Keep Growing 2020:
The Ten-Year Strategic PlanProgress ForwardYear One 2010
Garden/Northwestern Graduate Program
Three students, including from China, were selected from a pool of national and international candidates for the Ph.D. program. There are now five Ph.D. students. The master’s degree program continues to grow, with eight new students and a total of 21 currently in the program.
Science Career Contiuum
The Garden’s new five-year Science Career Continuum received funding from the Environmental Protection Agency to connect Science First and College First—existing outreach programs for underserved teens in the Chicago Public Schools—directly into the Garden’s master’s and doctoral programs with Northwestern University; the National Science Foundation-funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates program; and the Bureau of Land Management CLM Internship Program. The Garden will continue to grow its investment in educating African-American and Hispanic environmental scientists for the critical decades ahead.
2010 Operating Plans
Read the 2010 Library Operating Plan.
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Read the 2010 Regenstein School Operating Plan.
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Progress ForwardYear Two 2011
2011 Operating Plans
Read the 2011 Lenhardt Library Operating Plan.
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Progress ForwardYear Three 2012
Progress ForwardYear Four 2013
Progress ForwardYear Five 2014
Progress ForwardYear Six 2015
Progress ForwardYear Seven 2016
Progress ForwardYear Eight 2017
Progress ForwardYear Nine 2018
Progress ForwardYear Ten 2019
Academic Programs
Academic Programs: Vision
Participants in the Garden’s degree and adult education programs will become better stewards of the natural world.
Graduates of the degree programs will actively address issues of plant biology and conservation.
The adult education and certificate programs will create better informed and engaged citizens who will make positive impacts on the environment, environmental policies, and funding decisions at local, national, and international levels.
Academic Programs: Goals
The joint Chicago Botanic Garden/Northwestern University M.S. and Ph.D. Program in Plant Biology and Conservation will provide an extraordinary opportunity for students to become tomorrow’s leaders in botanical science and plant conservation. The program will have a strong and diverse applicant pool, and its graduates will be engaged in stemming the loss of plant diversity;
The Lenhardt Library will be a much used and highly regarded source of knowledge easily accessible to all of the Garden’s publics. Enhanced institutional and public awareness of the Archives of the Chicago Horticultural Society will foster new research projects and a better understanding of the role of gardens and gardening in the quality of human lives;
Plant Information will enhance its ability to serve as the public’s first choice for timely, authoritative, and effective information about growing plants and diagnosing the disease and pest problems occurring in and on plants. Updated, informative online fact sheets and resources will supplement personalized responses to questions from individuals submitted in person, over the phone, or online.
