Mission Statement Review
Proposed May 2007
Select Mission of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay provides an interdisciplinary, problem-focused educational experience that prepares students to think critically and address complex issues in a multicultural and evolving world. The University enriches the quality of life for students and the community by embracing the educational value of diversity, promoting environmental sustainability, encouraging engaged citizenship, and serving as an intellectual, cultural, and economic resource.
This draft of the mission statement was reviewed by University governance groups and approved by the Faculty Senate on April 18, 2007
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Suggested Criteria to Use When Reviewing the Mission Statement
- Is short and sharply focused
- Is clear and easily understood
- Defines why we do what we do; why the University exists
- Does not prescribe means
- Is sufficiently broad
- Provides direction for doing the right things
- Addresses our opportunities
- Matches our competence
- Inspires our commitment
- Says what, in the end, we want to be remembered for
