Revised Drafts:
Mission, Vision, Value Statements, and Master Goals
November 2008

THANK YOU to everyone who provided input during the first campus review of our mission, vision, value statements, and master goals.

After reviewing over 300 comments received from faculty, staff, students, and alumni, the Ad Hoc Committee has crafted the following revisions for your review.

After the Ad Hoc Committee reviews your suggestions in response to these drafts, the final versions (with the exception of the vision, as noted below) will be presented in early December to the President for his review. Pending approval, the new mission will be announced to the campus and will then be forwarded to both the Texas Tech University Board of Regents and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for their respective reviews.

MISSION

(What we do now: what we provide, who we serve, what we fundamentally strive to achieve)

Angelo State University, a member of the Texas Tech University System, delivers a wide range of baccalaureate and graduate programs in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional disciplines. In a learning-centered environment distinguished by its integration of teaching, research, service, and co-curricular experiences, we prepare students to be responsible citizens and to have productive careers.

VISION

(our “stretch statement”—what we want to be and do in the future)

The Ad Hoc Committee on Mission, Vision, and Value Statements recommends that a vision statement not be announced until after Academic Affairs completes its updated academic plan. Reasoning that the vision must be primarily academic in nature, connecting the vision to the dialogue between and among faculty about future growth and emphases in the academic programs is identified as the best way to create a vision that fully engages faculty.

VALUE STATEMENTS

(what we hold inviolate as educators)

• Learning: Our Focus
  ASU holds student learning as the center of everything that we do.
• Excellence: Our Standard
  ASU embraces excellence in teaching, scholarly activities, creative endeavors, and service.
• Transformation: Change for the Better
  ASU prepares its students for a life of contribution and accomplishment by instilling a respect for learning and intellectual inquiry.
• Integrity: Social and Ethical Responsibility
  ASU expects a high standard of social and ethical responsibility from all members of the campus community.
• Engagement: Participation and Community Service
  ASU encourages participation and community service both on and off campus by faculty, staff, and students.
• Innovation: Learning, Service, and Scholarship
  ASU promotes innovation in teaching, technology, collaborative partnerships, support services, and co-curricular activities.
• Diversity: Cultures, People and Ideas
  ASU believes that everyone should experience a diversity of cultures, people and ideas in order to better understand the world around them.
• Collegiality: Getting Along
  ASU fosters —among students, faculty, and staff, and across disciplines—a culture of shared governance, open communication, transparent operations, and mutual respect.

MASTER GOALS

(the framework for a broad, institution-wide strategic plan)

1. Recruit, retain, and reward high-quality faculty and staff.
2. Develop and expand both undergraduate and graduate curricula and co-curricula to support students’ intellectual and personal growth, to address issues relevant to society, and to meet the demands of State of Texas initiatives and the marketplace.
3. Recruit and retain an academically qualified student body reflecting the diversity of the region, the state, and the nation.
4. Provide and maintain facilities appropriate for and supportive of the University’s academic and co-curricular programs.
5. Maintain a supportive, helpful environment for students, faculty, staff, guests, and alumni.
6. Develop and enhance external partnerships, collaborations, and funding sources.
7. Assess and evaluate all institutional functions and programs to assure continuous improvement.