NSU Strategic Plan 2006

Mission Statement

Founded on the rich educational heritage* of the Cherokee Nation, the campuses of Northeastern State University provide our diverse communities* a broad array of lifelong learning, undergraduate, graduate, and professional doctoral degree programs. Through quality teaching, research and scholarly activities, service to local and professional communities, and high expectations, our dedicated faculty and staff provide a friendly learning environment where students are prepared to achieve socially responsible career and personal goals for success in a challenging global society.

Vision Statement

As Oklahoma's premier regional university, Northeastern State University endeavors to prepare students to succeed as global citizens by providing exceptional undergraduate, graduate, and selected doctoral degree programs.

Core Values

Academic Quality and Integrity - Northeastern State University is committed to the advancement of knowledge and educational excellence by ensuring the opportunity for equal access to programs and services in a community that respects critical inquiry and encourages intellectual freedom.
Community - Northeastern State University actively pursues cooperative and reciprocal relationships within the communities we serve. We provide our faculty, staff, and students the opportunity to make positive contributions to society through access to and resources for lifelong learning, cultural enrichment, civic engagement, and global understanding.
Ethics and Academic Integrity - Northeastern State University respects human dignity and values honesty, fairness, responsibility, and equal opportunity in all areas. NSU policies, practices, and behaviors reflect these values, and are applied equally with respect to all of our stakeholders*. Our faculty, students, and staff practice academic and professional honesty.
Leadership - Northeastern State University is a recognized leader in education and economic development. At NSU, leadership is more than being the best; it is inspiring others to be their best.
People - Northeastern State University is a richly diverse community in which scholarship, caring, compassion, teamwork, and creativity flourish.
Teaching and Learning - Northeastern State University values learning, scholarly activities, intellectual achievement, and student success in a technologically enhanced setting in which wellqualified educators are committed to student learning.
University Advancement - Northeastern State University values a culture in which all members of the University* community share a collective responsibility to continually advance the institution.

Goals

To achieve the Mission and Vision Statements, Northeastern State University has established the following five goals. Executive officers of the University, in collaboration with the Strategic Planning* Committee, will implement and monitor the NSU Strategic Plan*. The Strategic Plan will be implemented in conjunction with the comprehensive Campus Master Plan.
I - Provide a quality curricular and co-curricular* education in a flexible student-centered* environment
II - Attract, develop, and retain highly-qualified people who will best serve the University community
III - Develop and expand mutually beneficial relationships with all University stakeholders including cross-university interactions, collaborative educational ventures, economic development initiatives and cultural enrichment
IV - Create and provide quality and effective programs, services, facilities and technological resources to advance the mission of the University
V - Increase available resources through coordinated, campus-wide advancement activities

*defined in Glossary