Moorhead’s new strategic framework webpage is live!
Explore the framework at: https://www.mnstate.edu/about/mission-strategic-framework
Over the past year, faculty, staff, and students helped shape the next chapter of Minnesota State Moorhead’s direction. Input gathered through campus discussions and surveys last spring informed the foundation of the framework, with leadership reviewing and refining priorities over the summer. The refreshed strategic framework was formally introduced during the fall President and Provost Welcome and State of the University addresses.
The framework is now available on a publicly accessible webpage: Minnesota State Moorhead Strategic Framework. The framework has also been designed as an 8.5×11 document that can be ordered through the marketing store.
What stayed the same?
- The mission is unchanged, continuing to anchor our purpose and commitments.
What new?
- A new aspirational vision replaces the previous purpose statement: To be a university that transforms potential, empowers purpose, and graduates the region’s most sought-after professionals.
- Updated core values, with Curiosity replacing humility, reflecting our commitment to exploration, deep thinking and growth.
- Two strategic cornerstones – Growth and Culture – serve as guiding principles that shape decisions and priorities across the university.
- Four strategic pillars define our focus areas and drive measurable impact for students, the university, and the region.
- Academic Relevance
- Student Experience
- Investing in Place
- Regional Engagement
- Strategic initiatives align with each pillar and will continue to evolve as new opportunities and priorities emerge.
How did we get here?
- Campos Discovery Session (July 18, 2024)
- Campos Internal & External Stakeholder Surveys (Oct. 4-27, 2024)
- Cabinet Strategic Planning Retreat (Jan. 21, 2025)
- Town Hall: Timeline for Strategic Planning (Feb. 26, 2025)
- Strategic Planning Focus Groups (12 sessions held in March and April 2025)
- Campus Vision and Strategic Planning Survey (March 19-May 18, 2025)
- President Welcome Address (Aug. 20, 2025)
- All College Meetings (Aug. 21, 2025)
- Town Hall: Pillars Unveiled (Sept. 10, 2025)
- State of the University (Sept. 16, 2025)
- Town Hall: Academic Relevance (Oct. 15, 2025)
- Town Hall: Student Experience (Nov. 20, 2025)
- Website and Handouts published (January 2026)
Please explore the strategic framework and consider how your work connects to these pillars as we move forward and continue to build on Moorhead’s momentum.