{"id":6005,"date":"2026-01-12T23:14:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T23:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/university\/?page_id=6005"},"modified":"2026-02-10T23:29:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T23:29:49","slug":"values","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/university\/strategic-plan\/values\/","title":{"rendered":"Values"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"hero-secondary\">\n  <div class=\"relative bg-black\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"adhere object-cover\" src=\"\/media\/university\/images\/strategic-plan\/050325-westernu-oregon-rural-health-care-equity-fair-002.jpg\" srcset=\"\/media\/university\/images\/strategic-plan\/050325-westernu-oregon-rural-health-care-equity-fair-002.jpg 2048w, \/media\/university\/images\/strategic-plan\/050325-westernu-oregon-rural-health-care-equity-fair-002-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"A group of eight people in matching gray shirts stand in front of a table at the Rural Health Care Equity Fair, with a banner and informational booths in the background.\">\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\/strategic-plan\/\" class=\"inline-block hover:underline\">Strategic Plan 2025-2030<\/a>\n    <span class=\"inline-block mx-6\">\/<\/span>\n    <span class=\"inline-block\">Values<\/span>\n  <\/div>            <\/div>\n                                        <h1 class=\"t-h1-sans  text-white\">Values<\/h1>\n        <\/div>\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-start\">\n              <div class=\"w-full lg:w-5\/12 2xl:w-4\/12 -mt-80 md:-mt-112 mb-48 px-12 lg:pr-32\">\n                              <nav class=\"py-28 px-40 2xl:px-64 rounded-5 md:rounded-8 bg-gray-darker text-white mb-40\">\n            <ul>\n                                              <li class=\"block my-8\">\n                  <a class=\"text-22 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-white hover:text-yellow transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/university\/strategic-plan\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Strategic Plan 2025-2030<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                                              <li class=\"block my-8\">\n                  <a class=\"text-22 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-white hover:text-yellow transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/university\/strategic-plan\/strategic-priorities\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Strategic Priorities<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                                              <li class=\"block my-8\">\n                  <a class=\"text-22 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-white hover:text-yellow transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/university\/strategic-plan\/mission-vision\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Mission &amp; Vision<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                                              <li class=\"block my-8\">\n                  <a class=\"text-22 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-white hover:text-yellow transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/university\/strategic-plan\/values\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Values<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                                              <li class=\"block my-8\">\n                  <a class=\"text-22 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-white hover:text-yellow transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/university\/strategic-plan\/assessment-team\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Assessment Team<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                                              <li class=\"block my-8\">\n                  <a class=\"text-22 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-white hover:text-yellow transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/university\/strategic-plan\/content-creation-team\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Content Creation Team<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                                              <li class=\"block my-8\">\n                  <a class=\"text-22 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-white hover:text-yellow transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/university\/strategic-plan\/stakeholder-engagement-team\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Stakeholder Engagement Team<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                          <\/ul>\n          <\/nav>\n                            <\/div>\n      \n      \n                  \n                  \n      <div class=\"w-full px-24 wysiwyg-content lg:w-7\/12 2xl:w-7\/12\">\n        <h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Values<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">These values shape the university\u2019s culture and will guide the strategic priorities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Humanism &#8211; Scholarship &#8211; Integrity<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Humanism<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Compassion, empathy, and respect in all interactions.<\/p>\n<p>The overwhelming consensus from the WesternU community is that <strong>humanism<\/strong> should remain the central and enduring core value of WesternU. Respondents emphasized its importance in shaping compassionate, ethical, and patient-centered healthcare professionals. It was described as the foundation of the university\u2019s identity and success. The Board of Trustees reaffirmed humanism as an institutional core value in April 2025.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Scholarship<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Evidence-based education, research, and intellectual curiosity.<\/p>\n<p>The community also emphasized the importance of <strong>scholarship<\/strong> as a core value. WesternU is committed to academic and scientific excellence, preparing future healthcare professionals through rigorous, evidence-based education and research. This value includes innovation, interprofessional collaboration, and a dedication to high-quality, compassionate patient care.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Integrity<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ethical leadership, transparency, and accountability.<\/p>\n<p>A third core value also emerged from conversations and responses with our university community, <strong>integrity<\/strong>. This value reflects a strong call for transparency, ethical leadership, inclusion, and service. It emphasizes supporting both internal (students, faculty, staff) and external (patients, underserved populations) communities, while fostering a culture of trust, fairness, and belonging.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":246,"featured_media":0,"parent":1172,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-6005","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/university\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6005","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\/246"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/university\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6005"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/university\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6161,"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/university\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6005\/revisions\/6161"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/university\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/university\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}