Strategic Plan 2010 - 2020
Signature Focus: Sustainable Integrated Systems
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How can we accomplish our vision and mission?
Adapt to a New Normal by Smart Change
Arid and Semi-Arid Region Agriculture and Environment
Individuals, Families, Communities, and Organizations
Globally Oriented Basic and Applied Research
LEARNING
LEADERSHIP
FAIR
is our response to
changing times —
Flexible, Agile,
Innovative,
Responsive
Vision
To equip students, all
Arizonans, and our global
audiences with tools and
knowledge to anticipate and
successfully adapt to the
challenges of a changing future.
Core Values
Respect
Integrity
Collaboration
Excellence
Mission
To create, integrate,
extend, and apply
knowledge.
Focus Areas
1. Environment, Water, Land, Energy,
and Natural Resources
2. Plant, Insect, and Microbe Systems
3. Human Nutrition, Health and
Food Safety
4. Animal Systems
5. Children, Youth, Families,
and Community
6. Consumers, Marketplace,
Trade, and Economics
DISCOVERY
describes the world
we live in —
Volatile, Uncertain,
Complex, Ambiguous
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Adapting
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Change
• Global climate impacts
and our responses
• Appropriate technologies
for various uses
• Interdisciplinary actions
for many solutions
• Sustainability concepts
are basic to everything
• Diversity is increasing:
people, views, approaches
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Plan details and updates are available at:
cals.arizona.edu/dean/planning
February 2, 2010
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
University of Arizona
A Future-Focused Roadmap to 2020