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Campus Climate
and Diversity
Diversity is an integral part of the fabric
of California’s past, present and future,
and therefore an essential element of
academic excellence at Fresno State. We
are committed to promoting the success
of all, and working to address and reduce
barriers to success related to differences
in areas such as race, ethnicity, socioeco-nomic
status, culture, religion, linguistic
diversity, disability, gender identity,
sexual orientation, age, geographical
region, and more. For example, Fresno
State is proud of the majority number of
students who are the first in their families
to attend college and who continue to
make significant contributions in their
professions and in their communities.
With this commitment, our faculty,
staff and administrators are engaged in
initiatives and projects that represent the
community of differences that defines
our 21st Century world. As the New
California’s premier engaged Univer-sity,
we focus on broadening students’
intellectual horizons, fostering lifelong
learning skills, developing the leaders of
tomorrow, promoting community in-volvement,
and instilling an appreciation
of the world of arts and cultures. In sum,
we celebrate the rich diversity of our
students, faculty and staff and welcome
the participation of all.
As president, I am fully committed to the
principles of maintaining a learning and
working environment that is character-ized
by integrity, civility, respect for oth-ers,
and ethical behavior on the part of its
faculty, staff, administrators and students.
The university must be safe and inclu-sive,
and we do not tolerate any form of
harassment, discrimination, or intimida-tion,
as prohibited by university policy
and state and federal civil rights laws.
Our efforts require an abiding commit-ment
from all members of the University
community. It is everyone’s responsibil-ity
to uphold these principles as a core
objective while working and learning at
California State University, Fresno.
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.
California State University Fresno named
Katherine Urabe, a double major in
Mathematics and Linguistics, as
2012 President Medalist. Urabe, who
represents the College of Science and
Mathematics, completed her studies with
a 4.0 GPA. Her minor is in Spanish.
A Smittcamp Family Honors College
student, Urabe has received numerous
awards, including President’s Honors,
and Bertha and John Garabedian,
McClatchy and Provost’s Study Abroad
scholarships.
The President’s Medal winner, one of
two that designate the university’s top
students, is selected from the nine under-graduate
Dean’s Medalists who represent
the academic colleges and schools and the
Division of Student Affairs.
Diversity
18 2013-2014 California State University, Fresno General Catalog
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| Full Text Search | Campus Climate and Diversity Diversity is an integral part of the fabric of California’s past, present and future, and therefore an essential element of academic excellence at Fresno State. We are committed to promoting the success of all, and working to address and reduce barriers to success related to differences in areas such as race, ethnicity, socioeco-nomic status, culture, religion, linguistic diversity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, geographical region, and more. For example, Fresno State is proud of the majority number of students who are the first in their families to attend college and who continue to make significant contributions in their professions and in their communities. With this commitment, our faculty, staff and administrators are engaged in initiatives and projects that represent the community of differences that defines our 21st Century world. As the New California’s premier engaged Univer-sity, we focus on broadening students’ intellectual horizons, fostering lifelong learning skills, developing the leaders of tomorrow, promoting community in-volvement, and instilling an appreciation of the world of arts and cultures. In sum, we celebrate the rich diversity of our students, faculty and staff and welcome the participation of all. As president, I am fully committed to the principles of maintaining a learning and working environment that is character-ized by integrity, civility, respect for oth-ers, and ethical behavior on the part of its faculty, staff, administrators and students. The university must be safe and inclu-sive, and we do not tolerate any form of harassment, discrimination, or intimida-tion, as prohibited by university policy and state and federal civil rights laws. Our efforts require an abiding commit-ment from all members of the University community. It is everyone’s responsibil-ity to uphold these principles as a core objective while working and learning at California State University, Fresno. 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. California State University Fresno named Katherine Urabe, a double major in Mathematics and Linguistics, as 2012 President Medalist. Urabe, who represents the College of Science and Mathematics, completed her studies with a 4.0 GPA. Her minor is in Spanish. A Smittcamp Family Honors College student, Urabe has received numerous awards, including President’s Honors, and Bertha and John Garabedian, McClatchy and Provost’s Study Abroad scholarships. The President’s Medal winner, one of two that designate the university’s top students, is selected from the nine under-graduate Dean’s Medalists who represent the academic colleges and schools and the Division of Student Affairs. Diversity 18 2013-2014 California State University, Fresno General Catalog |
