Brightpoint student at graduation

Mission, Vision and Values

Our mission, vision and values guide the work we do every day. They inform our plans and policies, and ensure that we remain focused on serving our students and our community.

Mission Statement

Brightpoint Community College provides quality educational opportunities that inspire student success and community vitality.

Vision Statement

A success story for every student.

Our Values

  • Ensuring access to a high-quality, high-value education for all
  • Fostering supportive relationships that help students stay on track
  • Empowering students to achieve success on their own terms
  • Encouraging a positive, diverse and inclusive campus community
  • Partnering to create mutually beneficial collaborations
  • Helping the community thrive by meeting local educational and economic needs

Diversity Statement

Brightpoint Community College embraces a culture of diversity and inclusion that empowers anyone from anywhere to be successful in their academic and professional pursuits.  We strive to provide an environment that is enriching to all by understanding and appreciating our dimensions of diversity, becoming global citizens, and welcoming new ways of engaging the unique contributions of all people.

VCCS Code of Ethics

Brightpoint's faculty and staff also abide by the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) Code of Ethics:

  • We are committed to learning environments that foster academic integrity.
  • We will foster in all disciplines a mutual respect and openness for the freedom of responsible student thought, research, and discussion on all sides of academic issues to facilitate balanced and thorough academic analysis for all participants.
  • We will be good stewards of our resources and make effective and efficient use of them, thereby ensuring accountability to the Commonwealth and to the communities we serve.
  • We will maintain the confidentiality and security of information entrusted to us and share information only when authorized or required by law to do so.
  • We will not accept any gift, favor, loan, service, business or professional opportunity from anyone knowing (or when it should be known) that it is offered in order to improperly influence the performance of our public duties. We will avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest.
  • We will offer good faith and fair dealings to all those we serve and with each other.  Our communications will be civil and professional.
  • We will offer employment opportunities in accordance with State, Federal, and System policies supporting the rights and recognizing the needs of all citizens regardless of gender, race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or political affiliation.
  • We encourage and expect all members of the community to act in good faith and bring to the attention of the appropriate official any violation or potential violation of these principles. 

Putting Our Mission, Vision and Values Into Action

Strategic Plan: Trailblazing Opportunities 2030

Brightpoint's collegewide strategic plan, Trailblazing Opportunities 2030, is based on the Virginia Community College System's Accelerate Opportunity: 2024-2030 Statewide Strategic Plan.

Our goals for Trailblazing Opportunities 2030 are: 

1. Student Success

Prepare students with the knowledge, skills, credentials, and degrees to become successful in dynamic, high-demand, and emerging careers.

2. Forging the Path

Cultivate connections and develop ways to expand the talent pipeline in our service region.

3. Serving Today’s Learners

Deliver premier educational offerings to today’s learners, and promote professional excellence and high-impact instructional practices.

4. Culture of Care

Support the diverse needs of our students through a culture of care.

5. Affordable Access and Sustainability

Invest in improving access to an affordable college education for our students while supporting the vitality and sustainability of our college. 

A Focus on Student Engagement and Success – Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP)

Our QEP is a multi-year plan designed to support and improve student success, and it is part of our college’s reaffirmation process with our regional accreditor, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). In fall 2020 and spring 2021, our QEP Task Force Topic Committee, made up of faculty and staff, reviewed three years of feedback surveys; examined externally-prepared reports; held collegewide focus groups; and surveyed faculty, staff and students about potential QEP focus area. After completing their work they put forth the following topic for the college's next QEP:

Our QEP will focus on a holistic and inclusive approach to student engagement and success mediated through a shared network that facilitates connections between students and college agents, empowering students to create a multi-semester academic plan and retaining them through proactive advising.

The plan will be finalized in the coming months and posted on this page when it is complete.