WVSU Community Invited to Participate in Strategic Planning Process

9/1/2022

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Contact: Jack Bailey
(304) 766-4109
Jbaile19@wvstateu.edu
 
   
INSTITUTE, W.Va. – The West Virginia State University (WVSU) community is invited to share their thoughts for the university’s future on Wednesday, September 7, as part of the launch of a comprehensive strategic planning process.

WVSU’s recently announced strategic plan, called Future State, will determine the strategy and goals for the future of WVSU over the course of the next several years. On Wednesday, September 7, a series of listening sessions will take place on campus where students, faculty, staff, alumni, university retirees, visitors, and area business leaders are invited to participate to share their thoughts.

Dr. Kaye Monk-Morgan will be on hand that day leading the listening sessions to gather information to assist with development of the university’s new strategic plan. She is the principal of MNP Enterprises, LLC, which is a consulting and professional development service. MNP supports the strategic planning, professional development, and public speaking needs of corporations, non-profit organizations, and higher education institutions across the United States. 

Monk-Morgan will hold five different listening sessions throughout the day. Anyone is welcome to attend any session that works with their schedule, although each listening session is targeted for different groups. Each listening session will last approximately one hour. There start times are as follows:

• 8:45 a.m. – Faculty and staff in Judge Damon J. Keith Scholars Hall, Anne Brothers Smith Conference Room
• 10:45 a.m. – Alumni and university retirees in Judge Damon J. Keith Scholars Hall, Anne Brothers Smith Conference Room
• Noon – Lunch with students in the Goldston Dining Hall inside the James C. Wilson Student Union
• 1:45 p.m. – Faculty and staff in Judge Damon J. Keith Scholars Hall, Anne Brothers Smith Conference Room
• 4 p.m. – Business leaders and community members in Judge Damon J. Keith Scholars Hall, Anne Brothers Smith Conference Room

Monk-Morgan has a 30-year career in higher education with service on the faculty of the Higher Learning Commission’s Advancing Strategy Workshop, as a mentor for HLC’s Student Success Academy, and a member of the Society of College and University Planners. In addition to service on a number of national and local, government, corporate and non-profit boards, she is also a mentor for NASPA’s First-Gen Forward community and an advisor for NASPA’s Center for First-Generation Student Success. 

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West Virginia State University is a public, land-grant, historically black university, which has evolved into a fully accessible, racially integrated, and multi-generational institution, located in Institute, W.Va. As a “living laboratory of human relations,” the university is a community of students, staff, and faculty committed to academic growth, service, and preservation of the racial and cultural diversity of the institution. Its mission is to meet the higher education and economic development needs of the state and region through innovative teaching and applied research.