{"id":15,"date":"2025-02-21T14:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T19:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/stp\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2025-02-21T14:00:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T19:00:10","slug":"mission-statement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/stp\/about-us\/mission-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-umw-hero alignfull umw-custom-block umw-hero umw-hero--dark-text umw-hero--white umw-hero--with-no-media\"><div class=\"umw-hero__inner\"><div class=\"umw-hero__media\"><\/div><div class=\"umw-hero__title\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__title__wrapper\"><div class=\"umw-hero__eyebrow\">Summer Transition Program<\/div><h1 class=\"umw-hero__title__header\">Mission Statement<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-umw-hero-ctas alignfull\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__links__wrapper\">\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-mission-statement\">Mission Statement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The mission of the Summer Transition Program (STP) is to provide engaging and inclusive services, resources, and opportunities that welcome and support first-generation, first-in-family, and geographically underrepresented students during their collegiate journey at the University of Mary Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>First-generation<\/strong>: a member of the first generation in their family to graduate from a four-year college or university<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>First-in-Family<\/strong>: the first individual in their family to go to college<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Underrepresented<\/strong>: identifying with a permanent residence in a geographic location designated rural and\/or out-of-state<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The objectives of STP are fulfilled through:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A two-week summer residential program<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>College success courses in the summer &amp; fall semesters<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Small group and individual intrusive academic advising<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Career development &amp; pre-professional planning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mission Statement The mission of the Summer Transition Program (STP) is to provide engaging and inclusive services, resources, and opportunities that welcome and support first-generation, first-in-family, and geographically underrepresented students during their collegiate journey at the University of Mary Washington. 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