Proposed Core Values/Statements

  • Multidimensional learning - we're focused on outcomes, not just giving students a piece of paper. This includes giving them opportunities to learn beyond the classroom through research opportunities, internships, student organizations, etc.
  • Community connection - we have a two-way street with the community that allows our students, faculty and staff to go into the community to serve them and for the community members to serve us as adjunct faculty, guest lecturers, employers of students and grads.
  • Professional and personal growth - for our faculty and staff, WSU provides the opportunity to grow through continuing education and maintain healthy lives with access to Heskett Center.
  • Student focused.
  • Experienced based learning and continuing education.
  • Quality education and student engagement.
  • Diversity among student population, traditional and nontraditional students.
  • Innovation and research.
  • Connecting community, university, and students.
  • Tradition, our past.
  • Providing a high quality, relevant education with high academic standards.
  • Quality in all aspects.
  • Opportunity for inclusion, all aspects of diversity.
  • Efficiency - responsible, effective, thoughtful, stewards of all resources.
  • Adaptive competence for the population, remaining relevant,
  • Faculty value the students and their learning.
  • Community connection - us to them, them to us.
  • Multi-dimensional learning, not just the four walls of the classroom, it's students going into the community and community coming into the university, focused on outcomes not just degrees.
  • We should be a school our alumni "want" to send their children.
  • Self-actualization through emphasis on critical thinking.
  • Culture that enables all of these and effective knowledge management.
  • Experiential learning connected to the community and industry.
  • Opportunities outside of the classroom that engage students in the local industry and community while they are at WSU, providing more incentive and likelihood of students settling in the Midwest and giving back to the communities they grew up in.
  • Student centered education model that is continually evolving.
  • Providing students with an education that focuses not only on their core degree but also experiences and peripheral knowledge and awareness in communication, team work and critical thinking to serve them as contributing members of society.
  • Fostering relationships with communities specifically faculty, student community, student life, WSU and community, WSU and alumni.
  • WSU should provide a broad and challenging general education to students of Kansas and beyond along potential career paths connecting liberal arts and professional foci as the students complete their college experience.
  • WSU faculty will engage in the highest level of learning, scholarship and engagement.
  • Sustainability.
  • Community connection.
  • Globalization.
  • Entrepreneurial thinking.
  • Interaction and engagement.
  • Experiential learning.
  • Creativity.
  • Desire to move forward, overcoming obstacle.
  • Practicality and pragmatism.
  • Truly doers.
  • Adaptability.
  • Diversity.
  • Respect and strong morals.
  • Integrity.
  • Quality in all we do.
  • Collegiality.
  • Excellence.
  • Diversity.
  • Develop critical thinking.
  • Relevant research.
  • Experiential teaching.
  • Global awareness.
  • Innovation.
  • Public engagement, we value our role in providing higher education as a cornerstone of a functioning democracy.
  • Excellence, we seek to product highly competent and reflective graduates to contribute meaningfully to society.
  • Innovation, we strive, through innovation, research and development, to provide leadership in advancing the economic and cultural vitality of the region and nation.
  • Access and opportunities, defined as access to funding (scholarships, financial aid, personal finance) as well as influence location plays as recruiting community, regionally and abroad.
  • Scholarship, research, defined as reflecting a track record of production and dissemination that demonstrated being a leader as Subject Matter Experts.
  • Focus on students, faculty and the constituents we serve.
  • Develop the oneness of the WSU family which has been missing for some time.

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