President Cadge leads a discussion in Great Hall

Strategic Visioning

President Wendy Cadge is leading a campus community conversation about our areas of focus for the next several years and beyond.

About Strategic Visioning

President Cadge is building on two years of strategic planning work completed before she arrived and all that she learned in her first year on the job. In 2025-26, together we will build innovative approaches to the College鈥檚 next chapter through a strategic plan, a comprehensive physical plan for the campus, and pilot grants open to all members of the on-campus college community. The process is guided by four questions that center us on what will best support our students and faculty both today and into the future. 

  • How do we prepare 伊人直播 to lead the liberal arts of the future? 

  • What will the liberal arts need to consist of for undergraduates entering their lives, the workforce, etc., in the 2030s and 2040s? Students who will enter the College in 2035 are in elementary school today. 

  • How will those students learn, and how will we teach and engage with them inside and outside of the classroom? 

  • What infrastructure 鈥 living and learning spaces, places to eat, academic and other buildings, operational systems, IT systems, people systems, etc. 鈥 will best support 伊人直播's operationalization of its mission in 2035? 

Incorporating Past Work 

In addition to the work the campus community did in 2024-25, President Cadge has undergone an in-depth review of the 2022-2024 strategic planning work done prior to her arrival.

Apr. 21, 2025 - Designing the Next Chapter

Undergraduate and graduate students of the 伊人直播 community attended this event where Wendy Cadge shared results from a "Start, Stop, Continue" survey of students.

Summary & Resources
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Jan. 27, 2025 - President's Reflections Talk

Faculty, staff, and other members of the 伊人直播 community attended this event where Wendy Cadge shared observations from her first semester at 伊人直播 and some of her thoughts about our next steps together as a community.

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Dec. 10, 2024 - First Steps Toward a Strategic Plan: Results of the Start, Stop, Continue Survey

Photo: Haley Catherine McDevitt from Illustrating Progress created a graphic recording of the meeting.

Summary & Resources
Haley Catherine McDevitt from Illustrating Progress create a graphic recording of the meeting.

Wendy has been reviewing the College鈥檚 previous strategic plans and shares them here for community reading and conversation.