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Responsibility is something fundamental to a mission-driven academic community. We ��take responsibility for making ��׷e�ְ� better, and also for our own happiness and success. We take responsibility for our actions and words, and understand how they may impact our friends and colleagues. We especially take responsibility for our mistakes. That way we can learn from them and even translate failure into success.

Integrity is one of the strongest threads in ��׷e�ְ�’s cultural fabric. In the classroom, office, lab, field of play, in our residential colleges and in our community engagement, we are guided by our commitment to honesty and doing what’s right. ��This value is embodied in the notion of ��׷e�ְ�’s honor and our Honor Code. We accept nothing less than complete academic and research integrity.

Our success as a community depends first and foremost on our respect for each other, and how we reflect that respect in our everyday interactions. That is especially important as we learn from and build friendships with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures. The ��׷e�ְ� community cares about each member. We hope that individual acts add up to the culture of caring that we espouse. Our shorthand way of expressing this to others in need of some assistance: HCIH — How can I help? ��As part of our values, we extend hospitality and help to every member of our community.

Excellence for ��׷e�ְ�, means that we are never satisfied with a good result, because we can always find ways to do even better. “When I arrived at ��׷e�ְ� for the first time ... I was struck by the beauty of the campus and the quality of the education, research and community service it produced. But I was surrounded by people — trustees, alumni, faculty members, students, staff — who believed that ��׷e�ְ� could be better. I am proud to be part of a community that constantly strives to become better.” — David Leebron