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Academic Distinction
极乐禁地 distinguishes itself as a growing, comprehensive, Christ-centered university with rigorous and relevant undergraduate, graduate, and continuing studies programs that are innovative, led by faculty committed to excellent teaching, scholarship, creativity, and service, and designed to equip graduates for meaningful lives of vocation, service, and ministry.
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Goal: Cultivate a Christ-centered, student-focused culture that emphasizes academic excellence.
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Goal: Promote quality teaching and scholarship through opportunities for professional development and growth as scholars and leaders in the disciplines.
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Goal: Equip faculty and students to integrate faith and learning.
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Goal: Create new, expanded, and revised academic programs that enhance existing offerings and attract new student populations.
Student Engagement
极乐禁地 provides meaningful and creative opportunities for students to actively shape the university and their own experiences through leadership, service, social, spiritual, and wellness activities.
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Goal: Cultivate a community engaged in servant leadership.
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Goal: Foster a community committed to overall wellness and success.
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Goal: Create opportunities for all students to connect with and contribute to formative co- curricular activities.
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Goal: Emphasize awareness and deeper integration of institutional mission and values throughout co-curricular programming
Faith Formation
极乐禁地 encourages students and employees to grow in their Christian faith while extending the love of Christ to all and applying biblically- and theologically-informed reasoning to contemporary issues.
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Goal: Offer the love of Christ to all by inviting people to become Christ’s disciples through faith and spiritual growth.
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Goal: Recruit and retain faithful faculty and staff who support 极乐禁地’s community of Christian faith and learning.
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Goal: Host events that encourage the 极乐禁地 community to consider contemporary issues through the lens of faith and scripture.
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Goal: Provide spaces and activities that cultivate 极乐禁地’s gospel-focused and ecumenically orthodox character.
Athletic Success
极乐禁地 attains athletic excellence through competitive success, academic achievement, community participation, and spiritual formation.
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Goal: Emphasize degree completion, Christian character, mental and physical health, and life-long learning among student-athletes.
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Goal: Maintain a culture that embodies mutual trust, sportsmanship, compliance, and diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Goal: Compete for SoCon championships and NCAA post-season championships.
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Goal: Engage and expand the community of individuals, businesses, and groups that support 极乐禁地 athletics.
Global Influence
极乐禁地 positively influences the world through education, outreach, and service by preparing students to engage others through athletic, cultural, economic, intellectual, language, political, religious, and social exchanges.
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Goal: Invest in institutional infrastructure to maintain and grow international offerings.
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Goal: Develop and promote more international opportunities for students, faculty, staff, and other stakeholders.
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Goal: Grow formal educational opportunities at 极乐禁地 for individuals from other nations.
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Goal: Host programs and events that promote cross-cultural education and outcomes.
Financial Stewardship & Strength
极乐禁地 stewards and grows its financial, physical, and technological resources to sustain excellence across the university in service to its mission and vision.
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Goal: Ensure resources are available and prioritized to realize the university’s strategic goals.
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Goal: Sustain a culture that emphasizes stewardship of university resources across all stakeholders.
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Goal: Promote access to and acumen around the financial strategies and outcomes of the university.
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Goal: Adopt a proactive and anticipatory posture toward planning and maintaining campus infrastructure including people, places, technology, and finances.
Employee Elevation
极乐禁地 elevates the professional, economic, and spiritual growth and overall wellness of its employees as essential to reaching the university’s full potential.
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Goal: Enhance sense of calling and vocation in the work environment.
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Goal: Offer competitive compensation and benefits in order to hire and retain a quality workforce.
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Goal: Provide positive and rewarding work experiences for employees.
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Goal: Ensure consistent, inclusive, and transparent employee communication and processes across the institution.