THIS IS OUR ANTHEM
Division of Student Affairs
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We wish to share with you our story:
our achievements, our struggles, our
goals, our commitments.
We hope you will join in our journey
to make Oregon State University the best
place it can be, for all of us.
T H I S I S O U R MISSION AND VISION
Our vision clearly shows how our
mission has come to life.
OUR MISSION. The Division of Student Affairs
contributes to and facilitates the success
of students and Oregon State University.
Faculty and staff provide
leadership for the positive development of
community at Oregon State University.
We collaborate with others to enhance the
educational environment and support the
teaching and learning process.
Our Vision.
We value and respect the individual and
believe that sharing knowledge changes lives.
We have a leader who trusts
people to work through
issues, gives them time and
space to do so and wants
them to feel powerful.
— Deb Burke
Our university encompasses
our vision in many dimensions.
I have worked on three other
campuses and have never
been in a place that was so
intentional about defining
how they have wanted
people to be treated and the
expectations they have had
for their community.
— Kristie Deschesne
We have developed a community where we
are empowered by the depth of our commonalities and strengthened by the affirmation
of our individuality.
We are a network of relationships built
upon shared responsibility and leadership,
where community members work for
common goals.
We provide an environment where teaching
and learning are the most important activities,
where challenge and support foster lifelong
learning.
We have maintained a learning community
where there is respectful discourse and a safe
environment for taking risks, where individuals
and ideas can make a difference.
We have created a place where we have pride
in our traditions, hope for our future and a
commitment to progress and positive change.
We are an honest community where we
are truthful about our struggles, acknowledge
conflict, confront obstacles and provide an
environment for dialogue, discovery and
individual growth.
We have embraced a dynamic, evolving
environment where energy is intentionally
focused toward sustaining and developing
members.
Our university will achieve this vision
as the result of intentional actions on the
part of campus community members. The
campus compact defines our specific desired
outcomes and the actions through which we
will accomplish those outcomes. Our compact
acts as a pledge that we will move beyond
lofty ideals and engage in focused behavior.
THE REALITY OF OUR vision,
values and commitments
aspires to stimulate
a lasting attitude of inquiry, openness and
social responsibility. On our journey to
meet these aspirations, we are committed to
providing excellent academic programs,
dynamic educational experiences and creative
scholarship.
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The OSU mission is central to the work of
Student Affairs and is evident in our
commitments. The Land Grant tradition of
Oregon State University brings with it the
responsibility to preserve, enrich and transmit
cultures, while thoughtfully and respectfully
transforming behaviors.
As a division, we have positioned ourselves to
be learners and leaders in a dynamic educational and social environment. We choose to
empower students to pursue their best possible
futures and we contribute to our institution
in a way that supports achievement of its
desired outcomes.
If we are to achieve our desired outcomes
and contribute positively to the mission and
strategic aims of Oregon State University,
we must engage in specific behavior. The
initiatives we have identified represent concrete
activities we will pursue in order to achieve
our desired state.
We’ve talked a lot about how
As a framework for our community building
efforts, we employ the work of Ernest Boyer
and the Carnegie Commission for the
Advancement of Teaching. The Carnegie
Report outlines six principles of community
upon which colleges and universities should
build social and academic activities, and
which can give clarity to the civic and academic
standards and values of institutions. These
principles are outlined in Campus Life: In
Search of Community (1990).
— Cindy Empey
The six principles suggest that colleges and
universities should strive to be communities
that are purposeful, open, just, disciplined,
caring and celebrative. The Carnegie Report
concludes with the recommendation that
these principles be adopted as a campus
compact by those colleges and universities
that choose to adopt and act on the principles
of community.
we have to be sensitive to the
fact that we have had a lot of
hard things happen, but we
also need to celebrate the good
things that have happened.
