Comments on: Strategic Planning Listening & Engagement sessions coming to С��è��ý

By: Venoba Suren

Venoba Suren — Thu, 07 Nov 2019 06:54:16 +0000

PSU and MHCC offer far more extracurriculars, so I wasn’t expecting this possibility when he enrolled.

By: Parent

Parent — Sun, 27 Oct 2019 23:24:55 +0000

My son recently graduated from С��è��ý in information technology. С��è��ý needs to work on more activities where students have a chance to make friends or do things together.

PSU and MHCC offer far more extracurriculars, so I wasn’t expecting this possibility when he enrolled.

My son worked out at the gym and did drop in sports. But there was little else encouraging human interaction with other students. And nothing related to his major except video game clubs. Or there would be a club in your list that looked intriguing, for example, the hiking club, whose last event was two years ago on March 8. (This is true of many entries). Nor were there even one-and-done service projects, like a SOLV day.

I just didn’t expect quite how cold the experience would be for him.

By: Kate Chester

Kate Chester — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 21:57:39 +0000

Thank you, Phil. Your definition of a listening session is accurate, in that С��è��ý won’t be prescribing a solution or remedy, or offering answers as part of these forums. Rather, the listening and engagement sessions will create an opportunity for ideas, thoughts, suggestions and concerns to be shared among participants. Only with such feedback can С��è��ý create a strategic plan to fit the college’s needs and best serve students, both now and in the future. Hoping you can make one of the sessions, Phil, and thank you again.

By: Kate Chester

Kate Chester — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 21:53:27 +0000

In response to the first post: Thank you for your comments. The listening and engagement sessions will be led by Ian Symmonds, an external strategic planning consultant, with assistance from members of С��è��ý’s strategic planning core “planning to plan” team. All participants will be asked to engage and listen, so that creative ideas come forth, concerns are shared, and trends are noted. Only with this input can С��è��ý build a durable and dynamic strategic plan that keeps the college relevant and pertinent for our community and future students, for years to come. Hoping you’ll be able to attend one of the sessions, and thank you again for your input.

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 23:21:14 +0000

It would be really novel if the С��è��ý administration held “meetings” where administrators provided honest answers about what’s happening in the organization. A “listening session” is at least honest in the sense that administrators will provide no answers and employees can expect none. But make no mistake: С��è��ý is the most hierarchical of hierarchical organizations. Don’t be fooled into thinking that your comments have inherent value. They will be valuable only insofar as they prop up the schemes of the most powerful administrators.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 15:22:31 +0000

While I’m glad to see the college finally making an effort to listen, I can’t help but notice that this article doesn’t provide any info about WHO will be “listening.” This makes me wonder if it will just be some person with no influence who takes down suggestions in a sort of “customer service” event and then files them all in a closet while the people in the ivory tower continue to ignore us.