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University Housing 2011-2012 Student Handbook
Getting Started
Mission Statement
University Housing creates environments that support academic and personal success and prepares students to excel in a global society.
Therefore we:
- Promote academic success and student learning
- Support the development of community among our residents
- Provide student-centered processes and services
- Develop and maintain quality accommodations in support of our living and learning environments
Our core values include:
- Student success
- Excellence and quality
- Collaboration
- Innovation
- Strong stewardship
- Commitment to staff development
- Welcoming and inclusive communities
University Housing Learning Initiatives
While University Housing is dedicated to offering success opportunities for our residents, ultimately it is the resident who must respond by taking the initiative to make the most of his/her ASU experience. By accepting the responsibility to succeed, and by getting involved while living in the residence halls throughout the academic year, you should be able to demonstrate the following:
- Qualities of a good citizen so as to be involved, useful, and serving members of a community.
- University Housing strongly encourages your involvement in constructive activities that foster personal and communal responsibility, civic engagement, an appreciation of diversity, an ability to cultivate healthy relationships, and a strong sense of community.
- Ability to utilize relevant facilities and resources, with a clear understanding of various systems, services, authority, and process, in order to maximize his/her success at ASU and beyond.
- This includes the ability to manage and balance personal affairs effectively, (i.e. financial affairs, academic achievement, good citizenship, and so forth). In addition, the student should be able to understand and navigate through various requirements, regulations and processes that will lead towards earning a degree and deciding on a career path.
- Qualities promoting a sense of self-identity and autonomy.
Residents can avail opportunities to help them develop a sense of self-worth; make healthy life-choices; explore values and beliefs. Residents will also have the choice to identity in a safe but positively challenging environment; engage in cultivation of ethical values; handle negative peer-pressure effectively; grow in the areas of problem solving; learn about group dynamics; expand decision making skills; develop a willingness to learn new things, and sow the seeds of lifelong learning.
Statement on Diversity (ASU Campus environment team)
University Housing recognizes and celebrates the diversity within our student body. We strive to present an inclusive environment which welcomes and values all members who live and work in our residential communities regardless of their religion, ability, color, creed, cultural background, ethnicity, gender identity, national origin, race, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or other identity.
ASU is committed to maintaining hospitable educational, residential, and working environments that permit residents and employees to pursue their goals without substantial interference from unlawful harassment. Additionally, diversity of views, cultures, and experiences is critical to the academic mission of higher education. Such diversity enriches the intellectual lives of all, and it increases the capacity of a university to serve the educational needs of its community.
ASU is strongly committed to academic freedom and free speech. Respect for these rights requires that the university tolerate diverse and sometimes offensive expressions of opinion. These values of free expression justify protection of speech that is critical of diversity and other principles central to the university’s academic mission. The values of free expression can be undermined by acts of intolerance that suppress alternative views through intimidation or injury. As members of an institution of higher education, we must stand against any assault upon the dignity and value of any individual through harassment that substantially interferes with his or her educational opportunities, peaceful enjoyment of residence, physical security, or terms or conditions of employment.