Participation
539 responses (submitted through a Google form – 4/14 through 4/29)
- 54% also completed the 1st community survey (903 responses) and a total of 1,151 community members have responded to at least one of the 2 surveys.
| Role* | N |
|---|---|
| Alumni | 38 |
| Board member | 15 |
| Community member | 13 |
| Emeriti | 6 |
| Faculty | 86 |
| Staff | 146 |
| Student | 297 |
* It is possible to have multiple roles (e.g., staff and community member).
Words
30 most frequent words (larger words occur more often)
Mission
| Mission statements | Votes |
|---|---|
| Geneseo is a socially responsible, public liberal arts college that prepares students to build a better world. As a supportive and inclusive community, we are on a journey together finding strength in diversity, discovering joy in growth, and becoming lifelong learners. | 130 |
| A public liberal arts community, Geneseo prepares students to build a better world. We connect the local to the global and theory to practice. We find strength in kindness and diversity, and joy in learning and service. Create with us. Explore with us. Grow with us. | 120 |
| Geneseo is an inclusive public liberal arts college community, finding strength in diversity and joy in growth. We inspire students to build a better world, connect the local to the global, engage theory to practice, and make truth serve justice. | 112 |
| Geneseo strives to build a supportive and inclusive community of life-long learners committed to building a better world. Grow with us in our collaborative journey of discovery. | 107 |
| At Geneseo, we’re nurturing a supportive and inclusive community of life-long learners with a shared commitment to justice, equity, and collaborative inquiry. | 62 |
Learning
| Submitted learning statements/feedback |
|---|
| … with “high expectations for” removed. |
| At Geneseo we embrace high expectations and students grow and contribute to bettering our world. |
| At Geneseo we foster intellectual inquiry, critical thinking, scholarly exploration, and life-long learning. |
| At Geneseo, we embrace high expectations for intellectual inquiry, critical thinking, scholarly exploration, and personal growth. |
| At Geneseo, we foster life-long learning toward personal growth while embracing high expectations for intellectual inquiry and scholarly achievement. |
| Embracing academic excellence through intellectual inquiry, critical thinking, scholarly exploration, and personal growth. |
| Embracing high expectations for intellectual inquiry, critical thinking, and personal growth. |
| Embracing high expectations for intellectual inquiry, critical thinking, scholarly achievement, and personal growth. |
| Embracing high expectations for intellectual inquiry, personal growth, and continued contributions to societal betterment. |
| Embracing high expectations for intellectual inquiry, scholarly achievement, global awareness, and personal growth. |
| Embracing intellectual inquiry, critical thinking, scholarly exploration, and personal growth. |
| Embracing intellectual inquiry, scholarly achievement, and personal growth. |
| Geneseo exists for the betterment of humankind. |
| Geneseo fosters critical thinking, intellectual inquery, scholarly exploration, and personal growth. |
| Geneseo has a high expectation of our commitment to your success, through intellectual inquiry, critical thinking, scholarly exploration and a life-long learning experience. |
| Geneseo is a home for life-long learners that seek to grow personally and to make the world better. |
| We foster life-long learning and civic engagement through intellectual inquiry, scholarly achievement, and personal growth. |
Creativity
| Submitted creativity statements/feedback |
|---|
| … add after problem solving, “interceding social equality and sustainability”. |
| … using “foster” or “encourage” instead of “inspire.” |
| At Geneseo, we encourage innovation, intellectual curiosity, artistic expression, and problem-solving. |
| At Geneseo, we encourage innovation, intellectual curiosity, artistic expressions, and problem-solving. |
| Embracing a spirit of innovation that inspires intellectual curiosity and problem solving and that affirms self-expression. |
| Empowering a spirit of innovation that inspires intellectual curiosity and the ability to be solution focused. |
| Empowering a spirit of innovation that inspires intellectual curiosity, self-expression, artistic excellence, and problem-solving. |
| Empowering a spirit of self-expression that inspires innovation, curiosity, and problem solving. |
Inclusivity
| Submitted inclusivity statements/feedback |
|---|
| At Geneseo, we are creating an environment that values individual differences and promotes a conversation between those with different mindsets and backgrounds. |
| Fostering a campus community that is strengthened by each member’s unique talents, perspectives, and passions. |
| Fostering a diverse campus community marked by mutual respect for the unique identities, talents, and contributions of each individual. |
| Fostering a diverse campus community marked by mutual respect for the unique talents, IDENTITIES, and contributions of each individual. |
| Fostering a diverse campus community that supports and celebrates different identities, promotes equity, and respects the ideas and contributions of each individual. |
| Geneseo empowers community members to support inclusion efforts, celebrate diverse traditions, promote equity and access, encourage cultural humility, and respect the ideas and contributions of each individual. |
| We are a welcoming community that supports and celebrates diversity. We seek to promote equity and respect for the ideas and contributions of all. |
| Welcoming a diverse campus community that supports and celebrates all identities, promotes equity, and respects the unique talents and contributions of each individual. |
| Welcoming a diverse campus community that supports and celebrates different identities, promotes equity, and embraces ideas that value the humanity of each individual. |
Civic
| Submitted civic responsibility statements/feedback |
|---|
| As a public liberal arts college, we cultivate responsible citizenship in our community [or communities?] and beyond. |
| Different people have different ethics and ideas of what a common good looks like. |
