UWF 2022-2027 Strategic Plan

Strategic Direction 1: Student Centered and Focused

• 1.1 Provide high impact educational and co-curricular learning experiences that inspire, engage, and prepare students to become knowledgeable citizens and successful in their careers and lives.
• 1.2 Student recruitment and retention programming aligned with the University’s strategic enrollment plan.
• 1.3 Adequate physical and virtual learning support opportunities for earning degrees and related credentials, including post-graduation. 
• 1.4 Student awareness of available resources for support.

Strategic Direction 2: Employee Success

• 2.1 Recruit and retain capable employees who support UWF’s mission, values, and strategic directions of service to the institution and the community.
• 2.2 Provide adequate workforce flexibility to address market needs and demands.

Strategic Direction 3: Exceptional Academic Programming and Scholarship Aligned with State Needs

• 3.1 Ensure excellent academic programs in areas of strategic importance to the University, region, and state.
• 3.2 Enhanced student-faculty engagement.

Strategic Direction 4: Community and Economic Engagement

• 4.1 Enhance the region’s educational opportunities, economic development, health, and environmental sustainability.
• 4.2 Provide specific workforce needs/credentials for regional and state businesses.
• 4.3 Ensure mutually beneficial, highly visible cultural, entertainment and recreational events.

Strategic Direction 5: Infrastructure

• 5.1 Safe, effective, efficient use of physical plant.
• 5.2 Maintain up-to-date technology.
• 5.3 Establish UWF as desirable destination for educational, cultural, recreational, and professional events for the community.
• 5.4 Manage UWF’s natural resources to improve utilization, resilience, and environmental sustainability.

Strategic Direction 6: Operational Excellence

• 6.1 Effective and timely business and operational services informed by best practices.
• 6.2 Ensure student and employee safety and continuity of operations from natural disasters or catastrophic events.
• 6.3 Assure accountability of operations and outcomes to appropriate internal and external stakeholders.

Strategic Direction 7: Culture of Inclusion and Civility

• 7.1 Maintain a welcoming, inclusive, equitable and respectful environment for employees, students, visitors and service partners.
• 7.2 Ensure a commitment to open- minded and tolerant civil discourse.