USU Values

Integrity. We foster a culture of academic, physical, and moral integrity in our students, faculty, and staff, and we are uncompromising in our adherence to the highest standards of intellectual and personal integrity.

Innovation. Our faculty, students, and staff contribute to and creatively employ knowledge in areas crucial to health and national security.

Caring. We foster an atmosphere of caring, mutual respect, courtesy, pride in work, and combined uniformed services and academic professional development.

Communication. We interact and share information in a timely manner with openness, candor, and sensitivity. Excellence in Scholarship. We are committed to rigorous standards of scholarship – including teaching, research, integration and application - and academic freedom as fundamental to the advancement of knowledge and a lifetime of learning.

Selfless Service. We are committed to serve those who defend the nation and all Americans at home and abroad. We are sensitive to the unique role that our Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, Coast Guardsmen and Public Health Service professionals play in our national security.

Collaboration and Teamwork. We value the contributions of each member of our community 4 and work to achieve an environment characterized by cooperation, collegiality, tolerance, mutual respect, and an appreciation of diversity, as well as facilitate cooperation and collaboration in our science, educational methodologies, research, and leadership.