What are our values?
During the strategic planning kick-off meeting on Oct. 19, Dean Keith Molenaar asked participants to choose words and phrases that represented our values as a college, resulting in the word cloud below.
If you would like to add a value for consideration, please enter it using our strategic planning feedback form.
| Value | Number of votes |
|---|---|
| Equity | 19 |
| innovation | 15 |
| Societal impact | 15 |
| Collaboration | 14 |
| inclusion | 14 |
| Community | 12 |
| Respect | 11 |
| curiosity | 9 |
| Ethics | 9 |
| Experiential Learning | 7 |
| research | 7 |
| sustainability | 7 |
| Education | 6 |
| Trust | 6 |
| compassion | 5 |
| Creativity | 5 |
| Access | 4 |
| Learners | 4 |
| quality | 4 |
| resilience | 4 |
| Students | 4 |
| support | 4 |
| Critical thinking | 3 |
| Diversity | 3 |
| engagement | 3 |
| excellence | 3 |
| Fun | 3 |
| Global | 3 |
| Growth mindset | 3 |
| pathways | 3 |
| self-improvement | 3 |
| employability | 2 |
| Encouragement | 2 |
| equity-minded faculty | 2 |
| Holistic | 2 |
| Integrity | 2 |
| Intercultural Competency | 2 |
| Interdisciplinary | 2 |
| lifelong learning | 2 |
| location | 2 |
| multiple pathways | 2 |
| partnerships | 2 |
| People-Centered | 2 |
| professional | 2 |
| student success | 2 |
| team | 2 |
| Academic | 1 |
| academic integriy | 1 |
| acceptance | 1 |
| Adaptability | 1 |
| Agility | 1 |
| Altruism | 1 |
| Ambition | 1 |
| ApplySkills | 1 |
| becoming who they want | 1 |
| Betterment | 1 |
| care | 1 |
| care for people | 1 |
| classroom equity | 1 |
| communal engagement | 1 |
| connection | 1 |
| Constitution of the USA | 1 |
| creative solutions | 1 |
| Development and growth | 1 |
| diverse communities | 1 |
| Diverse perspectives | 1 |
| Driven | 1 |
| Educating | 1 |
| efficiency | 1 |
| Embracing | 1 |
| empathy | 1 |
| Empowerment | 1 |
| Engineering | 1 |
| Environmental Justice | 1 |
| Equality | 1 |
| Equitable | 1 |
| equitable access | 1 |
| Equitable inclusion | 1 |
| excellence in Engr. Educ. | 1 |
| Global citizens | 1 |
| Global impact | 1 |
| gratefulness | 1 |
| Hands-on-learning | 1 |
| History | 1 |
| Honesty | 1 |
| Idea focused | 1 |
| identity | 1 |
| impact | 1 |
| inquiry | 1 |
| intentionality | 1 |
| Leadership | 1 |
| mental health | 1 |
| Open-mindedness | 1 |
| opportunity | 1 |
| Ownership | 1 |
| Passion | 1 |
| Problem-Solving | 1 |
| Public | 1 |
| Quality of life | 1 |
| Reapect | 1 |
| reflective learning | 1 |
| Relevance | 1 |
| resourcefulness | 1 |
| responsibility | 1 |
| retention | 1 |
| Risk taking | 1 |
| Self-Reflective | 1 |
| staff wellness | 1 |
| Strong alumni community | 1 |
| student wellness | 1 |
| Transformation | 1 |
| transparency | 1 |
| Truth | 1 |
| Value focused degrees | 1 |
| welcoming | 2 |
| wellness | 1 |
| Whole student | 1 |