A Cottey education is guided by our mission, inspired by our vision, and grounded in our core values. These three statements combine to provide the foundation for learning and living.
MISSION
Cottey College, an independent liberal arts and sciences college, educates women to be contributing members of a global society through a challenging curriculum and a dynamic campus experience. In our diverse and supportive environment, women develop their potential for personal and professional lives of intellectual engagement and thoughtful action as learners, leaders, and citizens.
VISION
Cottey College will be a higher education institution of choice for women of diverse backgrounds who seek access to world class exceptional educational programs. A Cottey education will focus on three guiding threads: women’s leadership, social responsibility, and global awareness. With care and respect for each student, we will empower women to enrich their lives, realize their full potential, and make valuable contributions to society. Cottey College will be a growing, vibrant, distinctive, and selective college for women, well known and respected for programs delivered in multiple and accessible formats, up-to-date facilities, and academic excellence.
CORE VALUES
Cottey College’s core values are grounded in tradition and history as set forth by founder Virginia Alice Cottey and supported by the ownership of the P.E.O. Sisterhood. These six values clarify our identity, past, present, and future.
- Educate Women to be knowledgeable and thinking members of a global society.
- Promote Intellectual Growth through the study of science, culture, and society and the development of strong practical skills, including communication, analysis, and problem-solving.
- Cultivate Responsibility to encourage positive contributions from women through their personal and professional lives.
- Respect Difference by creating a climate of openness and appreciation of a diversity of ideas, perspectives, cultures, experiences, and contributions that comprise a multi-cultural society.
- Broaden Global Perspectives by immersing students in new cultures and experiences and enhancing their understanding of the interconnectedness of our global economy and cultural practices.
- Pursue Thoughtful Action by cultivating an atmosphere of inquiry, integrity, honesty, and mutual respect.
- Develop Women’s Leadership by providing opportunities to grow intellectually, socially, aesthetically, spiritually, and physically in order to realize individual potential.