Engineering our Future

FAMU-FSU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING STRATEGIC PRIORITIES & GOALS

In July 2022, after an extensive, nationwide search, university leadership at Florida A&M University and Florida State University named Suvranu De as the next dean of the joint college. Shortly after arriving, Dean De began the strategic planning process at a leadership retreat. Throughout his first three months, Dean De channeled his own orientation to the campus and its stakeholders, including the college’s Advisory Council, Student Leadership Advisory Board, Executive Council, faculty, staff and students, as his framework for the creation of the college’s five-year strategic plan.

To align through one aspiration, common vision and direction, while simultaneously giving a voice to all college stakeholders including administrators, faculty, staff, students, industry leaders and alumni, the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering’s strategic planning process formally began in November 2022. Dean De’s vision for the strategic plan was to focus the college’s efforts on data-driven goals and bold initiatives, provide a roadmap toward those goals, and identify the resources needed to accomplish them. Dean De knew that, to effectively accomplish this comprehensive task, the strategic plan had to be a living document created and supported by stakeholders. Thus, Dean De formed the Strategic Planning Committee, comprised of members from across the college community. He appointed Lisa Spainhour, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering chair and Mark Weatherspoon, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, as committee co-chairs.

After a thorough analysis of the parent universities’ missions, visions and values, we identified five priorities for the Strategic Planning Committee as a guide toward success. Subcommittees tackled each of the five priorities with representation from faculty, staff, students, industry and alumni. The five subcommittees were:

	Student Success Deliver world-class, 21st-century engineering education, while eliminating disparities and enabling student success
	Research & Graduate Education Engage in transformative multidisciplinary research and graduate education
	Visibility Soar in global visibility while remaining locally engaged
	Operational Support Enable determined operational support for all College of Engineering stakeholders
	One College Foster a “OneCollege” culture that celebrates our unique engineering community