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Campus Climate
and Diversity
California State University, Fresno is not
immune to issues of racial and gender
intolerance that have surfaced across the
country. While we are fortunate that the
university has not had to deal with some
of the more blatant aspects of racial and
gender discrimination, these issues are
very important to us.
As a university community, we have
taken steps to become more sensitive to
issues of race and gender. We must
continue to be vigilant and not tolerate
improper behavior that is motivated and
directed at individuals or groups based
solely on these criteria. I would like to
underscore the fact that this type of
wrongful behavior will not be tolerated
on our campus. Any instance of this
kind, or any that intends to abridge the
rights of anyone on campus, will be
investigated and the appropriate action
taken, including legal action when
necessary.
As a university, we have the clear
obligation to ensure equal access and
opportunity for all to participate in
education and university life, whether as
students, faculty, or staff. We need
everyone’s participation in our efforts to
promote an atmosphere of understand-ing
and cooperation that is free from
bigotry and intolerance.
In closing, let me direct your attention
to the following statement that I fully
endorse:
President John D. Welty
The California State University reflects
California's rich cultural diversity. The varied
backgrounds of students, faculty, and staff
enrich the university's intellectual life and
create its unique community.
While the university views diversity as a
great source of its strength, some people
on campus, as elsewhere in society, feel
threatened by those who are different and
act in disregard of the personal dignity and
rights of others. Discrimination and
harassment have no place in a university
community. They limit the educational
aspirations of students, interfere with the
performance of faculty and staff, and
damage the environment of tolerance and
mutual regard that must prevail for a
university to fulfill its mission.
The university is therefore committed to
maintaining an environment free from
discrimination and harassment. To fulfill
this commitment, the university will work to
prevent discrimination from occurring and
will ensure that federal and state laws as
well as university regulations prohibiting
discrimination are fully enforced.
Demeaning and gratuitously offensive
conduct sometimes takes expressive forms
that, although repugnant, cannot be
prohibited or punished. Both the First
Amendment to the Constitution of the United
States and Article I, Section 2 of the
California Constitution restrict the
university's power to limit free speech. To
do so, even in the case of speech that is
offensive and demeaning, would undermine
basic principles of discourse fundamental
to any university.
As an educational institution, the university
will use its intellectual and persuasive
powers to discourage offensive and
harassing speech from occurring and to
encourage civil exchange. The university
will attempt to teach its students and
employees to listen as well as to speak,
and to do both with an open mind. This is
consistent with the university’s mission to
foster dialogue that educates students and
prepares them for effective citizenship. The
mission requires respect for differing
viewpoints, but does not give license for
demeaning language and harassing
behavior that stifle free exchange of ideas
and compromise the university's
educational goals.
Respect throughout the university for the
dignity and rights of others, including the
right to be free from discrimination and
harassment and the right to speak freely, is
essential to creating and maintaining an
environment conducive to learning.
— From Campus Climate: Toward Appreciating
Diversity, a report prepared for the CSU, 1990.
Projected as a future world-class economist who could use his college education to help his Third
World country off the coast of Africa, Amadeu Rodrigues da Silva was named the winner of the
1999 President’s Medal. With a 4.0 GPA in his fields of study, Rodrigues da Silva was courted by
the nation’s best doctoral programs.
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Diversity
Object Description
| Title | 2000-01 General Catalog |
| Creator | California State University, Fresno |
| Format | PDF Document |
| Date of publication | 2000-05 |
| Subjects | California State University, Fresno. Curricula. Catalogs |
| Object type | Document |
| Location | Fresno, California |
| Language | eng |
Description
| Title | Page 020 |
| Full Text Search | Campus Climate and Diversity California State University, Fresno is not immune to issues of racial and gender intolerance that have surfaced across the country. While we are fortunate that the university has not had to deal with some of the more blatant aspects of racial and gender discrimination, these issues are very important to us. As a university community, we have taken steps to become more sensitive to issues of race and gender. We must continue to be vigilant and not tolerate improper behavior that is motivated and directed at individuals or groups based solely on these criteria. I would like to underscore the fact that this type of wrongful behavior will not be tolerated on our campus. Any instance of this kind, or any that intends to abridge the rights of anyone on campus, will be investigated and the appropriate action taken, including legal action when necessary. As a university, we have the clear obligation to ensure equal access and opportunity for all to participate in education and university life, whether as students, faculty, or staff. We need everyone’s participation in our efforts to promote an atmosphere of understand-ing and cooperation that is free from bigotry and intolerance. In closing, let me direct your attention to the following statement that I fully endorse: President John D. Welty The California State University reflects California's rich cultural diversity. The varied backgrounds of students, faculty, and staff enrich the university's intellectual life and create its unique community. While the university views diversity as a great source of its strength, some people on campus, as elsewhere in society, feel threatened by those who are different and act in disregard of the personal dignity and rights of others. Discrimination and harassment have no place in a university community. They limit the educational aspirations of students, interfere with the performance of faculty and staff, and damage the environment of tolerance and mutual regard that must prevail for a university to fulfill its mission. The university is therefore committed to maintaining an environment free from discrimination and harassment. To fulfill this commitment, the university will work to prevent discrimination from occurring and will ensure that federal and state laws as well as university regulations prohibiting discrimination are fully enforced. Demeaning and gratuitously offensive conduct sometimes takes expressive forms that, although repugnant, cannot be prohibited or punished. Both the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and Article I, Section 2 of the California Constitution restrict the university's power to limit free speech. To do so, even in the case of speech that is offensive and demeaning, would undermine basic principles of discourse fundamental to any university. As an educational institution, the university will use its intellectual and persuasive powers to discourage offensive and harassing speech from occurring and to encourage civil exchange. The university will attempt to teach its students and employees to listen as well as to speak, and to do both with an open mind. This is consistent with the university’s mission to foster dialogue that educates students and prepares them for effective citizenship. The mission requires respect for differing viewpoints, but does not give license for demeaning language and harassing behavior that stifle free exchange of ideas and compromise the university's educational goals. Respect throughout the university for the dignity and rights of others, including the right to be free from discrimination and harassment and the right to speak freely, is essential to creating and maintaining an environment conducive to learning. — From Campus Climate: Toward Appreciating Diversity, a report prepared for the CSU, 1990. Projected as a future world-class economist who could use his college education to help his Third World country off the coast of Africa, Amadeu Rodrigues da Silva was named the winner of the 1999 President’s Medal. With a 4.0 GPA in his fields of study, Rodrigues da Silva was courted by the nation’s best doctoral programs. 20 Diversity |
