Our Mission
The mission of the Center for Innovation in Teaching & Research at WIU is to provide the
university community with opportunities and resources for their professional and personal
enrichment. This office will acknowledge, recognize, and champion faculty in all their roles.
Specifically this office will:
- Facilitate the development of outstanding faculty, staff, and administrators who are enabled
in their efforts/commitment to providing superior instruction, conduct research, and service.
- Facilitate the development of faculty, staff and administrators who are proactive in
managing/responding to changing external and internal circumstances, including university,
state, national, and international priorities.
- Provide programs for faculty, staff, and administrators that span their careers. These include
opportunities that address early, middle, late, and post retirement career needs and interests.
- Strengthen community at the University and encourage productive collaborative relationships
among all participants.