The Mission of the College
Lebanon Valley is a small, private, liberal arts college. Its mission
arises directly from its historical traditions and a relationship with
the United Methodist Church.
The College's aim is to enable our students to become people of broad
vision, capable of making informed decisions, and prepared for a life
of service to others. To that end, we seek to provide an education that
helps students acquire the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values
necessary to live and work in a changing, diverse and fragile world.
Through both curricular and co-curricular activities, we endeavor to
acquaint our students with humanity's most significant ideas and
accomplishments, to develop their abilities to think logically and
communicate clearly, to give them practice in precise analysis and
effective performance, and to enhance their sensitivity to and
appreciation of differences among human beings.
Lebanon Valley College aspires to pursue this mission within a
community in which caring and concern for others is a core value. We
value strong and nurturing faculty interacting closely with students;
encourage individual student development; and affirm the
interrelatedness of liberal learning and the ideal of vocation. We
regard the cultivation of wisdom that is the capacity of judging
rightly in matters of life and conduct, and a lifelong love of learning
as the ultimate reward of the educational experience.
The College motto is, "You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free." (John 8:32)