University Design Team

University Design Team Charge

UM exists to foster inclusive prosperity, expand the boundaries of human knowledge, and sustain American democracy. The vital importance of our flagship university for our community, our state, and our nation demands that we work diligently to ensure this institution's long-term success.

We are the fortunate beneficiaries of the efforts of earlier generations who guided our flagship university through challenges across its 127-year history. Those who came before us have been good stewards of this institution through periods of adaptation, and it is now our turn to thoughtfully, strategically, and courageously design the continued and new characteristics that should embody a flagship of the future.

Beginning their work in May, 2020, the University Design Team (UDT) will deliberately explore how we can best position UM for long-term success and impact. Drawing upon the perspectives of our campus community, as well as of our external stakeholders, including community leaders, business leaders, admitted students and prospective students, the UDT will consider the challenges and opportunities faced by institutions of higher education and will identify design principles and potential strategies to position UM as a flagship for America's future.

The UDT - and our wider campus community - will explore how UM can best:

  • provide an education that prepares our students as both career-ready and tomorrow-proof;
  • expand our conception of education to include learners at all stages of life and career; and
  • expand the reaches of knowledge through research and graduate programs of national excellence and impact.

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University Design Team Members

Each UDT member will participate not as a representative of a particular group or unit, but rather as an institutional citizen focused on the collective future of our university.

Co-Chairs

Adrea Lawrence, Dean of the Phyllis J. Washington College of Education
Paul Gladen, Director of AccelerateMT and the Blackstone Launchpad

Members

Brad Allen, Professor, School of Visual and Media Arts
Justin Angle, Professor, Department of Management and Marketing
Claire Arcenas, Professor, Department of History
Charity Atteberry, Academic Advisor, Department of Teaching and Learning
Doug Emlen, Professor, Division of Biological Sciences
Ethan Hanley, ASUM Business Manager
Kirk Lacy, Vice Provost for Two-year Partnerships
Maricel Lawrence, Executive Director of UM Online
Nathan Lindsay, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
Jeanne Loftus, Director of the Global Leadership Initiative
Hilary Martens, Professor, Department of Geosciences
Libby Metcalf, Professor, Department of Society and Conservation
Jacinda Morigeau, Academic Coordinator, Upward Bound
Chris Palmer, Professor, Department of Chemistry
Brian Reed, Associate Vice Provost for Student Success
Megan Stark, Professor, Mansfield Library
Hila Tzipora Chase, Doctoral Candidate, Division of Biological Sciences
Hillary Wandler, Professor, Alexander Blewett III School of Law
Julie Wolter, Professor, School of Speech, Language, Hearing and Occupational Sciences

Support Members

Hadley Jackson, Program Manager, Office of the Provost
Jenny Lavey, Editor in Chief, Montanan Magazine
Jen Sauer, Associate Marketing Director

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