Religious Diversity
The Office of Diversity provides religious programming with an aim to offer or provide access to programs that enable interested students to pursue full spiritual growth and development, and foster a campus atmosphere in which interested members of the college community may freely express their religion and faith.
The goals of WPI's Religious Programming include assisting interested students to achieve the religious development they seek through:
- the acquisition of skills and knowledge needed to address issues of values, ethics, and morality in life;
- providing a forum for dialogue between and among representatives of the religious and the secular; and
- providing interested members of the campus community with reasonable opportunity to express their faith(s).
Looking for religious services in the area? Review the Religious Services for the WPI Community [PDF]. This document is the response of students to the question "Where do you worship?" If you would like to add an entry to this document send the relevant and complete information to diversity@wpi.edu.
WPI's Policy on Religious Observances
A student who is unable, because of his/her religious beliefs, to attend classes or to participate in any examination, study, or work requirement on a particular day shall be excused from any such examination or study or work requirement, and shall be provided with an opportunity to make up such examination, study, or work requirement which he/she may have missed because of such absence on any particular day; provided, however, that such makeup examination or work shall not create an unreasonable burden upon such school. (WPI catalogue)
Want to avoid scheduling your event on a major religious holiday? Review the list of Major Religious Holidays for 2007-08.
Religious Organizations at WPI:
Want to know more about major religions? See the relevant links, below:
- Religious Tolerance: Provides background information on religion in general, major world religions, topics linked to religion, and information on religious tolerance
- Baja'i: An overview of the Bahá'í Faith, information on figures central to the religion, selections from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, the Báb, and `Abdu'l-Bahá, and more.
- Chrisitanity: Provides a history of Christianity, background on Christian denominations, and related product information.
- Hindu: Provides introduction to Hindu dharma, complete text of 85 books, several scriptures, listing of Hindu temples around the world.
- Islam: One of the more comprehensive Internet site presently available on Islamic culture and religion
- Judaism: Provides an online encyclopedia of Judaism, covering Jewish beliefs, people, places, things, language, scripture, holidays, practices and customs.
Last modified: December 05, 2007 11:01:31