| do you take actions with sincerity toward the betterment of student diversity of the interests of the college? |
| Encouraging active engagement in local and global communities as members who are grounded in self-reflection, empathy, an ethical commitment to the common good. |
| Encouraging active participation as a member of local and global communities that are grounded in self-reflection, empathy, and an ethical commitment to the common good. |
| Encouraging active participation as members of local and global communities. |
| Encouraging active participaton in local and global citizenship that is ground in self-reflection, empathy, and ethical commitment to the common good. |
| I find the local and global a little vague. Also, I wonder whether we should note national in a way that celerbates and defends diversity and democracy. |
| Promoting ethical local and global citizenship that is grounded in an ethical commitment to the common good. |
| Promoting local and global citizenship. |
| We care and promote service to others for the public good. |
Sustainability
| Submitted sustainability statements/feedback |
|---|
| Acting as environmental, social and economic stewards. |
| Advancing just principles of ecological, social, and economic stewardship informed by an understanding of the past and our obligations to the future. |
| Advancing principles of ecological, social and economic stewardship. |
| At Geneseo, we actively embrace the challenge and sacrifice to engage an advanced, diverse, and inclusive world population by passionately participating in sustainability practices. |
| At Geneseo, we steward our resources to enhance the well-being of our current community and of future generations. |
| Building a culture that integrates and applies principles of environmental, social, and economic stewardship that is informed by an understanding our past and future obligations. |
| Don’t include financial resources at all, because it’s not true. |
| Geneseo seeks to promote good stewardship of our inherited environment and culture for the benefit of future generations. |
| Promoting a culture of stewardship that integrates and applies ecological, social, and economic principles that supports cross-generational ethics and sustainability. |
| Thoughtfully using our environmental, social, and economic resources to enhance the well-being of our community and future generations. |
| We act as ethically-minded stewards of our local and global communities. |
| We are caretakers of our social, cultural, environmental and financial resources to build a just and equitable society now and for future generations. |
Values
Current Values
The Geneseo campus community is guided by our beliefs in and commitments to the following values:
- Learning: embracing high expectations for intellectual inquiry, scholarly achievement, and personal growth
- Creativity: affirming a spirit of innovation that inspires intellectual curiosity and problem-solving
- Inclusivity: fostering a diverse campus community marked by mutual respect for the unique talents and contributions of each individual
- Civic responsibility: promoting ethical local and global citizenship
- Sustainability — advancing just principles of ecological, social, and economic stewardship
| Additional Learning and Creativity related values | Votes |
|---|---|
| Applying knowledge to better ourselves and our world | 235 |
| Promoting lifelong learning | 209 |
| Valuing other perspectives | 176 |
| Inspiring creativity and innovation | 159 |
| Providing equal access to educational opportunities | 155 |
| Supporting a growth mindset | 146 |
| Sharing a passion for learning and innovation | 132 |
| Embracing rigor and aspiring to excellence | 127 |
| Developing leadership skills | 116 |
| Thinking critically about knowledge and how knowledge is developed | 116 |
| Engaging with transformational learning opportunities | 106 |
| Fostering curiosity | 96 |
| Learning through service | 88 |
| Contributing to the advancement of knowledge and scholarship | 86 |
| Integrating curricular and co-curricular experiences | 74 |
| Anti-racism and sustainability | 1 |
| Applying knowledge to contribute to a changing world | 1 |
| Aspiring to Excellence | 1 |
| Becoming aware of the issues of our world and actively work to solve them, not idly sit by | 1 |
| Discovering our strengths | 1 |
| Empowering our future leaders…. | 1 |
| Encouraging intellectual excellence and service to others | 1 |
| Encouraging open dialogue between those with different views | 1 |
| Equitable integration and synthesis of knowledge | 1 |
| Identifying and solving problems | 1 |
| If we value it, we should also have evidence that we do it. | 1 |
| Innovative research opportunities | 1 |
| Promoting diversity, equity, and inclusivity | 1 |
| Serving New York and beyond | 1 |
| Supporting sustainability as a perspective for just decision-making | 1 |
| Value of Wellness and well being for the campus community | 1 |
| Additional Inclusivity, Civic Responsibility and/or Sustainability related values | Votes |
|---|---|
| Advancing diversity, inclusivity, and equity | 261 |
| Practicing kindness and understanding | 211 |
| Becoming informed and developing an appreciation for others and other cultures | 191 |
| Advocating for self and others | 169 |
| Fostering relationships | 148 |
| Promoting belonging and holistic wellbeing | 140 |
| Empowering community engagement | 134 |
| Working for justice | 124 |
| Engaging in productive discussion | 112 |
| Utilizing resources in a responsible/ethical manner | 102 |
| Contributing to public service | 95 |
| Appreciating how the local connects to the global | 92 |
| Embracing universal design to help all succeed | 67 |
| Achieving decolonization in all aspects of the College community | 45 |
| Participating in democratic action | 42 |
| Acting as stewards of culture, environment, resources and equality for all | 1 |
| Advancing respect for divergent worldviews | 1 |
| Anti-racism | 1 |
| Empowering underrepresented communities to succeed | 1 |
| Free inquiry | 1 |
| Freedom of speech | 1 |
| Learning skills to meet the needs of the community, state and country | 1 |
| Practice the golden rule - Do unto others as you would like them to do unto you | 1 |
| Understanding how the local connects to the global | 1 |