Our Compass for the Future 

Strategic Plan 2006-2011             Mission, Vision and Core Values

More than just words on paper, this Strategic Plan is a “living and breathing� guide to move us forward as an institution and a community. Its purpose is not to collect dust on a shelf, but to act as a compass for our faculty, staff, students, and friends as we, collectively, create the futures of Fairmont State University and Pierpont Community & Technical College.

Implementation Teams have been working since 2006 to implement the Plan’s timelines and action steps, and many of the efforts are starting to bear fruit.  At the second annual Strategic Plan Stakeholders Conference on April 25, 2008, internal and external stakeholders reviewed the reports of the Implementation and Audit Committees, offered recommendations for adjustments to the timeline and action steps for the coming year, helped prioritize funding requests, and brainstormed suggestions on questions posed by the teams for each goal.  Conference participants, drawn from faculty, students, staff and community representatives, provided guidance for moving forward.

Now, in Year Three, the Strategic Plan Steering Committee and Implementation Teams have taken the Conference’s recommendations and are using them to continue to guide the process. As always, links to the most up-to-date strategic planning information will be found on our web and wiki site, linked from www.fairmontstate.edu/StrategicPlanning.

Working together, we will continue to “SOAR� at Fairmont State and serve our students, the region and the State of West Virginia.