Georgia Southern University Announces Strategic Plan for Athletics
3/4/2013 8:31:37 PM | General
STATESBORO, Ga. - With the ever changing world of NCAA Division I Athletics Georgia Southern University's Athletics Department engaged in a strategic planning process. Faculty, Athletic Department staff, coaches, student-athletes and key community members provided input and feedback during the creation of a new strategic plan.
The primary objectives of the new plan include:
1. To identify the core values of the department.
2. To create both a vision and mission statements that will serve as a operating philosophy for the Athletic Department.
3. To create 5 specific objectives with standards of how to achieve these objectives.
“My goal for the group was to create a working document to be used by our department each day as we work to achieve its goal of national distinction in academics and athletics,” Athletics Director Tom Kleinlein said.
Georgia Southern's mission is to exceed expectations on our continuous journey to graduate student-athletes, win championships, develop future leaders, honor our history, embrace our traditions and grow all that is “True Blue”.
The Athletic Department's objectives focus on offering academic and athletic distinction, developing future leaders, serving as a source of pride that unites all of “True Blue” and to maintain a fiscally responsible department.
Georgia Southern Athletics provides up-to-date information on all its sports through its official website, GSEagles.com, through social media channels facebook.com/GSAthletics and twitter.com/GSAthletics, and its new "Eagles GATA" mobile app for Android and iOS.
