FAIRMONT STATE GOVERNING IDEAS

Adopted June, 2006

VISION

Fairmont State aspires to be nationally recognized as a model for accessible learner-centered institutions that promote student success by providing comprehensive education and excellent teaching, flexible learning environments, and superior services. Graduates will have the knowledge, skills, and habits of mind necessary for intellectual growth, full and participatory citizenship, employability, and entrepreneurship in a changing environment.

 

MISSION

The Mission of Fairmont State University is to provide opportunities for individuals to achieve their professional and personal goals and discover roles for responsible citizenship that promote the common good.

The Mission of Pierpont Community and Technical College* is to provide opportunities for learning, training, and further education that enrich the lives of individuals and promote the economic growth of our service region and state.

*To recognize the importance of the community and technical college to the state of West Virginia, Pierpont Community and Technical College, a division of the university, has developed a separate mission statement. 

 

CORE VALUES OF FAIRMONT STATE

In its overarching desire to help transform lives, Fairmont State values:

SCHOLARSHIP: To celebrate the joy and wonder of discovery.

• Through rigorous scholarship, we promote critical thinking from the first class through life-long learning and ensure the development of new knowledge.

OPPORTUNITY: To grow, learn, engage, and contribute.

• Through accessible, quality education, we provide opportunities to grow and to discover goals, both personal and communal.

ACHIEVEMENT: To reach personal and community goals.

• Through disciplined effort, we facilitate and honor achievement.

RESPONSIBILITY: To fulfill obligations to our selves, the learning community, our society, and the future.

• Through mutually responsible conduct, we act with integrity, we respect diversity, and we pursue an informed worldview.

MOTTO

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