InclusiveVT Welcome: A Celebration of Inclusion and Belonging
Virginia Tech - Where Everyone Belongs - InclusiveVT Welcome

The Virginia Tech Weeks of Welcome are dedicated to ensuring that everyone finds their place at the university and has fun doing so.
Inclusive VT Welcome affirms this by focusing the week after Labor Day on belonging and community-building as important components of a welcoming, accessible, safe, and affirming campus environment.
Belonging. It’s a feeling we have when we believe we are accepted, noticed, and valued as part of a community. Yet—it's more than just a feeling. Belonging is the antidote to othering, which is the denial of the humanity of an individual or group based on their identity. This denial can manifest at every level of society—from the interpersonal to the structural.
According to research, belonging in the workplace is rooted in four elements:
Seen |
Connected |
Supported |
Proud |
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Let’s make Virginia Tech a place where everyone belongs.
Learn More:
- Belonging Design Principles | Othering & Belonging Institute (berkeley.edu)
- StoryCorps 483: Where I Belong – StoryCorps
- Key Findings - The Power of Belonging (coqual.org)
The Constructive Dialogue Institute provides activity guides that support trust-building and belonging among students. Here are three activities to adopt as part of the Inclusive VT Welcome: