Mission and Values
The mission of Elmhurst College is to encourage its students to become meaningful and ethical community contributors. Through educational innovation, scholarship and creative expression, the students will be open towards different cultures and broaden their knowledge of learning.
The five core values of Elmhurst College Intellectual Excellence, Community, Social Responsibility, Stewardship, and Faith, Meaning, and Values. These values are the substance of the school’s student, academic, and community programs and activities. With this Elmhurst College also has five Strategic Goals: Educate the whole student for life in a global society, forge innovative relationships to advance learning, scholarship, and service, build and support a diverse faculty, administration, and staff committed to the mission of the College, construct a physical environment that will shine as a model for liberal education, and demonstrate outstanding stewardship of resources to all constituencies.
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