Hearing from Stakeholders

The Planning Task Force split into teams that were cross-campus collaborations of faculty and staff. Each team conducted multiple meetings with various stakeholder groups across campus and beyond. Using the meeting designs and strategic questions developed at the Kickoff, they collected input from over 1,200 stakeholders that would shape the strategic plan. Notes from various stakeholder meetings are below.

UC Santa Cruz Alumni

• January 11, 2014  (Foundation/Alumni Council)

External Stakeholders

• January 15, 2014 (Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce and Local Business Leaders)
• January 22, 2014 (City Manager's Department Head Meeting)
• January 27, 2014 (Silicon Valley, Regional University, and Alumni)
• January 28, 2014 (K-12 Education Community)

UC Santa Cruz Faculty and Researchers

• October 28, 2013 (Council of Provosts)
• November 25, 2013 (Junior Faculty)
• December 17, 2013 (Bioengineering Group, Center for Biomolecular Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering) 
• January 14, 2014 (Researchers and Post-Doctorates)
• January 14, 2014 (Senate Executive Committee)
• January 17, 2014 (Faculty - Interdisciplinary Departments/Centers)
• January 27, 2014 (Faculty- Open Forum)
• January 27, 2014 (Faculty - Lecturers/Non-Senate Faculty & Librarians)
• January 28, 2014 (Faculty - Undergraduate Directors)

Mixed Stakeholder Groups

• October 24, 2013 (Earth and Planetary Sciences)
• November 13, 2013 (Committee on Educational Policy)
• December 6, 2013 (Academic Support/Preparation Faculty and Staff)
• December 9, 2013 (Campus Resource Centers & Staff Diversity Group)
• January 23, 2014 (Staff who are also Alumni)
• January 28, 2014 (Advisory Council on Campus Cilmate, Culture and Inclusion)

UC Santa Cruz Staff

• November 6, 2013 (East Side College Staff) 
• November 14, 2013 (West Side College Staff)
• December 6, 2013 (Assistant Deans' Monthly Meeting)
• December 6, 2013 (Staff Delaware-Open Forum & Timeline)
• December 9, 2013 (Physical Infrastructure Focus Group)
• December 13, 2013 (Staff - Library)
• December 17, 2013 (Staff - Open Forum a.m.)
• December 17, 2013 (Staff - Open Forum p.m.)
• January 9, 2014 (Advisory Committee on Information Technology)
• January 9, 2014 (Staff - Committee on Sustainability and Stewardship)
• January 9, 2014 (Library Group)
• January 12, 2014 (Staff - ITS Leadership)
• January 23, 2014 (Office of Sponsored Projects)
• January 29, 2014 (Planning and Budget)

UC Santa Cruz Students (Graduates and Undergraduates)

• October 29, 2013 (Chancellor’s Undergraduate Internship Program)
• November 18, 2013 (Student Fee Advisory Committee)
• November 19, 2013 (East Side College Government Leaders)
• November 20, 2013 (West Side College Government Leaders)
• November 25, 2013 (Residential Adviors)
• December 3, 2013 (Student Union Assembly)
• December 5, 2013 (African Black Student Alliance)
• January 10, 2014 (Graduates and Undergraduates)
• January 11, 2014 (Undergraduates, Inter-Organization Sustainability Retreat)
• January 16, 2014 (Graduate Students)
• January 27, 2014 (Students Engineering, Humanities, Social Sciences, PBSci)
• January 29, 2014 (Cabrillo College Transfer Students)

Two online surveys were provided to ensure that everyone had an opportunity to share their experience, opinions, and ideas.

Input from Online Surveys

• Narrative Future Survey
• Accomplishments Survey

Next: Making Sense of the Data Collected