Mission Statements
University/College/Departments
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
MISSION STATEMENT
"Colorado State University belongs to the people. True to its land-grant
heritage and responsibilities as a student-centered major research University,
Colorado State focuses on the interrelated areas of education, research, and
outreach. The University is committed to excellence in advancing the frontiers
of knowledge, providing intellectual and cultural leadership, preparing students
for life-long roles as productive citizens and thinkers, and striving always
to improve the human condition. Colorado State's learning community is grounded
in intellectual curiosity and high ethical standards empowered by personal
integrity and respect for the diversity of peoples and cultures."
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
MISSION STATEMENT
"The College of Agricultural Sciences (CAS) is an integral part
of Colorado State University, a comprehensive land-grant university, and is
committed to the land-grant mission of serving the needs of the people of
Colorado. In addition, the College accepts the challenge of the broader land-grant
mission of helping to meet the educational needs of the region and nation,
as well as those of the international agricultural community. The CAS is responsible
for accomplishing the land-grant mission of the University in the following
areas: agricultural and resource economics, agricultural education, soil and
crop sciences, animal sciences, bioagricultural sciences and pest management,
and horticulture and landscape architecture.
The CAS fulfills the land-grant mission through teaching, research, and service,
in cooperation with Cooperative Extension (CE) and the Agricultural Experiment
Station (AES). The College is committed to providing students with quality
undergraduate and graduate experiences.
The CAS supports the concept that agriculture extends across the entire campus
and that the College must work in concert with other colleges to meet the
needs of the agricultural community which includes preserving, protecting,
and improving a natural environment necessary to maintain and enhance quality
of life. This College embraces the University ideal of expressing diversity
through the racial, ethnic, gender, cultural, and socioeconomic composition
of its faculty, staff, and students."
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL & RESOURCE ECONOMICS
MISSION STATEMENT
"The Department's mission is to provide excellence in teaching,
research, service, and outreach contributing to understanding of the agricultural
food and fiber system. This system includes the natural resource base, and
those production, processing, marketing and use activities that relate to
and are the subject of economic theory, policy, and methodology. Departmental
efforts shall have local, state, regional, national, and international dimensions.
Such efforts shall be carried out within the legal, intellectual and moral
obligations promulgated by the founding of land-grant universities."
DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL SCIENCES
MISSION STATEMENT
"The Department of Animal Sciences has the unique mission of
serving Colorado's three billion dollar animal industry by providing research,
teaching and outreach programs. The Department will recruit, retain and educate
high quality students, and will provide experiences that enhance their preparation
for careers related to animal agriculture. The Department will conduct meaningful
research focusing on meat science, food safety and integrated animal production
systems emphasizing relationships among nutrition, reproduction, genetics
and resource use. The Department will provide the public with objective information
regarding both contemporary issues and management practices that enhance profitability
in animal agriculture. The goal of the Department is to serve the entire citizenry
of the state of Colorado, the region and the world by maximizing sustainability
of global food and fiber production systems, enhancing the quality of life
through animal agriculture, optimization of natural resource use and enhancement
of environmental quality and food safety for consumers.
The base programs and objectives for the Department of Animal Sciences are
included in the Strategic Plan. This plan is updated annually and should serve
as a point of reference relative to department goals."
DEPARTMENT OF BIOAGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND PEST MANAGEMENT
MISSION STATEMENT
"The Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management
focuses its teaching, research and outreach mission in three program areas
each of which involves all three of the Departments disciplinary roots. These
programs are: (1) Ecology and Biodiversity, (2) Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
and (3) Integrated Pest Management. We emphasize knowledge of pests and related
organisms and the roles that they play in ecological, economic and social
systems and the applications of such knowledge to the provisions of economically
and environmentally sound solutions for practical problems. Being interdisciplinary
in nature, the Department values cooperative and collaborative efforts with
other units within the University, as well as other relevant entities in the
State and beyond. The Department plays a critical role in addressing the College
of Agricultural Sciences priorities of Sustainable and Profitable Agriculture,
Food Safety, and Environmental and Resource Management, as well as the broader
biology curriculum at Colorado State University. In the broadest sense we
teach and serve all of those affected by insects, plant pathogens, and weeds
and those desiring knowledge of their biology, ecology, and management. Those
served include Colorado State University students, other faculty, commodity
groups, agricultural industry, and many other state and regional entities."
DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURE AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
MISSION STATEMENT
"Our mission is to discover, apply, and disseminate knowledge
and technology and to develop leaders in horticulture and landscape architecture.
Our focus is to solve problems for people, agriculture, and the environment,
and to improve policy making and public education while developing a workplace
conducive to scholarship and creativity fostered by teamwork and individual
diversity. Only then can excellence be achieved in the fulfillment of our
mission. Our goal is to achieve increased professional satisfaction and to
become recognized leaders in the state, the nation, and the world in serving
agriculture, science, and society."
DEPARTMENT OF SOIL AND CROP SCIENCES
MISSION STATEMENT
"Resources of the Department shall be focused on four areas:
undergraduate instruction, graduate instruction, research and Extension. The
subject matter shall include crop science, plant breeding and genetics, and
soil science.
Undergraduate Instruction: The Department shall develop excellence
in teaching soil and crop sciences and genetics at the undergraduate level
and strive to attract scholarly students to the Department. This will require
the recruitment of a competent, stimulating faculty for undergraduate teaching
of both majors and non-majors. Emphasis shall be placed on teaching fundamental
principles of crop science, genetics, and soil science and their application
to the efficient production of agronomic crops and the management of soil,
plant, and water resources in an environmentally responsible manner. Curricular
offerings shall be developed to meet the needs of departmental majors and
to provide training in crop and soil sciences and genetics needed by majors
outside the Department. The curriculum shall be continually reviewed in order
to meet these needs within the limits of available funds and university objectives.
Graduate Instruction: The Department shall develop a strong graduate curriculum
in the soil and crop sciences, genetics and plant breeding to train graduate
students at the M.S. and Ph.D. levels. Soil science shall include fertility,
management, chemistry, physics, microbiology and classification. Crop science
shall include production, management, physiology, breeding, and plant genetics.
Research: The research objectives of the Department include but are
not limited to the following: Develop agronomic practices to increase and
stabilize crop production in Colorado. Revise agronomic practices in the face
of changing resource availability and environmental concerns. Develop improved
cultivars/germplasm of crop plants. Inventory Colorado soil resources including
soil nutrient needs. Conduct basic research on plant responses to soil, biological
and climatic factors with the purpose of increasing biological efficiencies
of crop production. Conduct basic research on physical, chemical, and biological
properties of soils. Conduct basic research in plant genetics and breeding.
Develop approaches for the rehabilitation of disturbed lands and the use of
soils as a waste disposal resource.
Priority for achieving these goals shall be determined by the availability
of funding. The research programs should provide stimulating and worthwhile
programs for the training of graduate students."
