Definition: The achievement of academic and personal goals through programs and services which address the growth and development of the whole person.
A. Support Student Academic Success
Strategies:
- Provide academic support to students to help them succeed
- Strengthen and enhance institutional strategies for improving and expanding advising opportunities
- Establish a strong commitment to first-year experience programming
- Provide strong peer mentoring systems to support student learning and academic success
- Enhance retention and graduation of students university-wide with additional emphasis on students from diverse backgrounds
B. Promote Living-Learning Experiences for Students
Strategies:
- Complete Residential Revival and incorporate a living-learning environment
- Develop programming that fosters the living-learning concept
- Provide multiple on-campus living options to enrich students’ living-learning experiences
C. Provide Students With Opportunities for Experiential Learning
Strategies:
- Provide opportunities to strengthen and supplement the classroom experience, such as internships, service learning, and national student exchange
- Strengthen productivity in career counseling, preparation, and placement
D. Promote the Development of Student Leadership Skills, Personal Character, and Ethics
Strategies:
- Implement the student leadership and involvement model by working with specific student organizations (Residence Hall Association, Greek social fraternities and sororities, etc)
- Enhance recognition of student displays of success in the areas of leadership, character, civility, and integrity
E. Foster Student Life Experiences Which Respond to Students’ Unique Needs and Interests
Strategies:
- Effect change toward a social climate and campus culture that promotes legal, safe, and health choices by shaping and managing the campus/community living/learning environments
