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Help us expand strengths efforts at Virginia Tech, allowing more Hokies to turn their raw talents into true strengths! Your donation will help Virginia Tech students, staff and faculty connect their greatest gifts to our University motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve) through enhanced training, resources and activities. Will you use your strengths to help us?
Strengths at Virginia Tech
We know that college is a major investment for Hokies and their families. Here at Virginia Tech, we use the Gallup CliftonStrengths assessment to help Hokies fully ExperienceVT and pursue meaningful goals in Blacksburg and beyond. Research demonstrates that people who know and utilize their strengths are more likely to be thriving and engaged. Since 2013, students, staff and faculty have been able to discover their unique strengths for free through Virginia Tech Student Affairs’ partnership with Gallup. Although our partnership covers the cost of taking the assessment in the Virginia Tech Gallup Strengths Portal, it does not cover training and development opportunities.
Our Vision
Through this project, we hope to grow the number of Strengths Consultants and expand their reach on campus. In the last 5 years, Student Affairs was able to train an inaugural cohort of Strengths Consultants consisting of 23 faculty/staff members and 2 students. These Strengths Consultants are matched to different areas of campus with the goal of: providing resources, coaching individuals and teams, and facilitating strengths workshops with academic classes, student organizations, living-learning communities and faculty/staff departmental teams. Training an additional cohort of Strengths Consultants would allow us to support more students in discovering and applying their strengths.
How you can help
With your donation, we are especially hoping to increase our number of student Strengths Consultants. As a result, we could provide a unique, once-in-a-lifetime leadership development opportunity that will double your investment. Not only will student Strengths Consultants learn who they are and develop transferable life skills, they will also help their peers do the same. This is a win-win-win-win for the student Strengths Consultants, for the students with whom they interact, for the University and for YOU!
We know that, above all, Hokies are helpers! We hope you take us up on the call to help Hokies thrive!
At this level, your donation will cover one coaching session between a student Strengths Consultant and another student.
At this level, your donation will cover a student Strengths Consultant facilitating one 90-minute workshop for approximately 25-40 participants.
At this level, your donation will cover a student Strengths Consultant creating a resource to be used within a strengths workshop. A resource could be a handout or tool used to help participants discuss and apply their strengths.
At this level, your donation will cover one full 34 Strengths profile for a Virginia Tech student, staff, or faculty member.
At this level, your donation will cover the creation of a Strengths Resource Bundle to be provided as training and facilitation materials for Strengths Consultants.
At this level, your donation will cover training for one student Strengths Consultant.