Planning Priority Areas
The committee established planning priorities for MSU by considering situations in which lack of advance planning would jeopardize the safety of people and animals more than necessary, compromise the main missions of the University or place the institution’s physical facilities at risk. Advance planning was most important for the following areas:
- Academic continuity—graduate and undergraduate.
- Research continuity.
- Human resources and benefits.
- Communications.
- Infrastructure support.
- Housing and food services.
- Physical plant/facilities.
- Technology and communications infrastructure.
- Health care personnel/facilities.
- Business operations and university services.
- Central administration, including operations of the Trustees.
- Student issues, including international students.
- Travel issues.
- Public safety and campus security.
- Cancellation of large events.
- Off-campus operations (employees located throughout the community and state and often having shared reporting lines).
- Recovery of damages and resumption of operations.
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