THE MISSION OF
THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
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University of Georgia, a land-grant and sea-grant university
with statewide commitments and responsibilities, is the
state's oldest, most comprehensive, and most diversified
institution of higher education. Its motto, "to teach, to
serve, and to inquire into the nature of things,"
reflects the University's integral and unique role in the
conservation and enhancement of the state's and nation's
intellectual, cultural, and environmental heritage.
The University of Georgia shares with the other research
universities of the University System of Georgia the following
core characteristics:
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a statewide responsibility and commitment to
excellence and academic achievements having national
and international recognition;
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a commitment to excellence in a teaching/learning
environment dedicated to serve a diverse and
well-prepared student body, to promote high levels
of student achievement, and to provide appropriate
academic support services;
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a commitment to excellence in research, scholarship,
and creative endeavors that are focused on organized
programs to create, maintain, and apply new
knowledge and theories; that promote instructional
quality and effectiveness; and that enhance
institutionally relevant faculty qualifications;
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a commitment to excellence in public service,
economic development, and technical assistance
activities designed to address the strategic needs
of the State of Georgia along with a comprehensive
offering of continuing education designed to meet
the needs of Georgia's citizens in life-long
learning and professional education;
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a wide range of academic and professional
programming at the baccalaureate, master's, and
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With its statewide mission and core characteristics, the
University of Georgia endeavors to prepare the University
community and the state for full participation in the global
society of the twenty-first century. Through its programs and
practices, it seeks to foster the understanding of and respect
for cultural differences necessary for an enlightened and
educated citizenry. It further provides for cultural, ethnic,
gender, and racial diversity in the faculty, staff, and
student body. The University is committed to preparing the
University community to appreciate the critical importance of
a quality environment to an interdependent global society.
As a comprehensive land-grant Csea-grant
institution, the University of Georgia offers baccalaureate,
master's, doctoral, and professional degrees in the arts,
humanities, social sciences, biological sciences, physical
sciences, agricultural and environmental sciences, business,
environmental design, family and consumer sciences, forest
resources, journalism and mass communication, education, law,
pharmacy, social work, and veterinary medicine.
The University attracts students nationally and
internationally as well as from within Georgia. It offers the
state's broadest array of possibilities in graduate and
professional education, and thus a large minority of the
student body is post-baccalaureate. The predominantly Georgian
undergraduate student body is a mix of highly qualified
students originally admitted as freshmen and selected transfer
students principally from other University System
institutions.
With original scholarship, basic and applied research, and
creative activities constituting an essential core from which
to draw, the impact of the land-grant Csea-grant
mission is reflected throughout the state. Cooperative
extension, continuing education, public service, experiment
stations, and technology transfer are all designed to enhance
the well-being of the citizens of Georgia through their roles
in economic, social, and community development.
As it has been historically, the University of Georgia is
responsive to the evolution of the state's educational,
social, and economic needs. It aspires through its strategic
planning to even closer contact and interaction with public
and private institutions throughout the state as well as with
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This document was last modified on July 25, 2002.
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