Mission, Vision, Values

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The Office of Campus Life and Dean of Students, along with its units and departments are committed to providing excellent services to UC Santa Cruz students.

Our mission is to incorporate a student centered approach in all of the programs, services and student experiences that we provide.

Our vision is to incorporate student voice and perspective in the use of resources, program planning and service delivery.

We value students, and evoke the following philosophy in our work with students:

• The most important person on the campus. Without students there would be no need for the institution.
• Not a cold enrollment statistic but a flesh and blood human being with feelings and emotions like our own.
• Not someone to be tolerated so that we can do our thing. They are our thing.
• Not dependent on us. Rather, we are dependent on them.
• Not an interruption of our work, but the purpose of it. We are not doing them a favor by serving them. They are doing us a favor by giving us the opportunity to do so.

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