Chancellor's report ... from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro [2005-2006]

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro 2005-2006 Chancellor’s Report Chancellor Patricia A. Sullivan Introduction and Strategic Directions The 2005-2006 academic year was a period of innovation, action and achievement at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The campus made great strides in several areas, marked by new research initiatives and academic programs, enrollment growth and major progress in The Students First Campaign. Through another year of learning, discovery and service, we met the needs of North Carolina as a diverse, student-centered research university linking the Piedmont Triad and North Carolina to the world. The university continued to move forward in its third year of utilizing The UNCG Plan 2003-2008, the institutional planning document through which UNCG’s future development is charted and its progress measured toward established goals. This report summarizes highlights of the university’s operation and also incorporates many of the accomplishments under the Plan’s five strategic directions. The strategic directions are: 1) Teaching and Learning: Promote excellence in teaching and learning as the highest university priority; 2) Creation and Application of Knowledge: Strengthen research, scholarship and creative activity; 3) Campus Community: Become a more diverse and actively engaged community of students, faculty, staff and alumni; 4) Economy and Quality of Life: Be a leader in strengthening the economy of the Piedmont Triad and enhancing the quality of life for its citizens; and 5) Access and Student Success: Recruit and retain students with the potential to succeed in a rigorous academic environment. Among the developments, honors and highlights that deserve special mention are the following: 1