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Mission, Vision, Values

Our Mission
OUR MISSION

As the largest and most comprehensive college at UC Davis, we educate, explore, and create by cultivating innovative connections within and across the sciences, social sciences, humanities, and arts.

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OUR VISION

United, we will amplify our role as the vibrant core of UC Davis, bringing people and ideas together to advance knowledge, promote creativity, and build a better future.

Our Values
OUR VALUES

As a community of faculty, staff, students, and alumni, our college upholds these imperative values:

BE MEANINGFUL
  • We make contributions that matter for California, for the nation, and for the planet.
  • We transform lives and empower our faculty, students, staff, and alumni to improve the world.
  • We measure our success by the differences we make.
  • We take responsibility today for creating a better tomorrow.
BE CURIOUS
  • We ask questions and wonder not only “why?” but also “what if?”
  • We invite and appreciate differences.
  • We seek out new ideas, discoveries, and experiences.
  • We challenge ourselves to think big and imagine possibilities beyond the present.
BE WELCOMING
  • We celebrate diversity.
  • We turn ideals of equity and inclusion into opportunities, actions, and outcomes.
  • We respect, support, and honor individual strengths and lived experiences.
  • We strive to create a fair and just society for all and to speak out against injustice.
BE MORE ... TOGETHER
  • We collaborate within and beyond the boundaries of disciplines, inside and outside of our college.
  • We convene our collective expertise to provide holistic solutions to  complex problems.
  • We see the breadth and diversity of our college as vital assets for preparing students to thrive in a rapidly changing world.
  • We assemble the strengths of the sciences, the humanities, and the arts to meet the challenges of the future.