We Value Personal and Professional Growth throughout the Community.
We Strive To Live This Value By:
maintaining a lively forum for intellectual and artistic pursuits on campus;
promoting intellectual sharing and development through inter-disciplinary programs and the encouragement of mentoring relationships;
exploring avenues for growth and learning outside the campus boundaries.
We Value Academic Excellence.
We Strive To Live This Value By:
offering a rigorous and challenging academic program with a global emphasis;
expecting students to take active responsibility for their education;
fostering close student-teacher bonds;
ongoing assessment of academic programs.
We Value Ethical Principles
We Strive To Live This Value By:
including ethics across the curriculum;
practicing fairness to all;
living according to ethical standards and codes of behavior;
addressing appropriately breaches of ethical standards.
We Value Catholic Intellectual Tradition, History, and Legacy.
We Strive to Live This Value By:
keeping alive the mission and charisma of the Sisters of Saint Joseph -- "We live and work so that all people may be united with God and with one another. The mission of unity rests on the charism of reconciliation.";
offering sacramental preparation through campus ministry;
providing opportunities to participate in Catholic liturgy;
inviting dialogue on issues pertaining to human dignity, social, and economic justice, and stewardship of the environment;
promoting on-going interpretations of core theological values and contemporary needs.
We Value Spirituality.
We Strive To Live This Value By:
embracing the ideal of spiritual growth and expression;
exploring the spiritual domain of human existence and integrating this into the totality of our experience;
seeking to explore and to understand the world’s religious traditions.
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We Value Service.
We Strive To Live This Value By:
fostering an attitude of generosity in service;
providing opportunities for experiential and holistic community service on campus and in the broader community.
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We Value Concern for the Earth.
We Strive To Live This Value By:
keeping informed and educated about environmental issues;
being mindful of the impact that we, as individuals and as a community, have on the environment;
continuing to work to preserve and enhance the natural environment of the campus;
accepting our responsibility as stewards of the earth and its resources.
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We Value Holistic Pursuit of Truth, Integrity, and Justice.
We Strive To Live This Value By:
reflecting these virtues in our everyday lives;
applying these virtues as guides to our decision-making individually and as a community.
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We Value Inclusive Community.
We Strive To Live This Value By:
affirming human dignity as an absolute value;
celebrating one another’s potential and achievements, both great and small;
fostering a friendly and open atmosphere, where all are welcome;
exhibiting respect for all members of the global community.
