In 1999, Bunker Hill Community College began a college-wide transformation when faculty, staff, trustees and students joined business, educational, civic and community leaders for a two day retreat resulting in ten college goals and more than 350 action plans to accomplish 50 major initiatives. These goals

served us well for three years. With sustained energy and hard work, more was accomplished than anyone could have imagined.

So successful was this effort, that three years later in 2002 more than 100 of Greater Boston’s civic and business leaders were invited again to join an equal number of faculty, staff and students to set new goals for the next three years.

Participants were asked to envision a Boston Globe front page headline about Bunker Hill Community College.

A panel moderated by Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce CEO Paul Guzzi, that included Tom Hollister, President and CEO of Citizens Bank; Wendell Knox, President and CEO of Abt Associates; and Gloria Cordes Larson, Co-chair, Government Practices Group, Foley Hoag, LLP, kicked off the morning event by sharing their headlines publicly. Richard Gilman, publisher of The Boston Globe provided a commentary on panelists’ headlines.

Six new college goals resulted from the process. These goals now guide our college until 2005, when we begin the next three year cycle. This report summarizes the first year of accomplishments under the six goals and identifies initiatives being carried out during this, the second year of the three year cycle. What you read here, could never be achieved by Bunker Hill Community College acting alone. Rather, it represents many good ideas from our business and community allies, that have been transformed into action plans by college faculty and staff. For all of this creative energy and tireless work, on behalf of the ultimate beneficiaries — our students, I express my gratitude.


Mary L. Fifield, Ph.D.
December 2002