{"id":224,"date":"2018-06-13T15:40:09","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T15:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/honors\/?page_id=224"},"modified":"2018-09-25T16:09:29","modified_gmt":"2018-09-25T16:09:29","slug":"mission","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/honors-college\/about\/mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"

University Honors College Mission<\/h1>\n
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The Honors College Vision Statement:<\/h2>\n

To cultivate excellence in tomorrow\u2019s citizens by providing a challenging and deeply rewarding education, marked by an innovative curriculum, dedicated and accomplished faculty, a diverse living and learning community, transformative experiential pathways, and community engagement from the local to the global.<\/div><\/div>\n

Our community of scholars values excellence, inquiry, innovation, fellowship, and distinction by promoting:<\/p>\n

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  • the highest standards of academic integrity and excellence across campus.<\/li>\n
  • meaningful, innovative, interdisciplinary connections.<\/li>\n
  • leadership, research, community engagement, service learning, creative endeavors, international education, and the exploration of diversity.<\/li>\n
  • a stimulating residential environment.<\/li>\n
  • the integration of academics, learning communities, mentoring, and extra-curricular learning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Our graduates are:<\/h3>\n
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    • Learners<\/strong>\u00a0who actively strive to discover the unknown and the complex, who collaboratively pursue knowledge, and who apply that knowledge for a greater benefit<\/li>\n
    • Leaders<\/strong>\u00a0who organize, nurture, and empower others with their examples, ideals, and actions<\/li>\n
    • Citizens<\/strong>\u00a0who reach out, embrace, and invigorate each community in which they participate<\/li>\n
    • Catalysts<\/strong>\u00a0for positive change who create, develop, and advance innovative solutions to complex problems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Honors students awaken their intellects and learn to:<\/h3>\n
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      • Perceive\u00a0<\/strong>connections, similarities, and differences among themselves, others, and the world<\/li>\n
      • Cultivate\u00a0<\/strong>interdisciplinary and cross-cultural endeavors that connect the past, present, and future<\/li>\n
      • Think\u00a0<\/strong>open-mindedly about alternative systems of thought, problems, solutions, and actions<\/li>\n
      • Communicate\u00a0<\/strong>clearly, persuasively, and effectively through discussions, debates, writing, active and informed listening, and creative endeavors<\/li>\n
      • Mentor and lead<\/strong>\u00a0others so as to set an example of integrity, industriousness, compassion, and problem solving<\/li>\n
      • Analyze and synthesize<\/strong>\u00a0concepts and data to seek and entertain the best possible thesis, approach, outcome, and conclusion to a problem or issue<\/li>\n
      • Care\u00a0<\/strong>deeply about their chosen disciplines, their peers, and their communities<\/li>\n
      • Understand and respect<\/strong>\u00a0the diverse values and beliefs of others while being aware of one\u2019s own limitations<\/li>\n
      • Instill\u00a0<\/strong>trust, fairness, and the highest ethical and intellectual standards in their own thoughts and actions while encouraging others do the same<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        University Honors College Mission Our community of scholars values excellence, inquiry, innovation, fellowship, and distinction by promoting: the highest standards of academic integrity and excellence across campus. meaningful, innovative, interdisciplinary connections. leadership, research, community engagement, service learning, creative endeavors, international education, and the exploration of diversity. a stimulating residential environment. the integration of academics, learning […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":154,"featured_media":376,"parent":580,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","ring_central_script_selection":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-224","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/honors-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/honors-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/honors-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/honors-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/154"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/honors-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/honors-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/224\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/honors-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/580"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/honors-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/honors-college\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}