Veritas, Vol. 24, No. 08, May 1984

              UM §hapes future with Strategie Plan
Trustees, administrators and faculty debated the plan during a two-day meeting
In an historic meeting held April 27-28, the University’s Board of Trustees gave unanimous and enthusiastic approval to a five-year strategic plan that essentially redefines the priorities and goals of the University and reshapes its budgetary process. The plan was presented to the Board at its annual retreat, and for two days the 39 trustees in attendance reviewed and discussed each of its major components. In one sense, the plan reflects two years ’ work by the Long Range Planning Committee which is composed of the deans, vice presidents, provost, vice provost, associate provost, and several key administrators. The plan also draws upon the work done by the visiting committees formed to provide an external evaluation of each of the schools, colleges and student life. At a more fundamental level, the plan represents 38 years of work by those who have built the University to its present strength.
“The plan is a document reflecting our assessment of strengths and weaknesses, general directions based on our priorities and realities of funding available,” said President Edward T. Foote. “It is a guide to help us think more clearly about where the University of Miami should be going and how we can help it get there.”
The development of a strategic plan places the University in select company with a small handful of academic institutions in the forefront of American education. Yet planning will continue.
“Any strategic planning document is simply a snapshot of an evolving process. As the first such snapshot at
this university, this document is important but should not be misunderstood,” said President Foote. “What you will read is not precisely what will occur by 1989. The nu ibers in the plan will obviously change, but the direction of the University is assured.”
The Strategic Plan is divided into two volumes. Volume I describes the University’s statement of mission, internal and external environments, goals and action plans, and the financial plans. Volume II contains summaries of plans for the 13 schools and colleges and for support areas including athletics.
Both volumes are being distributed to all departments.
This issue of Veritas contains excerpts from the Strategic Plan, including the executive summary, mission statement, guidelines, and specific action plans.
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CM confers
An actor, an architecture critic, a black historian, a champion of senior citizen concerns, a diplomat, and a Miami civic leader will each be awarded honorary degrees during the University of Miami’s annual commencement ceremony May 4.
Delivering the commencement address will be Sol M. Linowitz who was the co-negotiator of the Panama Canal Treaties and served as President Carter’s chief Middle East * peace negotiator. He is now Senior Partner in the international law firm of Coudert Brothers and a member of the boards of several corporations.
Sol Linowitz
2,250 degrees in May 5
Also receiving honorary degrees are prominent actor, Jose Ferrer; pioneer architecture critic, Ada Louise Huxtable; noted author and historian, John Hope Franklin; Florida 18th District Congressman, Rep. Claude Pepper; and businesswoman, Athalie Range, who for more than a generation has been an influential leader in the civic life of Greater Miami.
More than 2,250 academic degrees will be conferred during commencement activities and special recognition will be given to 18 students representing the schools
Rep. Claude Pepper
and colleges of the University.
In addition to serving as President Carter’s chief negotiator in the Middle East, Linowitz also served as chairman of the Presidential Commission on World Hunger and as Ambassador to the Organization of
Melanie Creagan Dreher, Ph.D., a distinguished pioneer in the field of transcultural nursing, has been appointed to the William R. Ryan Distinguished Chair in Transcultural Nursing — the first of its kind in the world — at the University’s School of Nursing.
The chair was established through an approximately $ 1 million grant from the estate of the late William R. Ryan, a South Dade grower, investor and philanthropist.
Dr. Dreher wrill also direct the new Transcultural Research Institute, wdiich will serve as a resource center for nurses and researchers worldwide, and establish an international journal of transcultural research.
“As one of the approximately 40 nurses in the country who are nurse anthropologists, Dr. Dreher will
American States. Trustee David
Kraslow will present Linowitz for the honorary Doctor of Laws degree.
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enhance our worldwide reputation for this unique contribution to the field of nursing,” Dean Evelyn Barritt said.
“This is a very exciting time for nurses,” said Dr. Dreher. “We are standing on the brink of a new tradition in nursing that will take into account the patient model of illness along with the medical model, and the University of Miami is an appropriate place for the forefront of this development. Situated in a city as multicultural as Miami, nurses in the transcultural program here w411 have the opportunity to practice what they learn in the classrooms, as w^ell as confer and consult w-ith nurses from schools around the country".”
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World’s first
Transcultural Cursing professor appointed