Community Input

By envisioning what St. Thomas could look like a decade from now, community members and stakeholders helped to frame themes and develop priorities for the next five years.

The St. Thomas 2025 Strategic Planning Task Force worked with campus partners to lead community conversations and to gather input.

Through a survey and community conversations, community members provided insights about the successes and obstacles related to each of the strategic themes.

In addition to community input sessions, feedback was gathered from students, the President’s Cabinet, members of the Board of Trustees and various advisory boards. Ideas also were gathered from the strategic plans of individual colleges, schools and other divisions. As a result, this plan reflects both university-wide planning efforts and specific planning efforts from units across the university.

You can read examples of the community input related to our six Guiding Themes:

• Ever Press Forward Through Innovation
• Build Belonging and Promote Equity
• Ensure Access, Achievement, and Outcomes for All
• Lean In to Our Catholic Mission
• Widen the Circle of Impact
• Strengthen Culture As We Embrace Change

• Main Strategic Plan page
• Strategic Plan Digital Brochure
• Read the Complete 2025 Strategic Plan (PDF)
• Strategic Plan 1-pager

Realizing our Vision

St. Thomas 2025 is a living document, designed to help guide decisions about our focus. As we pursue strategic opportunities in the next five years, we will remain nimble and responsive to changes and challenges that may arise and adjust our plans as necessary.

Implementing these priorities will require significant focus, commitment and resources. To achieve our goals, St. Thomas will launch a comprehensive campaign.

Strategic Planning Task Force Co-Chairs

The St. Thomas 2025 Strategic Planning Task Force worked with campus partners to lead community conversations and to gather input.

Dr. Ed Clark

Vice President for Innovation Technology Services and Chief Information Officer

Dr. Katherina Pattit

Associate Professor of Ethics and Business Law at Opus College of Business

Special Thanks

Our special thanks goes to:

• Ellen Haeg for organizing our input sessions;
• St. Thomas Library staff Dan Gjelten, Julie Kimlinger, John Heintz and Trent Brager, for analyzing the data and identifying themes that emerged;
• Jo Montie for creating the community Canvas site; and
• John Kinsella and Dan Lamatsch for producing the content.
• Thanks also to graduate students Mina Chung and Madalyn Cioci as well as undergraduate students Urso Ramirez, Sandy Ganesan, Natalie Bents and Shannon Moran for your excellent contributions to this project.