Values On Campus for Students

Here are just a few examples of education-oriented resources available for your use and inspiration.

If you need additional information or assistance obtaining any of our resources please contact startsomething@values.com. Please also read our media usage guidelines.

Effective Ideas

• Nominate Heroes: This is an opportunity to highlight and honor the local heroes—students, faculty, staff, etc.—in your community. No budget? Do it online! Create a blog or website highlighting your friends, professors, advisors or local community members who exemplify one of the 60+ values found on the Foundation for a Better Life website.
• TV Commercials/Posters: TV Commercials can be used in student union buildings, as class discussion starters, meeting openers, during assemblies. Posters featuring celebrities, legends, and everyday heroes can be hung around campus, in residence hallways, dining halls, in classrooms and offices. Smaller versions for table tents can also be made available. Request a free set of materials.
• Build Your Own Billboard: Use this feature to honor a friend or colleague. Resident Advisors could create billboards for incoming students to hang on their doors instead of name plates. Create a billboard to motivate a friend, promote a cause or event, or to cheer your team on! Simply upload a photo, write a line, select a value, and Create Your Own Billboard!
• Get Published: Why not write about someone you admire for a creative writing assignment? Who comes to mind when you think of “courage“ or “determination?“ Or what about your own story? We want to hear it! Write an essay for class, and then also post the best pieces on the site to gain worldwide exposure. Currently we have visitors from over 200 countries coming to the site each month, who read and comment on the stories and billboards.
• Athletic Events: TV Commercials can be played on the giant screens at basketball, football, and other athletic events. If you need a special broadcast-quality format, let us know.
• Inspiration: Sign up for quote of the day emails or download wallpaper, podcasts and send pass-it-on-ecards all with a values theme. Also available is a quote of the day widget that can be added to your Facebook page, blog, Google homepage, etc.
• Campus TV/Radio: working at the campus TV or radio station? Why not incorporate some of our TV or Radio PSAs? The Foundation has over 30 public service announcements promoting various values. We also offer Spanish language versions of the TV commercials. Perhaps even produce your own documentaries on service projects where students are involved (i.e. habitat for humanity, soup kitchens, etc).
• Campus Newspaper: Print Ads of our billboards are available to place in campus newspapers. Create a regular column featuring a value of the week. Editors could even create a “good news“ section highlighting students and their service projects. The Foundation would be happy to post the best stories and articles on our site as well.
• PR/Advertising/Marketing Classes: Use the Foundation as a basis for a research project or case study as to how you can customize and promote positive values more effectively on your campus.
• Broadcasting/Journalism/Production Classes: Create your own values-based public service announcements. And send them to us to put on our site!
• Screensavers: Download The Foundation for a Better Life screensavers / wallpaper onto your computer and share with friends!
• Campus Seminars: Student groups could sponsor discussions and panels where particular values are examined through guest speakers, student participation, and presentation of papers.
• Positive Action: Pick a value for your service learning project and demonstrate its effectiveness in action. Work with an elementary school class to build confidence as learners; clean up a neighborhood to demonstrate leadership; show compassion by reading to elderly people.