The Spelman
Journey
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 Spelman
Journey
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 Spelman
MILE
The Spelman MILE: My Integrated Learning
Experience
•FYE and SYE
•Major Courses
•Minor Courses
•Scaffolded Core Requirements
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Transforming the Student
and Faculty Experience:
The Spelman MILE
(My Integrated Learning Experience)
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Global engagement
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Opportunities for research and/or internships
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Alumnae connections
Capstone
Experience
GRADUATION !
Majors & Minors
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Leadership development
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Service learning
Interdisciplinary
Courses and Modules
FTW Seminars
SYE
ADW
Six Routes to Excellence
FYE
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Rigorous liberal education
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More empowering student experience
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Leadership integrated
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Inquiry, reflection, self-assessment
and experimentation
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05/28/10
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Assessment and measurable outcomes
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Spelman Millennial Professor
The Spelman
MILE
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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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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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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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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Free
Thinking
Woman
4. The FTW enjoys the art of questioning
and is not afraid of asking big questions.
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FTW
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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FTW
6. The Free Thinking Woman will step out
of her comfort zones and “test the water”.
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FTW
7. The Free Thinking woman embraces and
learns from different ways of seeing and
knowing the world.
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FTW
8. The Free Thinking Woman feels
comfortable with discomfort.
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MILE
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 Spelman
QEP
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 Spelman
QEP
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 Spelman
MILE
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.
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