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A&AA Mission Statement

The School of Architecture & Allied Arts is dedicated to advancing the understanding, value, and quality of visual culture and the built, natural, and social environments through excellent and distinctive teaching, research, and creative endeavors. Grounded in a unique multi-disciplinary structure, A&AA is a diverse, collegial learning community of faculty, students, and staff. We seek to enhance the lives of individuals and communities through endeavors that stem from intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, and broad inquiry, rooted in the inter-relatedness of theory, history, and practice.

In support of this mission, A&AA affirms the following values

EXCELLENCE
Supporting and celebrating a culture that promotes rigor, encourages risk-taking, and challenges standards in creating, composing, and presenting ideas.

OPEN DISCOURSE
Fostering the open exchange and critique of ideas in an environment that welcomes a diversity of views.

INCLUSIVENESS
Actively encouraging the presence and participation in the School of individuals with differing backgrounds, experience, and world-views.

COOPERATION
Working together in shared efforts to teach, learn, understand, and create.

INTER-DISCIPLINARY EXPERIENCE
Engaging multiple disciplines to expand our perspectives and enrich our teaching, research, and creative practice.

RESPONSIBILITY
Recognizing our accountability for the impact of our actions on environmental, social, and cultural systems.

Adopted by the A&AA Faculty, 22 May 2003



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