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Student Affairs Division Mission Statement

DIVISIONAL MISSION

The mission of the Division of Student Affairs at Missouri State University is to support the University in its efforts to develop educated people. To achieve this goal, the Division will actively work toward enrolling students, providing essential student services, enriching the co-curricular opportunities available to students, and helping students develop a refined sense of values, integrity, and social awareness which is necessary for future leadership roles. It is through the support of the four units: Enrollment Management and Services, Dean of Students, Student Academic Support Services and the Taylor Health and Wellness Center that unique opportunities are available to meet the learning, social, developmental and service needs of students. We will function to create a supporting and supportive environment in which students may excel. Through student success the University succeeds in its mission of developing educated persons.

In achieving this mission, the staff in the Division of Student Affairs will strive to assess the needs of students, parents, and constituents who are community members and clients. We will continuously review the service which we provide and the mechanisms which we use to provide those services. We will commit to using the resources available (staff, capital, and knowledge) to streamline and improve our direct delivery of services.

The Division will develop procedures and structures to encourage student involvement and participation. This will enrich the co-curricular experience. Through the use of facilities and renovation of facilities we will encourage interaction among students, and among students, faculty and staff. Our goals will include developing students to lead, to become involved, and to develop academic perspectives as a routine mechanism for conflict resolution. We will provide an environment where student issues and concerns may be addressed in a mature and sensible way.

The Division’s staff will strive to develop a learning community in the truest sense of the word. We will recognize the value of membership in an academically diverse and culturally pluralistic unit, a unit which subscribes to shared values, celebrates diversity, and encourages free speech and participation in public affairs. We will recognize legality, but reward civility and caring. We will work with all members of this campus community and ask they be guided by an ethical sense of support for all group members. In addition to the legal positions, which may ignore basic emotional needs, we will focus on personal value clarification, integrity and ethics, social awareness, a commitment to a code of honor in behavior, and a level of trust among and between all members of the Missouri State University community.

Finally, the Division will recognize the need to nurture relationships between the University and the legislature, Springfield, state, and regional communities. We will be sensitive to the needs, values and relationships of various people who contribute to the unique nature of the campus and encourage support of all individuals to contribute to the welfare of our students.