Educating the Chancellor: Foundations
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	Our foundations are strong. We recruit and retain strong and dedicated faculty, academic staff, and classified colleagues. Our students are talented and are here because UWGB is their first choice. Facilities are generally satisfactory and, in a number of areas, absolutely exceptional. Our founding pedagogical commitments are ever more relevant. The recent emphasis upon the entire learning environment is valuable. These are important strengths, and I have heard about them from you repeatedly and convincingly. What I also have heard, in listening to you, is that we have opportunities for improving, for refining, and for reinvigorating important elements of our roots. We are not interested in simply perpetuating the status quo. But, we are not about fundamentally reinventing or redirecting our University. The statement several years ago of “The Green Bay Idea” — an attempt to capture the special nature of our academic philosophy — still rings true. So then, what are the opportunities for improving, refining, and reinvigorating? Much careful thinking has already been devoted to that question. I think of: Campus Diversity Plan 2008; Report on Equality for Women; and the Report of the Taskforce on the Compelling Idea: the UWGB Learning Experience. Such thoughtful analysis and attention to our needs is yet further evidence of “strong foundations.” It is also further evidence of our disinterest in simply perpetuating the status quo. We anticipate and we innovate. Where do we, together, need to be directing our attention? The sections that follow suggest a variety of possibilities — those I heard from you and those stimulated by your discussions with me. They are: • Education for the 21st Century • Excellence Across the Board • Engagement
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