- Accountability: We believe that education is a public trust that we will uphold by being good stewards of the human, intellectual, physical, and fiscal resources given to our care.
- Excellence: We perform our duties in ways that foster a culture of quality that contributes positively to the community, state, and nation.
- Inclusivity: We strive to educate a diverse student body without regard to race, creed, religion, socio-economic background, age, gender, sexual orientation, or disability, and to develop a diverse faculty and staff.
- Integrity: We will treat each person with respect, fairness, and compassion, and we will be honest in all our actions.
- Scholarship: We engage in mission-driven activities that promote learning among our students and faculty and that develop the capacity to engage in rational, critical, and creative thought.
