Our Mission

The College of Health and Human Sciences advances knowledge, policies, and practices to enhance the lives, health, and environments of individuals, families and communities in Oregon and beyond. We achieve this mission through:

• Exemplary undergraduate and graduate education that prepares globally minded professionals to meet current and future challenges and opportunities.
• Strong, creative disciplinary and multidisciplinary scholarship that addresses vital issues affecting health, development, and quality of life across the lifespan.
• Effective Extension Service programs, continuing education, and outreach initiatives that extend knowledge and scholarship across and beyond the campus.

Our Vision

The College of Health and Human Sciences will expand its leadership in education, scholarship, and outreach to improve the lives, health and environments of individuals, families, and communities.

Our Values

We share the values that guide Oregon State University: Accountability, Diversity, Respect, Responsibility, and Truth. To these values, we add our dedication to:

• Improve Human Lives and Daily Environments. Our most important responsibility is to address human needs, prevent and solve human problems, and improve lives and environments of all people, including the most vulnerable.
• Personal Respect and Professional Collaboration. Among our faculty, students, and all others with whom we work, we respect a diversity of experiences, thoughts, and approaches. This respect is the foundation for collaboration within the university and beyond.
• Innovation and Creativity. We aspire to identify and address new challenges and opportunities through strong, creative scholarship, teaching, and outreach. Understanding that creativity involves risk, we reward risk-taking as well as success.
• Positive Leadership. We seek to be a positive force within OSU, with public and private sector leaders and with individuals and families. We demonstrate our leadership through thoughtful discourse, high ethical standards for personal and professional behavior, and commitment to action.