WELLS COLLEGE

STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE

Friday, October 8, 2004

Henry Wells Room, Long Library

Present: Chris Bailey, Jim Chase, Carolyn Denard, Muriel Godbout, Michael Groth, Ellen Hall, Frank Lacomb, Nicole Pellegrino ’05, Laura Purdy, President Lisa Marsh Ryerson, Susan Sloan, Amy Staples, Steve Zabriskie.

Members Excused: Karen Green, Diane Hutchinson, Bill Roberts, Ann Rollo, Jonee Smith ’07, Susan Talbot, and Meredith Cook VanDuyne.

Call to Order – President Ryerson at 10:30 am

Associate Dean Carolyn Denard presented a list of Strategic Plan Goals and Initiatives, which were discussed by the members present.

Dean Hall suggested that this was the place to start with benchmarks, process and implementation.

Associate Dean Denard also mentioned that perhaps a founder’s day or year of the incorporation of the college be considered. One college has a campaign to be in the 1868 club, which is their year of incorporation. To be in the club staff, faculty and others pledge some number in the 1868 range from one thousand eighteen dollars and sixty-eight cents to eighteen dollars and sixty-eight cents. The suggestion was that if Wells should adopt such a program the funds could be used each year for a particular project on campus.

There was discussion about how courses should be presented for men and women in Women’s studies or the History of the College, or in Science etc.

Associate Dean Denard suggested the whole campus, staff and faculty should be including into finalizing the goals for Wells.

Associate Dean Denard talked about changing the Wells logo for the future of Wells as a global college.

President Ryerson asked what the committee would want to do with this presentation for the next session. Dean Hall suggested a wheel with the expanded list of strategic plan goals and initiatives.

Members present agreed that the list should be shared with the community.

Professor Purdy questioned how the college could accomplish all this. President Ryerson explained that she has been meeting with Dean Hall working on the transition.

It was agreed that the list of strategic plan goals and initiatives would be sent out with corrections for response a week from next Friday at the committee meeting October 29, and that the committee would meet next Friday October 15.

Adjournment at 11:30 a.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Verna I. Dugan