Mission & Values
In the Spring of 2023, the Honors Faculty Advisory Council, the Honors Student Advisory Council, Honors College staff and the Honors College Director, approved the following mission and vision statements:
Mission Statement
To build a vibrant and interdisciplinary community of active and engaged learners. We teach and inspire conscientious and inquisitive students, nurturing their quest for knowledge, to create positive change in the world and in their own lives.
Vision Statement
Empowering courageous thinkers and compassionate leaders, and harnessing strong feelings of belonging and commitment to the actualization of student potential.
Core Competencies & Learning Values
The ability to collectively identify values, and to map, analyze and specify values as well as the ability to apply, reconcile, and negotiate sustainability values, principles, goals, and targets as well as trade-offs. Includes the ability to engage principles and practices emphasizing concepts of justice, equality and belonging.
The value of Inquiry driven by curiosity and the creation of knowledge is foundational to intellectual risk-taking. Intellectual risk-taking involves engaging in certain learning behaviors regardless of potential errors or judgment. Intellectual risk taking behaviors might include sharing ideas, asking questions, speaking up in class, exploring viewpoints contrary to one’s own, or attempting to learn something new.
The ability to collectively explore future developments and states, specifically to anticipate how problems might evolve or occur over time (scenarios), considering concepts such a