Vision:
Our vision is for incoming undergraduate students to excel socially and academically at Illinois, and graduate to lead lives of impact that enrich our state, country, and world.
Mission:
Our mission is to increase academic and personal success for new undergraduates by delivering excellent programs, services and communications that warmly welcome students to campus and showcase the endless opportunities for engagement, growth, and personal development at Illinois.
Core Values:
Student Success
Commitment to encourage learning, leadership, and personal developmentCommunity Building
Commitment to celebrating diversity, encouraging responsibility, and fostering a sense of belongingCollaboration
Commitment to building robust relationships that benefit our studentsExcellence
Commitment to continual improvement, innovation, and professionalism
Guiding programming principles:
- NSP aspires to the highest standard of quality in our communications, services, and programming.
- NSP intentionally incorporates meaningful, experiential learning opportunities whenever programmatically possible.
- NSP embraces the division’s mission to transform lives by providing socially relevant programming for our diverse students within our plural, democratic community.


