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The task of creating a civil community in which
more than 3,000 diverse individuals can spend from eight to 24 hours each day is
a challenging educational and social goal.
Smith students will live and work in a global society
with unprecedented fluidity in travel and communications, as well as increasingly
difficult challenges in international economic, political, and cultural differences.
Smith is the testing place for ideas, the source of
lifelong friendships, and the formation of skills that will be nurtured and developed
over a lifetime. It is essential that the campus reflect the best efforts of thinking
individuals to live and work together not in unanimity but in an environment of civil
discourse that offers the potential to develop reasonable solutions to personal and
societal issues.
In addition to significant changes in the staffing and
training of residence house staff, the college has embarked on a program called Common
Ground that attempts to identify the challenges and potential on the campus in
regard to diversity and create a healthy atmosphere for discussion of issues by individuals
and groups, whether faculty, staff, or students. |
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Changing
the Face
of Science &
Engineering
Expanding
Student-Faculty Research
Securing & Retaining
Talented Faculty
Extending
Learning Beyond the Classroom
Praxis & Other
Internships
Lewis
Leadership
Program
Fostering
Civil
Discourse
Attracting
the Best Students
Preserving
Smith's
Great Collections
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