First College Assembly of the 2011-2012 Academic Year Held on September 19

President Hayward and Sister Barbara Davis, SC gave a brief update about our August 16-17, 2011 Summit. Copies of the Strategic Plan V 2.0 as well as the summary of Summit documents and process were distributed. Full copies of all the Summit reports are posted on the Mercy 2020 course on D2L. A blog entry about the Summit has also been posted at mercy2020.com. President Hayward thanked everyone for their support of the Strategic Planning process and announced that he will be naming the Implementation Team within the week.

Below is a video clip of President Hayward giving the 2020 Update during the College Assembly.

During the question and answer period following the table review of department/division reports, question was raised regarding the plan to move forward with the “great ideas” from the Summit, in light of our budget issues. President Hayward responded that consideration of resources will surely be part of the development of action plans to meet our goals. We will continue to move forward with our plans.

Sister Barbara led the assembly in an activity entitled: “Inter-Departmental Requests: We Care Enough to Send the Very Best.” Each table group was asked to identify the things they would like the identified groups to start, stop, or continue to do differently in the future in order to ensure that we move forward together. For this discussion, the library, IS Department and Department of Student Records were the recipients of the responses from each table. A follow-up report will be given by each of these departments at the October 24 College Assembly identifying: (a) this is what we heard you say, (b) this is our progress to date, and (c) this is our commitment to you as we moving forward.

Commitment to the on-going work of Strategic Planning process continues to be a high priority for the Mercy College community.

View Strategic Plan V2.0 - Click Here
View the Mercy 2020 Summit Summary - Click Here
View the Inter-Departmental Requests (Valentine) Handout - Click Here

Mercy College Summit Summary - A VIEW OF THE SUMMIT

Over 150 participants gathered for the Mercy 2020 Summit held on August 16 and 17 at the Sullivan Center, Gesu Catholic Parish, in Toledo. Representatives from the Mercy College Board of Trustees, Board of Directors for the Mercy College Foundation, Mercy College Alumni Association Board, Mercy College Auxiliary Board, and the student body along with all faculty and staff of the College brought the purpose of the days - “A View from the Summit…..Your voice in our future success” – to life.

Processes throughout both days led us to the creation of our Strategic Plan Version 2.0 – Mission, Vision, Values, and Goals – based on the initial plan prepared by the Strategic Planning Committee in April (version 0.0) and refined by our Leadership Council at an all day retreat on June 21 (version 1.0). As each statement was presented Wednesday morning, participants were asked to give a thumbs up (yes, I accept), thumbs down (no, I do not accept), or thumbs in the middle (I’m not sure) sign. Literally the room was a “sea” of thumbs up and gave testimony to the intense dialogue that had occurred on Tuesday. 

In many ways the Summit was a culmination of months of preparation on behalf of Executive Staff, Leadership Council, Strategic Planning Committee, and Design Team working with all faculty and staff. Yet, too, in many ways the Summit was a beginning. Now the process continues as we develop and clarify specific action plans both at the institutional and departmental/division levels related to each of the goals. The high level of commitment and support from Summit participants is indicative that we will indeed accomplish what we set out to do. We have a “view” and our voices “in our future success” have been heard.

Enjoy the slide show overview of the Summit!

Please take time to review the key documents from the Summit posted on D2L: https://mercycollege.desire2learn.com/d2l/lp/homepage/home.d2l?ou=7609

1. Strategic Plan Version 2.0 
2. Summit Summary Reports and Update 
3. Overview of the Glads, Mads, and Sads – statements as well as “votes” 
4. “Voting” on the action steps for each goal sorted by number of “green dots” received 
5. Summary of evaluations from day 1 and day 2