VISION 2020 Reporting on 2013 can’t be complete without a preview of what’s to come.
LAST FALL BELMONT INITIATED A plan for strategic thinking for Vision 2020, a document that will guide the University for the next six years. Intended to be a transparent, thorough and inclusive process, students, faculty, staff and alumni were invited to gather in small groups in October to discuss what makes them proud about Belmont now, what they’d like to see in a future Belmont and what Belmont can do to more fully live out its mission, vision and values. These themes were discussed at a January 2014 meeting between the Board of Trustees and faculty, staff, student and alumni representatives. Throughout the spring semester, additional sessions will be held to further clarify and articulate these themes and to begin building the framework of Belmont’s Vision 2020 document. Given Belmont’s historic rise over the past decade, it’s difficult to fathom what the future has in store. The sky certainly does seem to be the limit! Clearly, however, Belmont’s investments to date in its people, in this campus, in programs and in its mission are all making the view over the horizon incredibly exciting.
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