Community Life
The Sarah Lawrence Community is made up of a diverse group of individuals studying, teaching, and working on campus.The cornerstone of our community is a respect for the dignity and freedom of expression of each individual.This encompasses a respect for academic freedom, artistic expression, and the work of maintaining our community standards.These shared values cover behavior from the way we treat one another to keeping our environment clean, to being respectful of the men and women who maintain our buildings and grounds.
Campus life at Sarah Lawrence reflects the many different intellectual and personal interests of the students, faculty, and staff and varies from year to year. For some, campus life centers on the activities and events arising from the academic program—films, poetry readings, plays, concerts, dance performances, lectures, and exhibits—and for others, their energies are directed toward student government, publications, and clubs. Almost everyone enjoys, at some point, the dances, parties, concerts, and receptions that are organized each year. Activities depend on student initiative and involvement.This section of the handbook describes the range of activities offered in the past, systems and structures that are available to students, and the procedures designed to initiate new activities or organizations.