Trenholm State Community College administrators, faculty and staff embody the highest academic and institutional commitment to students and the community by exhibiting the following 13 values:
- Academic rigor: We are committed to standards of academic rigor that assures students a high-quality education that fosters personal and intellectual growth for productive careers and meaningful lives.
- Access: We promote an accessible and affordable education designed to optimize opportunities for student participation.
- Accountability: We create an accountable environment that continually builds an exceptional community college through shared governance, collaboration, and a commitment in the delivery of our mission.
- Communication: We encourage dialogue and the freedom to have an open exchange of ideas for the common good.
- Diversity: We recognize and value diversity in its many forms as a representation of the richness of the human experience.
- Excellence: We set and model high standards for students and our faculty, staff, administrators, and community partners.
- Innovation: We strive to be a creative and inquisitive community based on the pursuit of knowledge, wisdom, and discovery.
- Integrity: We hold ourselves accountable to the communities we serve and seek to model personal and intellectual integrity in all we do.
- Leadership: We are committed to identifying the unique strengths of our faculty and staff by encouraging leadership and supervision that recognize individuals who utilize their talents in support of our students.
- Lifelong learning: We are committed to promoting the educational growth and development of all individuals through a variety of postsecondary professional, technical, and academic programs and services.
- Professionalism: We value professionalism through our clear sense of commitment, perspective, and direction.
- Quality-driven: We are dedicated to a supportive learning community that uses learning outcomes to measure success and guide innovative curricular and program improvements to meet individual and group needs.
- Student success: We are committed to the success of our students by adhering to the highest levels of academic and professional standards.