Communications

Chancellor Zimpher Advances SUNY's Strategic Plan with Third Statewide Conversation Focusing on Arts & Culture

Event Takes Place Tuesday Dec. 1, 2009 at the Fashion Institute of Technology

Media are Invited to Attend the Event 

Contact: David Henahan, David.Henahan@suny.edu, Casey Cannistraci, Casey.Cannistraci@suny.edu, 518-443-5311
Office of Communications, the State University of New York, www.suny.edu

For Immediate Release: Monday Nov. 30, 2009

Who:               SUNY Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher

What:              Third Statewide Strategic Planning Conversation

When:             8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Tues. Dec. 1, 2009 with media availabilities at 11:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. (times are approximate)

Where:            Fashion Institute of Technology, Building A, David Dubinsky Student Center, Faculty Dining Alcove

Webcast:         http://pointers.audiovideoweb.com/stcasx/va92winlive2178/play.asx

Agenda: 

8:00 - 9:30AM                  Open Forum

9:30 - 10:00AM                Doors Open; Opening Remarks

10:00 - 10:05AM              Joyce F. Brown, President, FIT

10:05 - 10:10AM              Carl Hayden, Chair of Board of Trustees
                                      (and of Board Advisory Committee on Strategic Planning)

10:10 - 10:20AM              Chancellor Nancy Zimpher

10:20 - 10:35AM              The Strategic Planning Process: Purpose of Today's Meeting and How 
                                      it will Inform the Strategic Plan; 
                                      Anthony Knerr, Anthony Knerr & Associates

10:35 - 10:40AM              Introduction of Keynote Speaker; Chancellor Zimpher

10:40 - 11:20AM              Keynote Speaker; Thelma Golden, Executive Director,
                                      Studio Museum in Harlem

11:20 - 11:35AM              Questions & Answers; Moderated by Anthony Knerr

11:35 - 11:50AM              Break

11:50AM - 1:00PM           Small Group Exercise: SUNY's Role in Arts & Culture

1:00 - 1:30PM                  Small Groups Report Out; Moderated by Anthony Knerr

1:30 - 1:45PM                  Response from Keynote Speaker and Dialogue with Audience; 
                                      Moderated by Anthony Knerr

1:45 - 1:55pm                   Summary and Wrap Up; Anthony Knerr

1:55 - 2:00pm                   Brief Thank-you and What's Next; Chancellor Zimpher
 
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 third of seven statewide conversations will take place at Fashion Institute of Technology with a group of 200 delegates, broadly representative of various SUNY constituencies.

Twitter, Facebook and YouTube allow for participation in what progress is being made on the strategic plan by any interested party.

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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