Educate, Connect, Elevate: Illinois State – The Strategic Plan for Illinois's First Public University 2018-2023
Educate • Connect • Elevate
The Strategic Directions, and the Core Values they express, are central to the success of the University and its students.
View our core valuesLiving Our Values Awards
Illinois State University’s core values—Learning and Scholarship, Diversity and Inclusion, Respect, Collaboration, Individualized Attention, Civic Engagement, Integrity—are spelled out in Educate • Connect • Elevate: Illinois State – The Strategic Plan for Illinois’ First Public University 2018-2023. These goals embody our University’s culture of innovative and introspective growth, and it is through individuals in our Illinois State family that these values come to life through action.
Awards
The Living Our Values Awards recognize individuals as well as joint efforts from a group whose work exemplifies Illinois State’s core values. The awards celebrate the commitment to live our values every day, and strengthen the campus community by sharing those values.
Nominations
Nominees can be any current Illinois State student, faculty or staff member, or a group of people at Illinois State working toward a program or initiative that reflects the core values.
Nomination forms can be found here.
Categories
The categories for the Living Our Value Awards are:
- Living Our Values Student Award
- Living Our Values Faculty/Staff Award
- Living Our Values Group/Initiative Award
Those nominating should be able to explain how the nominee exemplifies one or more of Illinois State University’s core values:
- Learning and Scholarship
- Diversity and Inclusion
- Respect
- Collaboration
- Individualized Attention
- Civic Engagement
- Integrity
