Working Groups

Assessment

The Assessment Working Group will oversee the Designing WesternU’s Future campus-wide assessment project with Rankin Climate. The working group will provide input on data collection instruments and methodologies, review archival and new assessment data, identify areas requiring additional research, and draft action recommendations to the steering committee.   

Initial efforts will focus on the WesternU climate and subsequently evolve to support other working groups as their data needs become more apparent.  Assessment strategies throughout will be inclusive, making sure to engage a wide-range of University stakeholders and populations.   

Capital Campaign

The Capital Campaign Working Group will ensure the alignment between Western U’s capital campaign objectives and the Designing WesternU’s Future framework. This will be accomplished through periodic review and assessment of the gaps in the framework from the data received from the Steering Committee Working Groups.

Engagement

The Engagement Working Group will strategize and develop methods of intentional, meaningful engagement with WesternU stakeholder groups – students, staff, faculty, alumni, and  our communities – to ensure alignment with Western U’s mission and values and foster a sense of belonging.

Enrollment

The Enrollment Working Group will develop a recruitment and enrollment plan that focuses on specific action steps, benchmarks, and assessment measures to future-proof WesternU enrollment for the decades to come.  

Oregon Campus

The WesternU Oregon Campus Working Group is tasked with ensuring continued success in expanding Oregon Campus opportunities for growth and success, integrating  WesternU’s capital campaign, enhancing the student experience, and engaging with local communities by cultivating a thriving community of learners, innovators, and leaders who drive the future of medicine to center the health and wellness of the communities we serve. A mosaic approach that embraces socioeconomic and distinct cultural components through collaborative interprofessional work will be emphasized to accomplish these goals.

Research

Utilizing existing data (including, but not limited to, college strategic plans, Huron Report, Moss Adams Report), the Research Working Group will identify WesternU’s opportunities for supporting, improving, and expanding the research enterprise, including a timeline for implementation and reassessments, to strengthen the university’s research footprint.

University Resources

The University Resources Working Group will engage with key stakeholder groups across WesternU’s campuses to identify opportunities for the enhancement of financial, physical, technological, brand, student, employee and stakeholder experience, and human capital resources.