NSUCO - The Visionary Fall 2017

COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY • 5 Previous NSUCO nominees are listed below. Academic excellence is the provision of the highest-quality educational and learning experiences made possible by academically and professionally qualified and skilled instructional faculty and staff members, opportunities for contextual learning, state-of-the-art facilities, beautiful surroundings, and effective resources necessary to support learning at the highest level. Additionally, academic excellence reflects the successful relationship between engaged learners and outstanding instructional faculty and staff members. From left to right: Rita Ey, Maura Cohen, Marlem Aleman, and Jeanne DeCaro Academic Excellence Students are the focus of institutional priorities, resource decisions, and planning. We are stewards of student needs and advocates for student academic success and professional development. Top row from left to right: Jeanne DeCaro, Rita Ey, Juan Carlos Saavedra, Rachel Snell, Juan Carlos Gonzalez, and Nicole Bras-Feliciano Bottom row from left to right: Michelle Merida Morgado and Maura Cohen Student Centered Integrity involves honesty and fairness, consistency in instruction, ethics of scholarship, freedom of inquiry, and open and truthful engagement with the community through effective communication, policies, and practices. From left to right: Rachel Snell, Vanessa McDonald, and Kelly Duke Integrity Innovation is the creative and deliberate application of teaching, research, scholarship, and service for effective education and the development of useful products or processes providing a value added to the community. From left to right: Tatiana Campos, Nicole Bras-Feliciano, and Marlem Aleman Innovation Diversity includes, but is not limited to, race, ethnicity, culture, religion, philosophy, gender, physical, socioeconomic status, age, and sexual orientation. Differences in views, interpretations, and reactions derived from diversity are important. Diversity enriches a learning environment focused on preparing individuals to live and work in a global society. From left to right: Juan Carlos Gonzalez, Rita Ey, Nicola Cooper, Tatiana Campos, Rachel Snell, and Nicole Bras-Feliciano Diversity