Mission
Voorhees College is a private, historically black, coeducational, liberal arts, baccalaureate degree-granting institution affiliated with the Episcopal Church. The college, in rural South Carolina, serves traditional and nontraditional students primarily from South Carolina and the southeastern United States. The aim of the college is to offer each student a comprehensive general education coupled with professional education in the values-centered liberal arts tradition.
The college excels in instruction in liberal studies, arts and sciences and pre-professional and professional disciplines. The college provides an environment that supports educational opportunities designed to help prepare students to function in a diverse and increasingly technological society. The college seeks to produce highly qualified graduates who combine intellect and faith in their preparation for strong professional performance in a global society, pursuit of life-long learning, healthy living, betterment of society, and an abiding faith in God.
To forge this Agenda for Excellence, Voorhees College strives to achieve the following institutional goals:
- To enhance students’ communicative, critical thinking, qualitative and quantitative skills;
- To expand students’ general and professional knowledge bases;
- To provide opportunities for the clarification of values and attitudes in a Christian environment;
- To prepare students for professional careers and/or graduate, professional educational opportunities;
- To provide students with academic, cultural, social, religious and athletic programs that foster leadership and achievement;
- To increase student-assisted faculty research opportunities and internships throughout the college;
- To incorporate measures of student achievement in documenting the institution’s effectiveness;
- To recognize the achievements of students, faculty, administrators and staff;
- To recruit, retain and provide opportunities to develop an excellent faculty and staff within each area of the college;
- To maintain efficiency and effectiveness of administrative services, institutional facilities, internal coordination and existing resources;
- To increase the college’s revenues by cultivating and generating new sources of support;
- To maintain fiscal stability by increasing and effectively managing the financial, human and physical resources of the College; and
- To enhance the quality of life in the surrounding community through a comprehensive rural community outreach program.
Revised & Approved by Planning Council – June 4, 2008 at Annual Planning Retreat, Barnwell, SC
Approved by Faculty: Approved by Board of Trustees: February 2009