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Work ethic
Understand the value of hard work.
17 votes -
1 vote
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Spiritual Health
Whether it's through meditation, prayer, or exercise, students/staff seek to find meaning for their lives: developing a connection between mind/body/spirit in themselves, the community, and the world.
7 votes -
Creativity
Creativity is the innate ability to think critically, synthesize ideas, improvise, problem solve and be as comfortable with failure as you are with success.
https://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity?language=en
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A Healthy Relationship with Technology
Graduates need the knowledge and habits to be able to use technology in a positive way that genuinely and measurably improves their lives and those around them. Conversely, we need to ensure they do not develop an unhealthy relationship with technology, where its use negatively impacts their well-being and productivity by being a distraction, or worse, an addiction.
7 votes -
Collaboration
It is essential to work co-operatively alongside many different people and personalities in higher education, the work environment and in our own personal life with our loved ones. It is about giving and taking and working together to achieve similar goals.
11 votes -
Relevant Knowledge
Possess the current, progressive and appropriate knowledge to understand the ever-changing world around us and within our communities, cities and country.
3 votes -
Hunger to Learn
Our Grad must want to know. Knowledge is power. He mustn't take learning for granted. He must be curious about the world and the people in it and always ask 'Why.'
5 votes -
Live Consciously
Have the capacity to be in the moment, making conscious choices reflecting your values & code of ethics which supports compassion for yourself and others.
5 votes -
Own your outcomes
Stand behind the choices made; own the successes, own the failures; and grow from both
14 votes -
Problem solving
Problem solving in all aspects of professional and everyday life
6 votes -
Skills in a second language
Global awareness is becoming increasingly important in this day and age, let alone 13 years from now. Having said that, a second language will be vital in surviving in the 'real world'. In addition, it will open up more jobs opportunities than a monolingual person and expose our grads to an appreciation for other cultures.
16 votes -
Commitment to Cause
Discover your passion, pursue it and dedicated yourself to leaving it better than you found it.
4 votes -
Empathy
The Crescent grad should have a natural and instinctual desire to help people or communities that are disadvantaged.
3 votes -
Proactive
The ability to identify a specific goal or need (personal, emotional or professional) and take the required steps to achieve it. Not waiting for the opportunity to present itself or to make excuses, but to create your own outcome; creating a plan or knowing when to ask for help.
2 votes -
Culturally aware
As an aspect of Global Citizenship (which is a broad category) - in a globalized world, students will be working with people from all over the world and interacting with a multitude of cultures (likely through technology). Students will need to be able to not only be aware of, but also to empathize with different perspectives.
23 votes -
Stand & Deliver
The ability to articulate effectively in various sized forums; to engage others through passion, gesture, and eye contact.
2 votes -
Listening Skills
Our Grad mustn't just come to the table with an agenda to present his own ideas and have his own beliefs confirmed by others, but he must be willing to alter his perspective and step out of his comfort zone, if needed. Only then will true discovery and change occur.
5 votes -
Dynamic Communication Skills
Students need to recognize that how they communicate, verbally and in writing, is critical to success in life. The graduate must understand that his words - thoughtfully selected and effectively employed - are important. Words in action ultimately determine how we are heard and understood - or not - by the world.
20 votes -
Citizen of Sustainability
Our grads should deliberately act in a manner that promotes environmental, and financial, sustainability not just for themselves but for those around them. Fundamentally they are people who actively work towards leaving the planet in a better way than how they found it.
31 votes