Mission, Vision, and Goals
At TOCC, our highly qualified teachers, administrators, and staff members are ready to partner with you to help you earn an education that will aid in your quest to build a strong family and community.
Our Mission
As an accredited and land grant institution, TOCC’s mission is to enhance our unique Tohono O’odham Himdag by strengthening individuals, families, and communities through holistic, quality higher education services. These services will include research opportunities and programs that address academic, life, and developmental skills.
Our Vision
Tohono O’odham Community College’s vision is to become the Tohono O’odham Nation’s center for higher education and to enhance the Nation’s participation in the local, state, national, and global communities.
T-Ṣo:ṣon–Our Core Values
T-Wohocudadag—Our Beliefs
At Tohono O’odham Kekel Ha-Maṣcamakuḍ, we believe that T-Wohocudadag provides balance, strengthens, and helps us respect ourselves, other people, and cultures.
Things in our lives (e.g., nature, people, the environment, animals) keep us in balance. Everything is here for a reason, to learn from, to care for, and to respect.
T-Apedag—Our Well-Being
We at Tohono O’odham Kekel Ha-Maṣcamakuḍ believe that T-Apedag includes what is healthy and good for us (physically, spiritually, emotionally, and mentally) and all that is around us.
How we interact with the world and our relationships influences our health. Well-being is how you give, how others give to you, and how you take care of yourself and others (mentally, spiritually, emotionally, and physically). Self-reflection provides understanding of one’s place in the world, one’s effect on others, and vice versa.
T-Pi:k Elida—Our Deepest Respect
We at Tohono O’odham Kekel Ha-Maṣcamakuḍ believe that T-Pi:k Elida is a deep sense of respect for the land, the people, and the things upon the land, yourself, and your life.
This includes valuing the people and the culture.
I-We:mta—Working Together
We at Tohono O’odham Kekel Ha-Maṣcamakuḍ believe that I-We:mta is crucial for the success of the college.
In years past, when someone shot a deer, they shared it with the people. This was also true when planting and harvesting the fields where everyone helped one another. Providing food was not just for oneself; it included the concept of sharing, taking care of others, and giving back to the community. Tohono O’odham provided help when help was needed, particularly in times of loss and death.
More About Us
The founding members of the board of trustees designed the College Seal, which is in keeping with the TOCC Vision, Mission, and Goals. Tony Johnson, a local artist, was commissioned to develop the College Seal.
Please learn more about the TOCC College Seal.
College Motto
“Ñia, oya g t-taccui am hab e-ju:”
Our Dream Fulfilled.
Our Goals
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To strengthen academic learning that will reinforce a strong competitive spirit to participate in an ever-changing society.
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To include Elders as primary resources, instructors, advisors, and counselors as a means of reinforcing Tohono O’odham Himdag.
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To recruit highly qualified faculty and staff who are dedicated to the art of teaching, advising, and service specifically to the Tohono O’odham Community.
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To ensure the integration of appropriate Tohono O’odham Himdag in the physical environment, curriculum, and processes of the college.
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To ensure that curricular offerings are relevant to the needs of communities and individuals in fundamental skills (i.e., general reading, writing, and math skills).
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To establish a technology core that will enable the students and the broader community to meet the challenges of the future.