ACADEMIC AND CO-CURRICULAR PROGRAMS
physically, emotionally, ethically and intellectually as they grow as thinkers, learners and citizens for such a community” (PLU 2010, p.10). Further, as student interests change and new faculty and staff join the university, these offerings need to be continually evaluated as to their developmental appropriateness, support of learning, ease of access for students and effectiveness of delivery.
The Residential Educational Experience
Additionally, students are invited to participate in programs that strengthen their life balance of health and wellness, and that deepen their awareness of their spirit and the world in which they live. An integrative and holistic approach to life is as important to staying well as it is to getting well. Embodied in the priority for health and wellness is our commitment to assist students with living sustainable lives in which they are able to balance academics, co-curricular participation, and personal obligations. Students share an important responsibility for their active engagement in the learning community, as well as responsibility to care for themselves and others. Cocurricular learning environments, and the opportunities therein, need to provide students time for introspection, questioning and growth. In the decade ahead, the university will need to strengthen its commitment to supporting “students
In future years, the number of first-year students living at home may continue to grow. However, it is likely that the majority of undergraduates will experience living and learning in residence halls for some portion of their PLU education. PLU values residence halls both as spaces for intentional learning that augments the PLU education, as well as for their comfortable and convenient living arrangements. The residence halls will need to continue to provide a welcoming, comfortable, energizing, sustainable living experience that provides effective living space as well as engaging learning space. By living in the halls, students ground their PLU education in a living and learning laboratory, where they learn about themselves and others as they share living in our community. The residential experience should challenge students to incorporate life-balance and sustainable practices into their daily living. Specific “interest focused” wings or floors, (such as the focus of Hong Residence Hall on international education and the focus of Stuen Residence Hall on social action and leadership) should continue to be developed to match educational objectives
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