Salem College Student Handbook
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Salem College Undergraduate Handbook 2021-2022 Table of Contents Salem College Undergraduate Handbook ........................................................................ 1 FORWARD FROM THE PRESIDENT .......................................................................... 4 SALEM COLLEGE MISSION STATEMENT ................................................................. 5 HISTORY ..................................................................................................................... 6 VISION ......................................................................................................................... 8 VALUES ....................................................................................................................... 9 MORAVIAN BLESSING ............................................................................................. 10 SEAL .......................................................................................................................... 12 ALMA MATER ............................................................................................................ 14 SCHOOL MASCOT .................................................................................................... 15 SCHOOL COLORS .................................................................................................... 16 GAMMA KAPPA DELTA- ΓKΔ .................................................................................... 17 PROGRAMS OF DISTINCTION AT SALEM COLLEGE ............................................ 18 STUDENT WELLNESS .............................................................................................. 19 SALEM TRADITIONS ................................................................................................. 20 EMERGENCY INFORMATION: ................................................................................. 26 THE HONOR TRADITION .......................................................................................... 29 COLLEGE POLICIES ................................................................................................. 45 ACADEMIC REGULATIONS ...................................................................................... 74 FEDERAL REGULATIONS ........................................................................................ 86 RECORDS MAINTAINED AT SALEM COLLEGE ...................................................... 90 SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ........................................................................................ 92 SOCIAL POLICIES ..................................................................................................... 93 RESIDENCE LIFE POLICIES ................................................................................... 101 PUBLIC SAFETY ...................................................................................................... 112 CAMPUS RESOURCES .......................................................................................... 119 GETTING INVOLVED IN LIFE AT SALEM ............................................................... 129 FORWARD FROM THE PRESIDENT Office of the President Salem Academy and College 601 South Church Street Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101 Dear Salem Students, On behalf of the faculty and staff of Salem College, I welcome you to the 2021-2022 academic year. We are delighted that you chose Salem College as the educational institution to transform your life and help you achieve your educational, personal, and professional goals. All of our faculty and staff at Salem College are committed to delivering a top-notch education that prepares the next generation of leaders who will change the world and who make their communities stronger and healthier. We are dedicated to expanding your knowledge, enhancing your skills, and supporting your growth both inside and outside the classroom. The Salem community is strong, diverse, and empowered. As we look forward to our 250th anniversary this year, our mission centered on women's education is as relevant and meaningful as it has ever been—a true cause for celebration of our past and for excitement about our bright future. Thank you for being part of our vibrant, engaged community. Best wishes for a wonderful academic year filled with success. Cordially, Summer McGee, PhD, CPH President 4 SALEM COLLEGE MISSION STATEMENT Salem College, a liberal arts college for women, values its students as individuals, develops their unique potential, and prepares them to change the world. STATEMENT OF VALUES Rooted in the distinct Moravian commitment to education, our core values are: Learning Grounded in the Pursuit of Excellence Instilling commitment to scholarly inquiry Educating the whole person Transforming knowledge into action Learning Grounded in Community Recognizing individual potential Embracing diversity Exemplifying honor Learning Grounded in Responsibility to Self and the World Developing personal accountability Cultivating leadership Preparing global citizens 5 HISTORY Salem Academy and College is the oldest educational institution for girls and women in the United States. Its traditions of rigorous education for women and responsibility to the community found their roots in the convictions of our eighteenth-century Moravian forebearers, who believed that girls and women were entitled to the same education as boys and men. The school was founded in 1772—four years before the Declaration of Independence was signed. Responding to an invitation from the community leaders, sixteen women and girls traveled 500 miles, mostly on foot, from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to what we now know as Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in order to join the new village of Salem. Among those intrepid women was Sister Elisabeth Oesterlein, who was later appointed Salem's first teacher. In its early years, the girls’ school at Salem was led by the unmarried women of the Moravian community, who were known as Single Sisters. The Single Sisters lived together and were economically self-sufficient, a rarity for women in the eighteenth century. In the early history of Salem, students of diverse backgrounds were accepted as members of the school community. Moravian records show that at least two enslaved African American females were accepted at Salem in the 1780s and the 1790s. Hanna, an enslaved ten-year-old belonging to Adam Schumacher, received permission to attend the school in 1785. Anna Maria Samuel, who was an enslaved girl from Bethabara and had been baptized as a Moravian at her birth in 1781, took classes and lived in the Single Sisters’ House from 1793 until 1795. In 1826, Salem welcomed its first Native American student, Sally Ridge, who was the daughter of Cherokee leader Major Ridge. Jane Ross, the daughter of another Cherokee chief, was also a student at Salem. 12 other Cherokee girls also attended during these years, until the Forced Removal of the Cherokee nation by the United States Government of 1838. During the 1860s, college-level courses were added to the curriculum. Reflecting changes in its character and mission, the institution's name was officially changed in 1907 to Salem Academy and College. Less than thirty years later, a new and wholly separate set of facilities for the Academy was built on the eastern 6 perimeter of the campus, and the existing buildings on Salem Square became the College. The inspiring mission of the Single Sisters has continued for nearly 250 years and is evident in the dedication of our faculty, the enthusiasm and commitment of our students, and the academic and professional success of our alumnae. Across America and around the world, Salem’s more than 15,000 alumnae are serving as teachers, physicians, researchers, artists, musicians, inventors, community volunteers, and business executives. At Salem Academy and at Salem College, we are educating the next generation of leaders in all of these fields, and the extraordinary education that Salem provides continues to be grounded in the Moravian tradition of love and respect for all. 7 VISION To educate compassionate, creative, and innovative thinkers who lead with integrity and are prepared with the skills and experience to effect change. 8 VALUES Community Salem Academy and College fosters a community that makes each of its members better and that collectively has the power to do astonishing and essential work. We continue to be inspired by the Moravian motto: "In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; and in all things, love." Innovation Building on our legacy as innovators in women's education, we seek to unleash the Salem community's inherent capacity for innovation in increasingly consequential ways -- in our academic programming, in our pedagogy, in the partnerships we form, and in the way we engage the wider world. Integrity The Honor Code is a vital and unifying aspect of the Salem community. It encourages each student to make a commitment to learning grounded in the pursuit of excellence, in community, and in responsibility to self and the world. Courage Inspired by the courage of its founders, Salem Academy and College is a women’s institution that shapes scholars who are self-confident, pursue their passions boldly and fearlessly, and are equipped to meet the challenges of the 21st century with uncommon poise, creativity, optimism, and tenacity. Respect Salem has a profound respect for the incalculable dignity of every individual. That respect impels us to be courteous with one another, to be open-minded, and to see