Stetson University undertook an innovative approach last fall to reexamine the institution’s core values 10 years after they were adopted.

Values Day 2024 was dedicated to campuswide discussions and deliberative polling to determine if Stetson’s core values — personal growth, intellectual development and global citizenship – still resonated with the Stetson community today.

That effort has now received national attention in a new project, “Unscripted Campus Conversations,” launched April 1 by College Presidents for Civic Preparedness.

An interactive map takes visitors to an article about Stetson’s Values Day 2024, entitled “Campus Culture of Deliberation.”

Last summer, Stetson President Christopher F. Roellke, PhD, joined College Presidents for Civic Preparedness, an initiative of the Institute for Citizens & Scholars.

More than 100 leaders of institutions nationwide have come together to defend free expression, civil discourse and critical inquiry, and to prepare students to be engaged citizens. Learn more about President Roellke’s and Stetson’s efforts in these areas.

-Stetson Today