President's Report 2020

Aspire Higher – an intentional plan for growth ^ even A one-on-one interview with Karen Dyer, vice president of advancement and strategic initiatives

Members of the SMWC cabinet smile after they turned a shovel of dirt at the Les Bois Hall groundbreaking in June 2020. Pictured (L to R): Brennan Randolph, Janet Clark, Ph.D., Jaclyn Walters and Karen Dyer.

Q. How is the College progressing with its second phase of the strategic plan?

When we launched the second phase, the Aspire Even Higher Plan, in fall 2019, we had no idea that the world was going to come to a stop just months later. We just created a refreshed logo and had a plethora of plans in the works for the academic year. The Woods, however, is a resilient place. Faculty and staff have continued to be actively involved in the planning with great intentionality, and we have been able to check many tactics off the list on our way to meeting the plan’s objectives. One thing that had to wait until the fall of 2021 was the launch of the new school fight song, “Go, Woods, Go!,” as we could not gather students at games to sing it. Left: President Dottie King recognized Pete Kikta, who composed the music to the new SMWC fight song.

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