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Our guiding principles.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ provides the learning opportunities, support services and commitment that enable students to complete their educational goals and realize their dreams.
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Statement of Commitment
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ will educate students by means of free, open, and rigorous intellectual inquiry to seek the truth.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ’s duty is to equip students with an opportunity to develop the intellectual skills they need to reach their own, informed conclusions.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ is committed to not requiring, favoring, disfavoring, or prohibiting speech or lawful assembly.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ is committed to creating a community dedicated to an ethic of civil and free inquiry, which respects the autonomy of each member, supports individual capacities for growth, and tolerates the differences in opinion that naturally occur in a public higher education community.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ’s duty is to treat all faculty, staff, and students as individuals, to hold them to equal standards, and to provide them equality of opportunity, with regard to those individuals’ race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ will be the region’s premier resource for higher education by employing our core values, commitment to student success, strategic initiatives and community collaboration.
The core values are a set of principles that guide Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ in creating its educational programs and environment. They will be reflected in every aspect of the College. Students' educational experiences will incorporate the core values at all levels, so that a student who completes a degree program at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ will not only have been introduced to each value, but will have had them reinforced and refined at every opportunity.
• We are accountable to ourselves and to each other to strive for excellence. •
• I will maintain integrity to promote trust and cooperation. •
• My interactions will express respect for equality and diversity of all. •
• I will be adaptable and responsive in an ever-changing world. •
• My actions will promote a positive environment. •
• We will be responsible stewards of our resources. •
Critical Thinking: Demonstrate critical thinking skills to understand complex relationships; to evaluate claims of truth, aesthetic value, ethics, and morality; and to make appropriate choices and draw defensible conclusions;
Oral and Written Communication: Use written and spoken English effectively in a free exchange of ideas;
Mathematics: Appreciate the process and structure of mathematics and apply math to the analysis of the physical world;
Community Awareness: Consider various perspectives of differences and awareness of local and global cultures;
Interpersonal Skills and Teamwork: Demonstrate effectiveness when interacting with others, whether the interaction is one-on-one, in a small group, in an organization, or with an audience;
Inquiry: Use information resources and apply basic methods of inquiry from many fields, including scientific methods, social and scientific observation, cause-effect analysis, and artistic criticism.
"A personal experience, a rewarding education."
What can our students expect? This question is the core of the "brand promise"—our definition of what our students expect to receive in their time with us.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's brand promise has two parts. The first, "a personal experience", acknowledges that each student is a unique individual, and the faculty and staff will endeavor to create a college experience that is memorable and personal for each student.
The second part of the brand promise, "a rewarding education", encompasses the broad spectrum of reasons why students attend college. "Rewards" of higher education may range from a self-image to financial security and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's brand promise ensures that we all strive to empower each individual to reach his or her personal and educational life goals.
looking forward
This plan provides tactical direction for Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ and is guided by our mission, vision, values, and student learning outcomes. The plan is intended to be an integral part of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ overall operations and daily initiatives. Outcomes presented here are the result of collaborative efforts from a host of stakeholders including alumni, students, staff, faculty, and community and business leaders from across our service area.
