{"id":25063,"date":"2013-10-18T15:00:07","date_gmt":"2013-10-18T19:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=25063"},"modified":"2013-10-18T16:45:52","modified_gmt":"2013-10-18T20:45:52","slug":"president-hopkins-applauds-campus-community-announces-new-strategic-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2013\/10\/18\/president-hopkins-applauds-campus-community-announces-new-strategic-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"President Hopkins applauds campus community, announces new strategic plan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At the Day of Celebration, Wright State University President David R. Hopkins repeatedly called attention to the university's greatest asset, its people.<\/p><\/div>\n

Wright State\u2019s campus community took a bow at the Student Union today during a \u201cDay of Celebration,\u201d an event that included unveiling the university\u2019s revised strategic plan.<\/p>\n

The new plan, a guidepost for now and into the future as the university approaches its 50th anniversary in 2017, promises to enhance academic quality, student success, community engagement and economic development.<\/p>\n

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The new strategic plan is themed Empower because the university wants to continue empowering its people to do extraordinary things.<\/p><\/div>\n

The plan sets forth a detailed strategy and clearly defined markers that will guide Wright State and continue to empower its people, the school\u2019s greatest asset.<\/p>\n

\u201cFive years ago, we decided that Wright State was not going to operate like a 20th century model university,\u201d said Wright State President David R. Hopkins. \u201cWe were not going to be complacent. We were going to be nimble and agile and respond to the needs of our students and our community. The plan included providing curricula that prepares students for the 21st century workforce.\u201d<\/p>\n

Final development of the updated strategic plan began in 2012, with extensive campus meetings held among faculty, staff and students in order to help shape the strategy with a collaborative approach.<\/p>\n

Faculty and staff from individual colleges and schools at Wright State developed tactics to produce each unit\u2019s individual strategic plan. The university\u2019s culture is guided by the overall strategic plan.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The previous strategic plan led to successes such as recruiting and retaining internationally known faculty, building a national research reputation, creating the Wright State Research Institute and enhancing the university\u2019s impact in the community with the development of seven Ohio Centers of Excellence.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat makes me the proudest is that in the past five years our faculty and staff have helped almost 20,000 students achieve their dream of a college degree,\u201d Hopkins said.<\/p>\n

Such successes have resulted in strides toward improving the human condition\u2014for example:<\/p>\n