2007-2008 Academic Catalog

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Mission and Objectives

The mission of the university from its beginning has been to demonstrate the meaning of Jesus Christ by offering a caring educational community in which each individual may achieve the highest intellectual and personal growth, and by participating responsibly in our world's concerns. The foregoing mission statement of George Fox University is detailed in the following institutional objectives:

1. Teach all truth as God's truth, integrating all fields of learning around the person and work of Jesus Christ, bringing the divine revelations through sense, reason, and intuition to the confirming test of Scripture.
2. Support academic programs that liberate the student for a life of purpose and fulfillment through awareness of the resources of knowledge and culture available; maximize career-oriented education through counseling, curriculum, field experience, and placement.
3. Maintain a program of varied activities that directs the student to a commitment to Christ as Lord and Savior, encourages attitudes of reverence and devotion toward God, leads to recognition that the revealed commandments of God are the supreme criteria of the good life, enables the student to mirror the example of Christ in human relationships, and develops a greater desire to serve humanity in a spirit of Christian love.
4. Provide a center for Quaker leadership where faculty and students learn the history and Christian doctrines of the Friends movement and make contemporary applications of these insights.
5. Give leadership to evangelical Christianity generally, through scholarly publication, lecturing, and by evangelistic and prophetic proclamation and service.
6. Promote cocurricular activities that will emphasize the development of leadership, initiative, and teamwork by giving opportunity to make practical use of the skills and ideas acquired through academic courses.
7. Make itself a community in which studies and activities are made relevant to life, develop insight into social and political issues confronting humanity, and learn to participate democratically in decision making and policy implementing as responsible citizens.
8. Serve as a cultural center for all publics of the university and sponsor programs that are informative and culturally stimulating to the larger university community.
9. Provide distinctive learning opportunities through continuing education programs and through curriculum enhancements such as off-campus centers, study abroad, honors programs, and other special programs and events.
10. Cultivate awareness, respect, understanding, and appreciation of cultural diversity throughout the university community to provide members of diverse races and cultures an affirming environment that encourages cross-cultural sharing in the context of Christian lifestyle expectations.