Mission, vision and values to shape college's direction

by JoAnn Warren
contributing writer

Mission Initiative
Committee Members

Ruth Barrington
Business Office
825-2184
rbarrington@ccri.edu

Lee Chartier
Business Administration
825-2324
lchartier@ccri.edu

Philomena Fayanjuola
EOC
455-6025/6029
pfayanjuola@ccri.edu

Joanne Galliano
Lifelong Learning - WTCE
825-2416
jgalliano@ccri.edu

William Green
Bookstore
333-6102
wigreen@ccri.edu

Bill Johnson
Biology
825-2274 or 847-9800
wjohnson@ccri.edu

Nick Kamboures
Student
nrkamboures@ccri.edu

Kathy Mallon
President’s Office
455-6147
kmallon1@ccri.edu

Tracey Martin
Student
trmartin@ccri.edu

Robert Melucci
Mathematics
333-7373
rmelucci@ccri.edu

Dennis Moore (Co-Chair)
President’s Office
825-2181
dwmoore@ccri.edu

Michelle O’Brien
Lifelong Learning
333-7333
mobrien@ccri.edu

Carol Panaccione
Foreign Lang. & Culture
825-2011
panaccione@ccri.edu

Lou Pullano
Athletics
825-2114
lpullano@ccri.edu

Wayne Solomon
Social Sciences
333-7294
wsolomon@ccri.edu

Deana Waite
Student
dwaite@ccri.edu

JoAnn Warren (Co-Chair)
Business Administration
825-2321
jwarren@ccri.edu

Established in December 2004, the Mission Initiative Committee continues to meet regularly to update CCRI’s mission statement and remains on target to meet the mid-fall submission deadline required by the accrediting body the New England Association of Schools Colleges (NEASC) and by the Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education.

The Committee recently completed a series of “draft” Mission, Vision and Value statements and now seeks your input, reaction and response through an online survey. This survey is available on-line at the Mission Initiative Web site: http://www.ccri.edu/mission, and was also mailed directly to the offices and/or homes of all CCRI employees. Results of the survey will be tabulated and incorporated in the next redraft. The Committee anticipates sharing these revisions with the college community during our Sept. 1 Opening Day.

The entire college community participated in the development of these statements either through conversations with individual committee members, on-line and mail surveys, and/or in public discussion forums.

Historically, the work of this committee began in the spring of 2001. Many of us recall participating in one of many public discussion forums or completing a survey seeking thoughts and ideas about CCRI’s purpose and vision for the future. This work, along with the recommendations made by the sub-committee on Mission and Purpose of the NEASC Self-Study (2002-2003), became the foundation for our current initiative.

The Mission Initiative Committee designed a strategy for revising CCRI’s mission statement in January 2005. This strategy outlined an education process as well as a process for inclusion and transparency.

The committee reviewed criteria for ‘effective’ statements, processes used to draft statements as well as how they are used at similar institutions. Activities designed to educate and include the college community began in February 2005 with an on-line survey. To elicit additional input and further discussion, forums were held throughout March 2005 on all four campuses. Information and outcomes are available on the Mission Initiative Committee’s Web site.

Draft statements were developed in April 2005, and shared with Department Chairs in May 2005. Statements were redrafted based on the Chairs’ input and were released in a survey distributed in June 2005. The opportunity to participate has been extended through July. If you have not yet completed the survey, we urge you to do so by visiting the committee's Web site at: www.ccri.edu/mission.

Next steps include further discussion during Opening Day on Thursday, Sept. 1, redrafting and release of the statements in late September; and recommendations presented to the President’s Council in October 2005.

Your opinion matters. Please review the draft statements, complete the survey or contact any member of the committee. This is an important milestone in CCRI’s history: the development of a mission, vision and value statement created by those who live it.

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Mission, vision and values to shape college's direction