Values & Belonging

At Northeast College of Health Sciences, everyone belongs.

Our College is proud to foster an environment where all members of our community thrive, and where we live our values every day.

• Establishment of faculty advisor training and peer mentor programs
• Prioritization of articulation agreements with a broad range of partnering colleges
• Supporting on-campus clubs and organizations such as the Students for Social Diversity Awareness (SSDA) club
• Annual events including Northeast College Community Day and Blue Day
• Participation in local and regional community events such as the Seneca County Suicide Prevention Coalition’s “Walking with Hope in the Heart of the Finger Lakes”

Northeast College Values:

• Belonging: We seek to create a learning and working environment in which all members of our community are welcome and valued. We acknowledge each person's unique experience, perspective and ability as contributions that both enrich our community and enhance the professions and people we serve.
• Inclusion: We dedicate ourselves to fostering a culture that is inclusive and accessible to the diverse needs and experiences of our community members. In order to create an environment in which all members feel valued and appreciated, we actively pursue opportunities to incorporate practices and policies that enhance and honor the vibrancy of these differences.
• Respect: We strive to create and maintain an environment that is committed to the ideals of diversity, equity and inclusion in all interactions. We commit ourselves to honesty, trust and fairness in all endeavors in alignment with the ethical standards of our professions. We acknowledge our personal responsibility in pursuing these ideals and welcome open dialogue and introspection.
• Collaboration: We actively pursue and participate in opportunities to work and learn through interdisciplinary partnerships. We recognize the advantages afforded by effective collaboration and that in doing so, we achieve greater outcomes both individually and collectively. We remain dedicated to the professional success of our alumni and cultivating relationships with our stakeholders to enrich the professions and people we serve.
• Learning: We embrace the core principles of an evidence‐based health sciences education. We engage in the continual process of lifelong learning, critical self‐reflection, demonstrated best practices and intellectual discourse. We commit ourselves to fostering innovative learning environments that both include and create opportunities for all members to achieve their fullest potential.