During the strategic planning kick-off meeting on Oct. 19, Dean Keith Molenaar asked participants to choose words and phrases that represented our values as a college, resulting in the word cloud below.
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| Value |
Number of votes |
| Equity |
19 |
| innovation |
15 |
| Societal impact |
15 |
| Collaboration |
14 |
| inclusion |
14 |
| Community |
12 |
| Respect |
11 |
| curiosity |
9 |
| Ethics |
9 |
| Experiential Learning |
7 |
| research |
7 |
| sustainability |
7 |
| Education |
6 |
| Trust |
6 |
| compassion |
5 |
| Creativity |
5 |
| Access |
4 |
| Learners |
4 |
| quality |
4 |
| resilience |
4 |
| Students |
4 |
| support |
4 |
| Critical thinking |
3 |
| Diversity |
3 |
| engagement |
3 |
| excellence |
3 |
| Fun |
3 |
| Global |
3 |
| Growth mindset |
3 |
| pathways |
3 |
| self-improvement |
3 |
| employability |
2 |
| Encouragement |
2 |
| equity-minded faculty |
2 |
| Holistic |
2 |
| Integrity |
2 |
| Intercultural Competency |
2 |
| Interdisciplinary |
2 |
| lifelong learning |
2 |
| location |
2 |
| multiple pathways |
2 |
| partnerships |
2 |
| People-Centered |
2 |
| professional |
2 |
| student success |
2 |
| team |
2 |
| Academic |
1 |
| academic integriy |
1 |
| acceptance |
1 |
| Adaptability |
1 |
| Agility |
1 |
| Altruism |
1 |
| Ambition |
1 |
| ApplySkills |
1 |
| becoming who they want |
1 |
| Betterment |
1 |
| care |
1 |
| care for people |
1 |
| classroom equity |
1 |
| communal engagement |
1 |
| connection |
1 |
| Constitution of the USA |
1 |
| creative solutions |
1 |
| Development and growth |
1 |
| diverse communities |
1 |
| Diverse perspectives |
1 |
| Driven |
1 |
| Educating |
1 |
| efficiency |
1 |
| Embracing |
1 |
| empathy |
1 |
| Empowerment |
1 |
| Engineering |
1 |
| Environmental Justice |
1 |
| Equality |
1 |
| Equitable |
1 |
| equitable access |
1 |
| Equitable inclusion |
1 |
| excellence in Engr. Educ. |
1 |
| Global citizens |
1 |
| Global impact |
1 |
| gratefulness |
1 |
| Hands-on-learning |
1 |
| History |
1 |
| Honesty |
1 |
| Idea focused |
1 |
| identity |
1 |
| impact |
1 |
| inquiry |
1 |
| intentionality |
1 |
| Leadership |
1 |
| mental health |
1 |
| Open-mindedness |
1 |
| opportunity |
1 |
| Ownership |
1 |
| Passion |
1 |
| Problem-Solving |
1 |
| Public |
1 |
| Quality of life |
1 |
| Reapect |
1 |
| reflective learning |
1 |
| Relevance |
1 |
| resourcefulness |
1 |
| responsibility |
1 |
| retention |
1 |
| Risk taking |
1 |
| Self-Reflective |
1 |
| staff wellness |
1 |
| Strong alumni community |
1 |
| student wellness |
1 |
| Transformation |
1 |
| transparency |
1 |
| Truth |
1 |
| Value focused degrees |
1 |
| welcoming |
2 |
| wellness |
1 |
| Whole student |
1 |