Education Centers

World Changing Aims

Mission: Indiana Wesleyan University is a Christ-centered academic community committed to changing the world by developing students in character, scholarship, and leadership.

A World Changer is a servant leader who exhibits the following:

1. Knowledge
   1. Basics of the Christian Faith: A knowledge of the basic themes and truths of the Old and New Testaments and the basic beliefs of Christianity, an awareness of Bible-based morality and social responsibility, and a reasoned understanding of a Christian worldview and the meaning of salvation as expressed in evangelical Christianity.
   2. Liberal Arts Foundation: A solid grasp of the general studies that have been associated with a liberal arts education.
   3. Competency in a Discipline: Competency in at least one major discipline of the university curriculum.
   4. Integration of Knowledge: The integration of knowledge with the Christian faith and across academic disciplines.
   5. Leadership Understanding: Knowledge of the key components and dynamics essential to effective servant-minded leadership in any setting that leads to positive world changing outcomes.
2. Skills
   1. Creativity: Making connections between various bodies of information.
   2. Critical Thinking: Analyzing information in order to determine the validity of competing truth claims, and to solve problems.
   3. Communication Skills: Reading critically, writing clearly, and communicating effectively.
   4. Self-discipline: Demonstrating habits of correction or regulation of oneself for the sake of improvement.
   5. Leadership: Taking action to effect change by mobilizing others to accomplish a shared vision.
3. Dispositions (Beliefs and Attitudes)
   1. Commitment to Truth: A commitment to the search for Truth as revealed in the Bible and in God's created order.
   2. Lifelong Learning: A commitment to discovering and processing information in preparation for a life of learning.
   3. Human Worth: The belief that God created all life and therefore all people have worth.
   4. Inclusion: The willingness to interact with persons of different perspectives and cultures without surrendering a commitment to truth.
   5. Stewardship: The belief that the created order is a trust from God and a commitment to the wise use of all the resources of life.
   6. Life Calling: The confidence of an overriding purpose for one's life based on a relationship to God, an understanding of self, and a personal response to the needs of the world.
   7. Agents of Change: A commitment to change the world for Christ.
   8. Servanthood: A commitment to meet the needs of others before one's own self interests.

Strategic Profile

Core Values

The primary value for Indiana Wesleyan University is Christlikeness. The challenge to follow Christ compels us to pursue a personal and professional lifestyle of

1. Commitment.
2. Learning.
3. Serving.
4. Stewardship.

Mission

Indiana Wesleyan University is a Christ-centered academic community committed to changing the world by developing students in character, scholarship and leadership.

Vision for Indiana Wesleyan University

Indiana Wesleyan University will prepare each student to become a world changer. We will accomplish this by drawing students into an integrated experience of intellectual challenge, spiritual growth and leadership development. Thus we will

1. Call students to Christian character.
2. Expect academic excellence.
3. Equip them for success in their vocations.
4. Mentor them in leadership.
5. Prepare them for service.

Over the next five to ten years, this vision will be operationalized through transformational strategies so that it becomes

1. A powerful message to our students.
2. A way of building positive student self-image and Christian character.
3. The basis for integrating faith with learning and living.
4. An integrated theme in all our programs.
5. The focal point for a student-centered campus experience that integrates spiritual, educational, and leadership development.
6. The lens we use for faculty recruitment and development.
7. A new way of thinking about who our distinguished alumni are.
8. A basis for rethinking how we relate to our alumni.