Mission:

Our mission is to develop pharmacists, educators and scientists whose leadership, dedication and innovation improve the health of our local and global communities.

Vision:

To prepare tomorrow’s leaders through innovative teaching, research and clinical practices that translate scientific discoveries into new treatments and models of care to improve both health and quality of life.
 

Values:

1. Excellence: continuously striving for the highest quality of performance and outcome.

Behaviors:

• Strive to do our best
• Commit to high quality
• Encourage an environment that learns from mistakes and fosters imagination and innovation
• Take initiative
• Self-motivate
  
  

2. Integrity steadfast adherence to moral and ethical principles.

Behaviors:

• Behave ethically, honestly and fairly
• Do the right thing
• Set a good example; be a role model
  
  

3. Accountability: being held responsible for one’s actions.

Behaviors:

• Admit mistakes
• Recognize and accept the consequences of one’s actions
• Accept personal responsibility for actions, activities and work
• Honor commitments
• Manage resources in a responsible, transparent manner
  
  

4. Collaboration: work in teams to achieve excellence in education, research/scholarship, patient care and service.

Behaviors:

• Pursue opportunities to collaborate within the College and inter-professionally
• Be a team player
• Place interests of the team above your own interests
• Learn with and from each other
• Work as engaged partners within the university and the profession
  
  

5. Continuous Learning: strive to acquire knowledge or skills by study, instruction or experience.

Behaviors:

• Demonstrate a commitment to lifelong learning
• Provide avenues for group/team learning
• Encourage and create an atmosphere of learning
• Strive to be an effective learning organization that acquires, creates and transfers knowledge
• Facilitate the learning of faculty and staff in order to continuously improve the organization
• Maintain competence and enhance skills in areas of expertise
  
  

6. Diversity in People and Thinking: embracing inclusiveness, access and equity for all; recognizing and appreciating the totality of the many ways individuals are similar and different in an atmosphere that promotes and celebrates individual and collective achievements.

Behaviors:

• Respect different opinions, experiences, backgrounds and perspectives
• Acknowledge and appreciate our differences
• Encourage different approaches to problem-solving
  
  

7. Compassion: feeling and exhibiting concern and empathy for others.

Behaviors:

• Treat everyone with respect, dignity, open-mindedness, esteem and caring
• Selflessly serve others
• Be sensitive to the needs of others