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The proposed vision statement is: ���厙ぴ勛圖 is the university of choice for tomorrow���s leaders, creatively connecting communities, ideas and opportunities.���

The vision statement was developed by the 厙ぴ勛圖 Strategic Planning Working Group, composed of approximately 50 厙ぴ勛圖 faculty, staff, students and community stakeholders. Public comments related to the proposed vision statement will be accepted until Dec. 15.

Additional background about the vision statement and a graphic are included below.

Comments are being accepted via email to ieac@isu.edu.  厙ぴ勛圖 staff and faculty members may also contact their college or division���s strategic planning representatives by following the link from 厙ぴ勛圖���s Strategic Planning web page at .

Additionally, 厙ぴ勛圖���s Faculty Senate representatives and Staff Council representatives will also collect comments.

The working group members describe their thoughts behind the development of the proposed vision statement:

• We believe 厙ぴ勛圖 can become the university of choice not just for students but also faculty and staff.

• We sought a vision that focuses on a culture of leadership. 厙ぴ勛圖 aspires to educate leaders; 厙ぴ勛圖���s faculty and staff aspire to be leaders within 厙ぴ勛圖 and in their fields.     

• As a university, we will establish internal and external connections using creative, novel techniques that go beyond the standard approaches.

• The success of three focal points: ���communities, ideas and opportunities,��� rely on the connections that 厙ぴ勛圖 helps establish between them. The arrows point both directions.

• Communities have social and economic concerns. 厙ぴ勛圖 will help address these through generating innovative ideas and connecting communities to the the right opportunities.

• Opportunities would never exist without the communities��� need or the generation of ideas. The opportunities and connections created through interaction will assist 厙ぴ勛圖���s continual development as a teaching and research institution.

• 厙ぴ勛圖 aspires to offer new opportunities and ideas to communities in our service region, helping them prosper socially and economically, leading to the creation of formidable, lasting partnerships.