Our Mission:
The mission of Freed-Hardeman University is to help students develop their God-given talents for His glory by empowering them with an education that integrates faith, scholarship, and service.
Athletic Mission Statement:
The mission of the Freed-Hardeman University Athletic Department is to maintain the integrity of the FHU mission while providing a positive student-athlete experience and competing with excellence.
Our vision:
Building on our heritage, Freed-Hardeman University will be the preferred academic community for students who seek to grow in faith, knowledge, and service in a changing world.
Our Aims:
In accomplishing its mission, the university pursues the following three aims:
Freed-Hardeman provides higher education with a Christian perspective:
- by recognizing the Bible as the inspired and authoritative Word of God,
- by presenting Jesus, the Christ, as the model for personal behavior,
- by viewing each person as a special creation of God, possessing an everlasting soul, with ultimate accountability to God,
- by promoting racial harmony, religious unity, and respect for individual differences through Christian love and biblical teaching, and
- by offering programs, activities, and worship opportunities that strengthen the university community.
Freed-Hardeman provides educational opportunities through excellent undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs:
- by employing a qualified, caring Christian faculty,
- by teaching students to be critical thinkers who communicate effectively,
- by offering a balanced education in the liberal arts and sciences as well as specialization in a chosen discipline,
- by offering engaging academic opportunities to strengthen individual students,
- by equipping students for advanced study and career challenges,
- by instilling in students a lasting desire for learning, and
- by engaging in the scholarship of discovery, integration, application, and/or teaching in ways that appropriate to its various disciplines of study, degrees awarded, and professional programs.
Freed-Hardeman provides service to the individual, home, church, community, and world:
- by facilitating spiritual, intellectual, social, and physical growth,
- by recognizing the home as the basic unity of society and helping students develop skills for healthy Christian families,
- by encouraging students to love the church and preparing them for active service in a local congregation,
- by offering programs to strengthen and encourage growth of the church, and
- by teaching students to become effective citizens of the local and world communities.
