We are pleased to provide an update on the progress the campus is making toward our strategic plan implementation.

The Strategic Plan Oversight Committee (SPOC) met with its subcommittee members in November to review the top priorities for this year’s strategic plan implementation. Those items are summarized under each goal, below.

Some highlights of our current efforts include: a working group is developing processes to measure the success of strategic activities and to align each with strategic budgeting; a WASC steering committee will soon be in place to align self-study activities with strategic plan implementation; an institution-wide funding opportunity is being pursued to improve the first-year experience for our students and to increase our retention and graduation rates; a comprehensive inventory of the activities relative to the strategic plan is underway and a web page is being developed to provide access to in-depth progress information on the Strategic Plan progress.

We all share a commitment to our students, to sharing knowledge and intellectual inquiry, and to collaboration and the development of our faculty and staff. Each of us has something to contribute to our strategic plan, and, as we aim for a new level of success as an institution of higher learning, this plan will guide us to make clear choices about who we are and what we do.

We are proud of the progress we have made and we look forward to continuing to improve the experience for our students through this effort. Most of all, we would like to express our gratitude to all of the individuals throughout our campus community who have contributed their talents, time, and extraordinary effort to this process. You are what makes Humboldt State University such a great place.

Lisa A. Rossbacher, Ph.D. 

President 

Noah Zerbe, Ph.D.

Chair of the University Senate and Professor of Politics