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The Mission of ������is to promote diversity and foster equity. The philosophy, strategic plan, and practices inherent at ������embody this ideal by encouraging us to pursue the goals of institutional engagement and excellence as essential components of creating education that transforms; connections that endure, and communities that flourish.

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Institutional Engagement and Excellence Statement

������ University is committed to supporting a welcoming, richly diverse campus community where all students, faculty, and staff thrive, feel valued, and experience a sense of belonging. An inclusive excellence framework is designed to support the integration of institutional engagement and excellence efforts into the core functions and operations of the university while advancing our efforts to obtain educational excellence through GovState’s four IEE goals:

• • Goal 1: Improve recruitment, retention, persistence, completion, and advancement of ALL students 
• • Goal 2: Improve the recruitment, retention, and advancement of ALL faculty and staff.
• • Goal 3: Support inclusive excellence within the formal curriculum and with our co-curricular and extra-curricular experiences.
• • Goal 4: Engage with our alumni and with local, national, and international communities to encourage the pursuit of inclusive excellence beyond the boundaries of GovState.

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What's New?

Conversations with Leaders: Joi Patterson

Decades before becoming ������ University’s (GovState's) Chief of Institutional Engagement and Excellence, Dr. Joi Patterson never had dreams of teaching or working in education. “I never thought becoming a teacher was something I could do,” says Patterson, a Chicago native, who didn’t encounter a minority teacher until graduate school.

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