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

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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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courageous leadershipPrepare or a lie o

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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(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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