Mission and Strategic Direction

Mission

Our mission is to educate men and women to lead responsible lives by means of a curriculum grounded in liberal arts learning and that is complemented and extended by professional and practical experience. Through the total academic and co-curricular experience, Rockford University strives to prepare students for fulfilling lives, careers, and participation in a modern and changing global society.

Strategic Direction

Strategic planning is a tool for organizing our current work on the basis of the projections for the desired future. In other words, a strategic plan is like a road map to lead the University from where it is now to where it would like to be in five or 10 years. The current strategic plan has four primary strategies that are further defined by several specific objectives to guide the strategic work of the University.

Strategic Direction: 2015-2019

• Strategy One: To be the 'University of Choice';
• Strategy Two: To be the 'Employer of Choice';
• Strategy Three: To strengthen and grow the University programming, capital and operational resources.
• Strategy Four: To strengthen the University's reputation and relationships among all stakeholders.