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
Enroll in the self-paced course:
The Principles of Community - Inclusive Practices (vt.edu)
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
Weaving a Multitude of Stories
with Dr. Tania Perez-Bustos
Wednesday, March 19, 5-7 pm, in El Centro
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."
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.
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!
Pathways to Freedom: Sustaining Transformative Work in Turbulent Times Dr. Samuel Museus 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.
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