Marshall Magazine Autumn 2022

to help build that narrative and increase awareness of Marshall throughout the nation and world. Smith can hardly contain his excitement for what they’ve come up with. “As we wrap up the work with McKinsey, I’ll just put a teaser out there: ‘Marshall for all. Marshall forever,’” Smith said with a smile. “And we’ll explain more soon.” Decisive action is taking place in the other areas as well. A comprehensive compensation analysis is being conducted to identify potential inequities due to gender, race or other factors. Through a partnership with consult ing firm InfoTech, the university is working to modernize its IT platforms and processes. Marshall is adopting a Responsibility Center Management (RCM) philosophy, an approach that gives academic administrators more control over resource decisions. The university’s Strategic Enrollment Management plan will work to increase en rollment, expand recruitment initiatives and improve

working on the major decisions that affect the university. To be clear, there are primary decision-makers in certain areas — the faculty is the primary decision-maker on the academic side of things, and there are areas where the administration is the primary decision-maker. But all the groups have a voice.” The ad hoc committee is conducting a study of other universities that utilize shared governance in order to put their best practices in place at Marshall. “They are studying the best practices of universities that not only have strong shared governance but also move at the speed of life, because one thing we all recognize is that we can’t measure the world by semesters when things are changing by day,” Smith said. Tackling the Big Five and moving Marshall forward takes everyone, Smith said. And it was in that spirit of collaboration that Marshall held its inaugural Community Cares Week, a series of service projects that gave the

retention rates. And key leadership positions in diversity, equity and inclusion have been filled in order to better facilitate the university’s diversity and equity work. Complementing all these efforts is a shared governance ad hoc committee focused on promot ing transparency, accountability, inclusivity and collaboration. Smith said the concept of shared governance is vital to Marshall’s future success. “All strong cultures and great decisions are made better by diversity: diversity of thought, diversity of experience and demographic diversity like gender, race and sexual orientation,” Smith explained. “And that’s really the foundation of shared governance. Shared governance means that all the powers that be — students, faculty, staff, the Board of Governors, the administra tion — are coming together and collectively

President Brad D. Smith’s first press conference recapped his first 100 days in office including a summary of the issues brought to his attention during his extensive listening tour.

JUN 24, 2022 - New baseball stadium site chosen

JUN 20-24, 2022 - Community Cares Week

JUN 20, 2022 - 100 Days press conference

JUL 22, 2022 - Former Thomson Reuters CEO James C. “Jim” Smith appointed to BOG

AUG 9, 2022 - An evening with Dolly Parton

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