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The University’s public affairs mission — which is our pledge to make the world a better place and to create culturally competent students — permeates everything we do. Your support helps us mold students into ethical leaders who will be engaged in their communities when they graduate.

Our Vision

Our Promise

The promise of a great education has always been at the heart of Missouri State University.

Now we stand ready to expand that promise — with your help.

Our Promise, the Campaign for Missouri State University, is a far-reaching effort that will transform every facet of the University. Our Promise will affect students, faculty, the community and the campus.

Our Promise begins with you. Together, we can shape a future in which Missouri State continues to excel in every way.

Excellence at the University is directly related to private support. It helps us attract the brightest students and the best faculty members. It expands the experiences offered to our scholars. It results in cultural events that elevate the communities in which we serve. It deepens the ties between alumni and their school. It allows the University to build and maintain cutting-edge facilities which promote learning opportunities for our student and the scholary activities of our faculty.

Our Promise is an opportunity to invest in the future, to leave a lasting legacy and to make a powerful difference in lives.

You can trust us to keep Our Promise. With your help, we can and will turn dreams into reality.

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Student Vision

Our Promise to Students:
Quality Education Within Your Reach

Missouri State University is dedicated to developing educated, enlightened and ethical persons. This has always been our ultimate promise to students and the community.

Our Promise will allow us to take our commitment to students to the next level.

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Faculty Vision

Our Promise regarding Faculty:
Attract and retain the best

We Promise that Missouri State helps students develop into engaged scholars. Excellent faculty members are an essential part of that progression.

Great universities have great faculty. That's our promise.

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Community Vision

Our Promise Regarding Community:
Imagining and Making Missouri's Future

The benefits of the Our Promise campaign will not stop at the University’s boundaries. They will extend into the region, the state and across the nation.

We promise to continue the realationship with our local communities as an active partner in the University’s mission, vision and goals.

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Our facilities
Facilities Vision

Our Promise Regarding Facilities:
Building our Future

Our facilities are not just stones and mortar. They are places where students become illuminated by new ideas, practice real-world skills and make lifelong friends.

Our Promise will ensure that we have impressive facilities to match our impressive mission.

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