{"id":2241,"date":"2024-06-26T15:07:06","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T19:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/founders\/?page_id=2241"},"modified":"2026-10-12T10:52:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T14:52:37","slug":"mission-and-vision","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/founders\/about\/mission-and-vision\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission and Vision"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"content-block content-block--has-menu is-style-founders wp-block-butler-content-block\">\n\t<div class=\"content-block-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content-block-layout\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-block-menu-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"content-block-menu-nav is-style-founders\" aria-label=\"Site menu\" id=\"page-nav\"><div class=\"content-block-menu-wrapper\"><header class=\"content-block-menu-header\"><span class=\"content-block-menu-header-label\">About Menu<\/span><button type=\"button\" class=\"content-block-menu-mobile-toggle\" title=\"Toggle menu\" aria-label=\"Toggle menu\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/button><\/header><ul class=\"content-block-menu-list\"><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/founders\/about\/why-founders-college\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Why Founder\u2019s College<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/founders\/about\/faculty-and-staff\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Faculty and Staff<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/founders\/about\/support-founders-college\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Support Founder\u2019s College<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/founders\/about\/career-opportunities\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Career Opportunities<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/founders\/about\/mission-and-vision\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Mission and Vision<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/founders\/nominate-a-prospective-student\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Nominate a Prospective Student<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-block-content-container is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"butler-content-breadcrumbs\"><nav style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600;--separator: &quot;\/&quot;\" class=\"wp-block-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\"><ol><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/\">Home<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/founders\/\">Founder&#039;s College<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/founders\/about\/\">About<\/a><\/li><li><span aria-current=\"page\">Mission and Vision<\/span><\/li><\/ol><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<h1 id=\"h-mission-and-vision\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mission and Vision<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/28\/2024\/06\/08104937\/mortarboard.png\" alt=\"Student with Commencement hat with the words &quot;Turned Her Cants Into Cans and Her Dreams Into Plans.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-2244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/28\/2024\/06\/08104937\/mortarboard.png 1000w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/28\/2024\/06\/08104937\/mortarboard-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/28\/2024\/06\/08104937\/mortarboard-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/28\/2024\/06\/08104937\/mortarboard-720x480.png 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-mission-and-vision-statement\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mission and vision statement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through Founder\u2019s College, Butler University will embrace and operationalize its founding mission to serve those historically excluded from the promise of higher education. 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