Timeline

This page describes the timeline of the making of Pressing Ahead in New Directions: Strategic Course 2007-2012.

What	When	Who
Review and revise Strategic Direction: 2000 Through 2005	Continual	Dean Leadership Group
Assess School's current situation, issues, opportunities	Continual	Dean Leadership Group
Consider changing external environment of pharmacy, industry, health care, and science	Continual	Board of Advisors
Faculty Retreat: The School of Pharmacy held a faculty retreat January 8 and 9, 2004 in Sonoma, California. The retreat had 3 goals, to: Build a shared picture of the School of Pharmacy's structure, activities, and environment Identify new, cross-cutting activities that could enhance the strategic direction of the School Articulate how we work together to move in those new directions. We identified collaborative programs of greatest potential and interest to faculty to pursue. All paid faculty were invited as well as the School's associate and assistant deans, administrative leaders, and representatives from the dean's Board of Advisors and the Office of University Development and Alumni Relations. See Faculty Retreat Attendees.	January 2004	Faculty Retreat Attendees: Paid Faculty Associate and Assistant Deans Administrative Leaders Board of Advisors Representatives Development and Alumni Affairs Director, School of Pharmacy
Set planning process	April 2004	Associate Dean Levings
Interviews and Survey #1 Shared potential issues and opportunities facing School	May 2004 to August 2004	Select Interviewees: Leadership Group Paid Faculty Associate and Assistant Deans Administrative Leaders PharmD Students PhD Students Survey Recipients: Paid Faculty Associate and Assistant Deans Administrative Leaders Staff Pharmacists
Reviewed additional research and information that could affect School plans: Alumni Surveys Senior Exit Surveys Staff Survey Faculty Retreat and Results Campus Development and Planning Information External Ideas on Academic Futures	July 2004	Dean Leadership Group
Developed web site on planning process	July 2004	Associate Dean Levings Web & Data Services Manager Frank Farm
Evaluated emerging themes for their immediacy, potential, and feasibility	September 2004	Dean Leadership Group
Updated faculty on planning progress	November 2004 Fall Faculty Meeting	Dean
Survey #2 Identified and ranked program and operational priorities from survey #1	December 2004	Survey Recipients: Paid Faculty Associate and Assistant Deans Administrative Leaders Staff Pharmacists
Appointed Strategic Planning Committee	December 2004	Dean
Developed written descriptions of top strategic priorities	December 2004, January, February 2005	Strategic Planning Committee Working Groups as Necessary
Decided top strategic priorities and how to address operational issues	January 2005	Dean Leadership Group
Strategic Planning Retreat: The School of Pharmacy held a strategic planning retreat in February 2005. Attendees were members of the Strategic Planning Committee appointed by Dean Koda-Kimble. The committee: reviewed the comments and opinions gathered to date from the faculty retreat, interviews, survey #1, survey #2, and other sources, determined and further developed final themes to pursue, and developed written descriptions of top planning priorities.	February 2005	Strategic Planning Committee
Created preliminary drafts of strategic plan text	March 2005 to June 2005	Associate Dean Levings
Developed detailed background papers and vetted papers with the faculties.	July 2005 to September 2007	Department Faculties
Slowed School's strategic planning process while a campus strategic plan took shape	January 2006 to June 2007	Dean
Updated faculty on status of strategic planning	February 2006	Dean (e-mail)
Refined and condensed strategic plan text	May 2005 to November 2007	Dean Leadership Group
Reviewed near-final strategic plan	May 2007	Board of Advisors 2006-2007
Edited near-final strategic plan	June 2007	Dean Associate Dean Levings
Reviewed final strategic plan drafts (2 mailings)	July and August 2007	Final reviewers: Alumni Board Board of Advisors 2006-2007 Campus Leaders Graduate Students Paid Faculty School Administrative Leaders, MSOs, Deans Staff Student Leadership Group
Accepted strategic plan Revised and accepted School mission	September 2007	Faculty vote (School Retreat)
Posted strategic plan to School website	January 2008	Associate Dean Levings Web & Data Services Manager Farm
Distributed final, printed plan	February 2008	Dean, via February 2008 Update from the Dean mailing

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