Vision & Mission
Vision
Tomorrow’s WesternU represents a bold, future‑focused commitment to strengthening our mission and elevating WesternU as a global leader in graduate health sciences education, research, and service. This vision guides our efforts to address critical healthcare workforce shortages and to advance humanistic, innovative approaches that improve human and animal health.
WesternU’s vision is to build upon our current preeminent college rankings, as a national academic leader in healthcare workforce development, and emerge as a global leader in health sciences education, research, and service.
- WesternU will continue to inspire its academic community to advance human and animal health and well-being through a humanistic approach.
- WesternU in training highly skilled healthcare professionals, will play an increasingly important and pivotal role in addressing the critical healthcare workforce shortages, particularly in Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) across the nation.
- Through innovative research and cutting-edge educational programs, WesternU will drive advancements in healthcare and improve the quality of life for generations to come.
This shared vision unites our Pomona, California and Lebanon, Oregon campuses, while honoring the unique strengths and needs of each region. Together, we move forward with purpose—setting the stage for the mission that drives our work every day.
Mission
To produce, in a humanistic tradition, health care professionals and biomedical knowledge that will enhance and extend the quality of life in our communities.
The mission was approved by the WesternU Board of Trustees, May, 2005 and reaffirmed in November 2025.