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Principles of Community Week

March 17th - 21st, 2025

The Virginia Tech Principles of Community is an aspirational statement that speaks to what we want to be as an institution. At its core is the belief that Virginia Tech is a community built on respect for all people and each of its members share in the responsibility for upholding its values. Every March during the week following spring break the Office for Inclusive Strategy and Excellence organizes Principles of Community Week to commemorate and reaffirm our commitments. 

Discover the history of the Principles of Community.
The Direct Resistance of Privilege (DROP) Alliance | InclusiveVT | Virginia Tech

Read the Principles of Community Here.
https://www.inclusive.vt.edu/about/vtpoc.html

Reaffirmation Statement from the presidents of the shared governance senates.
Statement to Reaffirm the Virginia Tech Principles of Community | Faculty Senate | Virginia Tech

Download a copy of the Principles of Community for your office.
Get a printable copy of the Principles of Community here

Use this guide to Remember, Recognize, and Reaffirm the Principles of Community.
Download the Principles of Community Guide

 

Principles of Community 20th Anniversary
Date & Time: Friday, March 21
1 - 4PM  in  Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Location: Assembly Hall, Holtzman Alumni Center
Speakers:

  • Patrick Wallace - Assistant Director Student Success Center
  • Dr. Takiyah Nurman - Director, Inclusion Excellence Architecture, Arts, & Design
  • Dr. Ellington Graves - Associate Vice President Inclusive Strategy & Excellence

Join the Office for Inclusive Strategy and Excellence as we commemorate twenty years of the Principles of Community at Virgnia Tech.

1:00-2:30PM - Change Makers Panel featuring Dr. Takiyah Nur Amin and Dr. Ellington Graves, with Patrick Wallace moderating and student leaders representing communities across the university as respondents.

3:00-4:00PM - Open Mic featuring campus leadership, Principles of Community Award recipients, and more.

Refreshments provided.

Event will be livestreamed on the InclusiveVT YouTube Channel


Hands are shown weaving an iteam together for Dr. Tania Perez-Bustos Weaving a Multitude of Stories March 19 5-7pm Workshop

Weaving a Multitude of Stories
with Dr. Tania Perez-Bustos

Wednesday, March 19, 5-7 pm, in El Centro

 

Unseen Film Screening March 19 at 5:30pm Newman Library Goodall Room

Unseen Film Screening and Discussion
Wednesday, March 19, 5:30 pm
Newman Library Goodall Room

"UNSEEN reimagines the accessibility of cinema, while exploring the intersections of immigration, disability, and mental health."

 

Pamplin College Principles of Community Week Celebration 2025
Business Conference featuring Dr. Karen Depauw March 17 at 12pm

Graduate School Principles of Community Speaker: Dr. Karen DePauw

Monday, March 17 at Noon in the GLC Multipurpose Room 
Dr. DePauw is the former Dean of the Graduate School and one of the earliest recipients of the Principles of Community Award. She will speak about her experience engaging with the POC while navigating Virginia Tech and after. Her major accomplishments at Virginia Tech include building a strong, diverse and inclusive graduate community; establishing the national award-winning innovative Graduate Life Center (GLC); and implementing the signature academic initiative known as Transformative Graduate Education (TGE), including the global perspectives and preparing the future professoriate programs. She will share personal anecdotes and learnings from her life and will answer questions from the audience.  

For accessibility issues, please contact Ann Guo, aguo@vt.edu

Please register if you plan to attend.

PCW Food Drive March 17 - 21

Pamplin College of Business Principles of Community Week Programming: Events for Students and Employees All Week in Blacksburg and at the Innovation Campus

check it out:
Pamplin’s Principles of Community Week Celebration 

Food Drive with Hokie Wellness 
benefitting the Interfaith Food Pantry 
Workshops on digital well-being, communications, and CRM 

Community Service Lunch & More! 

Dr Samuel Museus at Newman Library March 17 from 3pm - 6:30pm

Pathways to Freedom: Sustaining Transformative Work in Turbulent Times 

Dr. Samuel Museus 
Monday, March 17, 5-6:30 pm in Newman Library-Goodall Room and Zoom

Co-sponsored by the Beyond Boundaries Collaborative District, the U.S. Department of Education AANAPISI Grant, and the School of Education, VT. 

For questions and/or accommodation, please contact Dr. Nina Ha at nha@vt.edu