Adaptive University Initiative
Being an Adaptive University
An adaptive university continuously evolves its programs, curricula, teaching methods, and infrastructure to meet the changing needs of students, faculty, and staff, and our external communities.
It embraces innovation, flexibility, and inclusivity to provide a relevant and dynamic educational experience. To live into that goal, we must collectively engage in an intentional, ongoing process of self-reflection and build a culture of innovation to meet the needs of all constituencies we serve.
To be successful, we must also strive to be an ambidextrous organization that can effectively balance and integrate both exploration and amplification. We must simultaneously pursue innovative, forward-looking activities to adapt to new conditions and develop new programs and processes, while also sustaining and optimizing current programs and activities to reinforce what already works and enhance what can be improved.
Adaptive University SharepointCall for Ideas
The Adaptive University Council is looking for innovative ideas that are forward-thinking, institutionally transformative, and provide sustained success for CWU’s students, faculty, and staff into the future.
Submit Your IdeaOver the past few months, the CWU community has engaged in a series of conversations about our future and the idea of being an adaptive university. To support the consensus to build an intentional, ongoing process of self-reflection and a culture of innovation, we are pleased to launch the Adaptive University Council (AUC).
This Council will be at the forefront of guiding transformative growth and innovation at CWU. The team will develop and guide processes that empowers our community to engage in capacity building, ensuring our curricular and co-curricular offerings, our institutional processes and structures, and our financial priorities are aligned with our vision, mission, and strategic plan to create a future where CWU’s students, faculty, and staff can thrive.
AUC will be facilitated by:
Ginny Tomlinson, Vice Provost for Institutional Transformation and AVP Information Services/CIO
Rodrigo Renteria-Valencia, Dean of Graduate Education, Research, and Strategic Initiatives
- David Douglas, Senior Lecturer (ITM)
- Jennifer Dechaine, Associate Dean (CEPS)
- Tishra Beeson, Professor (Health Sciences)
- Greg Lyman, Department Chair (Eng Tech Safety and Construction)
- Sayantani Mukherjee, Professor (Management)
- Erin Craig, Department Chair (Physics)
- Alexis Andrews, Executive Project and Event Manager (President’s Office)
- James Jankowski, Director (Project Management Office)
- Dean Masuccio, Director (Dining Services)
- Mishel Corea, Reginal Director (University Centers)
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