VCU Student-Athlete Development
Promoting the personal growth of our student-athletes is important to us. Our student-athlete development program strives to equip students with the skills they need to thrive at VCU and beyond through training in career development, leadership development, personal enhancement, and community engagement.
The goal of the VCU Student-Athlete Development Program is to support the personal growth of all student-athletes by:
- Assisting student-athletes with career exploration, career choice, preparation, and transition to life after college.
- Providing a foundation for student-athletes to understand social awareness and moral application with focus on personal identity and values, wellbeing, transition and reflection.
- Assisting student-athletes to have a positive and sustainable impact in the community.
- Developing student-athletes personal, social and professional leaderships skills.
VCU Student-Athlete Development programming is based on Career Readiness. Career Readiness is a foundation from which to demonstrate requisite core competencies that broadly prepare the college educated for success in the workplace and lifelong career management. Career Readiness is based on the following competencies:
- Career and Self Development
- Critical Thinking
- Leadership
- Teamwork
- Communication
- Equity and Inclusion
- Professionalism
- Technology
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