Mission, Vision and Values Review Team

Chancellor Charles W. Sorensen established the Mission, Vision and Values Review Team "to engage the university in a participatory process to develop a brief mission statement that reflects our polytechnic designation, and review the vision and values statement and provide updates as necessary."

Committee Members

  • Julie Furst-Bowe, Provost and committee chair
  • Renee Howarton, Faculty Senate representative
  • Jerry Addie, Senate of Academic Staff representative
  • Cindy Gilberts, Academic and Student Affairs representative
  • Bob Peters, Academic and Student Affairs representative
  • Rich Rothaupt, Academic and Student Affairs representative
  • Joan Thomas, Academic and Student Affairs representative
  • Phil Lyons, Administrative and Student Life Services representative
  • Doug Mell, Chancellor's Division representative
  • Dustin Green, Stout Student Association representative

After a series of meetings and reviews of drafts, the committee forwarded these drafts to Chancellor Sorensen and the faculty, staff and students at UW-Stout for review and comment. The committee presented the drafts to the Faculty Senate, Senate of Academic Staff and Stout Student Association. Two campus wide forums were also held. The three senates then approved the new statements.

The UW-System Board of Regents reviewed and approved it on September 11, 2009.

 

Mission, Vision and Values

As approved by the Board of Regents on September 11, 2009

Mission

University of Wisconsin-Stout is a career-focused, comprehensive polytechnic university where diverse students, faculty and staff integrate applied learning, scientific theory, humanistic understanding, creativity and research to solve real-world problems, grow the economy and serve a global society.

 

Vision

University of Wisconsin-Stout will build on its position as a distinguished polytechnic institution and as an international leader in higher education. We prepare lifelong learners, ethical leaders and responsible citizens through collaborative programs that integrate applied learning, theory and research with business, education, industry, arts and government.

 

Values

“James Huff Stout turned toward the morning of life. The past did not awe him; the future alone lighted his path. He wrought a new venture in schooling that paved the way for vocational education. He did more to bring the joys of reading to the lonely masses of Wisconsin than any man in his generation. He had a nobility of spirit that saw down through the years… He was an inextinguishable light, ever blazing with fresh ideas that were to spread beauty, cheer and enlightenment into the dark corners of his beloved state and the wider world.”

Fred Holmes, Badger Saints and Sinners

The University of Wisconsin-Stout values:

  • The advancement of academic excellence;
  • The nobility of spirit, a diversity of people, respect and inclusion for all;
  • The pursuit of innovation, technology and sustainability with a constant eye to the future;
  • The ideals of collaboration, competence and continuous improvement;
  • The commitment to education as a means to illuminate the lives of all.

 

Compare the draft mission, vision and values to the current statements included in UW-Stout's Strategic Plan.