How Should WVU define “student-centered?”

• Hiring and keeping the most knowledgeable and effective professors and offering classes that are diverse and challenging
• Making sure there is safe, suitable, and affordable housing close to campus for all students
• Having a student union that feels like a home to WVU students and a plethora of student resources that are useful in helping students with all possible concerns (Rec center, Carruth, Health Services, etc)
• Listening to students’ ideas and cooperating with them to make improvements and getting their input on current happenings and future plans at the university
• Instilling a sense of WVU pride and community – this is something at which we seem to excel: no matter where I’ve traveled I usually find someone who loves West Virginia and is proud to be a Mountaineer

Being student centered is the only way to be

• Students pay tuition to get an education and for the most part really want to be here and really want to have a great college experience
• Students experience all sorts of stresses, and when their university strives to alleviate as much of that stress as possible students love and appreciate their university. When students love their university, they strive harder to excel in their studies and are more willing to try new things
• One thing I think WVU is great at is offering a variety of extracurricular activities. With all the different clubs, athletic events, and student organizations on campus, it’s almost impossible for a student to feel like there’s not a place for them here.

Improvements

• Obviously student housing is a major concern of mine. The lack of efficient downtown housing for upperclassmen causes a variety of problems, both direct and indirect.
• One direct problem involves the quality of housing students live in and the price they pay to live in sub par conditions. I know a lot of people who live in run-down old houses downtown because they like to be close to their classes and donââ?¬â?¢t want to deal with the indirect problem of traffic and parking.
• I think one of the main reasons downtown Morgantown has a traffic and parking problem is because there are so few adequate and affordable places to live within walking distance of the downtown campus.

Links of Interest

• WVU Department of Philosophy