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The SpelmanJourney

Liberal Education develops:

•Intellectual skills•Critical thinking skills•Verbal and written skills•Quantitative skills•An awareness of the human condition and of your talents for improving it

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The SpelmanJourney

Liberal education prepares you:•to seek and connect knowledge.•to think and be intellectually flexible;•to understand the world locally and globally;•to be creative and innovative; and•to collaborate through teamwork.

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The SpelmanMILE

The Spelman MILE: My Integrated Learning Experience•FYE and SYE•Major Courses•Minor Courses•Scaffolded Core Requirements

Transforming the Student and Faculty Experience:

The Spelman MILE(My Integrated Learning Experience)

FTW Seminars

Interdisciplinary Courses and Modules

SYE

FYE

Majors & Minors

CapstoneExperience

GRADUATION !

Rigorous liberal education

More empowering student experience

Leadership integrated

Inquiry, reflection, self-assessment and experimentation

Assessment and measurable outcomes

Spelman Millennial Professor

Six Routes to Excellence

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Global engagement

Opportunities for research and/or internships

Alumnae connections

Leadership development

Service learning

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ScaffoldedCore

Curriculum

Throughout the Four Years

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The SpelmanMILE

How do I take full advantage of my Spelman liberal education, the Spelman MILE? What overarching goal should I set?

Work to become a Free Thinking Woman!

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The Spelman Free

Thinking Woman

1. The Free Thinking woman is not restricted by artificial and socially constructed boundaries and barriers that separate knowledge from experience.

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The Spelman Free

Thinking Woman

2. A FTW looks for connections and the integration of, or the relationships between, knowledge and experience (what you are learning and what you are experiencing, what the world is like).

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The Spelman Free

Thinking Woman

3. A FTW is intellectually curious and recognizes the freedom and empowerment that comes from engaging ideas from various perspectives.

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The Spelman Free

Thinking Woman

4. The FTW enjoys the art of questioning and is not afraid of asking big questions.

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The SpelmanFTW

5. The FTW is not intimidated by what others consider to be “fact” and is willing to even question what is defined as fact.

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The SpelmanFTW

6. The Free Thinking Woman will step out of her comfort zones and “test the water”.

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The SpelmanFTW

7. The Free Thinking woman embraces and learns from different ways of seeing and knowing the world.

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The SpelmanFTW

8. The Free Thinking Woman feels comfortable with discomfort.

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The SpelmanMILE

When and Where I Enter: Becoming a Global Citizen means:•Recognizing that you are a member of a large, diverse social fabric that is local, national and global•Considering local and global social problems to be at least partly your own•Seeking the knowledge and experience to make informed judgments, engage difference, and seek the common good •Taking informed action when appropriate, for the common good

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The SpelmanQEP

QEP: SPELMAN GOING GLOBAL!

The Spelman College Quality Enhancement Plan, Spelman Going Global!, provides opportunities for students to connect directly all international travel experiences with their Spelman academic experience, the Spelman MILE, and provides a cohesive infrastructure for all international initiatives.

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The SpelmanQEP

SPELMAN GOING GLOBAL!International travel experiences organized in ways to help you understand and act on:• How your international travel is part of your Spelman liberal education, the Spelman MILE•How your international travel helps you develop the qualities of the Spelman Free Thinking Woman•How your international travel experience leads you on the road to life-long awareness of and even participation in global experiences.

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The SpelmanMILE

Running the Spelman MILE, don’t be delayed by the golden apples on the ground!! Organize you life so you are always focused on your goal of graduating with the knowledge, ,and skills you will need to negotiate the challenging and constantly changing life you will encounter in the global realities of the world.