Mission
To deliver people-centered opportunities that advance belonging, equity, well-being, development, engagement, and accountability whereby every individual is supported to achieve their potential.
Vision
A university community where everyone has the resources to thrive.
Our Strategic Priorities
Fall 2025 - Summer 2026
Inclusive Excellence
Cultivating a culture of belonging by championing educational equity, ensuring every individual is valued, respected, and empowered to thrive.
Milestones:
- Adoption of SEL approach by Senior Leadership Team and Provost Cabinet
- Development of SEL learning pods
- Shared Equity Leadership Fall touchpoint
- Incorporate feedback from sharing the SEL approach with the campus community
- Shared Equity Leadership Winter Touchpoint
- Continuation of national Shared Equity Leadership cohort
Milestones:
- Secure a person to work on creating a FSA manual
- Define metrics for attendance and engagement within FSA's, and develop tracking method
- Research and meet with each FSA to start work on creating the "manual"
- Design Leadership Council Survey
- Create draft FSA "manual"
- Develop and pilot annual program evaluation/reporting process for FSA's
- Evolve and strengthen Executive Sponsorship Model
- Develop and pilot process for establishing a new FSA
- Establish Annual Budget Process
- Finalize and distribute FSA manual and plan for feedback loop
- Establish timeline and process for each FSA to set annual goals
Milestones:
- Senior Leadership Team training on sovereignty during Fall 2025 semester
- Senior Leadership Team and Provost Cabinet alignment on priorities for NAAC
- Align around NAAC priorities with a 3-year review
Milestones:
- Clarification of purpose of AALT
- Develop enhanced process for on-boarding and off-boarding members
- Pilot transition to Microsoft Teams
- Enhance efficiencies for agenda development
Holistic Well-being
Prioritizing the well-being of our community and fostering a culture of care and support. We provide resources and spaces that nurture all aspects of wellness, aligning with our commitment to a people-first culture.
Milestones:
- Creation of Full Communications Calendar
- Finalize Email cadence/structure
- PEC Website Buildout
- Begin CMS4>5 migration work
- CMS4>5 brainstorm sessions
- Incorporate PEC brand into collaborative events
Milestones:
- Develop one creative media (e.g., podcasts, illustrated vignettes) to humanize data for decision-makers and present/share in at least 1 leadership space.
- Present data to at least five different departments around systemic conflict patterns and identify feedback to present to leadership.
- Establish new think tank groups to brainstorm and pilot new ideas and create one tangible output tied to improving retention, well-being, or employee
Milestones:
- Present at AALT Meeting
- Core Group Assembly
- Campus-Wide communication and invite to community to join action teams
- Form Action Teams around key themes
- End of Semester - Action teams provide progress reports
- Mid-Winter Semester '26 updates
- SLT Review/Recommendation, Finance & Admin assist with Budgeting
- Implement feasible recommendations in communication with action teams
Milestones:
- Update conflict resolution webpage/handout
- Strategy for work to be done
- Disseminate awareness of process information
- Create Violence Prevention Education Campaign
People Development & Engagement
Providing opportunities that build skills, leadership, engagement, and retention within an equitable environment. We empower people through lifelong learning and development, and promoting a culture of continuous growth, accountability, and agility.
Milestones:
- Complete University Compensation Review
- Perform a workforce analysis
- Benefits review complete
- Develop a People Value Proposition
Milestones:
Support Faculty Success through New Faculty Orientation
- Debrief meeting after Aug 13, 2025 new faculty orientation
- Select PEC Coordinator for new faculty orientation
- Create new faculty orientation playbook
University Performance Evaluation Calibration
- Roadmap development of training approach and requirements
- Preparation of process guides, tools, and resources to assist people leaders in evaluation process
Management Training for GVSU Leaders
- Udemy contract finalization
- Help articles created for navigating new offerings in Workday Learning
- Roadmap creation
- Socialize management training with Senior Leadership Team and Provost Cabinet
- Implementation of management training plan
Skills-based Hiring Approach for Staff
- Skills-based hiring pilot
- Compile findings and present to Senior Leadership Team and Provost Cabinet
- Create Roll out strategy for skills-based hiring to be put into practice
- Activation of skills-based hiring for staff
Inclusion Advocate Roles Moving Forward
- Identify what the new scope of the work for an inclusion advocate is
- Identify who still wants to be an inclusion advocate
- Create entry requirements
Milestones:
- Invitation of commitment to build out framework
- Invitation to discuss challenges and conversations workshops
- Start build out of "framework/guiding principles"
Milestones:
- Workday Optimization Sprints between HRIS, IT, Business and Finance, and PEC
- Implementation of optimization findings
- Workday Learning Lab Kickoff
Milestones:
- Launch mentoring pilot for Accelerate Cohort 1
- Schedule 2026 Activate cohorts
Collaborative Partnerships
Strengthening our community engagement, intentional partnerships, and responsible stewardship, we drive collective efforts to create equitable outcomes and lasting impact for the individuals and communities we serve.
Milestones:
- Coming Soon
Milestones:
- Draft sponsorship process
- Send out invitations, review asks, grant dollars, and track engagement
- Evaluate process
Journey Map
Click on the Journey Map image to see the progress on our strategic priorities.
The Division of People, Equity, and Culture's strategic plan is rooted in GVSU's Reach Higher Commitments.