DRAFT Strategic
Plan for the Department of Physics
Vision Statement
- Academic
Excellence
- Hire
and retain excellent faculty & attract better students
- Strive
for all programs that are nationally/internationally recognized for
excellence
- Top-10
Status
- Take
advantage of our existing strengths and available opportunities
- Maintain
strength in core areas
- Strive
for centers of excellence
- Innovative
programs in education
- Recognition
of excellence
- Exciting
Physics
- Move
into areas of physics that will be important in the future
Opportunities and strengths
- –Highly
productive faculty
- –14th Nationally
(US News) w/many strong programs
- –Several NAS
members - Many world leaders in their field
- –We are
attracting excellent new faculty
- –Strong
research funding
- –Excellent
staff
- –Strong
Centers (CSR, MRSEC), plus LPS, LPR and IPST
Problems and challenges
- –Fiscal
problems
- –Not getting
top grad students -Low number of UG majors
- –Poor
facilities (Physics Building) + we are spread out
- –Lack of
outside/alumni support
- –Some programs
are not thriving
Goals
- Strong and
innovative Department
- Financial
- Orderly and
planned evolution from the 1960’s to 2010 – but opportunistic!
- Picture of the groups in 10 years
- Discuss plan faculty re-start and realignment
- Allow for new opportunities
- Improved
facilities – both short term and long (new building)
- Computers for grad students
- New teaching lab (student response system)
- Advancement
(fundraising)
Process
- Interaction with other units
Specific Plans
- Priorities Report
- Other plans
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