Project Timelines

The strategic planning project began in April 2023 and will end in December 2023. Below are the key activities of each phase.

Phase 1 – Project Planning [April 2023]

Phase 2 – Compelling Vision/Strategic Pathways [May-August 2023]

• Situational analysis
• Steering Committee #1 – strategic themes and possibilities

Phase 3 – Broad Stakeholder Engagement/Draft Plan

• COEHS faculty-staff survey
• Focus groups and interviews with external stakeholders
• Steering Committee #2 – Strategic Framework (draft goals and objectives)
• Task Forces (working groups to build out goals and objectives)
• Student survey

Phase 4 – Final Plan and Implementation Framework

• Steering Committee #3 – Final plan recommendations
• Stakeholder engagement
• Final Plan, Implementation Plan and Dashboard

The project is being facilitated by The Napa Group, a national firm specializing in higher education multi-year planning and with particular experience at UNM for their consulting to the UNM 2040: Opportunity Defined project.