{"id":2233,"date":"2022-02-08T13:17:11","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T13:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/studenthandbook\/?page_id=2233"},"modified":"2022-02-09T14:57:31","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T14:57:31","slug":"wcsu-mission-vision-and-values","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/studenthandbook\/wcsu-mission-vision-and-values\/","title":{"rendered":"WCSU Mission, Vision, and Values"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"title\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">University Mission<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/studenthandbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2022\/02\/IMG_6438-scaled-e1644326159704.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2234 size-medium\" style=\"color: #00457a;font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif;font-size: 26px;font-weight: bold\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/studenthandbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2022\/02\/IMG_6438-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Alumni &amp; Friends Circle outside Old Main\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Western Connecticut State University changes lives by providing all students with a high quality education that fosters their growth as individuals, scholars, professionals, and leaders in a global society.<\/p>\n<p>To achieve this, we<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Offer undergraduate and graduate programs that weave together liberal arts and professional education and instill a desire for life-long learning.<\/li>\n<li>Sustain a vibrant, inclusive campus that connects individuals through co-curricular programs, cultural events, and service to the community.<\/li>\n<li>Attract student-centered faculty who are passionate teachers and accomplished scholars.<\/li>\n<li>Establish partnerships that create opportunities for internships, research, and experiential learning.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Values<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Excellence.\u00a0<\/strong>We value outstanding achievement realized through persistence, effort, honest feedback, and self-reflection.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Curiosity.<\/strong>\u00a0We value the questions that drive learning, innovation, and creativity, which serve as the beginning and the desired outcome of education.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dialogue.\u00a0<\/strong>We value the conversations that explore diverse perspectives and encourage shared understanding.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Engagement.\u00a0<\/strong>We value the interactions with ideas, peers, and community that are essential to a vibrant university environment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Opportunity.\u00a0<\/strong>We value the possibilities created by affordable, accessible educational environments in which students can grow into independent thinkers and confident leaders.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Respect.\u00a0<\/strong>We value the right of all people to be treated with dignity and fairness and expect this in our policies, classrooms, and community.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Vision<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Western Connecticut State University will be widely recognized as a premier public university with outstanding teachers and scholars who prepare students to contribute to the world in a meaningful way.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><em>The Mission and Vision statements were approved by the Connecticut Board of Regents (June 15, 2017)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University Mission Western Connecticut State University changes lives by providing all students with a high quality education that fosters their growth as individuals, scholars, professionals, and leaders in a global society. To achieve this, we Offer undergraduate and graduate programs &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2233","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/studenthandbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/studenthandbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/studenthandbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/studenthandbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/studenthandbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/studenthandbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2233\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/studenthandbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}