Aurora
Interfaith
Home for the religious, spiritual, secular, and everyone in between.
By 2050, there will be 8.1 billion religious people and 1.2 billion nonreligious people across the globe. All leaders need to know how to live and work with people who have different religious, secular, or spiritual beliefs from them. By exploring different traditions and learning from peers, Aurora prepares students with any major for a diverse future.
Aurora is located in Harper Hall. Whether you identify as religious, secular, spiritual, or you don't know what you are, you're invited to apply. Find belonging on campus and develop community-building skills that you will use for the rest of your life.
Aurora is a collaboration with the Interfaith Initiative at Virginia Tech.
You’ll fit right in at Aurora if:
- You value your religious, secular, or spiritual identity OR you're trying to figure it out
- You want to learn more from your tradition and the traditions of others
- You are excited about finding community at Virginia Tech
Aurora connects a few dozen students who might otherwise never meet on campus - from different majors, different religious backgrounds, different countries, and more. Together, they build friendships and learn how to lead in diversity. All Aurora members:
- Attend free weekly gatherings; half of them focus on fun (birthday parties, trivia nights, etc.) and half are small group conversations about challenging issues.
- Participate in the free Interfaith Dinner Circles program in the Fall Semester, which includes 4 1-hour dinners.
- Complete RLCL 1014: World Religions in the Spring semester, which fulfills a Pathways requirement.
If you are a new student coming to Virginia Tech, you can apply for Aurora once you have accepted your offer of admission from Virginia Tech and paid the matriculation fee. If you are a current or returning student, you can apply in the StarRez Portal beginning in October. Learn more about the application process.
For additional information, contact jillann@vt.edu.