| The
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:
| * a
statewide responsibility and commitment to excellence
and academic achievements having national and
international recognition;
* 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;
* 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;
* 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;
* a wide range of
academic and professional programming at the
baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral levels. |
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--sea-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--sea-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 the citizens it serves. |