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Strategic Planning Leadership Team Update: Information Gathering Complete


Over the past several months, members of the Strategic Planning Leadership Team have gathered valuable insight, information and feedback from MCC’s internal and external stakeholders.  This valuable information will support the committee’s efforts to update our current strategic directions and goals to best position MCC for the future.

The Team listened to a number of presentations by college administrators, met with student leadership groups and conducted over 35 personal interviews with leaders from local government, business, community, education, nonprofit and health care organizations. In addition, members reviewed a variety of relevant articles on trends and issues impacting higher education and administered several surveys. Thank you to all who contributed to this important phase of the process.

The committee will now begin assimilating this information as they review the assumptions associated with the current strategic directions and move to update, modify and/or develop new strategic directions of the plan.  Our goal is to provide a draft to the College community by fall and gain approval by the BOT at the December 5, 2016, board meeting.

Members of the Strategic Planning Leadership Team are:  Heze Simmons, Chair, Paul Emerick, Co-chair, Valarie Avalone, Randy Bowen, Brenda Davies, Debra Davis, Joel Frater, Julianna Frisch, Karen McCarthy, Blake Moore, Todd Oldham, Mitch Redlo, and MaryJo Witz.  Feel free to reach out to these individuals should you have questions or would like to make suggestions regarding our process.

Heze Simmons, CFO/Vice President
Administrative Services
05/31/2016