2008 Woodie Awards
University Mission Statement under review
Nicole Milstead/Staff Reporter
Issue date: 4/13/06 Section: News
The University Mission Statement is under a process of modification and review, said Patricia Fewell, chair of the secondary education and foundations department.
"The mission statement exists to explain what Eastern Illinois University is all about," said President Lou Hencken. "It is our Magna Carta, constitution or Bill of Rights."
When the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools visited Eastern last spring to evaluate the university for reaccredidation, they mentioned that university officials might want to look at the mission statement, Hencken said.
The mission statement hasn't been changed since 1993.
Hencken then asked the Council of University Planning and Budget as well as the vice presidents, faculty members and the Office of External Relations to review the mission statement and make suggestions, Fewell said. The suggestions were discussed at President's Council.
"The changes are not changing every word and they are not leaving every word the same," Hencken said. "I think it will end somewhere in the middle."
Then a subcommittee, headed by Mary Ann Hanner, the dean of sciences, was formed with the goal to update the mission statement if necessary, said William Weber, associate vice president for academic affairs. A proposal was then created to attain feedback from the campus.
The committee's purposed changes have now been posted for campus wide review on the CUPB Web site. A link to this can be found on the April 11 University Newsletter. The current mission statement and proposed changes are post under additional information.
Suggested additions include referring to Eastern as "a public comprehensive university."
The university "fosters opportunities for student-faculty scholarship and applied learning experiences within a student-centered campus culture."
The proposal also suggests removing "strives to create an educational and cultural environment."
"The suggested changes are more statements of what we already do than goals for the future," Hencken said.
"The mission statement exists to explain what Eastern Illinois University is all about," said President Lou Hencken. "It is our Magna Carta, constitution or Bill of Rights."
When the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools visited Eastern last spring to evaluate the university for reaccredidation, they mentioned that university officials might want to look at the mission statement, Hencken said.
The mission statement hasn't been changed since 1993.
Hencken then asked the Council of University Planning and Budget as well as the vice presidents, faculty members and the Office of External Relations to review the mission statement and make suggestions, Fewell said. The suggestions were discussed at President's Council.
"The changes are not changing every word and they are not leaving every word the same," Hencken said. "I think it will end somewhere in the middle."
Then a subcommittee, headed by Mary Ann Hanner, the dean of sciences, was formed with the goal to update the mission statement if necessary, said William Weber, associate vice president for academic affairs. A proposal was then created to attain feedback from the campus.
The committee's purposed changes have now been posted for campus wide review on the CUPB Web site. A link to this can be found on the April 11 University Newsletter. The current mission statement and proposed changes are post under additional information.
Suggested additions include referring to Eastern as "a public comprehensive university."
The university "fosters opportunities for student-faculty scholarship and applied learning experiences within a student-centered campus culture."
The proposal also suggests removing "strives to create an educational and cultural environment."
"The suggested changes are more statements of what we already do than goals for the future," Hencken said.
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