SUNY Potsdam Mission Statement
SUNY Potsdam is an inclusive and supportive community where students explore their individual paths through innovative programs and hands-on learning experiences leading to rewarding lives and careers.
SUNY Potsdam will be a leading driver of educational opportunity and economic growth in the North Country and beyond through cutting edge programs which deliver transformational student experiences. Our creative, collaborative campus embraces inclusivity, sustainability, new technologies, and leadership to promote social mobility and resiliency for individuals and communities.
Being more than a collection of individuals, SUNY Potsdam is a community dedicated to the pursuit of common goals. While these goals can be elusive and controversial, the community described below reminds us not only of what we are seeking to become, but of all that we share in common. Therefore, let it be known that SUNY Potsdam strives to be:
- An Educational Community sharing academic goals and in which students, faculty and staff work together to strengthen teaching and learning;
- An Open Community uncompromisingly protecting freedom of thought, belief and expression;
- A Civil Community expressing disagreements in rational and non-threatening ways, and treating all individuals with consideration, decency and respect;
- A Responsible Community accepting obligations under clearly articulated principles of behavior designed to support the common good;
- A Safe Community respecting each other's rights, privacy and property;
- A Healthy Community respecting and promoting physical and emotional wellness;
- An Ethical Community reflecting honesty, integrity and fairness, in both academic and extracurricular activities;
- A Diverse Community celebrating our differences and learning from our diversity;
- A Socially Conscious Community seeking to contribute to the betterment of the campus, the local community, the nation and the world;
- A Watchful Community remaining alert to the threats posed by hatred, intolerance and other injustices, and ever-prepared to combat them.