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Virginia Tech Vice Presidents Oral History with Karen DePauw Part 3, July 30, 2015 (Ms2024-082)
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In this third interview with Dr. Karen DePauw, Karen details the steps she took in order to transform the graduate program, creating a space for graduate students and faculty to enjoy as well as providing resources for graduate students to allow them to achieve their full potential no matter their circumstances.
Karen believes in the importance of interdisciplinary and is very proud of the fourteen different Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Program (IGEPs) that Virginia Tech promotes. Preventing students from understanding an issue from multiple angles would only stifle their learning and prohibit innovation. This process helps to unite the university in its goal of teaching, learning, research, and bettering the community.
The Graduate Life Center is a location that Karen played a large role in developing on campus. She acknowledges the importance of feeling a part of one’s community and believed that building this center would provide a place for graduate students to feel connected.
Karen ends this interview with discussing her involvement with the development of the Principles of Community, an affirmation made on behalf of the university that enforced the importance of respect and dignity and opposed any and all types of discrimination. Karen had advocated strongly for the inclusion of the non-discrimination policy, eventually winning the battle and ultimately helping to develop Virginia Tech into an inclusive and diverse community. Her work in bettering Virginia Tech is documented in this interview.
Karen believes in the importance of interdisciplinary and is very proud of the fourteen different Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Program (IGEPs) that Virginia Tech promotes. Preventing students from understanding an issue from multiple angles would only stifle their learning and prohibit innovation. This process helps to unite the university in its goal of teaching, learning, research, and bettering the community.
The Graduate Life Center is a location that Karen played a large role in developing on campus. She acknowledges the importance of feeling a part of one’s community and believed that building this center would provide a place for graduate students to feel connected.
Karen ends this interview with discussing her involvement with the development of the Principles of Community, an affirmation made on behalf of the university that enforced the importance of respect and dignity and opposed any and all types of discrimination. Karen had advocated strongly for the inclusion of the non-discrimination policy, eventually winning the battle and ultimately helping to develop Virginia Tech into an inclusive and diverse community. Her work in bettering Virginia Tech is documented in this interview.
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Ms2024-082_KarenDePauw_3