Apr 18, 2024  
2018-2019 Graduate Catalog 
    
2018-2019 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

President’s Welcome


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Dear Wildcat:

By choosing Fort Valley State University as your institution of choice, you’ve created a success pathway along which you will discover the genius that is within you. We are excited about the opportunity to educate, challenge, mentor, advise, and encourage you as you take each step towards reaching your learning and career goals. We take very seriously the trust you have placed in us, and commit to direct the collective efforts of our faculty and staff to empower your forward progress.

The core of FVSU’s mission is to help you prepare to make your mark on the world as a leader in your field. We hope that you will take advantage of the broad array of courses, programs, experiential learning opportunities, and professional development training available to students. Our goal is to not only help you gain the knowledge you need to demonstrate competence, but also to help you develop the perspective, habits, and skills that will make you a continuous learner who can contribute to humanity through expertise and leadership.

The pace of change is accelerating, and the world needs your excellence. FVSU will prepare for the uncertainty becoming the new normal in every field, and help you embrace contemporary thinking in a subject matter area, and then gain the courage to develop, explore, and explain your own unique ideas. On behalf of the FVSU family, I thank you for lending us your hopes and dreams to guide and nurture.

Welcome to the Wildcat family.

Sincerely,

Paul Jones, Ph.D.

President