Mission & Vision Statement

Our Mission:  To provide an actively supportive learning environment by developing campus community through a diverse, high quality and accessible array of services and programs for the campus community.

Our Vision Statement:  The facility we envision is the heart of BSU, achieved through education, community, service, and inclusion.

Education:
- Student Employment Learning Opportunities (building manager, print shop, auditorium, marketing)
- Partnerships with Theater and Dance, Music, Communication, Art, Marketing Departments
- Collaboration with Sustainability, Office of Diversity, Leadership Programs, Undergraduate Research College of Graduate Studies, Social Justice

Community:
- Building relationships with campus departments and organizations
- Lounge Spaces for Community Gathering
- Programs (Commuter CAN Week, Breakfast Series, Campus MovieFest, Loading Dock Arts Festival)
- Student Employment Learning 
- Parternships within the larger community and beyond

Service:
- Event Support
- Print Shop
- Lockers
- Marketing
- Information
- Dining
- Meeting and Event Spaces

Inclusion:
- Programs with Office of Diversity, Democracy Plaza
- Support all forms of open civil expression
- GLBTA Pride Center
- Accessibility

Role of the College Union (Campus Center)

The union is the community center of the college, serving students, faculty, staff, alumni, and guests. By whatever form or name, a college union is an organization offering a variety of programs, activities, services, and facilities that, when taken together, represent a well-considered plan for the community life of the college.

The union is an integral part of the educational mission of the college.

• As the center of the college community life, the union complements the academic experience through an extensive variety of cultural, educational, social, and recreational programs. These programs provide the opportunity to balance course work and free time as cooperative factors in education.
• The union is a student-centered organization that values participatory decision-making. Through volunteerism, its boards, committees, and student employment, the union offers first-hand experience in citizenship and educates students in leadership, social responsibility, and values.
• In all its processes, the union encourages self-directed activity, giving maximum opportunity for self-realization and for growth in individual social competency and group effectiveness.

The union's goal is the development of persons as well as intellects.

Traditionally considered the "hearthstone" or "living room" of the campus, today's union is the gathering place of the college. The union provides services and conveniences that members of the college community need in their daily lives and creates an environment for getting to know and understand others through formal and informal associations.

The union serves as a unifying force that honors each individual and values diversity. The union fosters a sense of community that cultivates enduring loyalty to the college.

Adopted by the Association of College Union's International's (ACUI) general membership in 1996, this statement is based on the Role of the College Union statement, 1956. For more information visit www.acui.org.

Last Modified: September 4, 2012