This Vision Team’s charge is to address a specific set of questions about two promises made by JMU: A guarantee to students that they will have a positive career outcome within 12 months of graduating, and a guarantee to employers that their JMU hires will come proficient in certain power skills. The team will create recommendations about how to implement these promises and identify barriers—and solutions to those barriers—for success. 

Two sub-groups will be formed to accomplish this team’s charge: An employment guarantee sub-group and an employer guarantee sub-group.

Vision Team Members:
Co-Chair: Fletcher Linder, Online Strategy and University Studies
Co-Chair: Myles Surrett, Career, Experiential Learning, Transitions, and Accessibility
Student Representative: Sydney Stafford

Sub-Group: Employment Guarantee
Chair: Libby Westley, University Career Center
Mark Angel, Finance
Amanda Kellogg, SPCE Professional Development
Andy Perrine, University Marketing & Branding
Richard Tate, Marketing; Center for Professional Sales

Sub-Group: Employer Guarantee
Co-Chair: Laura Hickerson, University Career Center Employer Services
Co-Chair: Sarah MacDonald, School of Professional & Continuing Education
Carrie Combs, Corporate & Foundation Relations
Alice Shaffer, Office of Admissions
Mary Sullivan, Valley Internship Experience Workgroup (VIEW)
Edward Yang, Political Science; Washington Semester Program

This Vision Team’s charge is to address a specific set of questions that focus on how to achieve student outcomes, specifically the development of power skills, literacy in areas like information, AI, and finance, and civic learning. The team will also consider the logistics of a required first-year multi-credit problem-solving course addressing local and global issues. 

Two sub-groups will be formed to accomplish this team’s charge: A Learning Outcomes group will explore the various skills and learning outcomes identified in the plan (power skills; AI, financial, and information literacy; and civic learning). A second sub-group will explore the design and implementation of a required first-year multi-credit problem-solving course addressing local and global issues.

Vision Team Members:
Co-Chair: Tim Ball, Communication Studies
Co-Chair: Margaret Sloan, Strategic Leadership Studies
Co-Chair: Emma Thacker, Early, Elementary, and Reading Education
Student Representative: Addison Six

Sub-Group: Learning Outcomes
Co-Chair: John Allemeier, Music
Co-Chair: Jonathan Stewart, Student Affairs Finance, IT, and Assessment
Elizabeth Brown, General Education, The Natural World; Pure Math
Kara Dillard, Madison Center for Civic Engagement
Christian Early, Philosophy; Ethical Reasoning in Action
Sara Finney, Student Affairs Assessment; Graduate Psychology

Sub-Group: Multi-Credit Class
Chair: Emily York, ISAT
Becky Childs, College of Arts and Letters
Trevor Cockburn, Libraries
Rob Olewine, Orientation Transition Programs

This Vision Team’s charge is to address a specific set of questions that focus on how to achieve elements of the pillar, including expanding work-based learning opportunities, developing a more robust student work program, and strategizing how to incorporate a coordinated mentorship program into the student experience. 

Three sub-groups will be formed to accomplish this team’s charge: A work-based learning experiences group will explore strategies for increasing the availability of and participation in work-based learning. A student work group will develop strategies for reimagining the student work model at JMU, and a mentorship team will explore ways to create a system of mentoring for all students.

Vision Team Members:
Co-Chair: Megan Good, CARS; Graduate Psychology
Co-Chair: Steve Whitmeyer, Research & Scholarship, CSM; Geology
Student Representative: David Kinzer

Sub-Group: WBLE
Co-Chair: Anna Maria Johnson, Work-Based Learning Experiences
Co-Chair: Sian White, College of Arts and Letters
Christina Kilby, Religion
Michael O’Fallon, Academic Affairs Policy
Jenn Phillips, Athletics
Rochelle Reed, University Communications Social Media

Sub-Group: Student Work
Co-Chair: Brad Barnett, Financial Aid and Scholarships
Co-Chair: Carson Lonett, Student Affairs
Emma Gibbons, University Career Center Internships
Eric Nickel, UREC
Angie Steele, Aramark
Kevin Warner, Athletics Communications
Amber Weaver-Shifflett, Student Employment

This Vision Team’s charge is to address a specific set of questions that focus on how to achieve elements of the pillar, including defining undergraduate research opportunities and developing strategies to increase opportunity and participation.

This Vision Team’s charge is to address a specific set of questions on how to achieve elements of the pillar, including developing strategies to increase research expenditures and doctoral degree production. 

This Vision Team's charge will be to address a specific set of questions on how to achieve elements of the pillar, including identifying essential new academic programs to meet workforce needs and strategies to spark economic development opportunities. 

This vision team’s charge is to explore strategies around proposed development and growth, much of which is the physical infrastructure. The team will also be tasked with considering how curricular and co-curricular elements should best be woven into plans for the design of campus buildings and experiences.