Symposia Schedule | Task Forces & Members

The college launched “Commission on Mission: Wartburg College’s Commitment to Living Out its Mission” in October 2007, an initiative focused on discussion of the four key concepts embodied in the mission statement—leadership, service, faith and learning.

This three-year strategic planning initiative will provide a collaborative process for all Wartburg constituents to consider the fundamental concepts embodied in Wartburg’s mission of “challenging students for lives of leadership and service as a spirited expression of their faith and learning.”

Commission on Mission is focused on considering the ways in which these missional concepts impact the broader college community and are evidenced in the lives of its graduates, Ohle added.

Sixty individuals were asked to serve on the task forces, each devoted to one of the missional concepts. A member of the Board of Regents and a faculty member serve as co-chairs of each group, with six faculty members, three alumni, two staff members and one student rounding out each task force.

Board of Regents member Mike McCoy, Elison Bay, Wis., retired vice president and Hormel Foods chief financial officer, serves as Commission on Mission national chairperson. Project co-directors are Janeen Stewart, assistant to the president, and Dr. Lake Lambert III, associate professor of religion, director of the Wartburg Center for Community Engagement and Board of Regents Chair in Ethics.

Each Commission Wartburg task force will receive and review the comments from the national summit meetings. Each will plan a symposium related to its specific missional concept and prepare material for a publication.

Finally, each task force will make recommendations to the Board of Regents regarding integration of its specific missional concept. The Board of Regents will receive the task force recommendations, determine appropriate actions and make referrals for implementation.