Penn State Beaver’s strategic plan is based on a student success foundation and a diversity, equity, and inclusion framework. With education at the core of student success, Penn State Beaver supports students in their personal and professional growth to:
- create a strong foundation for college through early connection with campus and university resources including faculty, staff, offices, and programs that support acclimation and navigating their college experience;
- develop a sense of community and belonging by creating partnerships with peers, faculty, and staff through academic experiences, employment, service, events, and student organizations;
- align their academic interests through assessments, goals identification, and understanding their potential to find their “best fit” major;
- sharpen both their academic and life skills;
- embrace diversity, equity, inclusion, and sustainability in all of its forms by learning to recognize and challenge biases in themselves and others and leverage the educational and institutional benefits of diversity in society and nature;
- understand debt through financial literacy and the importance of purposeful persistence in their program of study;
- gain transferable skills through civic engagement, leadership, student organizations, and experiential learning like internships, research, and jobs; and
- graduate and enter a personally fulfilling career with livable wages, professional growth, and career mobility.