MMA Strategy Shared

On March 27 and 28, Academy leadership highlighted plans for, and progress toward, the future of MMA with the campus community during two lunchtime events.

President William J. Brennan opened the meetings with an overview of the ongoing strategic planning process that has involved input from all MMA departments, the Board of Trustees and others interested in the success of MMA, and stated, “Together we have developed a decision-coordination process that allows for transparent review of planning, programming, budgeting and execution. We have undertaken a shared responsibility for reaching those goals through division objectives and attendant action steps towards measurable outcomes.”

Among the goals are helping students overcome the increasing cost of education, providing enhanced continuing education, and facilities maintenance and renovation.

“An affordable education for all, including students of limited means,” said Brennan, “is a goal we have all embraced.” To succeed, he added, new opportunities, sources of revenue, and cultivating philanthropy need to be pursued creatively.

Examples cited, which MMA vice presidents subsequently discussed in more detail, are the multi-phase formation of the Center for Professional Mariner Development (see “New Training Facility,” pg. 9), more cohesive use of technology campus-wide, redevelopment of portions of the waterfront, and improved outreach and fundraising capacity with particular emphasis on the Annual Fund.
Questions from the audiences were fielded by event speakers, and lively discussions continued over the course of lunchtime. As one participant remarked, “It’s great to share the vision—and the challenges—together.”█

Photo: Billy Sims

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