Timeline and Communications 2019-2020

University Senate-Mandated Unit Diversity Plans

Diversity and Inclusion Institutes

Throughout the academic year, SDSU will convene a series of Diversity and Inclusion Plan Development Institutes to provide training and guidance. Each Institute will be offered multiple times in each month listed below. For more information about the institutes and support offered, visit the Diversity and Inclusion Planning site. The following contains the tentative timeline and content for the Institutes.

Date	Divisions / Colleges / Auxiliaries
August 2019	Release of readings, materials, and template
October 2019	Institute #1 - Pre-Planning and Equity Gaps
January 2020	Institute #2 - Goals and Interventions
March 2020	Plan Submission opens. Plans will be reviewed and revised with support of Councils
October 2020	Deadline for Submission of Completed, Final Plan

SDSU Strategic Planning Process Tentative Timeline

January - August 2019

Pre-Planning: Capacity Building and Initial Assessment

Strategic Planning

Activity	Completion Timeline
Conduct environmental scan	Jan 2019 - May 2019
Identify Strategic Planning Steering Committee chairs	Jan 2019 - June 2019
Develop Strategic Planning Steering Committee roster	Jan 2019 - June 2019
Identify meetings with stakeholders	Jan 2019 - July 2019
Initiate meetings with stakeholders	Jan 2019 - July 2019
Provide campus and community with periodic briefings	Jan 2019 - Aug 2019

August - October 2019

Planning Phase 1: Identification of Strategic Priorities

Strategic Planning

Activity	Completion Timeline
Electronic data-gathering established	Aug 2019
Campus launch of strategic planning	Early - Mid Sept 2019
Meetings with campus stakeholders begin	Early - Mid Sept 2019
Responses on strategic prioritized analyzed	Early - Mid Oct 2019
Consideration of emerging themes	Mid - Late Oct 2019
Identification of strategic priorities	Mid - Late Oct 2019
Engage feedback on strategic priorities	Mid - Late Oct 2019
Provide campus and community with periodic briefings	Aug 2019 - Late Oct 2019

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Plans

Activity	Completion Timeline
ERelease Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Plan template	Early - Mid Sept 2019
Pre-launch Institutes	Early - Mid Sept 2019

October 2019 - February 2020

Planning Phase 2: Strategy Development for Strategic Priorities

Strategic Planning

Activity	Completion Timeline
Create sub-committees for each priority	Oct 2019
Begin identification of best practices and goals	Oct 2019 - Nov 2019
Review and revise strategies priorities and goals	Oct 2019 - Nov 2019
Formulation of key activities	Oct 2019 - Nov 2019
Development of specific, measurable objectives	Oct 2019 - Dec 2019
Engage feedback on priorities, goals and activities	Oct 2019 - Jan 2020
Committee reviews, adopts priorities, goals and activities	Oct 2019 - Feb 2020

February 2020 - June 2020

Planning Phase 3: Mission Alignment & Plan Finalization

Strategic Planning

Activity	Completion Timeline
Review mission/vision in alignment with draft strategic plan	Feb 2020
Engage feedback on draft plan documents	Feb 2020 - March 2020
Draft plan revised and presented to President	April 2020
Capacity building to support implementation of plan elements	April 2020 - May 2020
Campus launch of strategic plan	June 2020

DEI Plans

Activity	Completion Timeline
DEI plan submission portal opens	March 2020
Ongoing support for plan development	Feb 2020 - June 2020

Communications and Documents 2019-2020

SDSU is committed to communicating often about the strategic planning process. We invite all members of our campus community and extended global alumni network to visit this site regularly, as it will be updated often.

In addition to this website, we have several channels to keep students, faculty, staff, alumni, and members of the general public informed. Those include NewsCenter, the university’s news site; campus emails to students, faculty and staff; and SDSU’s Twitter account, @SDSU.

If you have questions regarding the planning process, please email the SDSU Strategic Planning Steering Committee via [email protected].