Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota has started to envision the future with a collaborative process which requires working through a five-phase procedure. This procedure will engage the university's stakeholders in creating a shared future vision for the institution. Trust, knowledge, respect, and connectedness are valuable outcomes of this process. It is driven by our three co-chairs and an internal Planning Task Force. The aim of the task force is to tap into and build upon the capacity of the institution to think and plan collaboratively.
This approach to collaborative strategic planning will create a compelling vision and set goals, identify the financial impacts of decisions, use data to inform dialogue and decisions, identify campus priorities, and create the nuts-and-bolts actions necessary for implementation. This website has been set up to share with you how the process will work at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota.
"As Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota prepares to embark on its centennial, we celebrate the many accomplishments and positive impact the students, faculty, staff, administrators, and alums have had on our Church, our local communities, our country, and the world."
Brother President William Mann has appointed three co-chairs to lead the strategic planning effort: Dr. Marcel Dumestre, VP SGPP, Dr. Donna Aronson, VPAA the College, and Brother Patrick Conway, Ed.D., Assistant Professor, Education & Interdisciplinary Studies.
The guide for Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota’s strategic planning process is centered on Patrick Sanaghan's "Collaborative Strategic Planning in Higher Education."