Our mission:
Creating community at the heart of campus.
Our vision:
We will be the true center of campus: the place where students, staff, faculty and community will meet to learn from each other and share experiences in inclusive, innovative and inspiring ways.
Our values:
Our values guide how we make decisions and how we do our work: we achieve our mission and work toward our vision by rooting everything we do in the values we hold. Our values are the commitments we make to the students of UMD, our colleagues, and other constituents.
Unconditional Human Worth: We honor the intrinsic value of every person and foster inclusive spaces where everyone can thrive in a supportive and empathetic environment.
Shared Purpose: Using the expertise and unique talents of all, we work collaboratively to create an environment that fosters belonging and positive experiences.
Caring Community: Meaningful and supportive connections among members of our campus community form a bedrock for students’ learning and growth throughout their UMD journey.
Integrity: Ethical behavior, transparency, continuous improvement, and responsible stewardship of resources guide our interactions with students and the campus community.
Exploration: We encourage students to stretch their comfort zone, discover new interests, and engage in learning beyond the classroom as a way to promote students’ personal, social, and intellectual growth.
What does that mean?
It means that Kirby is your home away from home, your place to feel safe, welcome, and valued. It means that Kirby is the place you can come to try out this whole "adulting" thing, or to hang onto being a kid as long as you want to. Join an organization, learn leadership skills, forge new relationships, blaze new trails.
And the front porch?
Once you've been around UMD a while, you'll hear about "the porch", where students can get together to talk about the weather, their families, classes, or last night's concert. Kirby wants to be the front porch for our entire community, the place anyone can come to learn more about what's going on in this amazing university, and to engage with our faculty, our staff, and most of all, our fantastic students.
What have we accomplished?
Check out our usage data, our program audiences, and our learning outcomes in a comprehensive but easy-to-read annual report. (There's lots of pictures.)
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Contact us:
Event Services: [email protected] or 218.726.7166
Student Activities: [email protected] or 218.726.6814
Kirby Leadership Institute: [email protected] or 218.726.8740