undergraduate bulletin - LaGrange College

STUDENT LIFE
The Student Life staff is concerned with providing those services that assist individuals in their
personal growth. Their purpose is to provide assistance that facilitates the development of the
total person. At LaGrange College, the emphasis is upon the intellectual, social, physical, and
spiritual development of each student.
Student Life involves a wide variety of programs and activities. The broad range of available
services is an outgrowth of complex student needs: orientation, activities, student government,
organizations, health services, wellness programs, discipline, leadership development, personal
counseling, career development, Greek life, and all residence programming. The Student Life staff
is committed to creating a positive climate within which personal growth and development occur.
MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of the Office of Student Life is to provide a challenging, inspiring, and transforming
experience outside the classroom. We will promote innovative activities and programs that
enhance personal and professional growth through excellence, civility, service, and diversity.
AIMS OF STUDENT LIFE SERVICES
to facilitate the transition from high school to college;
to develop and sustain—through student-involvement activities, organizations, and
services—a campus life encouraging the cultural, intellectual, social, physical, and religious
development of all students;
to assist students in discovering life goals and exploring career opportunities;
to create an environment that stimulates qualities of self-discipline and personal
responsibility;
to provide a suitable context whereby the student can explore new ideas, skills, and
lifestyles, thus gaining the insight and experience necessary to make intelligent choices;
to provide opportunity for the student to develop the understanding and skills required for
responsible participation in a democratic community through involvement in selfgovernment;
to serve a supervisory role in campus disciplinary concerns; to develop, with campus
community involvement, and to distribute the necessary rules and regulations for a
harmonious and productive college community;
to mediate, where necessary, conflicts between individuals and campus community
standards;
to provide a comfortable, clean, safe environment that enhances the personal growth as well
as the academic pursuits of resident students;
STUDENT CONDUCT / SOCIAL CODE
LaGrange College, as a church-related college, is committed to an honorable standard of
conduct. As an educational institution, the College is concerned not only with the formal in-class
education of its students, but also with their welfare and their growth into mature men and
women who conduct themselves responsibly as citizens.
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