This year, UMB’s inaugural core values program director, Stacey Rose, EdD, MEd, MSW, doesn’t want to celebrate Core Values Month in April. Why, you ask? Because Dr. Rose believes that we need to live our core values 12 months a year, not just once a year.

Dr. Rose joined UMB in October, after almost four years at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., where she was the acting lead sexual assault response coordinator and alternate SHARP (sexual harassment/assault, response and prevention) program manager. Her goal was to implement educational programs designed to increase cadet knowledge and skills within the areas of bystander intervention, healthy relationship skills, and establishing positive norms about gender and sexuality.

Living our core values requires action and certain behaviors by every person at UMB. We each play an important part in creating UMB’s culture.

Before that, she was education and training manager for Planned Parenthood of Delaware. Among her many achievements, she has been the recipient of the Civilian Service Commendation Medal in 2023 and the Army’s recipient of the Department of Defense Promoting Excellence in Prevention Award in 2022. Dr. Rose holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in religious studies from Wells College, a Master of Education in human sexuality and a Master of Social Work from Widener University, and a Doctor of Education in leadership and innovation from New York University.

As the core values leader at UMB, Dr. Rose’s job is to help the UMB community integrate our core values into our everyday lives. Those values are:

Respect and Integrity: We value each other and hold ourselves accountable for acting ethically and transparently using compassion and empathy.

Well-Being and Sustainability: We care about the welfare of our people, planet, communities, and University.

Equity and Justice: We embrace and are committed to diversity, and we value inclusive and just communities. We oppose racism and oppression in all their forms.

Innovation and Discovery: We imagine and explore new and improved ways to accomplish our mission of education, research, clinical care, and service.

Since joining UMB, Dr. Rose has been meeting with and listening to lots of folks across the University. She’s working on a plan that further embeds UMB’s core values into everything we do at UMB, including redesigning the core values website with a new look and feel. It will include a way to acknowledge the many ways that the UMB community is exemplifying our core values and where there is room for growth. Starting in the fall, we’ll focus on each of the core values sets.  

Living our core values requires action and certain behaviors by every person at UMB. We each play an important part in creating UMB’s culture.

I want UMB to be a place where everyone feels welcome, has a sense of belonging, and is supported to succeed. By acting on our core values, using them to guide our everyday interactions, we can make that a reality.

Sincerely,

Bruce E. Jarrell, MD, FACS
President