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Mount Mercy
College Board of Trustees Approves Strategic Plan to Move to University
Status by 2012
CEDAR
RAPIDS, Iowa (May 3, 2008) – Mount Mercy College President
Christopher Blake today announced that the institution’s
Board of Trustees, under the direction of Chairman Charles A.
Rohde, has approved a new strategic plan that will guide the institution
through 2012. The strategic plan endorses the goal of Mount Mercy
College transitioning to Mount Mercy University by 2012.
The strategic plan
focuses on five major themes: a vibrant teaching and learning
environment; student experiences; sustainable institutional resources;
visibility, marketing and outreach; and Catholic identity and
Mercy mission. Each theme includes corresponding goals that members
of the campus community will address during the next four academic
years.
“The passage
of this strategic plan is a key moment in the history of Mount
Mercy, as we seek to build upon our mission, values and vision
as a Catholic institution of higher learning, founded by the Sisters
of Mercy, and providing a high quality student-focused education
at both the undergraduate and graduate levels,” says Blake.
“The strategic plan will provide the vital context and outcomes
for us to become Mount Mercy University, recognized regionally
for academic distinction as a small to mid-size university and
as a national leader within the Conference of Mercy Higher Education.
This plan is central to our evolution as a vibrant intellectual
community in the 21st century, providing a range of educational
experiences designed to empower our students to be leaders in
their professions and communities, and to position Mount Mercy
as a powerful, sustainable, viable and well-resourced place of
learning.”
The plan that
was approved today by the Board of Trustees can be viewed at http://www2.mtmercy.edu/theplan.html.
Contacts:
Stacey Jones, Assistant Director of Marketing
(319) 368-6475, sjones@mtmercy.edu
Molly Altorfer, Director of Communications and Marketing
(319) 368-6475, maltorfer@mtmercy.edu
