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UW–Platteville leaders outline six‑year strategic plan focused on enrollment, wellness and community partnership
Summary
UW–Platteville officials presented a six‑year strategic plan to the Platteville Common Council on Jan. 28, 2025, emphasizing enrollment targets, a prospective fundraising campaign, and wellness initiatives developed from community input and 2,200 survey responses.
UW–Platteville leaders presented a six‑year strategic plan to the Platteville Common Council on Jan. 28, emphasizing enrollment, wellness and community partnerships.
The chancellor began by describing uncertainty in enrollment after a systemwide direct‑admit program increased admit pools; he said the university budgets to a conservative enrollment projection and is monitoring trends closely. Chancellor remarked that the university balanced its budget and is launching a feasibility phase for a comprehensive fundraising campaign to bolster resources outside state budgeting.
Assistant Chancellor John Dunning outlined five values that emerged from the planning process — people; access and success; innovation; sustainability; and stewardship of place — and described strategic objectives including transformative teaching and learning, achieving optimal enrollment, operational excellence and a regional approach to wellness. "We sent out a survey, had 2,200 responses," Dunning said, noting the plan grew from broad campus and community engagement, including more than 28 listening sessions. He said the steering committee included local participants and that the plan is data‑informed rather than driven by a small set of voices.
Dunning described wellness as a recurring priority identified by grassroots conversations and said the university intends to partner with the region, starting in Platteville, to define and improve wellness across campus and the surrounding communities. He also described a pilot internal process beginning the next day to prioritize projects, align funding with the plan and evaluate incoming initiatives against the plan’s goals.
University leaders invited community members and city officials to "find your place in our strategic plan," and said staff will continue to report progress and next steps. No formal council action was required on the presentation; university representatives left the meeting after their remarks.
