Our Core Values

  • Student-Centered: We are committed to quality professional education, inquiry and service in order to meet students’ changing needs. We foster lifelong learning, civic and social responsibility, leadership, and individual and career growth.
  • Learning-Centered: We nurture intellectual flexibility, knowledge and skills by integrating teaching, research, assessment and learning to promote continuous improvement of our scholarly community.
  • Excellence: We pursue excellence within the campus through opportunities for achievement in teaching, research, scholarship, creative activity and service.
  • Diversity: We embrace diversity in all of its dimensions realizing that mutual respect for individuality and the inclusion of all are vital for both personal and institutional success.
  • Service: We support and recognize service at all levels of the college. We strive to contribute to the benefit of the state, the nation and the world.
  • Integrity: We hold high standards of character and integrity as the foundations upon which the institute is built.