Dean of Students
The Division of Student Life seeks to provide all DePauw University students optimal educational opportunities to learn and develop in a safe, challenging and inclusive residential environment that supports and complements the DePauw academic experience.
Staff members in Student Life strive to:
Recognize the importance of responding to the ever changing student population and structuring its services to provide all students with the necessary support for success. All areas of Student Life promote the development of the student as their primary goal.
Provide access to the best educational opportunities and the highest quality experiences to all students recognizing the connection among our academic mission, students’ engagement outside the classroom and preparation for life after DePauw.
Create an accepting learning environment that values difference, endeavors to recognize interests, identities and needs, and diminishes barriers, thus allowing all students access to learning on campus.
Develop a sense of community among students, faculty, staff, alumni and the larger Greencastle community.
Develop the whole student by providing comprehensive opportunities for students to invest themselves in our community and make meaning of their experiences.
Encourage students to explore and address the issues that face the world by encouraging moral and spiritual reflection and nurturing a sense of community and concern for the common good.
Develop a socially responsible community that provides for the development of a residential experience that supports academic and personal growth.