Missouri Western State University

Mission

Missouri Western State University is a learning community focused on students as individuals and as members of society. Western offers students at all stages of life the opportunity to achieve excellence in the classroom and beyond, especially through applied learning, as they prepare to be leaders in their work and in their communities. As a leader itself, Western is committed to the educational, economic, cultural, and social development of the people and the region that it serves through applied research and professional and voluntary service.

Vision

Missouri Western State University will set the standard of excellence for the New American Regional University focused on the development of students as learners, as persons, and as citizens through applied learning, and on the development of the region through applied research and service.