Mission Statement

 

Illinois State University
College of Business

(Adopted March 20, 2009 by College Of Business Coordinating Team)

MISSION STATEMENT

Mission: The mission of the College of Business is to enhance lives, advance organizations, and strengthen society through our teaching, research and service. In order to accomplish this mission

• We endeavor to prepare business professionals who possess high ethical standards and are productive citizens in a dynamic global environment through our excellence in instruction and our distinctive undergraduate and masters’ level graduate programs;
• We actively engage in knowledge creation through our scholarship and intellectual contributions;
• We actively pursue citizenship and service to our disciplines, our departments and college, the university, our community and the global environment.

Core Values: We value balanced excellence in the classroom, in research and intellectual contributions, and in service to our institution, our disciplines, and to the local, state, national and international communities.

Mission and Planning Linkage: This statement of the Mission and Core Values of the College of Business is expressed through the three pre-eminent goals of the College of Business at Illinois State University. These goals, anchored in our Mission and the values inherent in balanced excellence, will be implemented through an annual strategic planning review that involves all constituents of the College of Business community.