In a 2017 CON retreat, faculty and staff unanimously endorsed the 2017-22 CON strategic plan. Our values (empowerment, innovation, caring, social justice, and integrity) frame our mission: “We educate and inspire leaders to transform health care for a just and humane world.” Our vision is ”We are recognized as an engaged, creative and dynamic learning organization, committed to social justice, innovation, scholarship, teaching excellence, and the formation of professionals ready to meet the evolving health care needs of a global community.” We fulfill our mission and vision through five strategic goals stated as “commitments to excellence”: (1) Dynamic Learning Organization; (2) Social Justice for Health Equity; (3) Innovative and Integrative Scholarship; (4) Teaching Excellence; and (5) Leadership Formation.
We educate and inspire leaders to transform health care for a just and humane world.
1a. Community of lifelong learners
1b. Respectful colleagues
1c. Accountable to the mission
1d. Owners of outcomes
1e. Continuous quality improvement
2a. Honor the dignity and worth of all
2b. Welcome and celebrate diversity
2c. Invite meaningful discourse
2d. Meet people where they are
2e. Engage courageously in the struggle
2f. Ease suffering
2g. Discern a just path
2h. Lead from where you land
3a. Explore the intersections among health, discovery, and learning
3b. Incorporate empirical research
3c. Tikkun Olam (Repair the World)
3d. Honor the Jesuit tradition
3e. Liberate the human spirit
4a. Foster a safe learning environment
4b. Encourage academic risk taking
4c. Engage in active learning
4d. Foster intellectual curiosity
4e. Nurture creativity and joy in learning
4f. Cultivate evidence seekers
4g. Expect accountability
We Graduate Health Care Leaders Who Are:
5a. Guided by their professional codes of ethics
5b. Empowered and reflective change agents
5c. Owners of their own expertise
5d. Solutions oriented
5e. Systems navigators
5f. Effective communicators
5g. Advocates for justice and diverse perspectives