Recreational Sports Values

Recreational Sports values are mission aligned and support student success. 

An Intramural Soccer team poses for a group picture after winning their game.

We Care About People

We are kind and courteous to members and one another. 

  • We embrace tools and techniques that strengthen interaction.
  • We value people and their stories and seek to include.
  • We extend sincere and personalized appreciation for accomplishment.
  • We weigh the collective impact of our requests.
A Recreational Sports student employee helps a student fix their bike in the Adventure Leadership Institute bike shop.

We Are Solution Oriented

We identify and implement solutions that enhance the member and employee experience.

  • We encourage and value ideas and input.
  • We inform stakeholders and solicit feedback.
  • We base decisions on context, data and enhancement of the customer experience.
  • We engage others to clearly define and resolve problems.
  • We address conflict in a positive, calm and solution oriented manner.
New turf being installed at Student Legacy Park.

We Are Stewards

We are dedicated to ethically providing students with a high return on their investment.

  • We respect our funding sources and serve students first with our work.
  • We make innovative and responsible investments that provide long term returns.
  • We communicate resource allocation decisions.
  • We are efficient in our work and decision making.
A Recreational Sports employee exercises with a student as part of the Find Your Fit program in the Dixon Rec Center.

We Are Innovative

We pioneer programs, services and facilities that serve as a catalyst for student success.

  • We are adaptive and we embrace change.
  • We are safe to question the status quo and take informed risks.
  • We define the level of risk we are willing to accept and act within that definition.
  • We create space to encourage, share and evolve new ideas.
  • We guard the vulnerability of colleagues who try new things.
Sheila Evens leads an Adventure Leadership Institute class in the Oregon outdoors.

We Are Educators

We intentionally design our facilities, programs and employment opportunities as spaces in which students learn and develop.

  • We cultivate an educational environment that is welcoming and inclusive, and stimulates student success.
  • We view active student learning as the ultimate goal and measure of excellence. This takes extra effort, planning and resources and we know it is worth the investment.
  • We are open to new cross-curricular opportunities and ideas.
Multiple advisory board members listen to a member discussion in the Dixon Recreation Center conference room.

We Extend Respect & Build Trust

We communicate with clarity and intention and engage with courtesy and curiosity.

  • We err on the side of over-communication and we close communication loops.
  • We are transparent and share decision rationale.
  • We seek clarification on decisions we don’t understand and support group decisions as our own.
  • We grant others the same good intentions we grant ourselves.
  • We follow through on commitments.
  • We acknowledge the different work and associated demands across units and employees.