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UWEC Strategic Planning

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A Vision for Distinction - 2026 Strategic Planning

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This fall, faculty, staff and students on all our campuses are working to create a distinctive and audacious long-term vision for the future of our university. It is a vision that we will create together.

All members of our campus community are encouraged to learn more about our “Vision for Distinction,” our 2026 planning efforts, and to become involved with our Vision Teams.

Continue to watch this site for ongoing information about our Vision Planning effort.

Our Mission 

We foster in one another creativity, critical insight, empathy, and intellectual courage, the hallmarks of a transformative liberal education and the foundation for active citizenship and lifelong inquiry.

Meeting the Campus Mission

We fulfill our mission through a pervasive university commitment to provide:

  • Rigorous, intentional and experiential undergraduate liberal education for life and livelihood;
  • Strong, distinctive professional and graduate programs that build on and strengthen our proud tradition of liberal education;
  • Multicultural and international learning experiences for a diverse world;
  • Exemplary student-faculty research and scholarship that enhance teaching and learning;
  • An inclusive campus community that challenges students to develop their intellectual, personal, cultural, and social competencies;
  • Educational opportunities responsive to the needs of our communities, state, region and beyond; and
  • Academic leadership in transforming liberal education.

Carrying the Mission Forward

The University offers undergraduate programs and degrees in the arts, humanities, social sciences, health sciences, sciences, select engineering fields, education, nursing and business. The institution also offers graduate programs related to areas of strength within the institution, including business, education, nursing, human sciences, humanities and sciences.

UW-Eau Claire mission statement amended by UWS Board of Regents Res. 8623, adopted 11/8/2002; Res. 9774, adopted 6/11/2010; and Res. 10716, adopted 6/10/2016.

Our Vision

We are noted for rigorous, integrated, globally infused undergraduate liberal education and distinctive, select graduate programs. We are leaders in preparing students for lifelong contributions to society through career, service and personal achievement.

Our Shared Values

Our values unite our vision and are woven into everything we do. For faculty, staff and students, our five core values are:

  1. A spirit of innovation that inspires us to explore new opportunities, experiment, and move with alacrity, in order to better serve our students and their futures.
  2. A passion for collaboration in service to the common good, both across the university and more broadly with our communities, supporting partners, and friends.
  3. A commitment to liberal education, the knowledge and skills that build the self-awareness, critical thinking, problem-solving, and creativity that are hallmarks of a UW-Eau Claire graduate and empower students to navigate a diverse and changing world.
  4. A shared responsibility for excellence, inspiring students to high academic engagement and achievement.
  5. A dedication to opportunity and belonging, assuring that all are able to discover, learn, create, and thrive.

University Planning Committee Members

The University Planning Committee is appointed by the chancellor to oversee strategic planning at the university.

2024
  • Nikki Andrews, Director (Enrollment Management)
  • Saori Braun, Associate Professor (Kinesiology)
2025
  • Dan Hillis, Library Systems and Makerspace Coordinator (McIntyre Library)
  • Greg Kocken, Head of Special Collections and Archives, Associate Professor (McIntyre Library & History)
2026
  • Jarrod Hines, Associate Professor (Psychology)
  • Chris Jorgenson, Interim Executive Director (Diversity, Inclusion and Leadership)
2028
  • Rachel Pierce (Nursing)
  • Ferroz Siddique, Professor (UWEC - Barron County)
2029
  • Xiaoyu (Shawn) Yang, Assistant Professor (Management and Leadership Programs)
Ex Officio, Voting
  • University Senate Chair
  • University Staff Council Chair
  • Director of Institutional Research
  • Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration
  • Student Senate President
Staff
  • Chancellor's Office Chief of Staff
  • Corry Mahnke, Events and Special Projects Coordinator, Office of the Chancellor

University Planning Committee Meeting Minutes

All meeting minutes are available here with your UW-Eau Claire password.

Past Strategic Plans + Reports
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Chancellor's Office

Schofield Hall 204
105 Garfield Avenue
Eau Claire, WI 54701
United States

715-836-2327