1. Rose-Hulman puts the student first. We--

• maintain small size, small classes, and individual attention;
• provide active help and a general sense of caring support;
• encourage interaction within the Rose-Hulman community;
• emphasize undergraduate education while maintaining quality programs in graduate and continuing education.

• stimulate creativity, curiosity, and intellectual excitement;
• promote personal growth in students, faculty, and staff;
• encourage persistence, self-discipline and working to one's potential;
• instill a sense of ethics and personal responsibility;
• practice tolerance and encourage diversity;
• broaden students through a rigorous liberal education;
• prepare students for leadership roles;
• promote scholarship, research, and continual professional growth.

• emphasize a systematic, rigorous grounding in fundamentals;
• teach critical thinking and problem-solving skills;
• emphasize hands-on experience and real-world projects;
• develop communication, team, and networking skills;
• provide cross-disciplinary experiences;
• encourage entrepreneurial thinking;
• inculcate the habits of professional practice;
• help students obtain undergraduate work experience by assisting them in their efforts to acquire summer internships and co-ops;
• assist students in their efforts to find professional employment or further educational opportunities upon graduation.

• strive to enhance our role as an innovator in technical education;
• integrate cutting edge technology with cutting edge pedagogy;
• continue rigorous assessment efforts;
• provide state-of-the art facilities;
• practice careful stewardship, reducing costs while increasing quality.

• develop an understanding of the impact of science and technology on society;
• encourage students, alumni, faculty, and staff to use their talents for the betterment of society;
• emphasize contributing to the profession and to the body of knowledge;
• play an active role in bettering the community;
• participate in business and academic partnerships;
• foster economic and social development--regional, national, and global.

• create a work place where everyone feels included, fairly treated, and secure;
• support academic freedom;
• solve problems positively and develop institute policy through consensual methods;
• promote open communication;
• treat everyone equally and with respect;
• support and cooperate with one another;
• encourage innovation and risk-taking;
• expect everyone to contribute to the institute's success;
• retain a sense of humor and remember to have fun.