Mission: Our mission is to improve the public’s health through advancing discovery, learning, and service.

Vision: Our College of Public Health community will use its unique strengths and collective efforts to achieve prominence in advancing public health.

The COPH core values are:

• Community Engagement: The COPH strives to make a difference through its dedication to service. Improving the public’s health is its passion and mission. The COPH embraces the collaborative efforts of faculty, students, staff and its constituent communities to enhance relationships and to improve health for all. Service to its communities defines the role of the public health professional by building trust and respect.
  
  
• Global Perspective: Public health professionals have a duty to seek knowledge and service from a global perspective, yet COPH efforts to protect and promote health must be locally-focused. Communities and their environment are interdependent; adversity in one area affects many others. The social determinants of health must be equalized for all to have access to the resources necessary for health.
  
  
• Diversity: The diverse nature of the COPH as well as the people it serves contributes to a rich tapestry of knowledge, skills and practices in both global and local communities. By creating a respectful working environment, the COPH produces public health professionals with the necessary background and values for positive health outcomes.
  
  
• Leadership: Leadership at the COPH prepares public health professionals to empower communities to create healthy living conditions and health for themselves and their families. The COPH supports and encourages leadership-by-example, thus, fostering integrity and responsibility among all people involved in public health.
  
  
• The Professional Environment: The COPH is heralded for its commitment to academic excellence through its focus on innovative research and effective teaching and learning. Faculty, students and staff go above and beyond expectations to achieve distinction and merit. Professionalism permeates the COPH environment and culture.