President’s Strategic Advisory Team Named

Twenty members of the campus community - faculty, deans, staff, students and administrators – have been nominated for and have agreed to serve on the President’s Strategic Advisory Team. The members’ list is on the President’s website at: President's Strategic Advisory Team.

The team’s goal is to recommend to the President ideas to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and fiscal soundness of UNM. Over the next several months, they will explore, evaluate and recommend ways the University can contain costs, increase revenues and provide the most effective and efficient use of existing resources. The charge to the committee and its objectives can be found at: Committee Charge and Objectives.

The team’s work has already begun and everyone can keep abreast of their activities on a special web page that will be linked to the President’s website. There are also be opportunities on the website for everyone to contribute their ideas for cutting costs and increasing efficiencies. A form can be found on the President's web site at: Strategic Priorities.

Ideas submitted by March 1 will be considered as part of the team's initial goal of recommending costs savings of $2 million to $3 million for the upcoming budget cycle.

Media Contact: Susan McKinsey, (505) 277-1807; e-mail: mckinsey@unm.edu