Survival Guide and Student Handbook

About William Jewell College

Welcome to The Hill
Welcome to William Jewell College! We hope that this year on the Hill will be exciting, fun and full of memories. We also hope that this Survival Guide will answer many of the questions you may have and make this year at Jewell as easy as possible.

Mission Statement
William Jewell College promises students an outstanding liberal arts education that cultivates leadership, service, and spiritual growth within a community inspired by Christian ideals and committed to open, rigorous intellectual pursuits.

Our Values
William Jewell College values the individual talents of our students, faculty, staff and alumni and the importance of developing, using and enhancing these gifts for the betterment of the individual, the institution and the world. 
We value our students’ experiences (academic and co-curricular) and the necessity for students to participate, contribute and involve themselves in the educational process.
• We value faculty members who are models of intellectual and spiritual growth and who lead students in their educational journey.
• We value our employees and are committed to providing an outstanding work experience.
• We value the promise of community to shape us, enriched by our similarities and differences.
• We value engaging the world.
• We value a comprehensive living/learning experience for students.
• We value our educational, cultural and economic connections to Kansas City.
• We value using our resources (human, physical, environmental and fiscal) responsibly.

Our Vision
William Jewell College will be a nationally recognized liberal arts college that encourages intellectual and spiritual growth, leadership and service. We will empower and challenge individuals and communities to enrich their lives and society by:
• raising and engaging significant questions in pursuit of knowledge and wisdom;
• providing educational experiences that support career development in the context of a liberal arts environment;
• creating academic experiences that cultivate talent development and inspire creativity;
• excelling at the use of effective and diverse methodologies and technologies for teaching and learning;
• serving others to create a more compassionate and just world;
• grappling with the meaning and implications of both Christian faith and other perspectives through disciplined and intimate conversations;
• celebrating the fact that the human community is diverse while respecting and accepting differences; and
• fostering models of responsible community living for our students.

Equal Opportunity Statement
William Jewell College pursues a nondiscriminatory policy with regard to employment and educational programs, and endeavors to comply with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, and with other legislation applicable to private, four-year undergraduate Colleges. The College is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all persons regardless of race, color, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, religion, or veteran status. Equal opportunity extends to all aspects of the employment relationship, including hiring, promotion, terminations, compensation benefits and other terms and conditions of employment.

The College complies with federal, state and local equal opportunity laws and strives to keep the workplace free from forms of illegal discrimination and harassment. Inquiries with regard to compliance with Title IX should be directed to the Office of Human Resources or the Director of the Office for Civil Rights, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Washington, D.C. The College also has a “Professional Conduct and No Harassment Policy” that is set forth herein at page 31 (WJC Employee Handbook).

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History of Liberty & William Jewell College
Liberty, founded in 1822, is a town of more than 25,000. It is located about 20 minutes from Arrowhead Stadium and 30 minutes from the Country Club Plaza. Like William Jewell, Liberty has a lot of history. Information about that history is available at http://www.jewell.edu/liberty/history.htm. Other information about today’s Liberty can be found at http://www.ci.liberty.mo.us/.

William Jewell College was founded by the Baptists of Missouri in 1849, and named in honor of Dr. William Jewell, frontier statesman, doctor and benefactor. William Jewell College was among the first four-year men's colleges west of the Mississippi. The college became coeducational in 1921.

The campus now consists of 149 wooded acres perched atop rolling hills northeast of Kansas City. Students at William Jewell enjoy the best of two worlds: a scenic campus, ideal for quiet study and contemplation, along with the energizing presence of a vital city just 15 miles away.