with the community and develops strategic priority areas and recommended goals for Cabinet review in the fall.