Reflection on
Mission, Values & Engagement
1) Given
what you know about this topic so far, please reflect on the heritage and
values of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in the context of your own values
and belief system.
2) What
opportunities have you had at NDNU to develop relationships that honor the
dignity or sacredness of each person or each being, including human and
non-human beings? Why is this important? Can you apply this concept to the
kinds of decisions you may have to make in your future professional career? Have
any of the Community Engagement activities you’ve done this semester given you
opportunities to develop in this area?
3) Have
any ethical issues arisen for you during your time here as a member of the NDNU
campus community? Did any of these arise out of your Community Engagement
activities? Have you been challenged to assess your own ethical stances in any
way? In what ways, if any, have these ethical considerations involved issues of
justice or peace? In what ways, if any, have they caused you to change the way
you think about your own future career choices?
4) Have
you, in the context of this or any class at NDNU, had opportunities to apply your
classroom learning to address community or social problems? If so, did this
make your classroom learning more successful in any way? In what ways, if any,
did you find Reflection-Action-Reflection to be a useful model for combining
classroom learning with social engagement in this way?
5) How
do you personally define diversity? What have you learned during your time at
NDNU about the challenges and rewards of embracing diversity? Is embracing
diversity of value to the human and larger Earth communities?
6) In
what ways, if any, have you had opportunities at NDNU to build a sense of
community with others? Who were the “others”? Were they students? Teachers?
NDNU staff? Were they people you met through community engagement activities?
Were they non-human beings? Who benefited from these interactions? Do you feel
that you built a sense of community for
those others or with them?
7) Have
you had opportunites at NDNU to develop or refine your spiritual or ethical
leadership skills in working toward a more just society? What specifically were
those skills? How do you see yourself applying those skills during the remainder
of your education and/or during your life and career after college?
