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PUBLISHER:
Research and Public Service
MSC 4107,
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
PHONE: (540) 568-2700


FOR INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dr. John Noftsinger Jr.

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Last Modified: 11/19/2009

Mission Statement and Implementation

Health and Human Services Building/CISAT

RESEARCH AND PUBLIC SERVICE

Leveraging Resources and Accelerating Innovation
through Strategic Alliances

 

 

VISION STATEMENT

Our vision is to be an engaged leader in higher education scholarship, with an emphasis on innovative discovery benefiting society.


MISSION STATEMENT

Our mission is to develop and advance academic and scholarly endeavors by leveraging resources through research, public service and engagement to foster innovative discovery and advancement for the university, local, regional, state, national and global communities.

 

VALUES

Utilizing a student-centered, applied and interdisciplinary approach, we are an engaged, respectful and passionate community that values:

 

-Innovation

-Empowerment

-Impact

-Integrity

-Service

-Stewardship

To achieve this mission, the Office of the Vice Provost:

  • Facilitates Strategic Alliances:
    Represent the Office of the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs with key audiences and continue to build strategic alliances, especially in Richmond and Washington. Serve as the liaison for the University to Congress of the United States.

 

  • Supports premier research and service centers:
    • Center for International Stabilization and Recovery / Mine Action Information Center
    • Center for Assessment and Research Studies
    • Institute for Energy and Environmental Sustainability
    • Institute for Infrastructure and Information Assurance
    • James Madison Center

 

  • Seeks sponsored program funding and enhance research opportunities:
    Enhance research for faculty, students, and staff development, especially in the following focused areas:
    • Accountability and Outcomes Assessment
    • Alternative Energy and Environmental Sustainability
    • Biotechnology/Health and Life Sciences
    • Education Reform in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math
    • Homeland Security and National Defense
    • Nanotechnology/Advanced Materials

 

  • Enhances the climate and infrastructure to support intellectual property:
    Enhance the climate and infrastructure to support intellectual property and technology transfer through the development of more support vehicles for faculty and staff and sustaining the Office of Technology Transfer.

 

  • Supports regional economic advancement:
    Support economic innovation through active partnerships among business, government, education (including K-12), regional technology and workforce efforts, and connectivity with state university economic development resources.  Unify presence for five counties and five cities in the central Shenandoah Valley for economic development initiatives. Provide assistance in marketing and business assistance for the Shenandoah Valley region. Promote new investment, strengthen existing business, and guide labor force development to ensure a healthy economic future for the region.