CURIOSITY

Foster open inquiry, intellectual engagement, and exploration across disciplines.

• Open-mindedness – willingness to consider unfamiliar ideas
  
• Balanced and Critical Thinking – ability to analyze, evaluate, and synthesize information from multiple sources
  
• Engagement/Motivation – enthusiastic and proactive attitude toward learning, persistence, and showing genuine interest in intellectual work
  
• Inspiration –  be exposed to compelling ideas, stories, or experiences that fuel learning and creativity
  
• Strategic Thinking – plan thoughtfully, recognize patterns, set long-term goals based on informed decisions
  

INTEGRITY

Ground knowledge and actions in ethics, accountability, and self-awareness.

• Honesty – truthfulness in communication and actions, especially in academic and professional contexts
  
• Ethics/Morality – adhere to moral principles that guide behavior in both personal and societal contexts
  
• Self-awareness – understand one’s own values, emotions, and biases, and how they influence behavior and decision-making
  
• Personal Responsibility – identify and apply ethical principles and practices to decision-making by connecting choices, actions, and consequences
  
• Evidence – research-based inquiry, flexible thinking, awareness of biases, learning from mistakes, and attention to nuance and context
  
• Decision-Making – make choices guided by evidence and ethical considerations
  
• Data and Digital Literacy – find, interpret, and ethically use information from digital sources
  

COMPASSION

Cultivate empathy and a recognition of our common humanity.

• Empathy – understand and share the feelings, perspectives, and experiences of others
  
• Civic Responsibility – analyze differences and commonalities among peoples, ideas, aesthetic traditions, and cultural practices to include intercultural competence, have knowledge of civic responsibility, and be able to engage effectively in regional, national, and global communities 
• Global Citizenship – analyze differences and commonalities among peoples, ideas, aesthetic traditions, and cultural practices to include intercultural competence, have knowledge of civic responsibility, and be able to engage effectively in regional, national, and global communities
  
• Relationship Building – develop meaningful, respectful, and collaborative connections with others
  
• Storytelling – use stories/narratives to communicate lived experiences, build empathy, and foster human connection across cultural and ideological divides

RESILIENCE

Encourage adaptability, collaboration, and perseverance in pursuit of personal and collective growth.

• Determination – persevere in the face of challenges, guided by purpose and vision
  
• Personal Accountability – hold oneself to shared standards of behavior and responsibility
• Collaboration and Teamwork – work productively and respectfully with others to achieve shared goals
• Progress –  track one’s academic and intellectual progress and take responsibility for one’s own learning