{"id":18,"date":"2015-02-10T12:55:29","date_gmt":"2015-02-10T18:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new-look.mancini.brandonu.ca\/academic-plan\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2015-02-10T12:55:29","modified_gmt":"2015-02-10T18:55:29","slug":"mission","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/academic-plan\/mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Brandon University will be a leading university of choice for students, faculty, and staff among its peer post-secondary institutions.<\/p>\n<p>By fostering an inclusive, collegial, student-centred culture, the University will engage a diverse population of students in scholarly and research activities and active citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>Working with communities, the University will act as a catalyst for growth and innovation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Brandon University\u2019s strengths lie in its focus on academic success and the student experience; faculty innovative research, scholarly, and creative activities that engage its students and contribute to society; and university commitment as a partner in the growth and vitality of the communities that it serves.<\/p>\n<p>Brandon University has a strong liberal arts and science foundation that grounds its academic, professional, career-oriented, and interdisciplinary programs.<\/p>\n<p>The University is differentiated from other institutions by its core role in supporting post-secondary educational needs within the western Manitoba region as well as its extensive tradition of working collaboratively with First Nations, M\u00e9tis, and Inuit communities to establish customized educational programs.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Brandon University is recognized as an important asset, catalyst, and partner for economics and community growth within the southwestern Manitoba region.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This partnership extends to local government, business, and community organizations, and to international institutions that are complementary to the prosperity of the region and province<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brandon University will be a leading university of choice for students, faculty, and staff among its peer post-secondary institutions. By fostering an inclusive, collegial, student-centred culture, the University will engage a diverse population of students in scholarly and research activities and active citizenship. Working with communities, the University will act as a catalyst for growth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220,"parent":0,"menu_order":30,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-no-title.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/academic-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/academic-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/academic-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/academic-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/academic-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/academic-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/academic-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/academic-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}