T H E S E A R E OUR VAL UES
We have established a set of core
values that we hold true to our
organization.
primary responsibility to students is to promote student success,
defined as the degree to which students achieve
their goals. Our commitment is to organize
educational structures, activities, programs,
services and relationships in a dynamic environment for a diverse population in such a way
as to expand and elevate students’ aspirations
and visions of what constitutes success.
Oregon State University’s
As members of the Division of Student Affairs
at Oregon State University, we engage our
energies and resources with educational
partners to produce an environment that can
serve as the foundation for student success.
Our values are reflective of and complimentary
to the values and mission of our University.
We are a caring and responsible community
whose members are engaged, nurtured,
stimulated and sustained.
You don’t have to have
a legitimate position in the
hierarchy to be a leader here.
It seems that leadership is
exercised at all formal levels
of the organization, which has
really impressed me quite a bit.
We collaborate with teaching
and learning partners to foster an academic
environment founded on intellectual freedom,
creativity, and the pursuit, elaboration and
application of knowledge.
Knowledge.
That’s really unique to Oregon
State University.
— Rich Shintaku
Humanity. We are inclusive and compassionate;
we honor and uphold diversity, civility
and dignity.
We are dedicated to wholeness,
honesty and congruence with our stated values.
Integrity.
Responsibility. We are stewards of our osu
community and its human, intellectual, fiscal
and physical resources.
Community. We are a caring and responsible
community whose members are engaged,
nurtured, stimulated and sustained.
These are our c ommitments
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As members of the Division of Student Affairs,
we affirm our commitment to vigorously and
responsibly foster a purposeful, open, just,
disciplined, caring and celebrative community
at Oregon State University. We will be held
accountable for the sincerity of our commitments and the honesty of our actions.
Our commitment to community remains
grounded on principles articulated in the
Division of Student Affairs campus
compact (1996).
Purposeful. We aspire to create a purposeful
community, dedicated to enabling individuals
to be successful learners, teachers and leaders
in the University and in the larger community.
Open .
We aspire to create an open community
where people feel safe to ask questions, to
share ideas and experiences and to express
their individuality.
Just .
We aspire to create a just community,
where the dignity of every individual is
affirmed and where equality of opportunity
is vigorously pursued.
We aspire to create a disciplined
community, where each member of the
community is committed and responsible for
upholding the standards and expectations
conducive to the common good.
Hopefully the vision of the
campus compact is heading
towards becoming an introductory mechanism rather
than just an aspiration. The
immediate expectations that
are set by the compact should
be the minimum. Anything
beyond the expectations of the
compact should be encouraged.
— Christian Matheis
Disciplined.
Caring. We aspire to create a caring
community where members value, nurture,
respect and embrace each other, and where
they take responsibility for the well-being
of others.
Celebrative . We aspire to create a
celebrative community where we joyfully
affirm all members and their contributions
as meaningful to the University and the
larger community.
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It is impressive that an
organization has the ability to
create a document like the
CAMPUS COMPACT . That is a
critical first step. The real value
of work that has been done is
in its daily practice, its sustainability, and
ability
and its
its ability
ability to
to inspire
inspire
accountability in all of us.
— Kyle Cassady
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Division of Student Affairs
departments and offices
Admissions
Career Services
Community Service/Service Learning
Counseling & Psychological Services
Dean of Student Life
Diversity Development
Educational Opportunities Program
Enrollment Management
Financial Aid & Scholarships
Greek Life
Housing & Dining Services
Minority Education
Memorial Union
Pre-College Programs
Recreational Sports
Registrar
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Research & Evaluation
Science & Math Investigative Learning
Experience Program
Services for Students with Disabilities
Student Conduct
Student Health Services
Student Involvement
Student Media
Student Orientation and Retention (soar)
Student Support Services
Vice Provost for Student Affairs
THIS IS OUR
ANTHEM
Office of the Vice Provost for Student Affairs
Oregon State University
632 Kerr Administrative Services Building
15th and Jefferson Streets
Corvallis, Oregon 97331-2154
541.737.3626