Student Affairs Vision

In the Division of Student Affairs, our vision is to cultivate the environment, opportunities, and support for a transformative and inclusive Dartmouth experience that enables every undergraduate student to connect, learn, and thrive.

Connect: Create opportunities for students to form meaningful relationships and build a sense of community. 

• Students care for one another and respect diverse lived experiences. 
• Students constructively contribute to campus and the community with many voices. 
• Students engage in conversations across differences with skills and courage.
• Students have places where they feel like they can show up as their authentic selves and feel valued for their unique perspectives. 

Learn: Maximize learning and development opportunities in and out of the classroom, on and off campus.

• Students strengthen their academic skills and capacity as learners.
• Students take advantage of full and fair access to co-curricular, extra-curricular, and off-campus resources and learning opportunities.
• Students capitalize on opportunities to be effective leaders, representing diverse voices.
• Students make the most of our unique place and surroundings.

Thrive: Empower students with the knowledge, skills, and resources to navigate their lives with purpose. 

• Students develop and implement skills to enhance their well-being and strengths.
• Students explore opportunities with curiosity, discovery, and reflection. 
• Students meet challenges, learn from struggles, and celebrate successes.
• Students access the support they need for their development and ongoing success. 

Advance: Invest in divisional educators to do our best work.

• Advance divisional diversity, equity, and belonging work.
• Invest in talent acquisition, support, development, and retention.
• Enhance internal and external communications, and track efforts.
• Value cross-departmental collaboration and research with commitment to best practices.
• Support institutional initiatives in sustainability.