The Five Year Plan for 2000-2005 establishes an agenda for continuing Stony Brook’s ascent as a national leader among research universities through innovation and the improvement of core programs and services. The agenda is concrete. The Plan does not attempt to anticipate every initiative the campus will undertake in the next five years, but rather identifies specific projects that will move Stony Brook toward further excellence in education, research, and service. Those projects will be completed. The Plan includes a date for each action and the administrators responsible. Annual reports will document progress, as they documented completion of each project included in the Five Year Plan for 1995-2000.
The Plan sets goals in eight areas: Undergraduate Students; Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Associates; Faculty; Academic Infrastructure, Staff, and Administration; Campus Life; Campus Facilities; Technology Transfer, Outreach, and Fundraising; and Facilities Maintenance. The goals focus on providing a campus environment in which Stony Brook’s excellent faculty, staff, and students will flourish, and on developing new initiatives that build on current strengths.
This Five Year Plan addresses the priorities and concerns of the campus community. To begin its development, President Kenny convened seven Task Forces that engaged 150 faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends of the University in developing recommendations in areas important to Stony Brook’s future. They addressed Academic Excellence; Research Scholarship and Creative Activity; Students’ Experience; Facilities; Diversity and Internationalization; Campus Services; and Outreach and Entrepreneurship. The chairs of these groups then worked as a Coordinating Committee to synthesize the Task Force proposals into a draft Plan, which was widely circulated to ensure that all members of the campus community had an opportunity to contribute their perspectives. This final Plan incorporates extensive comments on the Draft obtained from students, faculty, and staff in two public hearings and in writing. The Task Force reports complement the Five Year Plan by providing detail on its initiatives.
