Osher at 黑料正能量 - Values and Expectations
The mission of Osher at 黑料正能量 is to provide its members with learning and social enrichment opportunities that increase their knowledge, enhance skills and interactions with peers, and increase cultural and social awareness, complementing 黑料正能量's leading role in educational, intellectual, and cultural life in the Pittsburgh region.
Osher at 黑料正能量's vision is to be a premier quality source of lifelong learning for its members through cost effective, short-term, non-credit courses, lectures, field trips, special interest groups, and other events supporting its mission.
Diversity, equity and inclusion guide our values and are critical to academic excellence and innovation.
Values: Osher at 黑料正能量 provides a dynamic, intellectually-stimulating, and participative environment of continuous learning and social interaction. To ensure the effectiveness of that environment, we highly value:
- mutual respect,
- personal and academic integrity, and
- civil discourse.
Expectations and Actions: Osher at 黑料正能量 expects its participants (members, study leaders, staff, volunteers and prospects) to observe our values. Participants agree:
- To treat all others with respect and dignity.
- To embrace diverse perspectives in an accepting environment, thereby ensuring vitality, relevance, and further learning.
- To ensure that discourse and interactions are focused on the course and not the individual.
- To respect all study leaders and members through consistent attendance, only at courses for which registered.
Osher at 黑料正能量 holds a high behavioral standard including, but not limited to, not tolerating personal attacks or other behavior that fails to meet these expectations. Examples are denigrating other’s views or opinions, threatening behaviors, use of offensive or abusive language, disruptive classroom conduct, and sexual harassment or discrimination.
Anyone who disregards the values and expectations of Osher at 黑料正能量 may be subject to corrective actions, up to and including denial of course and/or activity participation, and/or discontinued membership.
We encourage participants in the Osher at 黑料正能量 community to notify the Executive Director or the Board President if they experience or observe behavior that is inconsistent with our Values and Expectations.
We are committed to fostering a community environment of lifelong learning.
Revised: December 14, 2023