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Mission Statement

The Department of Plant, Soil, and Entomological Sciences (PSES) in the College of Agriculture at the University of Idaho is part of a public learning institution integrating living, learning, scholarship, creative accomplishment, and service at a discipline and interdisciplinary level. We provide a high quality undergraduate education in the plant, soil, and entomological sciences at the discipline and interdisciplinary level and contribute to the core curriculum at the University of Idaho. We will be nationally competitive in graduate education, and research programs, including those that respond to economic and environmental challenges. We will deliver creative extension, outreach, and distance educational programs that provide knowledge to meet the lifelong educational needs of our citizens.

We Value:
High standards, a tradition of excellence, and commitment to learning, research, and access for the people of Idaho; Citizenship, expressed as public involvement, individual responsibility, and personal integrity, and commitment to service; Leadership that respects tradition, establishes vision, mobilizes action, facilitates collaboration, and solves problems; Creativity and discovery in humanistic endeavor, and scientific activity; Our student-centered environment, which fosters an informal, friendly, and lasting community; Our people-oriented faculty, students, and staff, who are accessible, helpful, and friendly, bringing respect for others and an appreciation of diversity to our academic enterprise