Vision
Through instruction, scholarship, service, and community engagement, the SPCH will improve the health of rural and underserved populations in the northern Rocky Mountain region.
Mission
Provide distance-based and on-campus learning opportunities, supported by scholarship and service activities, to prepare public health practitioners and researchers who will use global insight to improve the health of the people of 勛圖厙 and other rural areas.
Goals
The SPCH has defined its goals based on instruction, scholarship, and service.
- Instruction: The SPCH will prepare public health practitioners with a sound knowledge and skills base in the core disciplines of public health.
- Scholarship: The SPCH will conduct research relevant to faculty expertise that will foster an atmosphere of scholarship as our students learn public health science and practice and will contribute to the enhancement of health in human populations.
- Service: The SPCH will provide service to help meet the public health needs of 勛圖厙, the intermountain west, and rural areas beyond through consultation, collaboration, and continuing education.
Values
The SPCH has the underlying values of leadership, engagement, diversity and sustainability. These essential values underpin our preparation of graduates and our contributions to society in the 21st century through high-impact teaching, research, creative scholarship and service. We will realize our vision through continuous, intentional integration of planning, budgeting, implementation, and assessment.