我们的核心价值观

The School of Music, 艺术, 和戏剧 is guided by the following core values:

发现.    We believe the 艺术s require curiosity and 探索.
参与.       We believe learning is in the doing.
成长.           We believe the 艺术s serve humanity and the well-being of all.

我们的愿景

Devoted to the discovery 和分享 of wisdom and knowledge, education serves humanity and the well-being of all. As the School of Music, 艺术, 和戏剧, we imagine and 创建 our 项目 in the richness of community. Committing to the highest standards of excellence in the fields of music, 艺术, 剧院, 和教育, we the community of students, 教师, 和工作人员 contribute to the integration of the 艺术s and life within self, the North Park campus, the city of 芝加哥, 这个世界. We explore and hone personal aesthetic within the dialogue between culture and human values. We guide and encourage students in the journey toward a sustainable creative practice; one that can move beyond North Park University to benefit humanity.

Our diversities enhance and strengthen the 艺术istic, 精神上的, and intellectual work of learning, 教学, 和分享. Diversity itself is essential for excellence and achievement and we intentionally commit to exposing ourselves to other perspectives and cultures to ensure that our opinions, 观点, and judgments are continuously challenged and enable understandings across differences. We celebrate our vocations in and through a multiplicity of cultures and communities locally and globally. We know that embracing, 推进, and valuing diversity everywhere will make us all the more successful. As a Christian institution, we strive to celebrate the rich diversity of cultures, races and ethnicities, 性别, political and religious beliefs, physical and learning differences, sexual orientations, and identities that make up our campus community. All members of our school belong to our community and are equally supported regardless of background, 身份, 或联系.

我们的使命

The 项目 of the School of Music, 艺术, 和戏剧 offer challenging curricula enriched by the diversity of voices throughout history and cultures. We prepare students for creative practice now and into the future: 艺术ists who are global citizens equipped for the changing professions of the 21st century. As an 艺术istic community of students, 教师, 和工作人员, we seek to increase awareness of civic responsibility and promote a culture of compassion through the intersection of faith and learning.