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We hope that you’re all enjoying your summer, and, as we look forward to the fall semester quickly approaching, we want to update you on the work our Future State Committee has done and what we anticipate as we move into a second phase.

What the committee has achieved, which is no small feat, is to establish a cohesive, integrative set of Future State goals and principles that can serve as a guide.

The next phase in that work is design—the detailed crafting of proposals, branding, pathways, structures and more that apply the principles developed by the committee towards an actionable plan for the future.

To do the work proposed by the committee, we will create "design teams," or small groups of two to four individuals who will create a design around an aspect of the goals and principles that will be passed off to others for implementation.

In effect, we are moving now from goals, principles and vision (completed) → to design (phase two launching now) and implementation (phase 3).

As we begin the design phase, we invite any AHUM faculty and staff to participate. We are creating the following design teams, mirroring the goals and principles articulated by this committee:

• Branding and narrative design
• Badging pathway design
• Pipeline to AHUM design
• Curricular guidance for units design
• Student support community and advising design
• Critical needs hiring program small group (creation and review of a critical needs hiring program process for the provost-funded T/TT hires under that program umbrella)
• Design team coordination group

Details on these design teams:

• Teams will be no more than 2-4 individuals each.
• Team members will be provided with $1,000 in professional development/research funds to enable Future State work.
• Team members may or may not be members of the first Future State Committee. Wherever possible, we encourage each team to have both faculty and staff representation.
• Work will begin as soon as feasible for each team, and continue through fall or until ready for implementation.
• We expect each team to meet roughly once every two weeks, with ongoing work in between meetings.
• Teams will be largely independent in the structuring of their work. However, a small coordination group will help facilitate, ensuring that there is enough active communication for all teams’ work to remain mutually feasible/aligned and on effective timelines.

If you would like to serve on any of these teams or nominate someone, please email us to express interest.

Again, thank you! We are genuinely excited to see these ideas continue to develop.

Best,

J-M, Beverly, Greg and Rebecca
Division of the Arts and Humanities
College of Arts and Sciences