我们的核心价值观

The 音乐、艺术和戏剧学院 is guided by the following core values:

发现.    我们相信艺术需要好奇心和探索精神.
参与.       我们相信在实践中学习.
成长.           We believe the 艺术s serve humanity and the well-being of all.

我们的愿景

Devoted to the discovery 和分享 of wisdom and knowledge, 教育服务于人类和所有人的福祉. As the 音乐、艺术和戏剧学院, we imagine and 创建 our 项目 in the richness of community. Committing to the highest standards of excellence in the fields of music, 艺术, 剧院, 和教育, 我们是学生社区, 教师, 和工作人员 contribute to the integration of the 艺术s and life within self, 北园校区, 芝加哥市, 这个世界. We explore and hone personal aesthetic within the dialogue between culture and human values. We guide and encourage students in the journey toward a sustainable creative practice; one that can move beyond North Park University to benefit humanity.

我们的多样性增强和加强了艺术, 精神上的, 以及学习的智力工作, 教学, 和分享. Diversity itself is essential for excellence and achievement and we intentionally commit to exposing ourselves to other perspectives and cultures to ensure that our opinions, 观点, and judgments are continuously challenged and enable understandings across differences. We celebrate our vocations in and through a multiplicity of cultures and communities locally and globally. 我们知道拥抱, 推进, and valuing diversity everywhere will make us all the more successful. 作为一个基督教机构, 我们努力庆祝丰富多样的文化, 种族和民族, 性别, 政治和宗教信仰, 生理和学习差异, 性取向, 以及构成我们校园社区的身份. All members of our school belong to our community and are equally supported regardless of background, 身份, 或联系.

我们的使命

音乐学院的课程, 艺术, 和戏剧 offer challenging curricula enriched by the diversity of voices throughout history and cultures. We prepare students for creative practice now and into the future: 艺术ists who are global citizens equipped for the changing professions of the 21st century. 作为一个艺术团体的学生, 教师, 和工作人员, we seek to increase awareness of civic responsibility and promote a culture of compassion through the intersection of faith and learning.