To: All Faculty & All Academic Professionals & All Civil Service Staff
           <everybody@illinois.edu> 
    From: "Richard Herman" <chancellor@uiuc.edu>

Reply-To: chancellor@uiuc.edu
 Subject: Strategic Planning Update

Date:       March 14, 2007

To:         Faculty, Academic Professionals and Staff

From:       Richard Herman
            Chancellor

Re:         Strategic Planning Update


The story of Illinois is the story of remarkable people who dedicated 
their knowledge and creativity to building a place of excellence. Today, 
you are those remarkable people, and it is your turn to leave upon this 
great University your mark of excellence.
 
In January 2006, we published a strategic plan for the Urbana campus, 
outlining just how we intend to achieve our goal of preeminence among 
public research institutions. Over the past year, faculty and 
administrators have worked together to improve upon that plan, and today, 
I am excited to share with you the newest version of the strategic plan. 

http://www.strategicplan.uiuc.edu

Based on considerable input from deans, faculty, academic professionals 
and staff over the past year, we are moving forward with strategic 
research initiatives; focusing development activities around strategic 
goals; and embedding our planning principles into key processes, including 
the budget process, promotion and tenure and hiring practices. 
Working with the Council of Deans, we have developed values statements for 
the institution and aligned the key strategic initiatives around five 
broad goals.  The resources section now includes principles that will 
guide decisions about critical investments required to achieve our 
vision.  Finally, we have developed progress indicators for our campus to 
assess whether we are achieving the goals of our plan. Information about 
our progress will be added to the Website in the coming weeks and months, 
and I encourage you to use it as a resource for your unit.
 
I am grateful for the dedication of those who have worked many long hours 
to improve upon the strategic plan and to put our ambitious goals into 
action.  They know, as you and I do, that our moment to elevate Illinois 
to a new level of excellence is now.
 
Thank you for your help in making the next chapter in the story of 
Illinois the best ever. 

This mailing approved by:
The Office of the Chancellor

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