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Mission
The Center's mission is two-fold:
- Cultivate personal, civic and intellectual growth for students through meaningful and effective service experiences
- Foster college-community partnerships that contribute to the well-being of the community, both local and global
Goals
The Center strives to:
- Collaborate with community partners for sustainable relationships
- Cultivate lifelong social responsibility by developing engages citizens
- Develop compassionate student leadership
- Foster critical thinking and reflection
- Stimulate awareness and understanding of the community's strengths and challenges
- Promote equity in organizations, structures, programs, relationships, and processes
Core Values
DEVELOPMENTAL-acknowledging that individuals seek a wide range of service opportunities that match their interests and skills
ECOLOGICAL-addressing the connectedness of individuals to the community and the world
SUSTAINABLE-creating opportunities with the community for social justice
INTELLECTUAL-challenging students to reflect critically about service and connect it with their academic pursuits
HOLISTIC-recognizing the synchronistic nature of personal, social, spiritual, cognitive, and affective development
RELATIONAL-integrating healthy, dynamic, and inclusive relationships
The Mission of the Division of Student Life
The Division of Student Life advances the purpose of the College by shaping a challenging and supportive learning environment in which all students are invited to deepen their understanding of themselves and the world. Our programs and services extend the College’s academic mission beyond the classroom by providing opportunities through which students can participate in a broad range of human endeavors. We foster in students a sense of social and civic responsibility, ethical conduct, and an appreciation of diversity and cultural richness.
College Mission Statement
In an environment that fosters the free exchange of ideas, Lafayette College seeks to nurture the inquiring mind and to integrate intellectual, social, and personal growth. The College strives to develop students' skills of critical thinking, verbal communication, and quantitative reasoning and their capacity for creative endeavor; it encourages students to examine the traditions of their own culture and those of others, to develop systems of values that include an understanding of personal, social, and professional responsibility, and to regard education as an indispensable, life-long process. |
