Mission and Vision
Calvin School of Health (SOH) Mission
Calvin University School of Health provides an excellent, experiential, and Reformed Christian education, equipping learners of all backgrounds to grow in their understanding, critical thinking, character, faith, and vocation, developing into innovative thought leaders in health and wellness in their communities and organizations.
Calvin SOH Vision
The School of Health will be an innovative, growing and trusted partner that develops excellent, critical-thinking learners of all backgrounds animated by Christian faith to be future-focused health and wellness change agents who seek the flourishing and welfare of the communities and organizations served.
Calvin SOH Values
1. Excellence: We pursue the highest standards of excellence in our teaching, scholarship, and societal impact.
2. Experiential: We provide a range of experiential opportunities that promote curiosity, innovative and critical thinking, character building, and career readiness.
3. Connected: We engage deeply in mutual learning and growth, seeking lasting connections between students, alumni, community partners, and those we seek to serve.
4. Faithful: We remain faithful to a reformed Christian worldview and integrate it into everything we do.
5. Equitable and inclusive: We aim to serve traditional and non-traditional students well. We care deeply about justice, recognizing and addressing inherent health disparities in our communities.
Calvin SOH Expanded Statement of Mission
In all things, we strive to be faithful to our God. Our recognition of the goodness of God reflected in His creation prompts us to live peacefully and wholeheartedly with ourselves, our neighbors, and the natural environment, seeking justice and the shared welfare for all. We seek to understand and address health disparities and the social determinants of health.
Our authentic engagement with community members and groups, healthcare organizations, and educational institutions forge mutually beneficial partnerships founded on deep listening, mutual trust, and respect. Through teaching, research, scholarship, and service, the SOH seeks to promote the welfare of the city and healing of the world. Liberal arts and SOH coursework and experiential learning shape SOH students to be critical thinkers of high character and virtue, able to transform the future of health and wellness.
Calvin University SOH Strategic Priorities/Goals
1. Increase SOH enrollment while ensuring our capacity for sustainable growth is in place.
2. Increase our external focus and future orientation through the development and nurturing of meaningful, mutually beneficial partnerships with external stakeholders, including alumni, donors, community members and groups, health organizations, and educational institutions.
3. Expand experiential learning opportunities (in five targeted areas) that foster reflective and transformative practice and critical thinking skills.
4. Foster deep and lasting connections (in four targeted areas) that nurture community and help equip all learners to flourish during their Calvin experience and vocation.
5. Invest in faculty recruitment, retention, research, and professional development.
6. Shape and cultivate a SOH identity and culture that facilitates growth as an innovative and distinctive SOH.