Our chess program will seek to foster an environment of excellence, in which the values of purposefulness, justice, openness, discipline, caring and celebration will be evident, and:

• Where faculty, staff, and students work together to strengthen teaching and learning in and outside the classroom
  
  
• Where the dignity of all individuals is affirmed and where equality of opportunity is vigorously pursued
  
  
• Where freedom of expression is uncompromisingly protected and where civility is powerfully affirmed
  
  
• Where individuals accept their obligations to the group and where well-defined governance procedures guide behavior for the common good
  
  
• Where the well-being of each member is sensitively supported and where service to others is encouraged
  
  
• Where the heritage of UTB/TSC is remembered and rituals affirming both tradition and change are widely shared