Increase student-faculty interaction through these collaborations.
We strive to maintain an adaptable organization and infrastructure to support the growing and changing needs of the research, education, and outreach programmatic areas of Harvard Forests mission. Foster friendship in a nurturing and refreshing sanctuary amid the stresses of student life. And we had a range of fundamental questions to answer about how to pursue our mission in these new and challenging circumstances.. Learn More about Our funders. This strategic plan and the vision for our building necessitate a robust, multi-year fundraising plan to ensure that we have the resources we need and remain sustainable. Cultivate a broader set of undergraduate affinity groups within Harvard Hillel. We really need to take a step back and ask ourselves: What does the Ph.D. mean in the 21st century? and How have the kinds of intellectual leadership roles our alumni assume after graduation changed over time?. Support small group clusters for Shabbat meals and Jewish learning. To download a PDF of the Strategic Planning Overview 2018, click here. Conduct an environmental scan of other Hillels and Jewish organizations who actively engage graduate students. 
Improve our data on Jewish graduate student populations in Harvards eleven graduate and professional schools, in order to improve communication, visibility, and outreach. Explore potential collaborations with Chabad, Moishe House, et al. In service of Goals 1, 2, and 3, ensure that our physical space supports our new and expanded offerings and explore rebranding Harvard Hillel. HF supports a diverse population of undergraduates in our long-standing summer residential program, providing training, mentorship and research opportunities. xMO1+!4U)4XqXA %j7qQ>\F3
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The study group delivered a report to Gay this semester recommending a vision for how to position the FAS for broad-based academic excellence, innovation, and sustainability. Carrying forward the broad engagement of the community in drafting the values statement in 2015, the dean began with a listening tour, where he solicited input from faculty, administrators, staff, students, and other stakeholders over the course of his first 18 months on the job. Our mission is to advance understanding of biological, physical, and human systems in the New England landscape. Inspire and enable Jewish connection, celebration, and action. The committee received hundreds of emails and written input on the mission statement, which was then further refined based on feedback. 3 0 obj
Harvard Forest is an international leader in forest ecology and conservation. There is an appetite for these conversations and an imperative for change, said Claudine Gay, Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
10 0 obj The goal of Jewish graduate student community demands the most structural change to staffing, facility, and funding but we believe the opportunity is compelling. 15 0 obj Meeting monthly, the council will ensure the plan is implemented and that appropriate institutional resources are allocated to accomplish the mission-level priorities. Continue and highlight our faculty and guest speaker series and continue to share it online. Law School experts on how we define pregnancy threat amid emerging state-federal conflict in post-Roe U.S. Study of 21 cultures, from San Diego to East Africa, finds striking similarities in infant-directed speech, song, New research on remote Pacific islands yields surprising findings on ancestry, culture, 2022 The President and Fellows of Harvard College. We provide interdisciplinary research and networking opportunities for Graduate students and post-docs. Hire graduate student interns to support JSA Council initiatives. 2 0 obj Augment our peer-elected Undergraduate Steering Committee with an appointed student leadership team focused on outreach and engagement. xMo@s\d!Nm,P@l@lEv/"a1rzG)eSSPB;G:s1_L5Bm. Therefore, a task force with representatives from the Strategic Planning Committee, Development Committee and Building Committee will meet to coordinate their plans. Harvard Forest practices an open, inclusive, and collaborative approach to addressing local and global environmental challenges through excellence in science, education, and engagement with society. Improve collection, analysis, and use of data to achieve greater understanding of our target population, discern and further develop effective engagement strategies, and sustain engagement with all students we identify. While expensive, some of the cost might be offset by an increase in research grants. The strategic goals are visionary and are meant to be accomplished over the next decade. The Harvard Hillel Board of Directors and staff, under the guidance of the strategic planning committee, developed this 5-year plan to direct their efforts to meet the newly crafted [proposed] mission. Scholar urges fuller reckoning with colonial legacies. Harvard Forest operates several complementary educational programs to provide experiential learning opportunities for students ranging from elementary school to graduate students and beyond. <> Collect data to better understand the needs and opportunities to engage Harvard graduate students and Harvard-affiliated Jewish young adults.
