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SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY MISSION STATEMENT
The fundamental
mission of Slippery Rock University is to provide high quality
undergraduate and graduate academic instruction. Complementary
missions are to conduct scholarly research, to promote professional
performance, and to address the educationally-related economic,
health, environmental, social, cultural and recreational needs of
the region served by the university.
In accomplishing these missions,
Slippery Rock University primarily focuses its efforts in the
academic areas of:
the arts and sciences,
teacher education,
environmental sciences and studies,
health and human services,
business and public administration,
and computer and information sciences and communication.
The perspectives of Slippery Rock
University are contemporary and futuristic, national and
international. The university provides experiences and
opportunities for students to demonstrate leadership and to develop
confidence and self-reliance; it promotes their intellectual,
social, and physical development; and it accomplishes these in an
open, caring, nurturing and friendly environment. Slippery Rock
University is committed to serving and empowering all segments of
the population that can benefit from its offerings.
The individual and collective
excellence for which Slippery Rock University stands will continue
to be measured by the quality of its graduates and their successes
in serving society.
There are six major categories
within the university's mission statement. They are:
· Slippery Rock University will
offer its students high quality academic instruction.
· Slippery Rock University will
accommodate the diversity and uniqueness of its students through
programs, services, and experiences that enrich and stimulate them
intellectually, socially, physically, and culturally.
· Slippery Rock University will
offer programs and services that address the educationally-related
economic, environmental, social, cultural, and recreational needs
of the citizens of western Pennsylvania.
· Slippery Rock University will
maintain a living-learning environment that fosters respect for
individual and group differences.
· Slippery Rock University will
engage in multidimensional evaluations and assessments of all
facets of university life.
· Slippery Rock University will
engage in activities to ensure its continued v iability.
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