UMass Amherst Mission, Vision & Values
UMass Amherst Mission Statement
Student Affairs and Campus Life advances the University's mission by facilitating student learning and development for maximizing academic and personal success. We create a positive, inclusive, and challenging learning environment that encourages self-motivation and fosters leadership development and life skills. Through engagement with our essential services and programs that promote intellectual, physical, and emotional well-being, our students transform their potential to match their highest aspirations.
UMass Amherst Vision Statement
Student Affairs and Campus Life is a nationally recognized team of student affairs educators dedicated to excellence, innovation, and social justice. In partnership with campus colleagues, we contribute to students’ successful educational experience, support an actively engaged and diverse student body, and challenge them to become leaders in their community and the world.
UMass Amherst Values
- Collaboration exists in the spirit of teamwork, learning and creativity
- Communication is respectful, open and continuous
- Integrity guides our sense of honesty, fairness, and compassion
- Diversity and inclusion are embedded in our work
- Innovative processes bring about the advancement of knowledge, personal growth, and sustainable change
- Excellence is achieved through best practices, knowledge, and demonstrated expertise
UMass Amherst Employee Alignment
25% of employees say that the main reason they stay at UMass Amherst is because of the UMass Amherst company mission. Comparably data clearly shows that a focused mission statement and cohesive core company values are vital to maintaining employee alignment.
