The President's Strategic Thinking
Councils (STCs) were established in 2006 upon the arrival of Dr. Ransom
as a forum for ideas, information, and strategic issues and initiatives
to be discussed in each of the five mission-centric areas. Since then,
much progress has been made towards realizing our five-year strategic
plan. So starting this fall, the STCs will meet on a quarterly basis to
review the results of the previous Quarterly Performance Measures,
discuss efforts around the FY 2012 Tactical Initiatives, and any other
strategic issues that are impacting the organization within that
mission-centric area. Similar to previous years, the membership of each
STC has been modified slightly to encourage new and fresh perspectives
to issues and initiatives within the organization. We believe that this
new focus will make the Strategic Thinking Councils more effective in
ensuring that we hold ourselves accountable for achieving our annual
Tactical Initiatives and Five Year Strategic plan.