STUDENT LEARNING AND ENGAGEMENT
Build upon and support a personalized, balanced learning environment that engages students by utilizing high impact practices and providing additional experiential learning opportunities in the classroom and through co-curricular activities.
EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION
Enhance and promote areas of pre-existing excellence and a supportive climate of innovation.
COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL COLLABORATION
Continue to practice civic engagement and collaboration among campus members. Our intent is to sustain and strengthen connections to the broader community and region.
VALUES
STUDENT-CENTERED
We provide all students - undergraduate, graduate, non-traditional, and even non-degree seeking students - with access to high quality and challenging programs, co- and extracurricular activities, individual advisement and mentorship, support services, facilities, and resources to succeed at Shippensburg University and excel in their careers. We recruit and retain well-qualified faculty who have a passion for teaching and administrators whose greatest priority is providing high quality educational, administrative, and support services for these students.
LEARNING
The pursuit and generation of knowledge through intellectual engagement and integrated learning are at the forefront of our mission. We provide a quality, comprehensive, and distinctive education that develops broadly educated individuals who will learn, lead, and adapt throughout their lifetimes. We value the importance of classroom instruction and the responsible application of instructional technologies, competency-based learning, and self-acquired knowledge and skills. Experiential learning such as student-faculty research, internships, study-abroad programs, and service-learning projects that enhance campus and surrounding community life are essential parts of the overall learning experience.
INNOVATION
We are committed to continually improving our programs and services based on emergent trends and technologies, research-based practices, and professional standards. We also value the significant contributions made by student-faculty research to the growth and vitality of academic and professional disciplines and to the development of an “entrepreneurial spirit.”
ENGAGEMENT
We encourage all members of the campus community to be full partners in all aspects of our local and extended community. In addition to formal educational experiences, this includes participation in shared university governance, campus events and organizations, community service, student recruitment and retention, and alumni relations as well as being engaged citizens at the state and national level.
ACCESS AND EQUITY
We are a thriving campus community that strives for diversity among its members and equal access to educational and support resources for all. We value social equity and multiculturalism as means of promoting institutional innovation, problem solving, justice, fairness, and understanding.
COMMUNITY
We are the Shippensburg University family. Relationships among current and former students, faculty, staff, and administrators are characterized by trust, mutual respect, support, communication, cooperation, and acceptance, and they last a lifetime. We take seriously our impact on the borough of Shippensburg and the surrounding municipalities and value our collaborations with businesses and organizations in the region, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, our nation, and the world. These collaborations and relationships provide students with real-world experiences and connections that reach far beyond the borders of Shippensburg University.
STUDENT LEARNING AND ENGAGEMENT
Build upon and support a personalized, balanced learning environment that engages students by utilizing high impact practices and providing additional experiential learning opportunities in the classroom and through co-curricular activities.
EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION
Enhance and promote areas of pre-existing excellence and a supportive climate of innovation.
COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL COLLABORATION
Continue to practice civic engagement and collaboration among campus members. Our intent is to sustain and strengthen connections to the broader community and region.