{"id":1524,"date":"2017-10-25T17:41:36","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T17:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/sbs\/?page_id=1524"},"modified":"2024-02-23T17:47:06","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T17:47:06","slug":"mission-vision","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-social-behavioral-sciences\/about\/mission-vision\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission and vision"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nau-block nau-block-left-nav-top-bound\">\n    \t<button id=\"left-nav-toggle-btn\" onclick=\"toggleNav();\">\n\t\tON THIS PAGE \n\t\t<i id=\"chevron-icon\" class=\"fas fa-solid fa-chevron-down\"><\/i>\n\t<\/button>\n\t<div id=\"left-nav-menu-track\">\n\t\t<div id=\"left-nav-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"rfi-above-anchor-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ri-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/admissions\/request-information\/\" id=\"request-info\" class=\"btn bg-true-blue left-nav-menu-bottom-button display-mobile\">Request 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With student success as our central focus, our work produces critical insights about human societies, behavior, and communication that inform innovative approaches to solving and increasing awareness of significant regional and global challenges.<\/p>\n<\/div>                    <\/div>\n\n                \n        <div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignright\">\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<!-- removed margin utility classes pt-0 mb-0 mb-md-70 mb-lg-100 -->\n<section id=\"Vision\"class=\"nau-block headline-image-wysiwyg  color-scheme-blue \">\n    <header class=\"hiw-head-and-hero-wrapper\">\n\n        <h2 class=\"h2\">Strategic vision<\/h2>\n        <picture>\n            <source media=\"(min-width: 1100px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/344\/2023\/05\/1542_jazmyn_gardner_20230303-2000x1125.jpg\">\n            <source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/344\/2023\/05\/1542_jazmyn_gardner_20230303-1200x900.jpg\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/344\/2023\/05\/1542_jazmyn_gardner_20230303-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Student holding a laptop.\">\n        <\/picture>\n    <\/header>\n\n    <div class=\"hiw-innerblockwrapper  \">\n        \n        <!--h3>Strategic vision<\/h3-->\n\n        <div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n            <div class=\"wp-block-column\"><p>The College of Social and Behavioral Sciences is a community of change-makers. We support the strengths of students, staff, and faculty, and collaborate with communities through innovative teaching, scholarship and creative work, public engagement, and practice. Together, we further justice, diversity, inclusion, equity, sustainability, and human and community well-being.<\/p>\n<\/div>                    <\/div>\n\n                \n        <div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignright\">\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<section id=\"innovation\"        class=\"nau-block full-width-image-with-text-box secondary grid grid-md-12 -grid-fullwidth no-padding span-md-12  mobile-image-yes tablet-image- desktop-imageheight-  textbox-registration-bottomright  textbox-xl-width-2-3 textbox-background-true-blue  bg-true-blue-95 content-type-wysiwyg_linkbank  \">\n\n    <div class=\"full-width-image-with-text-box-picturediv\">\n\n            <picture class=\"left-nav-top-bound main\">\n            <source media=\"(min-width: 1650px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/344\/2023\/06\/nau-students-use-virtual-reality-equipment-2000x1125.jpg\">\n            <source media=\"(min-width: 1100px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/344\/2023\/06\/nau-students-use-virtual-reality-equipment-2000x800.jpg\">\n            <source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/344\/2023\/06\/nau-students-use-virtual-reality-equipment-1200x675.jpg\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/344\/2023\/06\/nau-students-use-virtual-reality-equipment-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Students in a VR lab.\">\n        <\/picture>\n    \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"fwi-text-box  bg-true-blue-95 \">\n\n    <h2>\n    \n    Applying innovation to practice\n    <\/h2>\n\n\n    <p>The college\u2019s programs apply innovative research that crosses boundaries and provides hands-on experience through the Media Innovation Center, the Model UN, Speech and Debate, the GeoDesign Studio, and the Virtual Reality Lab. SBS faculty are dedicated to personal mentoring for students and scholarship that has a positive impact on local and global communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/section>\n\n\n\n<!-- removed margin utility classes pt-0 mb-0 mb-md-70 mb-lg-100 -->\n<section id=\"equity\"class=\"nau-block headline-image-wysiwyg  color-scheme-green \">\n    <header class=\"hiw-head-and-hero-wrapper\">\n\n        <h2 class=\"h2\">Advancing careers in equity, justice, diversity, and inclusion<\/h2>\n        <picture>\n            <source media=\"(min-width: 1100px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/344\/2023\/04\/9137_ais_classroom_20180925-2000x1125.jpg\">\n            <source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/344\/2023\/04\/9137_ais_classroom_20180925-1200x900.jpg\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/344\/2023\/04\/9137_ais_classroom_20180925-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Students in classroom listening to lecture.\">\n        <\/picture>\n    <\/header>\n\n    <div class=\"hiw-innerblockwrapper  \">\n        \n        <!--h3>Advancing careers in equity, justice, diversity, and inclusion<\/h3-->\n\n        <div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n            <div class=\"wp-block-column\"><p>SBS is hiring multiple positions at the tenure track and career stream (teaching professors, clinical professors, and professors of practice) levels, all supporting our mission and vision. NAU is committed to the success and advancement of Native American students and is a Hispanic-Serving Institution. In 2022, we completed a cluster hire to deepen scholarship and teaching about current and historical experiences of Indigenous and Latinx peoples in the United States across an array of disciplines. 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