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Mission/Vision

Our Heritage:

Through our more than 110 year history, Southern Utah University has evolved from a teacher training institution to a comprehensive regional university. From the time of its founding, SUU has placed students first by featuring personalized and participative classes, combined with competent, qualified and supportive faculty, staff and administration. The university provides skill development opportunities, major academic specialties, outreach services, cultural and athletic activities, economic and business development resources and regional archives. Capitalizing on our unique environment, Southern Utah University prepares its graduates to excel in careers and as citizens by emphasizing the following core values: Academic Excellence, Community and Social Responsibility, and Involvement and Personal Growth.

Our Vision:

Southern Utah University will be nationally recognized as a premier regional university where exemplary faculty and staff, personalized learning and academic integrity, enable students and graduates to honor thought in all its finest forms and to excel in life.

Our Mission:

Southern Utah University is a comprehensive, regional institution offering graduate, baccalaureate, associate, and technical programs. SUU is committed to providing an excellent education through a diverse, dynamic and personalized learning environment. The university educates students to be critical thinkers, effective communicators, lifelong learners and individuals who demonstrate integrity and empathy as they pursue their lives’ ambitions.

Our Core Values:

Academic Excellence :
With superior teaching as its centerpiece, academic excellence is the hallmark of Southern Utah University. Highly qualified faculty members promote and encourage critical and creative thinking, participative educational experiences, applied research, and a supportive learning community. SUU is committed to an academic environment that encourages students to develop as scholars and citizens. Assessment of quality and continual improvement are hallmarks of the education experience at SUU.

Community and Social Responsibility:
Essential to the educational process is a sense of “community,” wherein collaboration, diversity, respect for all people, civility and shared governance are cultivated. The University encourages the discussion and exploration of differing views while recognizing the cherished individual freedom to reach one’s own conclusions. Developing the student into productive, responsible citizens involves training and instilling ethics and values and the responsibilities one has toward others.

Involvement and Personal Growth:
Southern Utah University encourages student growth and development by providing opportunities to broaden service, social, and cultural perspectives through campus and community involvement. The University affirms that active participation in extra curricular activities provides a holistic educational experience and helps prepare students to become responsible, caring members of society.

Approved by Trustees 06/17/05
Approved by Regents 08/18/05

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Last Update: Friday, June 22, 2007