UNDERGRADUATE BULLETIN 2012 – 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS FISK UNIVERSITY 2012-2013 ACADEMIC CALENDAR (FALL TERM 2012) ......................................................6 FISK UNIVERSITY 2012-2013 ACADEMIC CALENDAR (SPRING TERM 2013) .................................................7 FISK UNIVERSITY 2012-2013 ACADEMIC CALENDAR (SUMMER TERM 2013) ...............................................8 FISK UNIVERSITY 2013-2014 ACADEMIC CALENDAR (FALL TERM 2013) ......................................................9 FISK UNIVERSITY 2013-2014 ACADEMIC CALENDAR (SPRING TERM 2014) .............................................. 10 FISK UNIVERSITY 2013-2014 ACADEMIC CALENDAR (SUMMER TERM 2014) ........................................... 11 CONTACT INFORMATION ................................................................................................................................ 12 ACCREDITATION .............................................................................................................................................. 12 POLICY OF NON-DISCRIMINATION ................................................................................................................ 12 ABOUT THIS BULLETIN ................................................................................................................................... 12 Our Vision ..............................................................................................................................................................................................13 Our Values: The D. E. T. A. I. L. S. .....................................................................................................................................................13 Our Mission ...........................................................................................................................................................................................14 Degrees Offered ..................................................................................................................................................................................14 HIGHLIGHTS OF FISK’S HISTORY ................................................................................................................. 16 FISK UNIVERSITY RANKINGS .............................................................................................................................................................18 ACCREDITATION .....................................................................................................................................................................................18 HISTORY AND SETTING .................................................................................................................................. 19 COMMON ABBREVIATIONS ............................................................................................................................ 21 HISTORIC BUILDINGS ..................................................................................................................................... 22 LIFE AT FISK ..................................................................................................................................................... 24 Residential Living .......................................................................................................................................................................25 University Policy and Procedures on Bias and Hate Crimes ........................................................................................27 STUDENT ACTIVITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS ............................................................................................... 30 MUSICAL HERITAGE AND PERFORMANCE ..............................................................................................................................31 Fisk Jubilee Singers® ..................................................................................................................................................................31 Fisk University Choir ..................................................................................................................................................................31 Fisk Opera Workshop ................................................................................................................................................................31 Fisk Jazz Ensemble .....................................................................................................................................................................31 Orchesis ..........................................................................................................................................................................................31 Stagecrafters ................................................................................................................................................................................31 STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION ..................................................................................................................................32 CLASS ORGANIZATIONS .................................................................................................................................................................32 ATHLETICS ............................................................................................................................................................................................32 ACADEMIC CLUBS .............................................................................................................................................................................32 Tanner Art Club ...........................................................................................................................................................................32 Fraternities and Sororities .......................................................................................................................................................32 Policy Governing Fraternities and Sororities ....................................................................................................................33 University’s Forensic Club ........................................................................................................................................................34 Other Academic Clubs ..............................................................................................................................................................34 UNIVERSITY CONVOCATIONS.......................................................................................................................................................34 Academic Regalia .......................................................................................................................................................................34 UNIVERSITY FACILITIES .................................................................................................................................. 36 2 Fisk University Undergraduate Bulletin 2012-2014 THE JOHN HOPE AND AURELIA E. FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY ............................................................................36 POSTAL SERVICES ..............................................................................................................................................................................37 UNIVERSITY BOOKSTORE ...............................................................................................................................................................37 88.1. FM WFSK: THE HOME OF SMOOTH JAZZ & SMOOTH GROOVES .........................................................................37 STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES ....................................................................................................................... 38 ADA COMPLIANCE STATEMENT ..................................................................................................................................................38 OFFICE OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE & STUDENT PERFORMANCE ................................................................................38 THE L.E.A.D. PROGRAM ....................................................................................................................................................................38 LIVING LEARNING CENTERS ..........................................................................................................................................................39 THE OFFICE OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND LEADERSHIP ............................................................................................39 COUNSELING SERVICES ..................................................................................................................................................................40 POLICY AND PROCEDURE ON MENTAL HEALTH STATUS ..................................................................................................40 UNIVERSITY POLICY AND PROCEDURE ....................................................................................................................................40 THE OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS .......................................................................................................................41 VETERANS’ AFFAIRS (V.A.) ...............................................................................................................................................................41