Mission Statement
College Park Scholars
We, the students, faculty, and staff of the College Park Scholars Program, a select academic living-learning community at the University of Maryland, are a family committed to scholarship, citizenship, and the love of learning.
As members of our community, we:
- Strive for academic excellence, commitment, and integrity;
- Value curiosity, creativity, and persistence;
- Encourage collaborative and multi-disciplinary teaching and learning;
- Embrace critical and constructive thinking;
- Celebrate the lasting joys of learning and scholarship;
- Welcome all scholars, novice and practiced;
- Accept success and failure as inspiration for change;
- Respect individual differences and multiple perspectives;
- Model honest, ethical, and responsible behavior;
- Participate as active members of the community;
- Care for each other and our living environment;
- Seek challenges and take risks to accomplish our goals;
- Learn to serve, to lead, and to act so we make a difference in the world.
Goals Statement
College Park Scholars
College Park Scholars is a collaborative living-learning community at the University of Maryland with the following goals:
- To promote academic excellence, integrity, critical thinking, and creativity through the development of interdisciplinary knowledge, skills, and perspectives.
- To foster the development of a supportive and inclusive community of diverse students, faculty, and staff.
- To enhance the students' intellectual and personal development through service, experiential learning, and innovative curricular and co-curricular activities both on and off campus.
- To create an environment that enhances student development as life-long leaders, citizens, and scholars.
