Strategic Planning
SEMO President Brad Hodson has charged the Strategic Planning Task Force to develop a comprehensive plan that reinvents our University and strengthens our ability to intentionally serve the evolving needs of students, employers, and our region.
Table of Contents
Timeline
November 2025
- Share data request
- Align on desired outcomes
- Surface key themes to address
- Finalize project plan and charter
- Design stakeholder engagement approach
November 2025-January 2026
- Facilitate kickoff meeting
- Conduct targeted market scan and benchmarking analysis
- Engage stakeholders through focus groups and surveys
- Reflect on Phase 1 findings
- Review Institutional data
- Host listening sessions
- Align on key emerging themes
- Articulate our aspirations
February-March 2026
- Develop synthesis of key themes and options
- Facilitate prioritization session with senior leaders
- Align on prioritized goals, initiatives, and success metrics
- Select Task Force members draft the initial strategic plan document
- Review and iterate on the document
- Socialize the plan
- Refine and finalize based on community feedback
- Develop implementation plan
Strategic Planning Task Force
- Dr. Moretta Burk, Chairperson/Associate Professor, Nursing
- Mr. Eric Chambers, Director, Institutional Research
- Dr. Brian Donovant, Chairperson, Professor, Criminal Justice, Social Work and Sociology
- Dr. Doug Koch, Interim Provost
- Mr. Robert Knodell, City Manager, City of Poplar Bluff
- Ms. Marcie Lawson, CEO, Sikeston Chamber, Economic Development and Tourism
- Mr. Eric Levin, Vice Chair, Southeast Missouri University Foundation
- Mr. Chris Martin, Chief of Staff and General Counsel
- Dr. Chelsea McNeely, Director of Online and Graduate Services
- Mr. Dan Presson, Assistant Vice President, Economic and Workforce Development
- Mr. Drew Roth, Vice President, Student Government Association
- Dr. Samantha Siemers, Assistant Professor, Agriculture
- Mr. Lloyd Smith, Vice President, Board of Governors
- Ms. Tonya Wells, Assistant Vice President, Marketing and Communications
- Ms. Betsy Wilcox, Assistant Athletics Director, Student Support Services/Sr. Woman Administrator
- Dr. Tamara Zellars Buck, Chairperson/Professor, Mass Media
- Dr. Keith Zoromski, Provost and VP of Academic Affairs, Mineral Area College
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Cape Girardeau, MO 63701