FLAGS Themes
![Engagement Flag](../_imgs/engagement.png)
August and September
We will connect students to a variety of support resources to build a relationship between the student and the university. By living in a residence hall, residents will be able to:
- Join a UIW academic, interest, or social student organization
- Locate and utilize different student support services
- Feel welcomed in the UIW community
- Participate in Welcome Week activities
- Identify specific offices based on self-needs
- Demonstrate UIW pride
- Participate in Mass or other spiritual activities at the university
- Establish guidelines, boundaries, and rules with roommates/suitemates
- Build new friendships with students at UIW
- Engage in healthy, positive relationships
![Innovation Flag](../_imgs/innovation.png)
October
We find ways to help individuals challenge the status quo of thinking in order to bring about excellence. By living in a residence hall, residents will be able to:
- Identify his/her individual learning style
- Use a planner or electronic calendar to effectively manage time
- Converse with someone in a respectful manner who holds differing opinions
- Research online journals, reference materials, etc. to form an opinion
- Register to vote in any upcoming election cycles
- Explore different facets of identity (gender, race, culture, religious, orientation, etc.)
- Recycle clean cardboard, glass, aluminum, paper, and plastic when able
- Plant a personal garden
![Faith Flag](../_imgs/faith.png)
November and December
We recognize the unique potential through the exploration of our spiritual selves, in putting a trust in something greater than the individual. By living in a residence hall, residents will be able to:
- Identify elements of faith that are important to the individual
- Explore different faiths present in the UIW/San Antonio community
- Share personal faith journey
- Participate in Mass or other Worship service
- Explain the history and mission of UIW and the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word
- Demonstrate the love of Jesus Christ in the same spirit of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word
- Self-Reflect on their own spiritual journey
- Commune at peace with the mission, history, and nature of the UIW campus
![Truth Flag](../_imgs/truth.png)
January and February
We encourage the exploration of universal truths and justice for a world where all are provided equality. By living in a residence hall, residents will be able to:
- Identify areas of inequality and personal privilege
- Discuss inequalities or areas of systematic oppression with peers, parents, family, and colleagues
- Discover and use their voice in topics of interest to student
- Recognize different aspects of social justice present in the city, state, country, and world
- Explore cultures outside one's normalized culture
- Respect views and opinions that differ from personal views and opinions
- Value differences and similarities found in friends, colleagues, and classmates
- Contribute to the eradication of stereotypes and prejudices that exist in society
![Service Flag](../_imgs/service.png)
March
We challenge ourselves and each other to leave this world a better place. By living in a residence hall, residents will be able to:
- Contribute four community service hours
- Visit the Ettling Center for Civic Engagement
- Work collaboratively with others on real problems
- Identify problems in the community
- Recognize the community and the greater common good in addition to individual needs and goals
- Plan future actions to prepare for career
- Bridge community service and career aspirations
- Validate life choices as it relates towards service towards others
![Education](../_imgs/education.png)
April and May
We assist our students in preparing for their careers of being agents of change through academic support and nurturing a community of academic excellence. By living in a residence hall, residents will be able to:
- Attend one academic support session (tutoring, advising, TRiO, etc.)
- Establish personal goals for the remaining year
- Stop destructive/unhealthy behaviors (smoking, dipping, overdrinking, etc.)
- Identify signs of depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation
- Answer interview questions with detailed, but succinct answers
- Wash clothes with minimal bleed or remaining stains
- Utilize skills necessary for independent living (basic plumbing, cooking, etc.)
- Budget money with enough left to enter into savings