Guiding students to succeed through personal instruction and
intellectual inquiry
Our Vision
Known for its dynamic, richly diverse, and friendly educational
environment, Missouri Valley College offers many opportunities
to grow in mind, body, and spirit. Faculty are personally and
professionally engaged in preparing thoughtful citizens for meaningful
lives and careers. Grounded in the liberal arts, undergraduate and
graduate studies empower students to master interdisciplinary skills
needed to succeed in a knowledge-based global society. Stewardship of
resources will sustain innovative teaching to stimulate critical thinking,
creativity, aesthetic appreciation, and the joys of lifelong learning.
Our Values
Compassion
Diversity
Social responsibility
Integrity
Accountability
Our Goals
Nurture a campus culture to embrace all individuals with
compassion, civility, and respect
Gather a demographically diverse student body embracing
differences in ethnicity, gender, culture, economic status, and
regional and national origin
Extend access to higher education to students from all educational
backgrounds with support to achieve success
Ensure high academic standards in all baccalaureate, graduate, and
professional programs
Recruit and retain a dedicated, diverse staff and faculty welleducated
and current in their fields
Focus curricula on developing interdisciplinary analytical and
communicative skills, historical and cultural awareness, and critical
and creative thinking
Maintain a safe, healthy campus environment conducive to learning
and research based on academic freedom, innovative teaching, and
intellectual inquiry
Expand opportunities for applying academic learning in real-world
settings and study abroad
Support extracurricular activities to develop teamwork and
leadership in arts, academics, and athletics
Promote civic engagement through service to the community,
special programming for the common good, continuing education
for career development, and facilities for public gatherings
