Dear NC State community –

We are thrilled to share with you the final draft of NC State’s 2021-2030 Strategic Plan! It has been an incredible year and a half working together through this important and pivotal process.

The Strategic Planning Executive Steering Committee held 29 listening sessions in January and February with faculty, staff and students as well as a few external audiences. Throughout the month of March the steering committee worked diligently incorporating the tremendous amount of thoughtful feedback from the community to create the final draft of the strategic plan. Based on these sessions we revised the language for goals 3, 5 and 6. In the longer narratives the committee wove the values throughout each goal, emphasized excellence in teaching, and made sure staff were highlighted along with faculty and students.

This draft will be presented to the Board of Trustees for endorsement at their April meeting. The week after the BOT meeting, there will be further communications officially announcing the new strategic plan and accompanying website.

In late spring/early summer, Margery Overton, Senior Vice Provost for Institutional Strategy and Analysis, will begin planning for implementation strategies and a metrics dashboard with university leaders. We are excited about next steps and what the future holds for NC State.

Thank you for all of your support and interest in the strategic planning process. It would not have been possible without you!

Sincerely,