![]() ![]() On the plan’s second priority - broad participation - Calhoun said she hopes to “enhance the Brown experience to make it as meaningful as possible,” regardless of a student’s level of athletic participation. While Calhoun emphasized the value of strong on-field performance, she also noted the importance of fostering increased participation supporting campus wellness - the plan’s second strategic priority. The “true measure of success” is bringing in students that will thrive both at Brown and beyond, “leading lives of impact and fulfillment,” Calhoun said. The priority also emphasizes the importance of recruitment in the success of varsity teams and includes data analysis to better evaluate trends in prospective students and alums. “It’s gonna be this living, breathing document that constantly gets better.” In the case of earlier successes, “we’re gonna build more aggressive goals,” and where success lags, “we will go back and reassess” the plan, Calhoun said. “We’ve put a five-year timeline on most of (these goals), knowing that we’re building it for sustained success.” “I sometimes say I’m probably the second-most competitive person on campus, the first one being the President,” Calhoun said. The plan lays out a variety of benchmarks for success, including finishing in the top half of the Ivy League for cumulative varsity championship wins. The strategic plan’s first priority centers around striving for excellence in varsity and club sports. “Once we established (a shared vision), we could start talking about the pieces to get to that shared vision.” ![]() … (I was) just getting a broad sense of where things were and what people would like to see going forward,” Calhoun said. ![]() “There was a lot of outreach to me with perspectives. The plan identifies five strategic priorities: competing with distinction, broad participation supporting campus wellness, growth through holistic development and sport performance, community engagement and investments in community members through infrastructure and resource optimization.Ĭalhoun, who arrived at Brown in March 2021, said the plan has been in development since her earliest conversations with President Christina Paxson P’19 P’MD’20. Grace Calhoun ’92 PhD P’26 P’26 called a “promotion of (Brown’s) open curriculum concept” in University athletics. On March 10, Brown Athletics published its “ Division of Athletics and Recreation Strategic Plan,” a vision that Vice President for Athletics and Recreation M. ![]()
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