Communications

Sixth Statewide Conversation Focuses on Quality of Place

Contact: David Belsky, David.Belsky@suny.edu
Office of Communications
State University of New York
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www.suny.edu

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010

Who:               SUNY Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher

What:              Sixth Statewide Strategic Planning Conversation

When:              8:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Friday Feb. 19, 2010 with media availabilities at 2:00 p.m.

(media availability time is approximate)

Where:             State University of New York at Plattsburgh, Angell College Center

How:               Webcast http://pointers.audiovideoweb.com/stcasx/1c3winlive6776/play.asx

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Agenda

8:30                              Open Forum

9:30                              Registration/Doors Open (Coffee & pastries available)                              

10:00 AM                      Opening Remarks - John Ettling, President, SUNY Plattsburgh

Keynote Speaker - Ira Harkavy, Associate Vice President and Founding Director, Barbara and Edward Netter Center for Community Partnerships, University of Pennsylvania

11:25AM                       Four Provocative Ideas About Quality of Place for SUNY

                                    - Chancellor Zimpher and President Ettling

12:05PM                       Small Group Exercise Breakout

2:00PM                        Media Availability with Chancellor Zimpher

Members of the media are invited to attend the sixth of seven statewide conversations about SUNY’s strategic planning efforts.  SUNY Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher is leading Phase II of a SUNY-wide strategic plan that will guide SUNY for the next five years and advise SUNY in its development for the next decade.  Additional information about Phase I of the strategic plan, Chancellor Zimpher’s 64-campus tour, is available here.  

As part of Phase II, the fifth of seven statewide conversations will take place at Stony Brook University with a group of 200 delegates, broadly representative of various SUNY constituencies. 

Twitter, Facebook and YouTube allow any interested party to participate in the strategic planning process and follow its progress. 

Individuals can communicate via e-mail by sending their thoughts to strategicPlanning@suny.edu. Additionally, visitors to SUNY.edu can use the existing “Share Your Ideas” feature that has been available since the chancellor took office.

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