Case Study: Virginia Tech builds a strengths-based campus culture with Gallup's CliftonStrengths for Students

How Virginia Tech Uses CliftonStrengths® for Students

Virginia Tech wanted to make CliftonStrengths® for Students more than a standalone assessment, using it to help students answer deeper questions about identity, purpose, and how they can contribute on campus and beyond. Gallup worked with Virginia Tech to connect strengths-based learning to the university’s five aspirations for student learning, while also scaling it across orientation, residence life, first-year courses, and student support programs.

Using Gallup’s CliftonStrengths® for Students and strengths-based coaching resources, Virginia Tech trained student leaders, faculty, and staff to facilitate strengths conversations and build a campuswide culture of trust, civility, and courageous leadership. The approach reached thousands of students, including a 950-student management course cohort, and helped students make academic changes, prepare for interviews, and better understand how to live out Virginia Tech’s motto of service.

Virginia Tech

Frank Shushok

Vice President for Student