INSIDE THIS ISSUE: ENTERPRISE STRATEGY / PFEIFFER JOURNEY / FAITH IN ACTION
CONNECTIONS
A periodic newsletter celebrating the spirit of community and engagement at Pfeiffer University.
DECEMBER 2013 Alumni & Friends, Relevance, value-exchange, impact. These are the words that describe Pfeiffer University in 2013. From enhancing undergraduate and graduate programming and improving facilities, to linking our campuses through technology, programs and partnerships and increasing our visibility through updated branding, Pfeiffer is on the move! Over the past several months, faculty and staff from across Pfeiffer University’s three campuses have engaged in intensive collaboration to define an aspirational and realistic strategic course for moving the institution forward. The outcome of this team effort is our new “enterprise strategy,” which will serve, essentially, as a guide for achieving new heights. This publication, CONNECTIONS, provides alumni, friends and other significant stakeholders an outline for the enterprise strategy, an introduction to its goals and a glimpse into some of the ways Pfeiffer is already demonstrating its promise. We hope that as you read the following pages, you are energized by Pfeiffer’s extraordinary commitment to delivering to our students an exceptional educational experience and creating an environment where innovation thrives. Best wishes for a happy and prosperous 2014.
Michael C. Miller, President
pfeiffer forward
MODELING AN EXCITING FUTURE FOR PFEIFFER Stroll across any college campus and At the same time, the marketplace has it’s clear that higher education is in the experienced a seismic shift. Today’s midst of a radical revolution. Thanks to employers seek college graduates who new technologies and not only possess a depth our society’s thirst for of knowledge but are The enterprise strategy instant information, shaped by practice and builds on the best that learning now takes place experience. Professionals Pfeiffer has to offer and anytime and anywhere. in every field are expected takes the university to Beneath the shade of a to be adaptable, skilled, another level. tree you’ll spot a student connected and globally reading a textbook online. Professors aware. To enter the workforce today—and collaborate on research with colleagues be considered competitive for the careers across the world with Skype and digitized of tomorrow—students must bring an libraries. In a residence hall, a student experiential component as part watches a chemistry lecture on a laptop. of their college education. continued on page 2