The Abridged
Select Mission
of the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh is to serve people by:
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Providing students
with access to a high-quality, affordable, comprehensive education
that enables them to develop their general intellectual capacities,
specific interests, and abilities through academic
programs and personalized
student development services.
- Fostering
the scholarly
activities of faculty, students, and staff related
to teaching,
research, intellectual activities, creative expression,
and service.
- Sharing its
intellectual
and specialized capabilities with individuals,
organizations, and
communities in our Wisconsin region and beyond in a way that is
responsive to the needs of the people we serve.
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Select Mission
of the University
of Wisconsin Oshkosh
As adopted
by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin
System.
In addition to
the system
and core missions, UW Oshkosh has the following select mission: Ours
is a comprehensive public university with unique ties to both urban
and rural environments. We have a tradition of strong programs in the
arts and sciences and in select professional career fields.
Our faculty
and staff are united in believing that the fundamental purpose of a
university education is to develop thinking men and women capable of
independent growth and adaptation in all roles of life. Accordingly,
our select mission as a university is:
| a. |
To acquire,
preserve, and disseminate knowledge. |
| b. |
To provide
undergraduate course-work designed to develop
learning proficiencies
and to cultivate the values and perspectives of
educated citizens--in
particular, respect for human dignity and cultural diversity,
commitment to personal excellence, and the habit of
taking thought.
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| c. |
To challenge
students to develop their talents, intellectual interests, and
creative abilities; to promote an appreciation for
both continuity
and change; to provide the impetus for a lifelong
commitment to,
and enthusiasm for, learning; and to prepare persons
for critical
evaluation and decision making. |
| d. |
To expect
scholarly activity, including research, scholarship,
and creative
endeavor that supports its programs at the associate
and baccalaureate
degree level, its selected graduate programs, and its special
mission. |
| e. |
To provide
a broad range of undergraduate degree programs in the arts and
sciences, business administration, education, and
nursing. |
| f. |
To offer
an array of master's and specialist level graduate
programs which
grow clearly from areas of undergraduate strength and meet the
emerging needs of the regions which we serve. |
| g. |
To develop
and offer programs and services responding to the needs of the
people, institutions, and communities which we serve.
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