In late September, 2008, Chancellor Linda P. Brady appointed approximately 70 faculty, staff, students, alumni, and community members to the Strategic Planning Committee (SPC). Chancellor Brady charged the SPC to develop "a value-driven, outcome-based, transformative plan." Drawing on a document developed by the Planning Preparation Committee (A Bridge between UNCG Today and UNCG Tomorrow, July 31, 2008) and with guidance from Provost David H. Perrin, the SPC developed the UNCG Plan 2009-2014. The Strategic Planning Committee endorsed a plan draft on March 30, 2009. Since that time, all campus leadership groups have endorsed the UNCG Plan 2009-2014, and the Chancellor approved it on May 1, 2009. Although all campus leadership groups, including the Board of Trustees, have also endorsed the Vision and Mission Statement and Chancellor Brady has approved it, the statement will not be official until the UNC Board of Governors approves it.
Although the Chancellor has approved the strategic plan, more work remains to be done. During summer 2009 and using the Final Report of the Strategic Planning Committee as a starting point, Deans Council and Executive Staff began the development of an operational plan to support it. Teams from multiple units and divisions have begun to build on their work and to develop plans for the implementation of twelve of the twenty-nine goals, estimate the cost of implementing them, and complete a basic risk assessment. Divisional and unit plans are also under development and will each include information on how the division or unit will support the strategic plan.
