USF St. Petersburg Mission, Goals, Values and Vision

Mission

     The University of South Florida St. Petersburg offers distinctive graduate and undergraduate programs in the arts and sciences, business, and education within a close-knit, student-centered learning community that welcomes individuals from the region, state, nation, and world. We conduct wide-ranging, collaborative research to meet society’s needs and engage in service projects and partnerships to enhance the university and community’s social, economic, and intellectual life.  As an integral and complementary part of a multi-institutional system, USF St. Petersburg retains a separate identity and mission while contributing to and benefiting from the associations, cooperation, and shared resources of a premier national research university.

Values

• Whereas our mission and vision are the plans for the future, our values will help guide us to success at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg
• We value a collegial, inviting, and safe learning environment that emphasizes excellent teaching, encourages growth, and rewards academic achievement.
• We value an education rich in both theory and practical experience that enables our graduates to pursue careers and professions with competence and confidence.
• We value collaboration throughout the campus community in scholarship, research, and service.
• We value individuals, respect their diversity and varied perspectives, and commit ourselves to tolerance of divergent views.
• We value academic freedom and responsibility, creative expression, and the unfettered pursuit of truth.
• We value deliberative dialogue in making decisions and solving problems.
• We value shared governance and shared responsibility in the operation of the university and the allocation of its resources.
• We value honesty, integrity, and openness while promoting ethical behavior.
• We Value lifelong learning and recognize our responsibility to contribute to the civic well-being.
• We value longstanding, continuing partnerships that unite and benefit both the campus and community.
• We value efficient, trustworthy, and able stewardship of our university.

Vision

The University of South Florida St. Petersburg will be a premier masters degree level urban university recognized for its vibrant community of scholars who engage and improve its community and the world.

Points of Focus

The following points of focus help organize the most salient points of our mission:

• Distinctive graduate and undergraduate programs in the arts and sciences, business, and education.
• Close-knit, student-centered learning community that welcomes individuals from the region, state, nation, and world.
• Wide-ranging, collaborative research to meet society’s needs.
• Engagement in service projects and partnerships to enhance the university and community’s social, economic, and intellectual life.
• A separate identity and mission that contributes to and benefits from the associations, cooperation, and shared resources of a strong University of Florida (USF) System.