The Harvard Forest is a department of Harvard University's Faculty of Arts & Sciences and a member of the U.S. LTER Network supported by the National Science Foundation. My motivation was not financial efficiency, however important that may be. Survey and conduct focus groups with Harvard Jewish graduate students to determine the type of programming which will meet their interests and needs. Partner with peer campuses for staff training in outreach and engagement. because we want to dream big, said Gay. Led by Jeremy Stein, Moise Y. Safra Professor of Economics, and Karen Thornber, Harry Tuchman Levin Professor in Literature and professor of East Asian languages and civilizations, who served as co-chairs, the group included faculty from across the FAS academic divisions and the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. ElA)Z{%e,M |+a12%7(sF_bnXg_ Build a core set of programs and opportunities for alumni to foster connection and engagement with Harvard Hillel and one another. Approximately 2500 Jewish graduate students are enrolled in Harvard's eleven graduate and professional schools. endobj The strategic plan below was developed in 2020 over a 6-month process by working groups of Harvard Forest staff, with frequent, iterative input from the wider community of staff, visiting research fellows, graduate students, and other stakeholders. Concurrent to its strategic planning process, HMS also refreshed its mission statement, again seeking input from a wide variety of stakeholders across the HMS community. We embrace open communication within our institution, with the larger Harvard University community, and with our many partners and stakeholders. The following pages provide an executive summary of where we envision HMS to be in 10 years. We need intentionality when it comes to the recruitment and training of graduate students and greater focus on their well-being. endobj 14 0 obj Participants include university students, K-12 students, stakeholder/land professional groups, and other public adult groups. Ensure that we have the financial resources in hand to support any expansion/renovation of our facilities and increase endowment levels to secure Hillels continued programming role on the Harvard campus. Sign up for daily emails to get the latest Harvardnews. This is an exciting opportunity to effect change for our current and future students, said Dench, McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History and of the Classics. Mission and operations leaders identified targeted outcome measures and timelines for each tactic that will guide the Schools efforts over the coming one to three years. Learning from the past to inform the future. Harvard Hillel is the center and catalyst for Jewish life on the Harvard campus. It is important to make provisions to secure these resources to ensure the success of the strategic plan. The strategic plan comprises five cross-cutting strategic goals designed to focus the HMS community on achieving its mission and vision. Decide on the extent of renovations to Rosovsky Hall needed to meet our future needs. We recognize that our institution is enriched by a wide range of perspectives and experiences and actively seek to create an environment where all feel included and heard. Harvard Forest will leverage and develop its educational programs to be an international leader in recruiting, training, and retaining talented and diverse students who will become the next generation of civically engaged ecologists and earth stewards. Implementation of this plan, particularly the goal of building a Jewish graduate student community, will require additional funding and staffing as well as modifications to the facilities at Harvard Hillel. The process was structured to build on an extensive listening tour by the dean and his senior leadership team that took place during the first 18 months of the deans tenure. The strategic planning process, which is envisioned to take place over the course of the next three years and will engage all faculty, is launching in parallel path with a focus on better understanding local experience, priorities, and context around graduate education, faculty support and development, and academic communities. The Deans Leadership Council has been charged with oversight of the strategic plan. This is an opportunity for the current generation of faculty to be founders for a future FAS. Work with JSAs to identify and reach all Harvard University graduate students with a Jewish background/identity. Create a featured program each year at reunion time. Increase the number of Jewish Harvard College students* who have deeper or more frequent involvement with Harvard Hillel. Survey students at least annually to understand their needs, measure their satisfaction with our programs and determine the impact Harvard Hillel has on their Jewish identity. Harvard Hillel engages our community in compelling ways when we create featured programs that leverage the special assets, opportunities and setting of Harvard. We champion environmental stewardship by managing our own land and natural resources sustainably; engaging with the public about the role of science and human decision-making in solving environmental challenges; focusing our research in local-to-regional contexts with input from stakeholders; and communicating our discoveries in diverse, accessible ways. All rights reserved. There is an appetite for these conversations and an imperative for change, said Gay, who put the process into motion after seeing success in the pandemic-born Scenario Planning Process that engaged working groups of more than 100 faculty and administrators to work collaboratively to address the moments unique challenges and envision solutions. Ensure that our facilities and the way we do business align with our values of diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging. HF staff also support networking, telecommunications, field research infrastructure, and local computers, as well as scientific information management, the administrative database, and the HF website. During the next two years, Dench plans to engage faculty and staff communities to develop a concomitant approach to admissions and to articulate core principles on how GSAS trains its students.