Mission

Mission statement

The Mission of the College of Public Health at the University of Kentucky is to provide public health education, research, and service that enhance the health status and quality of life for individuals, families, and communities. The College commits itself to the University’s land grant mission and to promoting human and economic development in partnership with public health practitioners and communities, through a diverse model characterized by fairness and social justice.

Vision statement

Through its focus on the most salient public health problems in Kentucky and active participation in creative ways of addressing them, the College of Public Health at the University of Kentucky will be recognized locally, nationally and internationally for its demonstrated outcomes; reflecting quality in discovery, outreach, learning, service, community engagement, and leadership.

Values statements

As a new college within a land grant institution, the College of Public Health at the University of Kentucky pursues its mission and vision with the following commitments regarding its individual and organizational values.

Academic Excellence

Assist individuals and communities to apply knowledge to their everyday personal and community lives and ensure that its graduates are prepared to make their way into the public health world armed with an education equipping them for life long learning.

Democracy

Apply democratic principles that prepare students to participate in administrative and operational processes that are characterized by open communication, tolerance, inclusiveness, collegiality, and civility.

Veracity

Foster positive relationships in a manner that reflects honesty, transparency, and ethical behavior, and ensure that a similar level of truthfulness characterizes intra-/inter -organizational relationships.

Organizational Cohesion

Build and maintain administrative and governance infrastructures that promote processes and broad based decision-making toward shared- vision and goals so as to minimize any sense of competition among individuals and units within the College.

Community Engagement

Move beyond outreach and public service to new ways of empowering citizens and mobilizing communities, by moving the College’s expertise and resources beyond the campus and at the same time receiving input and expertise from the community.

Accountability

Commit personally and collectively to a systematic measurement of progress towards goals and objectives in a way that permits our various constituencies and each other to understand how well we are doing.

Trans-disciplinary Discovery

Seek a balance in the need for original research by scholars in areas of their choosing with a broad agenda based on informed judgments of research promise, and national and social needs, particularly with other institutions and academic programs within UK to leverage their strengths for the Commonwealth.

Educational Opportunity

Provide access to success without regard to gender, race, ethnicity, age, occupation, or economic background and to develop cooperative relationships with other institutions within Kentucky to serve the needs of the Commonwealth and avoid unnecessary duplication of educational capacity.