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9.1b Our Mission & Values
Residential & Dining Services
As a member of Residential and Dining Services (also known as RAD), it is important to familiarize yourself with our mission and purpose. Take some time to learn about our values as a department and institution. It will help you better understand your position and why you are an integral part of the RAD team.
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- A purposeful community where students, staff, and faculty share a passion for learning and collaborate to enhance student growth
- A just community where the individual is honored, our interdependence is acknowledged, diversity is pursued, freedom of expression is protected and civility is affirmed
- A sustainable community that values, cultivates and maintains its human, natural and physical resources
Our goal is to provide a welcoming and supportive environment with space for each Evergreen student to pursue individual academic and social interests in a supportive learning environment. In Residential and Dining Services we are committed to creating a purposeful community by:
- Promoting academic and social programs and initiatives
- Providing social spaces in the halls for students to gather and socialize for personal growth
- Encouraging students to collaborate and be involved in their community
- Hiring a predominantly student staff to work in collaboration with professional staff to develop life skills
- Supporting a smoke-free living environment and quiet hours in the halls
- Supporting the Prime Time academic learning in the residence halls
- Providing nutritional information about the food served in our dining facilities
To learn more about our academic connection, please visit here.
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JustResidential and Dining Services strives to create, maintain and celebrate a just community. We as a staff are committed to creating a safe, positive and welcoming community for all members of our community. Residents should feel included, valued and at home while living on-campus. Resident Assistants foster inclusion and care in our community by:
- Developing good relationships with each individual resident
- Facilitating Living Learning Agreements
- Building community through programming and events
- Upholding the principles of Evergreen's Social Contract
- Addressing non-inclusive behavior
- Participating in on-going social justice training
To learn more about Evergreen's Social Contract and your responsibilities in helping to create a just community, please visit here.
SustainableIn Residential and Dining Services, our commitment to examine our individual and collective environmental impact stretches beyond the classroom. Various "green" projects in the halls model ways to learn about - and have fun with - incorporating concepts of sustainability in daily life. We work to build relationships with local communities, organizations and agencies who share this commitment to sustainability. These relationships serve to support on-campus services as well as academic programs. In Residential and Dining Services we are committed to sustainability by:
- Recycling and composting stations throughout the residence halls
- Utilizing toilet paper in common restrooms made of 100% recycled paper
- Using electric powered vehicles
- Cleaning supplies are part of the “Sustainable Earth” certification
- Purchasing appliances that meet the “Energy Star” requirements
- Utilizing sustainable buying practices
- Supporting the Sustainability House living community
- Instituting a sustainable check out process at the end of the year that incorporates donating usable goods to local charities to reduce waste.
- Creating a free store on campus for students to exchange usable items
- Supporting local vendors and contractors
- Decreasing electrical use by using energy efficient ballasts and bulbs
- Purchasing carpet that is made of at least 50% recycled material and is 100% recyclable
- Utilizing low flow toilets and shower heads in many of our halls, and soon to be all of our halls
- Utilizing paint that is free of VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds)
- Integrating a pest management program that is pesticide free
- Replacing flooring with laminate wood flooring that is made of 100% recycled products
- Providing laundry facilities that meet the energy star requirement
To learn more about sustainability at Residential and Dining Services, please visit here.
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