Campus Conversation and UMBC-Shady Grove Listening Tour
Joint Listening Session with President Sheares Ashby
Location
Online
Date & Time
June 21, 2023, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Description
As a continuation of the UMBC Bold: Campus Conversations and the UMBC at The Universities at Shady Grove Listening Tour*, all are invited to a virtual session about UMBC-Shady Grove.
The conversation will be guided by the same three questions that we explored throughout our UMBC Bold: Campus Conversations:
- What achievements and core values should we celebrate and nurture?
- What challenges might hinder our ability to advance our mission and vision?
- What are your bold aspirations for the future of UMBC-Shady Grove?
The session will be hosted by Diane Alonso, in her role as special assistant to the vice provost for UMBC-Shady Grove Initiatives, and Chelsea Moyer, assistant vice provost, UMBC-Shady Grove.
If you we unable to participate in our UMBC Bold: Campus Conversations and the UMBC at The Universities of Shady Grove Listening Tour session on June 21st , or if you have additional input that you would like to share, please complete this brief survey.
*UMBC-SHADY GROVE LISTENING TOUR BACKGROUND
In a period of intense, rapid societal change peppered with a multiplicity of diverse and demanding priorities, UMBC at The Universities at Shady Grove recognizes the importance of setting aside time to strategically evaluate, assess, and envision continued growth and the ever evolving act of “becoming”, particularly as the surrounding world and our higher ed community emerges from a multi-year global pandemic. UMBC-Shady Grove is a special community which serves a diverse population of UMBC students and through which our mission, operations, and services are integrally connected to and intertwined with a wide variety of critical partners and stakeholders. It is important that we take time to intentionally pause, reflect, evaluate, garner perspective and a sense of direction, and listen at the unique intersection of UMBC and the Universities at Shady Grove (USG) in Montgomery County, Maryland; we must continue to actively envision and respond to how best to dynamically serve students, each other, and our wider community to advance knowledge and foster opportunity, innovation, civic engagement, social justice, and inclusive excellence.
As the University System of Maryland (USM), UMBC, and the Universities at Shady Grove each embark upon and/or continue to pursue their respective strategic planning processes, UMBC-Shady Grove has initiated a UMBC-Shady Grove Listening Tour to garner feedback and perspective from various stakeholders and partners regarding ways in which UMBC-Shady Grove can best center among these plans, collaborate, and build partnership to meet the unique needs of our student population and community. We are especially considering these efforts in terms of administrative and academic innovation.
