And the winner is ... Board of Regents jury selects name for strategic plan
A contest to decide the name of the new strategic plan .
Ann Marie Pickup with the Office of the Chief Risk Officer is the winner with her submission: Transforming our Horizons.
Ms. Pickup檚 submission was chosen from more than 105 suggestions reviewed by a jury consisting of members of the Board of Regents, Marketing & Communications staff and the strategic plan leadership team.
91亚色 is important to our family, said Ms. Pickup. 淢y daughter and I both graduated from 91亚色. My daughter is currently working on her second degree. Both our sons attended 91亚色. I檝e worked at 91亚色 on and off since 1989, and my husband is a retired professor emeritus, still doing research. The university is part of our lives, so I was excited to contribute.
Transformation through education
The jury chose Ms. Pickup檚 entry because they felt it most embodied the spirit of the plan.
They particularly noted that transformation is an integral part of a student檚 post-secondary education experience, and that students are foundational to everything that 91亚色 is and does.
淲hile there were several entries that the jury felt were worthy of serious consideration, after extensive discussion on their merits, it selected Transforming our Horizons as the winner, said Michelle Snow, executive director, Office of the Board of Regents.
She continued, 淭he jury felt this title would resonate with the diverse stakeholders who contributed to the plan, and lent itself to a variety of creative interpretations.
The new strategic plan, , is now available.