The Mission of Davis & Elkins College

Davis & Elkins College offers a personalized undergraduate education firmly rooted in the liberal arts tradition that values breadth and depth of learning and affirms the importance of tradition and experimentation. The College offers a range of baccalaureate and associate degree programs representing the arts and sciences, pre-professional studies, and professional studies. All academic programs share a common commitment to provide students a broad conceptual framework.

Davis & Elkins College prepares academically capable students of diverse backgrounds. Situated in a natural mountain setting, the College serves students primarily from the mid-Atlantic region, while actively encouraging the enrollment of students from throughout the nation and the world.

The College seeks to live according to principles consistent with humane traditions and its Judeo-Christian heritage: the free pursuit of knowledge and truth, human dignity, compassion, mutual support, justice, and social responsibility. True to its heritage as an institution of higher education affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA), the College affirms as special values participatory governance and the unity of the intellectual, social, and spiritual dimensions of life.

Through its academic and co-curricular programs, the College prepares and frees students to

• Communicate effectively,
• Think critically and creatively,
• Continually expand knowledge and understanding,
• Apply learning to new and changing situations,
• Exercise leadership, and
• Demonstrate social responsibility.