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SS-S07-6
At its
meeting of
SENSE OF THE
SENATE RESOLUTION
SJSU Shared
Value for 2007-2008: Community
Whereas: SS-S05-7,
“SJSU Shared Values” was approved by the Academic Senate in Spring 2005 as a
guiding document along with the SJSU Mission Statement and the SJSU Vision
Statement; and
Whereas: SS-S05-7 stipulates that SJSU choose one of the shared
values as the campus “theme” each academic year with each of the six shared
values serving as the university’s annual theme on a rotational basis; and
Whereas: The Instruction and Student Affairs Committee was asked to
consider the choice for 2007-2008; and
Whereas: The Instruction and Student Affairs Committee after
discussion in its meetings and after listening most carefully to the student
members of the committee, have made a choice; and
Whereas: Values are better institutionalized with deliberate
promotion across the whole campus with endorsement and support from campus
leadership; and
Whereas: SS-S05-7 describes the community value as “…collaborative
relationships within and beyond the campus in order to best serve our mission,”
and
Whereas: The SJSU shared value for the academic year 2006-07 was
“diversity,” and
Whereas: Community
may arise out of diversity as human beings grow in awareness of each other,
reach out to each other and identify, establish and strengthen commonalities of
perception and purpose, and
Whereas: Establishing
and sustaining an inclusive community of students, faculty members and staff is
critical to the success of the university, and
Whereas: The
world of today is one of rapidly increasing global interconnectedness and
direct influence of human beings upon each other, and
Whereas: Establishing
and sustaining the participation of the university community in the regional,
national and global communities of scholars, professionals and civic-minded
human beings is at the heart of the university’s goal of being “…viewed as a
crucial resource for Silicon Valley and an important contributor to the region,
the state and the world”; therefore be it
Resolved: That for the academic year 2007-2008, the university value
theme be “community,” and be it further
Resolved: That all campus divisions, colleges, departments, units and
organizations be encouraged to consider the value theme of community for the year when planning existing activities and that
the value theme be considered in any campus-wide activities, such as Commencement,
Honors Convocation, Campus Reading Program, Educated Person Dialogue,
Orientation, etc. and be it further
Resolved: That the Office of the President and the Academic Senate be encouraged to reinforce and promote all the shared values
of SJSU and particularly the value of community
(e.g. values recognition program, campus banners, posters for offices and
buildings, etc.).
Approved:
Present: Bridgeman, Campsey, Dorosz, Guttierrez, Leddy, Meldal,
Reyes, Rowen, Rudy, Sofish
Absent: Dresher, Evans, Fee, Hansen, Kelley,
Thompson
Vote: 10/0/0