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Strategic Plan 2020-2025

Strategic Planning North Star

UW School of Public Health tackles the greatest health challenges in our region and around the world.

Our groundbreaking discoveries are fueled by rigorous science and equity-driven solutions.

Our students are leaders who emerge prepared to work in partnership with communities to improve the health of all people.

KRA - Collective Culture of Meaningful Change

Our culture supports ongoing development and growth.

Outcome 1 - 2025 Goal

UW SPH has a culture that supports ongoing development and growth.

CURRENT ACADEMIC YEAR (2024-25) MILESTONES

Status updated on a quarterly basis.

Key: not started or in progress or completed

Milestone
  • Continue to offer staff leadership training opportunities. 
  • Provide development opportunities to support faculty in classroom instructional support, research portfolio building, and leadership skills.

Outcome 2 - 2025 Goal

UW SPH has a student-centered culture.

CURRENT ACADEMIC YEAR (2024-25) MILESTONES

Status updated on a quarterly basis.

Key: not started or in progress or completed

Milestone
  • Offer and evaluate quarterly workshops as part of the student services professional development plan.
  • Develop a School-wide student resources roadmap for the student lifecycle process.

Outcome 3 - 2025 Goal

UW SPH has a culture of well-being and connection.

CURRENT ACADEMIC YEAR (2024-25) MILESTONES

Status updated on a quarterly basis.

Key: not started or in progress or completed

Milestone
  • Support community building and well-being events across departments and programs.
  • Dean Godwin will conduct engagement/listening sessions to gather feedback from SPH faculty, staff, and students on the School’s efforts toward a positive working and learning environment.

KRA - Education for Leadership and Transformation

Our dynamic and supportive learning environment attracts the next generation of diverse leaders who go on to drive transformational change in communities throughout the world.

Outcome 1 - 2025 Goal

UW SPH will offer consistent academic, professional, and personal support across all degree programs.

CURRENT ACADEMIC YEAR (2024-25) MILESTONES

Status updated on a quarterly basis.

Key: not started or in progress or completed

Milestone
  • Continue developing programs and processes to support comprehensive career services for SPH students, including ongoing evaluation for improvement.
  • Assess advising resources provided to students across the School to determine student support needs. Develop recommendations for student services in the current SPH context. 
  • Facilitate student wellness opportunities throughout the academic year.

Outcome 2 - 2025 Goal

UW SPH will adopt best practices for student financial support; defined as students having the support they need to complete their degree program.

CURRENT ACADEMIC YEAR (2024-25) MILESTONES

Status updated on a quarterly basis.

Key: not started or in progress or completed

Milestone
  • Establish a centralized approach for posting ASE opportunities.
  • Research options for a student funding portal.

Outcome 3 - 2025 Goal

UW SPH will deliver high-quality evidenced-based education across all degree programs.

CURRENT ACADEMIC YEAR (2024-25) MILESTONES

Status updated on a quarterly basis.

Key: not started or in progress or completed

Milestone
  • Evaluate and make recommendations for SPH programming to support teaching.
  • Conduct a landscape analysis and develop guidance for evaluation and improvement of degree programs.

KRA - Equity, Justice, and Anti-Racism

We are an academic institution that promotes good heath for all and breaks down structures of racism.

Outcome 1 - 2025 Goal

The EDI Roadmap is implemented and our progress is shared with key stakeholders, increasing our visibility and reputation as a School that prioritizes equity, diversity, and inclusion.

CURRENT ACADEMIC YEAR (2024-25) MILESTONES

Status updated on a quarterly basis.

Key: not started or in progress or completed

Milestone
  • Create a final report to close out progress made on the 2019 EDI Roadmap through calendar year 2024.
  • Implement events and programs related to three priority areas: Mental Health Resources, Disability Justice and Advocacy, and Basic Needs for Students, in collaboration with the School-wide EDI Committee.

Outcome 2 - 2025 Goal

With guidance from community members, principles of anti-racism are adapted in our public health work.

CURRENT ACADEMIC YEAR (2024-25) MILESTONES

Status updated on a quarterly basis.

Key: not started or in progress or completed

Milestone
  • Continue offering Universal Anti-Racism Training to SPH faculty and staff.
  • Use evaluation data to determine the content and structure of future anti-racism professional development.

