Winona State University

Office of Assessment

Quality Enhancement
Distinctives

MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of Winona State University is to educate and enlighten our citizenry at a distinctive institution: a community of learners dedicated to improving our world.

CORE VALUES

• Value Differences, Collaboration, Civility and Mutual Respect
• Distinctiveness
• A Legacy of Service, Leadership and Scholarship in the Public Good
• A Purposeful, Caring, Disciplined, Open, Just, Celebrative, Diverse Teaching and Learning Community
• Optimal Learning Community based on the Seven Principles and Excitement in the Discovery of Knowledge
• Trustworthiness by exhibiting Character as well as Competence
• Commitment to the Social Contract by being good stewards accountable to the Public Good

POSITIONING STATEMENT FOR UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION AT WINONA

Located in the beautiful bluff country of the upper Mississippi River Valley, Winona State University is first and foremost an undergraduate university for ambitious and academically talented students looking for a premier residential undergraduate experience. Committed to continuing improvement, Winona State University provides a rigorous and engaging arts and sciences foundation in a dynamic teaching-learning environment that is grounded in the Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education. Built on a powerful sense of community and student-faculty partnership in scholarship, Winona State University values diversity and prepares principle-centered, socially responsible graduates as emergent leaders in the global marketplace and in respected graduate and professional schools.

DISTINCTIVES

• Winona State University is synonymous with leadership in the application of technology which enriches the teaching and learning experience.
• Winona State University is first and foremost a dynamic undergraduate university and approaches the academic venture with rigor, intensity, and innovation centered on the Seven Principles of Good Practice in Undergraduate Education.
• Winona State University offers an unparalleled educational value, providing a prestigious collegiate experience at a public university cost.
• Winona State University is committed to fostering a powerful sense of place and community that contributes to the teaching-learning partnership and the quality of the undergraduate experience.
• Winona State University is a national leader in the area of assessment, continually improving and enhancing processes by being self-regarding.
• Winona State University models principle-centered decision making throughout its community to create an environment of shared responsibility, providing enriching opportunities for students to become emergent leaders of scholarship, industry, and society.