Home Academics Admission Athletics Alumni Giving News and Calendars A-Z Index
Academics - photo collage of activities

<< Back to Why Otterbein?

Core Values

Photo of students in a classroom The Otterbein community is committed to the following:
  • 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.