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Campus Center Mission
The Campus Center is the crossroads of community at Smith, providing a wide range of quality services, programs, and conveniences which compliment the academic mission of the College. Through its activities, facilities, and services the campus center serves as a learning laboratory providing and promoting personal growth, leadership development, co-curricular involvement, intellectual inquiry, global stewardship, social responsibility and the valuing of difference in all forms.
Values That Guide Our Work
The Campus Center and Office of Student Activities provides a safe and inclusive learning environment for personal growth. Together with our learning outcomes, these core values are integral to our success as the crossroads of Smith’s community life.
Diverse and Just Society
The Campus Center and Office of Student Activities embraces diversity in all its forms including one’s identification of ethnicity, race, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion, and socio-economic status as well as every aspect of our life which defines our humanity. Our commitment to diversity and a just society refers to the intentional and consistent valuing, respecting and inclusion of all people and creating an environment where this is possible.
Quality Service & Support
The Campus Center and Office of Student Activities provides an experience that exemplifies a consistent commitment to quality by meeting and wherever possible exceeding community expectations in our programs, facilities and services. Consistent quality customer service is the cornerstone of this. The Campus Center staff, through programs and facilities, embraces the opportunity to partner with our community for the successful completion of their goals and initiatives.
Intentional Learning & Responsibility
As educators, the Campus Center staff is committed to providing intentional learning opportunities and experiences, encouraging student responsibility, accountability, personal growth and development.
Community Connections & Engagement
The Campus Center Staff is committed to finding and creating opportunities for every student to interact with their community according to their interests, activities and curiosities be they intellectual, athletic or just plain fun.
Learning Outcomes
Students involved in the Campus Center through the multitude of employment, student activities, programming and volunteer opportunities, will:
- Experience intentional growth, interaction and learning as part of a diverse community.
- Serve as an active and committed member of an effective and efficient team.
- Hone decision-making, confidence, conflict resolution and interpersonal communication skills.
- Practice balancing academic, personal and work responsibilities in a fun and supportive environment.
- Develop a respect and understanding for the value of commitment, ethics & integrity and individual contributions made to a healthy and vibrant community.
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