Global Affairs - Fort Hays State University (FHSU)

Welcome to Global Affairs

Global Affairs is wholly guided by and committed to the University’s central mission of developing engaged global citizen leaders and the University’s vision for providing accessible higher education and unlocking untapped potential in our community, region, and world through the values of global engagement, innovation & entrepreneurship, and knowledge & scholarship.

As a campus unit, our mission is to bring FHSU to the world, and the world to FHSU, through institutionalizing and operationalizing the American Council on Education Model for Comprehensive Internationalization and grounding all initiatives in the overlap between community engagement, global learning, and leadership development.

We are guided by and grounded in the following explicit values:

Excellence

We strive to be the example for all stakeholders of a highly competent, action-oriented, strategically-focused team. We strive to be and produce the best in all ways, at all times, and in all endeavors for all partners, internal and external.

Relationship-Focused Collaboration

We build strong, collaborative relationships with all internal and external stakeholders we serve. We treat others with humility, respect, and mutually reinforcing service. We honor the work of other campus units and seek to always collaborate in the spirit of shared governance and good stewardship.

Transparency, Accountability, and Integrity

We are transparent about what we hope to achieve and how we will achieve it. We hold ourselves and others to a high degree of accountability to the commitments we make, the service we provide, the work we produce, the value we offer and the relationships we build. We do so with integrity, always.

Communication

We see clear, intentional, and effective communication and honest feedback between each other and those we serve as the most effective way to create change and ensure all ideas and initiatives align with our mission to develop engaged global citizen leaders. We consciously take steps to improve, develop, and expand our communication abilities with all stakeholders.

Transformational Development

We meet people where they are…students, employees, partners… and commit to progressing along a developmental learning continuum that results in transformative growth.

Responsiveness

We pride ourselves on being attentive and engaged with all our stakeholders and quickly, appropriately, and efficiently respond to those seeking assistance.

Results-Oriented Action

We will deliver results. Period.