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OUR VISION, MISSION AND VALUES
We are the community's college.
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We are dedicated, first, to excellence in teaching and learning.
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We challenge our students to experience the hard work and satisfaction
of learning that leads to intellectual growth and support them academically,
emotionally and socially.
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We encourage them to entertain and question ideas, think critically, solve
problems and engage with other cultures, with one another and with us.
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We expect our students to assume responsibility for their own learning,
to exercise leadership and to apply ethical principles in their academic,
work and personal lives.
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We demand from ourselves and our students tolerance, fairness, responsibility,
compassion and integrity.
We are a community of learners.
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We provide education and training for and throughout a lifetime.
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We seek to improve and expand the services we offer in support of the people
in the communities we serve.
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We promote a caring community of staff and faculty members, students, administrators
and trustees who, in keeping with our values, work together to fulfill
our mission.
We are a changing community.
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We recognize that change is inevitable and that education must be for the
future.
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We respond to change informed by our values and our responsibility to our
students and our communities.
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We challenge our students to be capable global citizens, guided by knowledge
and ethical principles, who will shape the future.
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Ratified by the Board of Trustees, October 20, 1998 |
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