A reception hosted by the IU Northwest faculty, staff and alumni will be held immediately following the ceremony in the Library Conference Center. He calls it a shared vision. While he officially assumed the role of IU Northwest chancellor on June 30, Bergland's desire to develop a mission for the campus began several months earlier when a steering committee was appointed to develop a strategic planning process for the creation of a new campus mission. It will be all of us constructing a vision.
Some people have a tendency to think that a good leader comes in and takes control.
With that philosophy in mind, Bergland has given the steering committee his vote of confidence to go forward with building a process that will help define what the region wants from the university on both academic and nonacademic levels. The committee, comprised of staff, faculty, students and community members, will reach out to others in order to determine what is wanted and needed at IU Northwest. It will also look at how the university should contribute to the region through the campus' value system. The idea of creating and implementing a shared vision isn't a new one for Bergland. While at the University of Colorado at Denver, he spearheaded the development of a shared vision for the College of Architecture and Planning in 1994.