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MISSION
STATEMENT
Epsilon Sigma Phi (ESP) is dedicated to fostering standards
of excellence in the Extension System and developing the Extension
profession and professional.
VISION STATEMENT
Epsilon Sigma Phi leads the Extension System in promoting
and supporting professionalism in Extension.
EXTENSION
PROFESSIONALS' CREED
I
Believe in people and their hopes, their aspirations, and
their faith; in their right to make their own plans and arrive
at their own decisions; in their ability and power to enlarge
their lives and plan for the happiness of those they love.
I Believe
that education, of which Extension is an essential part, is
basic in stimulating individual initiative, self-determination,
and leadership; that these are the keys to democracy and that
people when given facts they understand, will act not only
in their self-interest, but also in the interest of society.
I Believe
that education is a lifelong process and the greatest university
is the home; that my success as a teacher is proportional
to those qualities of mind and spirit that give me welcome
entrance to the homes of the families I serve.
I Believe
in intellectual freedom to search for and present the truth
without bias and with courteous tolerance toward the views
of others.
I Believe
that Extension is a link between the people and the ever-changing
discoveries in the laboratories.
I Believe
in the public institutions of which I am a part.
I Believe
in my own work and in the opportunity I have to make my life
useful to humanity.
Because
I Believe these things, I am an Extension professional.
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