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Strategic Plan
Guiding Principles Strategic Commitments Implementation Impact
We Reimagine Learning We Take On Humanity's Grand Challenges We Invest in People and Communities We Partner to Advance the Public Good
Guiding Principles Strategic Commitments Implementation Impact

Guiding Principles

We must be united in our noble and fearless purpose, because celebrating differences and leveling societal inequities must be among our greatest strengths, because grand challenges demand fearless ideas, and because progress will not be measured in individual achievement, but in our collective accomplishments.
A group of students at commencement

We are committed in all endeavors to surpass good and great to reach new levels of preeminence.

Values-driven Excellence

Small buttons of all different colors with different pronouns on them including they, she, he, ze, and others.

We are strongest when embracing voices, ideas, perspectives, identities, and experiences across our campus. Together, we work toward justice.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

A group of people wearing white and beige jumpsuits and medical gloves sit outdoors beneath leafy, green trees

We envision and create a better future for our state, nation, and world through research, education, and service.

Impact

Undergraduate team of students winning the Clark School's Alumni Cup

We aim to transcend the status quo, think creatively, and act to take on the grand challenges of our time.

Innovation

One person presents from a chart while other students site at a round table.

We accomplish more when we work together for a common purpose.

Collaboration

The Mid-Maryland Mission of Mercy and Health Equity Festival

We are guided by an unwavering commitment to all of our constituencies—students, faculty, staff, partners, allies, and alumni— to fearlessly forge a better world for all humankind.

Service to Humanity

FEARLESSLY FORWARD IN PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE AND IMPACT FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD: THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND STRATEGIC PLAN  is a living document and will evolve and grow as we do. Please visit this site to follow our progress as we move fearlessly forward. Text Version