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Volume 67, No. 16 | Thursday, April 16, 2015
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COTR reveals 2015-2020 strategic plan
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With a mission “to transform lives and enrich communities through the power of education,” the College of the Rockies revealed its 2015-2020 strategic plan to an invited Creston audience on April 7. The strategic plan, introduced by president and CEO David Walls, was the culmination of a yearlong
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process that included consultation with communities, students and staff to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. “We’re working to make sure we’re working with the communities we serve,” said Walls. The mission statement changed little from its previous incarnation — “If anything, we reinforced it by the verbs we put in there,” Walls said — but the plan’s vision state-
ment is totally new: “To create and deliver the most personal student experience in Canada.” That will be determined by the ultimate goals of recruiting and retaining more students, better preparing graduates for the job market and better preparing students for the next stage of their education. A new brand promise, “Rocky Mountain inspired. Small college
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