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Vision and Mission

Vision

To be a leader in the study of health and the preparation of health professionals through quality teaching, scholarship and service.

Mission
To educate students in the health professions through excellence and innovation in teaching, scholarship and service.

Values

In the fulfillment of our mission, the College of Health upholds the following values:
	Mutual Respect: We treat everyone in our diverse community with consideration and dignity.
	Service: We provide service to our university, communities and professions.
	Integrity: We conduct ourselves in an ethical and respectable manner.
	Accountability: We are responsible for our attitudes and actions.
	Innovation: We encourage and support creativity.
	Cooperation: We support a culture characterized by open communications, collaboration and collegiality.
	Excellence: We promote the highest standard of quality performance.
	Well-Being: We promote physical, emotional, and social well-being.
	Fulfillment of Potential: We are committed to development through lifelong learning.

Goals

1.	Ensure program quality by using internal and external accountability measures to systematically evaluate undergraduate and graduate programs.
2.	Maximize personal and professional growth of faculty and staff by supporting teaching, research, and service.
3.	Manage program expansion by responding to community needs and interests that are within the constraints of available resources.
4.	Advance teaching and research objectives through acquisition and support of effective technologies.
5.	Respond to regional health needs and priorities by enhancing partnerships in the community.
6.	Maintain program integrity by conducting ongoing, internal review of the organizational structure.
7.	Acknowledge societal pluralism by increasing the diversity of the faculty, staff and students.
8.	Augment cultural understanding by implementing diverse learning opportunities for faculty and students.
9.	Enhance learning and scholarship by securing external support.
10.	Contribute to the collective intellectual life on campus by participating in activities involving faculty, students and staff from other departments and colleges.