Vision and Values
Vision:
The
University of Washington Bothell Academic Services program is dedicated
to enhancing and promoting excellence by supporting the academic
aspirations of its students, faculty, and staff. We promote the
development of successful independent learners who participate fully in
the life of the community.
Values:
Culture of Learning:
- Academic
Services provides a caring and personalized approach to service which
enables our diverse students to build the individual skills necessary
for lifelong learning and achievement.
- Academic Services is
dedicated to the development of information resources and innovative
technologies based on leading edge practices in teaching, learning, and
research.
- Academic Services strives for a high level of
innovation, pedagogical sophistication, visibility, and accessibility
to students, faculty and staff.
- Academic Services supports the advancement of academic freedom and intellectual development.
Collaboration:
- Academic
Services promotes student success through advocacy for the seamless
integration of literacies-critical reading, writing, information,
technology, visual and quantitative reasoning-in our interdisciplinary
curriculum.
- Academic Services practices ongoing assessment of
program support, focusing on exploring the expanding and changing needs
of our academic community.
- Academic Services engages in
continued communication and collaboration with faculty in an effort to
develop resources to further student achievement.
- Academic
Services strives to support faculty research by providing access to
staff expertise, resources, and a stable technological infrastructure.
Community:
- Academic
Services nurtures a creative and accommodating workspace that is
sensitive to its employees' needs and respects differences and
acknowledges similarities.
- Academic Services contributes
to a vibrant community where people of different cultures and life
experiences can reach their full potential.
- Academic Services practices collegial and effective communication within Academic Services and throughout the University.
- Academic Services actively supports staff empowerment and professional development.
