{"id":1016,"date":"2018-03-22T23:39:27","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T23:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"\/university\/?page_id=1016"},"modified":"2026-05-26T21:07:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:07:31","slug":"vision-mission-statement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/university\/introduction\/vision-mission-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Vision &amp; Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"hero-secondary\">\n  <div class=\"relative bg-black\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"adhere object-cover\" src=\"\/media\/university\/images\/110314_westernu_sign_hdr2-2-3.jpg\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"The sun sets at WesternU, showing the Esplanada and the Anderson Tower with newly lighted signs.\">\n      <div class=\"adhere gradient-overlay\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"relative container pt-56 md:pt-112 pb-144 md:pb-192\">\n      <div class=\"md:flex md:justify-between px-12\">\n        <div class=\"sm:w-8\/12 md:w-6\/12 xl:w-5\/12 px-12\">\n                      <div class=\"mb-20\">\n              <div class=\"block font-sans font-bold text-14 text-white leading-130\">\n  <span class=\"inline-block\">\n    <a href=\"\/\" class=\"block hover:underline\">WesternU<\/a>\n  <\/span>\n      <span class=\"inline-block mx-6\">\/<\/span>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/university\" class=\"inline-block hover:underline\">About WesternU<\/a>\n          <span class=\"inline-block mx-6\">\/<\/span>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/university\/introduction\/\" class=\"inline-block hover:underline\">Introduction<\/a>\n    <span class=\"inline-block mx-6\">\/<\/span>\n    <span class=\"inline-block\"><\/span>\n  <\/div>            <\/div>\n                                        <h1 class=\"t-h1-sans  text-white\"><\/h1>\n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"tertiary-nav\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n        <nav class=\"relative mx-24 py-10 px-20 rounded-b-5 md:rounded-b-8 bg-gray shadow-md mb-40\">\n      <ul class=\"grid lg:grid-cols-[1fr_auto_1fr_auto_1fr_auto_1fr] lg:gap-x-16 lg:justify-items-center lg:text-center\"> <!-- 4 columns layout, 1 column in mobile -->\n                            <li class=\"my-8\">\n            <a class=\"text-16 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-black hover:text-red hover:underline transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/university\/introduction\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Introduction<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n                                              <div class=\"vertical-line hidden lg:block w-1 invisible bg-red mt-8\"><\/div>\n                                      <li class=\"my-8\">\n            <a class=\"text-16 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-black hover:text-red hover:underline transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/university\/introduction\/history\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">University History<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n                                              <div class=\"vertical-line hidden lg:block w-1 invisible bg-red mt-8\"><\/div>\n                                      <li class=\"my-8\">\n            <a class=\"text-16 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-black hover:text-red hover:underline transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/university\/introduction\/vision-mission-statement\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Vision &amp; Mission<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n                                              <div class=\"vertical-line hidden lg:block w-1 invisible bg-red mt-8 mb-8\"><\/div>\n                                      <li class=\"my-8\">\n            <a class=\"text-16 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-black hover:text-red hover:underline transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/provost\/academic-affairs\/accreditation-and-disclosures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Accreditation and Disclosures<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n                                      <li class=\"my-8\">\n            <a class=\"text-16 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-black hover:text-red hover:underline transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/university\/introduction\/administration\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">University Administration<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n                                              <div class=\"vertical-line hidden lg:block w-1 invisible bg-red mb-8\"><\/div>\n                                      <li class=\"my-8\">\n            <a class=\"text-16 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-black hover:text-red hover:underline transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/university\/introduction\/administrative-offices\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Administrative Offices<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n                                              <div class=\"vertical-line hidden lg:block w-1 invisible bg-red mb-8\"><\/div>\n                        <\/ul>\n    <\/nav>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"relative my-48 md:my-72\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"lg:flex px-12 lg:justify-center\">\n      \n      \n                  \n                  \n      <div class=\"w-full px-24 wysiwyg-content xl:w-10\/12 2xl:w-9\/12\">\n        <h3>Vision<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/university\/strategic-plan\/\">Tomorrow\u2019s WesternU<\/a><\/span>\u00a0represents a bold, future\u2011focused commitment to strengthening our mission and elevating WesternU as a global leader in graduate health sciences education, research, and service. This vision guides our efforts to address critical healthcare workforce shortages and to advance humanistic, innovative approaches that improve human and animal health.<\/p>\n<p>WesternU&#8217;s vision is to build upon our current preeminent college rankings, as a national academic leader in healthcare workforce development, and emerge as a global leader in health sciences education, research, and service.<\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"relative my-48 md:my-72\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"lg:flex px-12 lg:justify-center\">\n      \n      \n                  \n                  \n      <div class=\"w-full px-24 wysiwyg-content xl:w-10\/12 2xl:w-9\/12\">\n        <ol>\n<li class=\"p1\">WesternU will continue to inspire its academic community to advance human and animal health and well-being through a humanistic approach.<\/li>\n<li>WesternU in training highly skilled healthcare professionals, will play an increasingly important and pivotal role in addressing the critical healthcare workforce shortages, particularly in Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) across the nation.<\/li>\n<li>Through innovative research and cutting-edge educational programs, WesternU will drive advancements in healthcare and improve the quality of life for generations to come.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p1\">This shared vision unites our Pomona, California and Lebanon, Oregon campuses, while honoring the unique strengths and needs of each region. Together, we move forward with purpose\u2014setting the stage for the mission that drives our work every day.<\/p>\n<h3>Mission<\/h3>\n<p>To produce, in a humanistic tradition, health care professionals and biomedical knowledge that will enhance and extend the quality of life in our communities.<\/p>\n<p>The mission was approved by the WesternU Board of Trustees, May, 2005 and reaffirmed in November 2025.<\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":0,"parent":1028,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1016","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/university\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/university\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/university\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/university\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/university\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1016"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/university\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6251,"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/university\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1016\/revisions\/6251"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/university\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/university\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}