Mission

UNIVERSITY MISSION

PURPOSE:

The primary purpose of Barry University, as stated in the Charter, is to offer its students a quality education. Furthermore, Barry University commits itself to assuring a religious dimension and to providing community service and presence within a more caring environment.

VISION:

Barry University seeks to instill in its students St. Dominic’s vision of a world that celebrates God’s dwelling within us and among us, where life is reverenced and nurtured, where hatred and injustice are eradicated and where the intellectual life is promoted and supported.

In so doing, Barry University is committed to forming students who embrace the intellectual life through study, research and reflection as a means to:

• contribute to the advancement of knowledge and to the refinement of the human spirit;
• understand the value of seeking a personal response to the presence of God in their lives;
• reflect on the fundamental questions of human experience and study the responses to these questions proposed by the liberal arts and sciences;
• pursue continued spiritual, intellectual, physical, and professional growth and development;
• demonstrate concern for all individuals in an atmosphere where Gospel values prevail, where people care for and about one another, where diversity is embraced, where individuals are nourished; and
• assume responsibility in religious, social, economic, environmental, and political affairs as a means of effecting needed change in the Dominican tradition of activist justice.

HUMAN RESOURCES MISSION

PURPOSE:

The Human Resources Department of Barry University seeks to develop and implement policies, programs, and benefits that will create and sustain a highly qualified workforce and a quality of work life that will assist the University in fulfilling its mission.

GOALS:

• Recruitment of qualified faculty and staff
• Retaining our valued employees by providing competitive wages, benefits, conducting exit interviews and supplying relevant feedback to university leadership; and enhancing two-way communication between employees and supervisors.
• Ensuring that employees are not subjected to arbitrary or discriminatory practices in the University’s policies and procedures.
• Increasing University visibility in the employment marketplace.
• Offering Training and Professional Development Opportunities for all employees on a consistent basis
• Promoting a positive and respectful work environment for University employees by working closely with supervisors, faculty and staff to establish open communication and informal resolution of workplace problems and disputes.
• Supporting the Work/Life Balance initiative and development of employment policies