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Community Responsibility
Learning to live successfully
with others who may have
different values, beliefs and backgrounds is an
essential element of the residential experience.
Living in a residence hall, or a university apartment, presents extraordinary learning opportunities. To promote the development of engaged and responsible citizens of a diverse society, students are provided opportunities to set and maintain community goals, shape how their community will be, assume leadership roles, and accept responsibility as a member of a community.
Through participation in their on-campus residential communities, students will be encouraged and supported to expand their awareness, knowledge, and skills in the following areas:
- Acting respectfully towards others
- Connecting with others who share similar interests
- Connecting with others who have different perspectives, beliefs
and backgrounds
- Articulating their beliefs, values and needs
- Balancing personal values, beliefs, and needs with the values,
beliefs, and needs of others in the community
- Resolving differences with others
- Giving and receiving constructive feedback
- Understanding the roles and responsibilities attached to
being a citizen within a community
- Respectfully engaging in dialogue with others who hold different
values and beliefs
- Appropriately addressing the actions and behaviors of others
- Actively contributing to the definition and development of who they are as a community
- Exploring their leadership skills and
ability to lead others
Academic Success | Personal Well-Being | Character Development | Intercultural Competence
