Critical and Creative Thinking
- Generate innovative ideas and solutions to problems.
- Draw well-reasoned conclusions from evidence appropriate to various disciplines.
- Synthesize connections between liberal arts learning and personal, professional, and civic life.
Leadership
- Demonstrate the attributes of a values-based leader including accountability, integrity, empathy, collaboration, and adaptability.
- Communicate effectively in social, academic, and professional contexts using written, oral, electronic, quantitative, and/or visual modes of communication.
- Demonstrate competence in their discipline and/or profession.
Global and Cultural Diversity
- Engage in critical reflection on the basis of one’s own personal perspectives, attitudes, and biases.
- Demonstrate specific knowledge of cultural, religious, historical, social, economic, technological, and/or political factors that shape aspects of one or more diverse groups and influence social inequality.
- Engage in thoughtful and respectful civil discourse that acknowledges and respects the differences of others.
Mercy Spirituality
- Articulate the value of individual spiritualities and deeply held values while offering hospitality toward others’ faith traditions and spiritualities.
- Engage in social action consistent with the Critical Concerns of the Sisters of Mercy.