Mission
To advance nursing science and practice through generating knowledge and educating future leaders to address health for all.
Vision
To pioneer improvements in health and health care through innovative nursing science, education, and practice.
Our Core Values
Collaboration
Social Responsibility
Integrity
Respect
Accountability
Diversity
Excellence
2025-2030 Strategic Priorities
UW SoN Strategic Priorities
- A-1: Identify, incubate, and launch research initiatives leveraging UW SoN strengths.
- A-2: Foster a more resilient research enterprise by strengthening infrastructure and diversifying funding.
- A-3: Identify, incubate, and launch educational initiatives leveraging UW SoN strengths.
- A-4: Innovate educational delivery and expand workforce opportunities to meet emerging health challenges.
- B-1: Embrace a culture of wellness by integrating resources into the employee lifecycle.
- B-2: Develop operational systems supporting staff, faculty, and leadership effectiveness.
- B-3: Encourage solutions-oriented approaches to foster clarity and trust.
- B-4: Strengthen transparency and role clarity in decision-making processes.
- C-1: Ensure faculty preparedness to employ inclusive, evidence-based teaching and technology-enhanced learning.
- C-2: Align and enhance academic support infrastructure to cultivate a holistic student support ecosystem.
- C-3: Identify and pursue funding opportunities to support student success.
- C-4: Build sustainable infrastructure to support research that improves learning outcomes and reduces inequities.
- D-1: Advance equity through recruitment, mentorship, retention, and advancement systems.
- D-2: Foster an academic culture that supports belonging and learner well-being by embedding inclusive pedagogy, assessments, curricula, and policies.
- D-3: Strengthen community and organizational partnerships that advance equity and reduce disparities.
- D-4: Establish structures to disseminate equity-related information, data, and technology across units and communities.
- E-1: Align tri-campus initiatives and opportunities to advance long-term SoN goals.
- E-2: Develop and launch creative philanthropic engagement approaches to secure diverse investments.
- E-3: Strengthen, sustain, and expand relationships with community, clinical, and industry partners.
- E-4: Identify, formalize, and launch new partnerships that advance UW SoN and community priorities.