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worth repeating |
President Michael F. Adams addressed the new members of the UGA community during the 2004 Opening Convocation Aug. 22 at Stegeman Coliseum. An excerpt: “UGA currently expects of graduates that they leave here with the following proficiencies: an understanding of arts and literature; computer literacy; an understanding of contemporary culture; language and communication skills; quantitative literacy; scientific literacy; social science literacy; and environmental literacy. “That’s an exhaustive list, but what it describes at its core is a true liberal arts education. Not liberal in the political sense, but liberal in the classic sense of an education that is liberating—an education that frees you to pursue all that your life holds for you. It is an education that is broad in scope and which prepares you for the deeper study of your chosen area of emphasis. “A liberal education prepares you for a career and, more importantly, for life. “A good liberal education enables you to think critically, so that as you are confronted with the waves of information available to you in this Information Age, you will be able to process and analyze that data to determine what has value and what does not. “A liberal education prepares you to speak articulately, so that you can communicate effectively with your colleagues, your friends and your family. “A liberal education prepares you to write thoughtfully, so that what you put on paper—or in an e-mail—communicates what you intend to communicate. “A liberal education causes you to respect and analyze opposing viewpoints. “It is an education which prepares citizens for life in the 21st century.” |
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| —Beth Roberts |
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