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Mission, Vision and Values
The University of Wisconsin-River Falls provides high quality, innovative, learner-centered, academic and professional development programs that respond to the changing professional, cultural, and social needs of lifelong learners. We are dedicated to offering quality programs that are practical, flexible and convenient, thus fostering a climate in which our students can thrive.
Our Mission
To provide quality learning experiences that respond to the needs of lifelong learners.
Our Vision
We are valued as a partner within the university community and by external communities, institutions, and private enterprises.
We are integral to the university's vision: We meet the specific educational needs of nontraditional students and lifelong learners.
We serve as the key point of access to the resources and services for lifelong learning available from UW-River Falls.
We offer programs that are affordable, accessible and financially sustainable.
Our Core Values
In addition to the university's core values of integrity, academic excellence, inclusiveness, community, and continuous improvement, we have the following core values:
Responsiveness: We respond accurately and promptly to the needs of internal and external customers.
Collaboration: We collaborate with internal and external partners in ways that are mutally beneficial. We are flexible and seek new and innovative ideas.
Academic Accessibility: We are dedicated to offering students quality academic programs that are practical, flexible and convenient, thus fostering a climate in which our students can thrive.
Sustainable and Self-supporting: We offer programs that are sustainable and self-supporting in the long term. Our programs provide equitable and reasonable compensation for instructors and returns to management and investment. We use responsibly all the resources at our disposal.
Work-Life Balance: We recognize and support, for our employees and customers, the importance of balancing professional and personal lives.
Partnerships
We work with a variety of organizations, companies, government offices and individuals to accomplish these goals. Here are a few of the partnerships that we have nurtured in recent years.
- Communities in northwestern Wisconsin
- Cooperative Education Service Agencies (CESA) 10 website
- Cooperative Education Service Agencies (CESA) 11 website
- West Central Wisconsin Regional Education Consortium website
- K-12 school districts
- Local chambers of commerce
- National Community Education Association website
- National Park Service St. Croix National Scenic Riverway website
- National Youth Leadership Council website
- Northern Lights Network website
- The Phipps Center for the Arts website
- Pierce County Economic Development Corporation website
- Regional Business Assistance Resource (ReBAR) Directory website
- River Falls Public Library website
- Small Business Development Center website
- St. Croix Economic Development Corporation website
- St. Croix Valley Community Foundation website
- Twin Cities Adult Education Alliance website
- UW-Barron County website
- UW-Cooperative Extension website
- UW-Stout website
- UW-System institutions website
- Watchable Wildlife, Inc. website
- Western Wisconsin Intergovernmental Coalition
- Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction website
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