Master Plan October 2011 - Pacific Lutheran University

MISSION, GOALS & OBJECTIVES
PLU Mission, Goals & Objectives
The mission statement for the University emphasizes four important goals for student
development: thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership, and care of individuals, community and
the earth. This mission is achieved by fusing academic and professional education with cocurricular
learning at PLU including residential life, recreation, cultural activities and worship.
PLU MASTER PLAN Goals & objectives
The goals of the master plan are founded on PLU’s mission and represent ideals to strive for in
the preservation, enhancement and improved development of the physical campus. They provide
the foundation and help direct the structure of the near-term and long-term master plan.
Like the activities taking place at PLU, the campus setting (buildings, pathways and open spaces)
reinforces the mission by fostering growth of the individual, strengthening connections to place
and community, and supporting stewardship of the surrounding world. It should be noted that
the following goals and objectives are meant to be guiding, not regulating.
University Mission:
“PLU seeks to educate
students for lives of
thoughtful inquiry, service,
leadership, and care - for
other people, for their
communities and for the
earth.”
November 2011
Pacific Lutheran University MIMP
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