Mission, Vision & Philosophy

Mission Statement

"The College of Health Sciences (CHS) provides health care professionals with an education that emphasizes state of the art practice, fosters critical thinking, develops health advocacy, and promotes interdisciplinary collaboration. Faculty and students enhance the pool of resources available to the community, region, and state by providing research and professional service expertise."

Vision Statement

"The College of Health Sciences aspires to have its faculty, staff, and students consistently achieve distinction in teaching, research, and service and for its health care programs to be recognized as models of excellence and outstanding achievement. The College plays a critical role in advancing health care delivery, improving client access, and enhancing the quality of life for all people we serve."

Philosophy Statement

Faculty and staff in the College of Health Sciences demonstrate and/or believe in:

• Advocating for health and a healthy community
• Creating a flexible, learning organization
• Developing professionals who will be leaders
• Educating for service and life long learning
• Committing to collaboration, communication, and cooperation
• Embracing change and diversity
• Supporting research to enhance teaching and service
• Recruiting students for the establishment of a more culturally competent, diverse workforce
• Utilizing interdisciplinary educational strategies that focus on teamwork and real-life experience
• Facilitating a faculty-student learning community
• Fostering critical and creative thinking
• Promoting the stewardship of finite health care resources
• Modeling professional behavior
  

Philosophy Narrative

"We believe in advocating for a healthy community by educating health care professionals to be leaders. We are an organization that prides itself on being a creative agent for change and diversity. We pledge to continue emphasizing a faculty-student learning community that promotes the value of service and research and employs collaborative educational strategies that develop teamwork, utilize real-life experience, foster caring, and prepare for the realities of the health care marketplace of the future."