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May 5, 2004 The University of Houston System’s (UHS) strategic planning process continued at Tuesday’s special meeting of the UHS Board of Regents. Ed Hugetz, UHS assistant vice chancellor and UH assistant vice president for planning and university outreach, presented a set of system initiatives to the board. Among the goals that were culled from previous strategic planning meetings were creating additional teaching centers, bolstering system enrollment, developing strategic partnerships and implementing a system-wide image campaign. With a list of 26 system initiatives, Hugetz asked the board to prioritize each goal based on its importance. During the board’s retreat next month, the prioritized initiatives will be reviewed and specific individuals, groups and offices will be assigned the responsibility of acting on each goal. “We want to set milestones, so we can review the plans we made, the actions that came out of those plans, know who was put in charge of these plans and whether the goals were delivered,” said Hugetz. Specific initiatives discussed at Tuesday’s meeting included creating the system’s teaching/health science facilities at the Texas Medical Center and increasing UHS’ global connections. Hugetz added that some of the initiatives presented in his spreadsheet are being enacted. Among these is the advanced planning for construction of another building at the UH System at Sugar Land that will foster a partnership with Wharton County Community College. Other initiatives on the list were dependent upon state and federal legislative agendas such as UHS securing financial support from the Texas Legislature and the U.S. Congress during FY2005. The strategic planning process began in February with UHS faculty, staff and student leaders discussing university and system goals at each of the system universities. The information compiled from each of these meetings was presented to the board during a retreat last month. To review past strategic planning meeting notes, visit the strategic planning Web site at http://www.uhsa.uh.edu/sysplanning/. Mike Emery
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