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Georgia Southwestern State
University is a dynamic community of learning on a residential campus,
offering students personalized and challenging experiences in
preparation for successful careers, leadership roles, productive
citizenship, and a satisfying quality of life. The respected faculty
demonstrate dedication to teaching and offer outstanding professional
and degree programs of study with a foundation in the liberal arts and
sciences. Learning is strengthened by an effective student-oriented
staff committed to the optimal development of each student. The
location, atmosphere, and relationships of the University create a
stimulating environment for intellectual inquiry in pursuit of truth and
knowledge.
*Approved by GSW faculty
May 4, 2005 and the Board of Regents on January 11, 2006
Georgia Southwestern State University will be
recognized in the Southeast as serving the educational needs of students
through academically challenging programs that foster critical thinking,
creativity, leadership development, and global awareness. The GSW
learning community will create an environment conducive to scholarship,
leadership, and citizenship that serves as a model for public higher
education.
Georgia Southwestern State University (GSW) embraces diversity as an integral part of being a caring community of lifelong learners. We are committed to building and maintaining a diverse, accessible, civil and supportive campus. GSW provides an environment and curriculum which affirms pluralism of beliefs and opinions, including diversity of religion, gender, ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, disability, age and socioeconomic class.
The University will implement and adhere to policies and procedures which discourage harassment and other behaviors that infringe upon the freedom and respect that every individual deserves.
Faculty members participate in policy making and policy decision for the University through the shared governance system. The Faculty Committees, as identified in the Statutes, conduct work of the Faculty. The Committees are responsible for study, investigation, and preparation of policy proposals and for forwarding policy recommendations through the Faculty Senate to the Faculty for approval.
Any employee or student may initiate a policy change by submitting a written proposal to the appropriate committee. The chair of each committee can assist an initiator in determining any proposal format required by his or her committee.
For the shared governance system to be effective, each individual faculty member must understand and have an interest in the accomplishments of the University and assume his or her professional responsibility to initiate action, to debate action, and to vote on action. This may be done as a member of a committee, the Senate or the faculty.
The faculty meets at least once each term. Special faculty meetings may be called by the President when deemed necessary. The minutes of the meeting are kept by a faculty secretary appointed by the faculty. A copy of the minutes of each faculty meeting will be supplied to faculty members.
The purpose of the Faculty Senate shall be to constitute a body representative of the faculty, to advise the University on matters relative to the life of the University, and to facilitate the work of the faculty.
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