UTD President Prabhas Moghe formally announced his new strategic vision for the campus Dec. 9, inviting campus-wide input for his “Roadmap 2030” initiative four months after taking office. Moghe’s announcement, sent out in a university-wide email, focuses on three strategic pillars: academic and research convergence, student success and external impacts. This university-wide approach with broad pillars marks a major departure from the highly detailed, benchmark-heavy strategic plan made by former president Richard Benson. “Roadmap 2030’s” focus on student success has caught the attention of student leaders across campus. Neuroscience junior and Student Government vice president David Baker said he is eager to see administration taking a collaborative approach. However, he said it is imperative that the university is transparent throughout the process to truly address urgent student and faculty needs. “I think there’s a great opportunity here to be a lot more direct with communications sent to the student body,”
