Faculty Excellence
- Build and nurture a diverse faculty that will demonstrate excellence in teaching, research, scholarship, creative pursuits, and community engagement.
Student Academic Experience
- Provide innovative, inspiring, and effective instruction to undergraduate students to prepare them for citizenship, future success, and fulfillment in a competitive world.
- Maximize beyond the classroom learning opportunities to broaden and enhance post-graduation opportunities for undergraduates.
- Recruit high caliber graduate students of all backgrounds and provide high quality educational and state of the art research experiences to prepare them for citizenship, future success, and fulfillment in a competitive world.
Interdisciplinary Research and Instruction
- Expand opportunities for interdisciplinary research and instruction that integrate a range of critical approaches, tools, and resources into new models of inquiry and comprehensive understanding.
Community Engagement
- Engage prospective students, parents, alumni and the community at large to improve recognition of CAS impact at the university, local, national and international level.
- Communicate the value of a liberal arts education and promote numerous career options for liberal arts and sciences majors.
Instructional and Research Space
- Identify and seek opportunities to invest in facilities necessary to support the changing needs and demands of CAS faculty, staff and students.