Where We Are: Progress

One of the core principles that guided the development of UND LEADS, and which will govern the implementation of the plan, is an unwavering commitment to the ideas, experiences, and voices of the full UND community.

Upon the recommendation of the UND LEADS Strategic Planning Committee and in alignment with the objective of ensuring UND LEADS becomes a dynamic instrument giving shape and significance to the work of the university, an Integration Committee was established to help with the work of UND LEADS.

This work is facilitated by Ryan Zerr, Associate Vice President for Strategy & Implementation, and assisted by the UND LEADS Implementation Committee which is co-chaired by Dr. Zerr and the outgoing President of Staff Senate which is Mike Wozniak for the 2024-25 academic year.

Implementation Committee

What work is happening with UND LEADS?

The LEADS Activity Inventory, a PowerBI dashboard, helps demonstrates how our campus community is coming together to further the work of our strategic initiatives within our Core Values as outlined in UND LEADS:

LEADS Activity Inventory

Let us know about your UND LEADS initiative

Don’t see your initiative reflected on the LEADS Activity Inventory dashboard? Submit your initiative here via a quick Qualtrics form that allows new items to be submitted to the inventory:

Submit your UND LEADS Initiative

New submissions are welcomed and encouraged as campus partners see their work in relation to UND LEADS.

Questions or need help with your submission?

Check out our LEADS Activity Inventory ‘how to’ module, which will help those considering a submission but want help with how to frame their initiative within the work of UND LEADS. This module will also help if you have technical questions on how to navigate the submission form.

LEADS Activity Inventory Module

Update us on your UND LEADS initiative

We know work is progressing on UND LEADS initiatives every day. Please keep us up to date as your initiative evolves over time so we can continue to capture the impact that it is having on our campus community. This form provides a mechanism for those involved with the work to quickly and easily submit information for an update.

Initiative Updates

Campus Updates on UND LEADS

The UND LEADS Implementation Team strives to keep the campus community informed about the work happening across our campus that aligns with our strategic plan. Specific initatives, campus events, and progress happening within our Core Values can be found on the LEADS Activity Inventory dashboard or our UND LEADS Core Value pages. Campus outreach and updates about UND LEADS can be found below.

UND LEADS Special Addition Newsletters

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The UND LEADS Strategic Plan, Aug. 2024

Start of Classes Brings Focus on UND LEADS Strategic Plan, Aug. 2023

President's Message October 2024

Ryan Zerr and Mike Wozniak join President Andrew Armacost for an update on the UND LEADS Strategic Plan in this week’s video address. Zerr, associate vice president for Strategy & Implementation, and Wozniak, coordinator of leadership and programming for Student Involvement & Parent Programs, co-chair UND’s Strategic Plan Implementation Team. This team of 15 people represents UND’s shared governance bodies and facilitates the communication and work of the plan. But, as Zerr puts it, everyone on campus has a hand in bringing UND LEADS to life.

2024 State of the University Address

2023 UND LEADS Updates

It has been one year since the launch of the UND LEADS strategic plan, an event that capped nine months of campuswide effort devoted to developing a vision for UND’s future that captured the ideas and input of hundreds of individuals. In the same ways that they were integral to its development, collaboration and inclusiveness have been central to the start of the implementation process. By June 2023, the UND LEADS Implementation Team had been formed, bringing together individuals from the University and Staff Senates, Student Government, and various administrative offices. This group has spent the time since June crafting the components necessary to bring UND LEADS to life.

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Campus outreach, seeking to continue the spirit of collaboration and inclusion that was essential to the plan’s development.
Storytelling, in an ongoing effort to highlight work that exemplifies the plan’s core values and strategic priorities.
Metric identification, which will be a component to telling the story of implementation through measures that allow us to set goals and gauge progress.
Process alignment, by considering the ways UND LEADS can be incorporated into existing processes, such as the service unit allocation requests and the strategic investment process.
Initiative identification, through which work across campus can be celebrated and supported for the ways it advances the shared vision of UND LEADS.

Since the plan was launched in January of 2023, we have embraced our institutional vision and mission and celebrated initiatives which have helped us collectively move forward under our core values of Learning, Equity, Affinity, Discovery, and Service. These stories have been inspiring and we have enjoyed sharing them with you through the monthly UND LEADS newsletters.
Many LEADS initiatives were outlined during the 2023 State of the University address in August where we discussed our institutional goals for the year.

UND’s mission centers around providing exceptional educational experiences that enrich the lives of others through our teaching, research, and engagement. The collective work that faculty, staff, and students have put into accomplishing these initiatives has helped UND move forward with our strategic vision.
The Implementation Team will continue collaborating across campus to identify existing or new initiatives that advance the UND LEADS strategic priorities. These priorities, articulated within the plan’s five core values show us how we, as a campus, are moving forward under the roadmap of UND LEADS.
Our hope continues to be that everyone will take up the challenge of helping UND live its vision by inspiring a sense of wonder, a love of discovery, and a commitment to serve and that everyone can and will engage directly with the work of UND LEADS.