Vision Statement

When Edward H. Hammond became the institutions' eighth president in 1987, he brought with him a vision of a world shaped by the Information Age and the promise of new educational technologies. He believed that technology could play a crucial role in the delicate relationship between students and their learning environment. In effect, the appropriate application of technology could energize the learning process for FHSU students.

At the same time, President Hammond recognized that the often-impersonal nature of technology had to be balanced with a sense of humanity and personal attention unequaled in higher education. Otherwise, the potential of information technology to accelerate and enable a learning revolution could be lost in the instinctiveness of students, faculty, and staff to remain skeptical of this intrusive element. Out of this concern for balancing the relationship between technology-enhanced learning and the human response to it emerged the vision of a "High-Tech/High-Touch" university. Enhanced learning through technology cannot be achieved at the expense of a loss in the institution's capacity for personal service. This vision of a university inspired by the balance between technological change and human sensitivity to individual student needs has positioned FHSU for future growth and high-quality, personalized learning.

Values

• Lifelong Learning
• Quality Teaching, Research, and Public Service
• Accessible and Affordable Education
• Social and civic Responsibility
• Accountability
• Commitment to an Environment of Trust
• Respect for the Individual
• Commitment to Academic Citizenship and Community
• Commitment to Excel
• Commitment to Continuous Quality Improvement
• Commitment to Service for Students and Stakeholders