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: 2019-2020

Vision: To be the top of learning, top of quality, and top of mind at the top of Illinois and beyond.

Experience: Rockford University will optimize student support services and enrich the co-curricular experience in order to reinforce classroom learning, while securing the achievement and satisfaction of all students.

Build: Rockford University will invest in human capital and campus infrastructure in order to establish a stable environment for success in all university endeavors.

Engage: Rockford University will demonstrate to all current and potential stakeholders that Rockford University is a vital resource, worthy of support and partnership.

Grow: Rockford University will refine the university’s curricular offerings, providing advanced pedagogy and assessment, while meeting market demands through the filter of the university’s central mission.