Outcome 3 - 2025 Goal

Structures and policies are in place at the School and improved to facilitate the recruitment and retention of underrepresented faculty and staff, especially those who identify as black and/or indigenous.

CURRENT ACADEMIC YEAR (2024-25) MILESTONES

Status updated on a quarterly basis.

Key: not started or in progress or completed

Milestone
  • Develop language templates for Student and Academic Services positions that highlight EDI expectations.
  • Implement workshops with SPH Faculty Council and faculty to understand updates made to the academic affairs handbook that pertain to anti-racism and intersectionality.

KRA - Methods to Research to Practice Continuum

We are a force for change. Continuous learning and rigorous science fuel our work. Collaborative research leads to cutting edge discoveries that we apply in ways that ensure healthier communities. Every outcome informs new waves of discovery.

Outcome 1 - 2025 Goal

UW SPH will celebrate important work across the continuum from fundamental methodologies to the development and implementation of evidence-based strategies for understanding and changing complex health systems.

CURRENT ACADEMIC YEAR (2024-25) MILESTONES

Status updated on a quarterly basis.

Key: not started or in progress or completed

Milestone
  • Craft language to share the concept of Methods to Research to Practice (M-R-P) to a general audience.
  • Create a sustainable pipeline of UW SPH-related experts to include in M-R-P storytelling.

Outcome 2 - 2025 Goal

UW SPH will continue to conduct cutting-edge work in methods and research, with priorities implemented according to a roadmap created by the SPH Research Council.

CURRENT ACADEMIC YEAR (2024-25) MILESTONES

Status updated on a quarterly basis.

Key: not started or in progress or completed

Milestone
  • Provide information and resource support for training grant applications and renewals.
  • Launch centralized support for training grant process, including assessment and evaluation.
  • Conduct a needs assessment to identify research staff professional development needs.

Outcome 3 - 2025 Goal

At UW SPH, deep collaborations among faculty, staff, students, and key stakeholders result in successful models of academic practice.

CURRENT ACADEMIC YEAR (2024-25) MILESTONES

Status updated on a quarterly basis.

Key: not started or in progress or completed

Milestone
  • Increase the number of academic public health practice events, activities, and resources that are promoted among faculty, students, and staff. 
  • Diversify academic public health practice partnerships and opportunities for students and faculty. 

KRA - Reputation and Visibility

We are recognized and highly regarded for our approach and transformative impact throughout the region and the world.

Outcome 1 - 2025 Goal

The reputation and visibility of UW SPH increases through use of a unified narrative across School communications which promotes the School’s strengths, expertise, and unique programs.

CURRENT ACADEMIC YEAR (2024-25) MILESTONES

Status updated on a quarterly basis.

Key: not started or in progress or completed

Milestone
  • Gather quantitative and qualitative data to strengthen the UW SPH brand, storytelling strategies, communication channels, and content.
  • Create a process to make UW SPH web site improvements through stakeholder engagement and collaboration with UW Marketing and Communications.
  • Refresh communications framework for storytelling and fundraising activities that map to UW initiatives. 

Outcome 2 - 2025 Goal

Coordination and alignment of UW SPH and department and program marketing and communication activities are maximized, delivering more effective messages of real-world impact to all our audiences.

CURRENT ACADEMIC YEAR (2024-25) MILESTONES

Status updated on a quarterly basis.

Key: not started or in progress or completed

Milestone
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to systematize internal communication protocols for increased effectiveness. 
  • Research and test consistent revenue-generating messaging as part of the SPH Marketing and Communications strategy.

Outcome 3 - 2025 Goal

Public audiences and alumni are meaningfully engaged in the UW SPH community and giving back financially.

CURRENT ACADEMIC YEAR (2024-25) MILESTONES

Status updated on a quarterly basis.

Key: not started or in progress or completed

Milestone
  • Promote alumni engagement opportunities via the UW Alumni Association and select SPH programming.
  • Gather alumni feedback from the Marketing and Communications discovery process to inform programming.
  • Provide crowdfunding training for SPH faculty and staff to engage broader audiences on behalf of the School.

Strategic Framework

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