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
All new Aurora members choose a small group: Dharma, Humanity, Koinonia, Rede, Shalom, or Ummah. (Each of these names is the word that one tradition uses to describe community.) Led by upperclassmen, each small group spends the year exploring that tradition in concrete ways. Members also participate in the weekly Aurora Hour and take RLCL 1014: World Religions together in the Spring semester.
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.