<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2025/03/making-fairmont-state-great-place.aspx" dsn="blogs"><featured>true</featured><pubDate>03/20/2025 02:39:01 PM</pubDate><title>Making Fairmont State a “Great Place” </title><description>Last October, Fairmont State University’s Board of Governors unanimously approved Strategic Vision 2025-2035, outlining a bold roadmap for the university’s next decade. Now, with the semester underway, the planning process is moving into the next phase: developing implementation plans.  </description><image><img src="/_images/news/a_great_place_news_site-news.png" alt="A Great Place"/></image><tags><tag>Academics</tag><tag>Alumni</tag><tag>Athletics</tag><tag>Board of Governors</tag><tag>College of Business and Aviation</tag><tag>College of Education-Health &amp; Human Performance</tag><tag>College of Liberal Arts</tag><tag>College of Nursing</tag><tag>College of Science and Technology</tag><tag>News</tag><tag>Presidential Communication</tag></tags></item>