Dear Member of the Williamson Community

Last fall you enthusiastically responded to our request for input to our Strategic Planning process. Your answers to the questionnaire we circulated were insightful, inspired, and very helpful to the planning group. We received over 600 responses! The six working groups consisting of staff, faculty, alumni, and students have distilled the work done to date into a set of Foundations and Goals that will be discussed by the Board of Trustees at a retreat this weekend (see below). If you have further comments or guidance please feel free to let me know so that over the next several weeks we can consider all the latest thinking in building the final plan which we hope to have completed and approved by the Board in June.

Thank you for your valuable input into this very important process!

Michael J. Rounds, P.E.
President
Williamson College of the Trades
106 S. New Middletown Road
Media, PA 19063

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Mission (WHAT we do)
Williamson College of the Trades prepares qualified young men to be respected leaders and productive members of society.

Vision (HOW we do what we do)
Williamson gratuitously develops the entire student, spiritually, socially, and professionally, emphasizing academic, trade, technical, and moral education in a structured community based on Judeo-Christian principles.

Values (Our fundamental principles)
Faith   –   Integrity   –   Diligence   –   Excellence   –   Service

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Education
Evaluate curricula, instruction, and partnerships to increase learning opportunities for students and achieve regional accreditation

Outreach
Maximize Williamson’s visibility and outreach based on its unique mission and story

Resources
Develop financial and personal resources that foster and enhance Williamson’s values and programs

Staffing
Attract, recruit, and retain high quality, diverse faculty and staff

Student Life
Provide an enhanced community experience based on mutual respect that better connects students to our core values, each other, and the college

Technology
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