02/10/2018 I want to take a moment to talk about values. Values are the things that you hold near and dear. They help define you and can influence decisions you make, people you spend time with, and what matters to you. They can be deeply ingrained, or learned throughout life. Values are important to people because they help those around us know what we care about and what we stand for (or choose to not stand for). When I was in college, during my time as a Resident Assistant (RA), we spoke often about values and how they influenced and impacted people. You see, our university’s housing program has what they call “core values;” a set of goals that helped promote, reach, and develop the mission statement of the department. These values are: Wellness, Inclusion, Learning, Community, Communication, Support, and Sustainability. These seven things are what housing tries to strive for and to encourage our residents (students who lived on campus) to learn. These were and ar...
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