Mission
Vermont State University prepares all students for meaningful work and responsible citizenship by fostering their intellectual, personal, and creative growth in an accessible, caring, and inclusive community.
As Vermont’s regional public university, our technological, professional, and liberal arts programs engage with partners throughout Vermont and beyond to provide students with rich real-world learning while meeting the needs of our communities and the state.
Vision
We’re committed to the success of every student and to fostering a positive impact in the communities of Vermont. Specifically, we work to provide:
- Access: As Vermont’s regional public university with interconnected campuses and learning sites throughout the state, we are positioned to provide flexible learning options and affordable tuition that ensures higher education is within reach of every student in the state.
- Career Readiness: We continue to offer innovative, relevant programs that focus on student success and career readiness. We meet students where they are and support them throughout their journey of becoming who they want to be.
- Multifaceted Growth: Through an integrated academic and extracurricular experience, we support students’ academic, social, and personal growth, in order to help them build futures as skilled leaders and lifelong learners.
- Welcoming Community: We embrace our differences and are committed to fostering a culture in which all members of the community are heard, valued, and respected.
- Relational Connection: We intentionally nurture the interactions and relationships that are at the heart of transformative education.
- Relevant Programs: We design globally relevant programs spanning the technological, professional, and liberal arts that address the needs and current challenges facing Vermont and our world.
- Off-Campus Experiences: Students extend and apply their knowledge beyond the classroom and into Vermont communities, with the Green Mountain State as a living laboratory for learning, exploration, and growth.
- Community Engagement: We embrace public engagement as our civic responsibility, actively contributing to the cultural and academic life of our state. We encourage our students to gain an appreciation of community and be inspired to envision their impact on the world.
- A Lasting Legacy: The investments we make now in achieving these priorities will live on for generations in the positive contributions of our alumni to their families, their communities, our state, and our world.
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