OUR MISSION

To advance eye and health care through leadership in education, research, and service.

OUR VISION

To transform eye and vision care as a world leading optometric academic health center.

OUR VALUES

  • Leadership: We develop leaders and scholars through excellence in education, research, and patient care.
  • Innovation: We foster an environment that promotes creativity and discovery to advance the future of eye care.
  • Inquiry: We support discovery and understanding through basic, translational, and clinical research and embrace evidence-based practice and lifelong learning.
  • Service: We enhance public health by making the highest quality patient care accessible to a broad range of communities.
  • Professionalism: We engage the internal and external college communities with integrity, respect, civil discourse, and transparency.
  • Diversity: We respect the dignity of all individuals and, as an institution, advance a culture of inclusion, mutual respect, and civil discourse across differing perspectives.

See Goals and Objectives

Graphic in a circle with key areas a different color. Text states, Strategic Plan 2026-2031, Transforming Vision. The segments of the circle say, Research, Patients, People, Infrastructure, Visibility, Students, Education, Education. In the Center it says, Focusiong on Excellence, Innovation, Engagement