Mission & Values

More about the Vision

We will offer the best opportunity for every enrolled student to attain academic and career goals in an ever-changing world.

This vision statement focuses clearly on students. It also emphasizes the need to acknowledge the needs of each student individually, meeting them where they are. This vision is well aligned with the Minnesota State Equity 2030 goal of eliminating educational equity gaps. In the same way that Riverland’s approach to education focuses on meeting students where they are, and meeting the needs they have, an equity lens can be applied to all aspects of Riverland’s operations.

The vision statement also acknowledges the need to be flexible and responsive to change, at the individual student level, in response to changing economic drivers, and in a constantly shifting political and social environment. Nothing could be truer as we embrace a world more attuned than ever to how tenuous our grasp is on balance, order, and justice; and at the same time how interdependent our well-being is on each other’s.

More about the Mission

To transform lives through excellence in service, education, and career training.

Administration, faculty, and staff have a responsibility to serve students, and to imbue students with the awareness, skills, and passion to serve others in meaningful ways. “Trans­form lives” is well aligned with the phrasing of the Minnesota State vision which includes “change lives.” It also gets to the heart of community college education, providing opportunities at the local level that are aligned with, and in service of, community businesses, an evolving economy, and opportunities that go beyond individual programs.

More about Our Values

Cultivating student growth through service, collaboration, innovation, and respect.

Service, innovation, and respect are maintained as values. Collaboration gets to the heart of how Riverland does its work – in partnership with other individuals, organizations, and institutions.

VALUE TERMS DEFINED

• Service: An internal and external focus on creating customer value, loyalty and trust by going beyond simply providing a product or service creating a positive and indelible imprint in the customer’s, or even in the prospect’s, mind.
• Respect: A willingness to understand and find common ground in others’ abilities, cultures, qualities and traditions through thought and action.
• Collaboration: A diverse team that has a common goal that gives them a meaningful reason to work together and make connections that benefit the college.
• Innovation: Developing a new product, process or service with an aim of improving efficiencies, effectiveness or competitive advantage.

More about the Heart of Riverland Statement

Riverland Community College is committed to serving our students, our employees, and our communities.

The heart statement is intended to provide the “why” for what we do. The heart is at the center of everything, and it recognizes the pivotal role of employees (people) in meeting the needs of stakeholders.