The University of Oregon’s most important asset is its people.

To succeed, we know that university must create and sustain a sense of community that can drive alignment, attract talent, and foster the well-being of all. To accomplish this, we will create programs, processes, and structures that will make us known as a university that authentically supports the flourishing of our students, faculty, and staff.

Explore How We Define Flourishing

Key Performance Indicators

• Percent of flourishing students (undergraduate and graduate)
• Percent of flourishing employees

Indicators of Success

Indicators of Success (IOS) are leading indicators that are directly linked to impacting the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for each Oregon Rising goal area. These indicators are designed to drive improvement and to be specific enough for units across campus to see their role in improving one or multiple IOSs. While KPIs will not change, IOSs may change as strategies evolve and we improve performance on specific indicators.

Indicators for this Goal

• Employee participation in defined professional development programming
• Percentage of students completing a flourishing course

NOTE: The university must develop mechanisms to measure and track these indicators of success. We expect additional IOSs that reflect our commitment to activities that support student flourishing, such as co-curricular experiences and/or integrated student support models as those related strategies develop.

Strategies

To create a flourishing community, we will:

• Create and adopt a survey-based measure of community flourishing.
• Expand access to existing innovative credit-bearing courses that emphasize human flourishing.
• Coordinate existing employee development and employee engagement opportunities and align these efforts with shared outcomes that enable flourishing and create a respectful and inclusive workplace.
• Build on successful efforts to recruit and retain a diverse faculty and staff.
• Support infrastructure to meet the needs of an evolving student population.
• Enhance business practices, processes, systems, and tools to support the needs of the university community effectively and efficiently.

Goal Owners

• Christopher P. Long, Provost and Senior Vice President
• Yvette M. Alex-Assensoh, Vice President for Equity and Inclusion
• Mark Schmelz, Chief Human Resources Officer and Vice President
• Angela Chong, Vice President for Student Life

Goal Owners will work with appointed chairs to establish collaborative workgroups, representing diverse areas of the university, that will drive completion of the milestones assigned to each of the goals' multiple strategies for this academic year and beyond.

Workgroups

Dedicated teams are actively working together to create a flourishing community.

Explore Workgroups

The Flourishing Community Support Structure Diagram illustrates how leadership, strategies, and workgroups align in pursuit of this goal.

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