Who We Are
- One of fourteen public universities of The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education
- An affordable, comprehensive educational institution of modest size with an international dimension
- A learning community profoundly dedicated to the positive development of students from diverse backgrounds
What We Do
- Provide students with an effective liberal arts education to increase their skills and knowledge
- Ensure the development, acquisition, and application of knowledge by students and faculty
- Prepare students for productive careers, especially through focused programs
- Challenge students to exercise personal and civic responsibility and to participate in public service
- Respond to the societal and economic needs of the Commonwealth through continuous program development
- Enrich students and the community culturally
- Provide for multicultural experiences
What We Expect
- Excellence in all University programs
- Alumni who are knowledgeable and skilled at levels that satisfy their respective social and economic aspirations
- Alumni who are responsible and productive citizens
What We Value
- Excellent teaching that effects deep learning
- Knowledge and its production
- A culture of learning that is both caring and challenging, supportive and rigorous
- Truth expressed with civility
- The intellectual, moral, and social virtues of people from diverse backgrounds and persuasions
- Access of students to faculty through small classes, productive advising, and optimum resources
- Freedom and the habit of acting responsibly as a free person
- Clarity and precision of thought and its expression
- Individual and institutional self knowledge
- Collegial relationships and shared governance
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