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About Hamline University School of Education
Hamline School of Education (HSE) is committed to developing educators and leaders who Promote Equity in Schools and Society, Build Communities of Teachers and Learners, Construct Knowledge and Practice Thoughtful Inquiry and Reflection.
About Hamline University
Creativity and innovation in teaching and learning are the hallmark of Hamline University—home to nearly 4,900 undergraduate, graduate, and law students. At Hamline, students collaborate with professors invested in their success. They are challenged in and out of the classroom to create and apply knowledge in local and global contexts, while cultivating an ethic of civic responsibility, social justice, and inclusive leadership and service.
Hamline is the top-ranked and only “Great Schools, Great Prices” university of its class in Minnesota, according to U.S.News & World Report. Founded in 1854, Hamline also is Minnesota’s first university and among the first coeducational institutions in the nation.
Located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Hamline is affiliated with the United Methodist Church and offers courses and degree programs in Saint Paul and Minneapolis.
Hamline University
Mission
Hamline University’s mission statement, values, and vision are not something that exist in words alone.
You can find them in the values that guide our education, in the way our community comes together, and in our professors, leaders, staff, alumni, and students’ hearts.
They are not static. Rather, they are continually active, guiding us in what we do, whether it is creating new programs, erecting new buildings, or charting a course into our next 150 years.
Mission
To create a diverse and collaborative community of learners dedicated to the development of students' knowledge, values and skills for successful lives of leadership, scholarship, and service.
Values
Hamline University recognizes its roots in the traditions and values of the United Methodist Church, and aspires to the highest standards for:
Creation, dissemination, and practical application of knowledge
Rigor, creativity, and innovation in teaching, learning, and research
Multicultural competencies in local and global contexts
The development and education of the whole person
An individual and community ethic of social justice, civic responsibility, and inclusive leadership and service
Vision
Hamline University will be recognized as a diverse, learning-centered university that is:
Rooted in a tradition of liberal education
Dynamic and actively inclusive
Locally engaged and globally connected
