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Core Values

• Being a "College of Opportunity" for students of diverse ages and backgrounds, and helping all to achieve their full potential.
• Maintaining an established reputation for teaching excellence and a commitment to lifelong learning.
• Fostering a strong sense of community and maintaining an established reputation in the retention of our students.
• Integration the liberal arts and professional education while continuing to achieve state and national reputations for programs that cross disciplinary boundaries.
• Affirming the importance of service to others as part of intellectual and social development.
• Having all members of the campus community - students, faculty, and staff alike - actively share in the responsibility of shaping the direction and future of the College.