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Dear Wildcat fans and supporters:
We are proud of the accomplishments
of our intercollegiate athletics program at Bethune-Cookman University and we
are also extremely grateful for the support that you have continuously provided
throughout the years. The 2006-07 academic year is one that will be chronicled
for years to come. This year serves as a year of "rebirth and reaffirmation."
The year 2007 will long be remembered
much like the year 1904. Each will have its own meaning and level of importance...the
founding of the College...and the emergence as a University poised to change the
world. These are exciting times in Daytona Beach!
Although we are poised to build
for the future, we must also stay connected to our roots and heritage and to
that end I thought it important to share with each of you our mission.
Working at Bethune-Cookman University
is far more than a job...it is a calling to a ministry and along with the calling
comes a responsibility to our young people. Our mission statement makes it abundantly
clear who we are and why we do what we do.
Please accept this mission as your
calling to join with us to become stakeholders in the lives of the young people
who are called to be a part of the family of "The Great Bethune-Cookman University".
Mission Statement
The
primary function of the Bethune-Cookman College Department of Intercollegiate
Athletics is to work to fulfill the educational mission of the college by promoting
the values of sportsmanship and ethical conduct in all aspects of the intercollegiate
athletics program. These values, along with the Christian Principles of the
college shall be manifested not only in athletics participation but also in
the broad spectrum of activities affecting the intercollegiate athletics program.
The role of the college is to prepare students in the Christian Tradition for
careers by developing their abilities to think clearly, make sound judgments
and communicate effectively, as well as to utilize specifically developed academic
skills and practices within their chosen career. The college is further committed
to developing in students and employees a desire to sustain lifelong learning
by gaining an appreciation of self and of others and their views, and an awareness
of the ethical and aesthetic choices that life presents. The role of the department
of athletics is to provide mechanisms by which to meet the needs of each student-athlete
with these educational, athletic, social and moral experiences. Policies and
procedures are established that will promote gender equity and cultural diversity
so that each student and employee may be afforded the best opportunities for
a positive experience in an academic setting. The college and department of
athletics is responsible for providing the best possible environment for its
student-athletes to compete against quality opponents within the rules of the
institution, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and the National Collegiate Athletic
Association.
Revised - June, 2000 Approved by the Board of Trustees November,
2000
Thanks so much for being a part
of our family and congratulations to each of you for helping to make us into
what we are now and what we are to become in years to come.
Sincerely yours,
Lynn W. Thompson
Director of Athletics
Bethune-Cookman University
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