Aspirations Brochure 2012
Transcript of Aspirations Brochure 2012
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Division o suDen AAirs
Your virginiA ech experience
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Campus Alcohol Abuse Prevenion Center
Career Services
Cook Counseling Center
Corps o Cades
Cranwell Internaional Center
Dean o Sudens Oce
Dining Services
Fraterniy & Sororiy Lie
Housing & Residence Lie
Muliculural Programs & Services
Recreaional Spors
Schier Healh Center
Services or Sudens wih Disabiliies
Suden Centers and Aciviies
Suden Conduc
The Virginia Tech
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Division ofStudent Affairs
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On he cover o his book, you see a scene o campus rom inside he ron doors
o Burruss Hall. The view is resricted by he doors; wihou opening hem, you miss
he ull magnifcence o he picure, and is potenial goes unrealized. Now imagine
yoursel on our campus, opening hese doors to reveal he potenial he universiy
holds or you.
In many ways, we see hese doors as a metaphor or your Virginia Tech experience.
The deph and breadh o opporuniy ha awais you is proound and has been
careully crated by he people who care deeply abou how a Virginia Tech educaion
can shape you, your uure, and ulimately, he kind o world we all experience.
We wan you to open he doors o opporuniy by challenging yoursel to be curious
to expose yoursel to learning and opporuniies ha reveal new pars o yoursel. We
wan you to pursue seL-unDersAnDing ad inegriY to discover he unique
talens and values ha will shape who you become. We wan you to pracice civiLiY
to use Virginia Tech as a laboratory or discussing big ideas, problems, and our dierences
while being kind, compassionate, and caring. We wan you to prepare or a lie o
courAgeous LeADershipto recognize ha making he world more humane and jus
comes a a cos or hose who pave a beter way or ohers.
Finally, we wan you to embrace u prosiMas a way o lieto remember ha your
educaion is no only or you, bu also or he good you will do or sociey by giving
back hrough service.
So, we invite you to open hese doors and unlock your potenial. As you journey
hrough your Virginia Tech experience, our aspiraions or your learning will help guide
you as you discover all he possibiliies ha awai.
In he spiri oUt Prosim,
Paricia A. Perillo, Ph.D.
Vice Presiden or Suden Aairs
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The Division of Suden Affairs exiss o susain a culure of learning, reflecing
he profound opporuniies inheren for sudens a Virginia Tech. We believe
sudens can develop habis of interpersonal awareness, intenional acions, and
self-reflecion, which complee and complemen academic and professional
educaion. The Division of Suden Affairs is deliberate in discerning and designing
he learning opporuniies available in suden environmens, creaing new and
innovaive pracices for suden learning, and
assessing he exen o which sudens are able
o apply knowledge o solve problems. We challenge
sudens to connec knowledge to he possibiliies for
improving humaniy near and far, creaing a legacy
now and in he fuure.
Our Aspirations forStudent Learning
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The Virginia Tech suden aairs experience seeks to insill he
value ha learning is he common essenial elemen or
intellecual developmen, discovery, and engagemen, instead
o a necessary means to a specifed end. Virginia Tech believes
ha all environmens o he college experience provide
counless opporuniies or learning. Suden organizaions,
service projecs, classrooms, residence and dining halls, suden
centers, leader developmen programs, culural and recreaional
evens, and many oher planned and spontaneous encounters
a Virginia Tech cumulaively represen a vibran learning
laboratory or sudens.
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Commi to unwavering
Te important thing is not to stop questioning.
Albert Einstein
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Virginia Tech sudens will experience, explore,
and understand he values and principles o
heir amilies, communiies, and he many
culures hey encounter. As sudens beter
understand hemselves, heir srenghs and
interess, and align heir values wih purposeul
decision making, hey will adop an integrated
se o principles to guide heir personal and
proessional lives.
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Pursue
Te unexamined lie is not worth living.
Socrates
self-understanding & integrity
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Living and learning as individuals who believe in he Principles
o Communiy and Hokies Respec, sudens will pursue and
embrace he value o civiliy, which will be carried hroughou lie.
A he hear o his pursui is a basic commimen to
consideraion, respec, and courtesy. Civiliy is a shared gi ha
we give and receive in urn. Accordingly, civiliy expecs ha we
srive to listen, as well as to speak to each oher; we ry to
understand each oher in our commonaliies and dierences; we
give respec due to all members o he universiy communiy; we
avor courtesy over rudeness and encourage considerate reamen
over dismissive behavior; and we combine ree speech wih
reasoned expression so ha libery and peace are boh served.
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Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries.
Without them humanity cannot survive. Dalai Lama
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Virginia Tech sudens will be courageous
leaders who are willing to challenge he
staus quo in pursui o a more humane and
jus world. They will have he oriude to
speak up when hey winess an injusice and
reach ou to hose who are vulnerable,
marginalized, or in need. Courageous leadership
is possible wheher or no he individual is in a
posiion o responsibiliy. Virginia Tech sudens
will inspire ohers wih heir acions, changing
he world one decision a a ime.
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Do not ollow where the path may lead.
Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The universiy moto,Ut Prosim
(Tha I May Serve), and hePrinciples o Communiy will stand as a oundaion or he
developmen o personal relaionships, physical spaces, and
interculural experiences, which create communiies. Wihin,
hese communiies compel sudens to understand and develop
a value system ha will guide heir decisions and enable hem
to oer hemselves as responsible ciizens o he world.
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is to lose yoursel in the service o others. Mahatma Gandhi
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