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