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New Strategic Plan Wins Trustees' Approval July 24, 2006 News for the Faculty and Staff of Western Carolina University Western honored 80 employees at the 33rd annual SPA service awards luncheon in June for their combined 1,025 years of service. The annual celebrations have honored 2,939 people for giving 25,353 years of service to WCU. “That says a lot about how people feel about this university,” said Chancellor John W. Bardo at the luncheon on Wednesday, June 28. Bardo presented the Judy H. Dowell Outstanding Support Staff Award to Irene Welch, an administrative offi cer in the Offi ce of the Provost. Bardo said Welch’s colleagues describe her as a master of multitasking with a strong work ethic and a person whose broad experience has benefi ted university leaders. Welch, who has more than 17 years of service at Western, joins Scott Philyaw, associate professor of history and director of the Mountain Heritage Center, and Fred Hinson, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs, as Western’s nominees for the Governor’s Award for Excellence. Recognition also went to Richard Littrell (Residential Living), who received an award for 35 years of service. Employees with 25, 20, 15, 10 and fi ve years of service Irene Welch, an administrative offi cer in the Offi ce of the Provost, accepts the Judy H. Dowell also received awards. Outstanding Support Staff Award from Chancellor John W. Bardo and Judy Dowell (right). Photos of honorees on page 2 New Strategic Plan Wins Trustees’ Approval What may have seemed like “mission impossible” when the realize that it takes a lot of people, a lot of time, and a lot of give and process began more than 14 months ago became “mission take to get it to this point.” accomplished” earlier this summer, as the Among the changes are new requirements that link budgets Western Carolina University board of trustees Much has changed to the planning process to provide better use of resources adopted an updated strategic plan, including a at Western over the including time, money, facilities and personnel; a vision significantly revised mission statement designed last several years, statement that reflects Western’s growing emphasis on to more accurately describe the current activities and we have needed assisting in regional economic development initiatives; of the university. and a dramatically shortened mission statement that The new plan provides a five-year look at the our strategic plan to incorporates teaching, research and service to “improve challenges the unversity faces as it responds to catch up to where individual lives and enhance economic and community changes in regional and global conditions and we currently are. development in the region, state and nation.” The mission as it prepares students to live and succeed in the We believe this plan statement now goes to the University of North Carolina new millennium, said WCU Provost Kyle Carter. does that, and that it Board of Governors for approval. “Much has changed at Western over the last presents a succinct Adoption of a new strategic plan comes as the university several years, and we have needed our strategic vision for the future. is in the midst of seeking reaccreditation from the Southern plan to catch up to where we currently are,” Association of Colleges and Schools. Other ongoing steps —Provost Kyle Carter Carter said. “We believe this plan does that, and in the accreditation process are the development of a quality that it presents a succinct vision for the future.” enhancement plan and certification of university compliance Steve Warren, chairman of the board of trustees, thanked to SACS standards. members of the strategic planning committee for their hard work. “The strategic plan is an extremely important document for our “This is a critical document for the university,” Warren said. “We Continued on page 4 WCU’s Jones Trades the Staff Service Awards continued from page 1 C ullowhee Campus for the C lassrooms of Cairo Gary Jones, associate professor of business communication at Western, compares his summer teaching experience at the Sadat Academy for Managerial Science in Cairo, Egypt, to the movie “To Sir, With Love.” Jones said success in a classroom that featured a simple whiteboard required Richard Littrell intense planning and weaving in stories that (Residential Living) would Western employees honored for 25 years of service join Chancellor John W. Bardo, has dedicated 35 capture years to WCU. center, for a photo. They are, from left to right, Pat Baker (Controller’s Offi ce), Loretta Adams (Public Relations), Judy Hale (Psychology) and Peggy Eidson the (Facilities Management). Not pictured: Terry Ashe (Mail Operations), Dewayne attention West (Facilities Management) and Michael Wheatley (Food Services). of the students, whether they applied directly to the course material or Gary Jones discovers the Great not. “My Pyramids by camel. classroom technology concerns shifted from, ‘Will all 24 computer stations be up today?’ to ‘Will my whiteboard marker run out of ink today?’ which was a surprisingly frequent occurrence,” said Jones. “This was teaching in the trenches, and I loved it.” In one case, two Honorees for 20 years of service include, front from left to right, Shirley Moore (Facilities Management), students who were Debbie J. West (Residential Living), Patti Johnson (Information Technology), Nancy K. Carden (Offi ce of talking in the back the Provost) and Linda S. Shuler (Printing Services); and back, from left to right, J.B. Farmer (Facilities of a room on the Management), Linda Fiskeaux (Facilities Management), Chancellor John W. Bardo (awards speaker), Jeff Hagberg (Ramsey Regional Activity Center), Jim Culp Jr. (Facilities Management), Andy DeGrove first day of class (Facilities Management) and David Hilton (Ramsey Regional Activity Center). caught his Not pictured: David C. Frizzell (Controller’s Offi ce), Michael Hooper (University Police), Dale Mathis attention. (Facilities Management), Evelyn Mathis (Human Resources), Randy L. Parris (Facilities Management), “After CAIRO David Stephenson (Facilities Management), Kay Turpin (Institutional Research and Planning) and Terry class, I WCU’s Watson (Facilities Management). quietly Jones Trades the said a few words Cullowhee Campus for the to them about Classrooms of this problem but Cairo Chancellor John W. without much hope,” Jones said. “They Bardo, second from right, stands proudly were Ahmed and Mohamed. The next day with retirees, from they shocked me by sitting in the front of left, Ronald Deitz the class and, during a break, hunted down (Facilities Manage- a cup of fresh coffee for me. It was a ment), Michael verifiable ‘To Sir, With Love’ moment as Farmer (Facilities far as I was concerned.” Management), Cindy Those same students joined him later on R. Parker (Payroll Offi ce) and Eugene Wiggins (University Police). one of his adventures, riding on horseback Not pictured: Mary S. Buchanan (Educational Leadership and Foundations), Steve Collins (University on the Giza plateau with the Great Police), Frances Conley (Public Relations), Donald Cope (Controller’s Offi ce), Perry C. Cowan (Facilities Pyramids in the background. Of course, Management), Edith Crawford (Facilities Management), Charles Crisp (University Police), John Douglass Jones says, the story did not quite have a (Facilities Management), Pryde Farmer (Facilities Management), Billy Ham (Facilities Management), Hollywood ending. “They still talked in Donna Hogsed (University Police), Clara Mathis (Residential Living), Clifton McGinnis (Facilities class,” he said. Management), Karen Perry (Dean’s Offi ce, Applied Sciences), Jerry Phillips (Facilities Management), Harry Speissegger (Facilities Management), Brenda Wike (Education and Allied Professions) and Marvin A. Wilkes (Facilities Management). July 24, 2006 • The Reporter • page 2 2006 July 24—August 13 Exhibits July Mountain Heritage Center Monday, July 24 Friday, July 28 – Gallery A: Youth Soccer Day Camp—ages 5–12. $. CAC. August (227-2025 or [email protected]) “Migration of the Scotch-Irish People.” Includes Wednesday, August 2 text panels, illustrations, artifacts and vibrant Tiny Tot Swim Program—ages 6 months through Golf Tournament—annual Western Open murals that trace the Scotch-Irish Appalachian 5 years. $. 5:15–6:05 p.m., ages 1–3; 6:10–7 p.m., and Preseason Social. $. Tournament, noon; settlers from Ulster to Pennsylvania, through ages 3–5. Reid Gym. (227-7397) porch social, 6 p.m.; dinner 7 p.m. Waynesville the Shenandoah Valley, and into Western North Tuesday, Country Club, Waynesville. (227-7335) Carolina. Permanent exhibit. July 25 Gallery B: Friday, August 4 “Grandma’s Attic.” Festival Summer commencement. 7 p.m. RRAC. (227-7495) performance— Opening in August: “Transformations: Cherokee Folkmoot USA. Sunday, August 6 Baskets in the Twentieth Century.” How the $. FAPAC. processes, materials and styles have evolved Arti-Facts!—“Spinning Yarns.” Reservations (828-452-2997) during this time period. Through December 20. required. 2:30–3:30 p.m. MHC. (227-7129) Gallery C: Wednesday, July 26 Monday, August 7–Friday, August 11 “After the War: Confl ict and Domestic Change in the North Carolina Mountains.” Portrays how wars Workshop—“Introduction to Adobe Acrobat Tiny Tot Swim Program—ages 6 months through and their aftermath have shaped the lives of people Professional.” 10 a.m.–noon. Room 156, Hunter 5 years. $. 5:15–6:05 p.m., ages 1–3; 6:10–7 p.m., and communities in Western North Carolina. Library. (http://www.wcu.edu/it/workshops/ ages 3–5. Reid Gym. 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