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Goal: Create a Flourishing Community

The University of Oregon’s most important asset is its people

To succeed, we know that university must create and sustain a sense of community that can drive alignment, attract talent, and foster the well-being of all. To accomplish this, we will create programs, processes, and structures that will make us known as a university that authentically supports the flourishing of our students, faculty, and staff.

Flourishing is the holistic development and thriving of every individual in our diverse community achieved through growth, well-being, resilience, trust, belonging, robust connection and sense of purpose. Flourishing requires commitment to accessibility, diversity, equity, and inclusion in all forms. A flourishing community is built on collective experience and is made stronger by our shared commitment to one another.

Key Performance Indicators

  • Percent of flourishing students (undergraduate and graduate)
  • Percent of flourishing employees
 

Strategies

To create a flourishing community, we will:

  • Create and adopt a survey-based measure of community flourishing.
  • Expand access to existing innovative credit-bearing courses that emphasize human flourishing.
  • Coordinate existing employee development and employee engagement opportunities and align these efforts with shared outcomes that enable flourishing and create a respectful and inclusive workplace.
  • Build on successful efforts to recruit and retain a diverse faculty and staff.
  • Support infrastructure to meet the needs of an evolving student population.
  • Enhance business practices, processes, systems, and tools to support the needs of the university community effectively and efficiently.
 

Goal Owners

  • Christopher P. Long, Provost and Senior Vice President
  • Yvette M. Alex-Assensoh, Vice President for Equity and Inclusion
  • Mark Schmelz, Chief Human Resources Officer and Vice President
  • Angela Chong, Vice President for Student Life

Goal Owners will work with appointed chairs to establish collaborative workgroups, representing diverse areas of the university, that will drive completion of the milestones assigned to each of the goals' multiple strategies for this academic year and beyond.

 

Strategy Development Team (Winter 2024)

The strategy development team established strategies, key performance indicators (KPIs), and actionable tactics to achieve the overarching goal of Creating a Flourishing Community.

  • Sierra Dawson (Chair), Associate Vice Provost for Faculty and Leadership Development, Office of the Provost
  • Eric Alexander, Erb Memorial Union Director, Erb Memorial Union
  • Kata Bahnsen-Reinhardt,Associate Director Graduate Student Experiences, Lundquist College of Business
  • Dianna Carrizales-Englemann, Assistant Dean Equity and Inclusion, College of Education
  • Renee Delgado-Riley (Data Team), Director of Assessment and Research, Division of Student Life
  • Kristyn Elton, Project Manager, New Initiatives and Campus Relations, University Advancement
  • Nedzer Erilus, Director for Residential Life and Educational Initiatives, University Housing
  • Austin Hocker (Data Team), Assistant Vice Provost for Data and Decision Support, Office of the Provost
  • Abigail Leeder, Manager, DEI Experiential Learning, Division of Equity and Inclusion
  • Tiffany Lundy, Senior Associate Director, Employee Development and Engagement, Human Resources
  • JP Monroe (Data Team), Director of Institutional Research, Institutional Research
  • Deb Morrison, Associate Dean Undergraduate Affairs, School of Journalism and Communications
  • Jennifer Winters, Assistant Vice President, Executive and Internal Communications, University Communications

Support Teams

Information about these support teams will be provided as details become available.