Division of Student Affairs

Goals for 2012-2013

Communication and Collaboration

• Align programming throughout the division with the “pillars” developed for New Student Orientation.
• Continue to build our partnerships with Academic Affairs and Enrollment Management.
• Define, create, and sustain intentional points of contact between Student Affairs and Finance and Administration
• Expand relationships with community partners and expand outreach.
• Maintain and promote positive town/gown relationships.
• Develop specific strategies to connect with alumni who were highly involved in co-curricular experiences.
• Increase parent participation as appropriate.
• Seek opportunities for increased campus events during the summer.
• Participate in the HLC accreditation process as needed.

Diversity

• Support diversity and inclusion efforts across campus.
• Align resources to achieve diversity objectives.
• Increase the diversity of the Student Affairs staff.
• Encourage and support staff involvement in diversity training and education.

Financial Stewardship & Facilities

• Build new facilities and renovate existing facilities as needed.
• Identify a permanent location for division offices and offices currently located in the Math Science Building.
• Intentionally engage the division in development initiatives; define a clear role for Student Affairs in the campaign.
• Identify opportunities to eliminate duplication and increase the efficient use of all resources.

Professional Development and Recognition

• Continue to promote and support on-going professional development to increase staff performance and learning.
• Strive to attain national, regional, or local recognition for programmatic, facility, and/or individual staff accomplishments.
• Recognize and reward, when possible, staff professional development accomplishments.
• Intentionally recognize outstanding student performance, awards, and honors.

Retention

• Align the results and outcomes of the University retention plan with Student Affairs programs and initiatives.
• Develop new retention strategies within the Division as needed.
• Utilize institutional metrics as a guide to on-going assessment, evaluation, and data collection.
• Better utilize our Core Values and Student Development theory to enhance the learning environment.
• Strive to achieve excellence in all services provided to students.
• Maximize the utilization of the Starfish Retention System.
• Develop a communication strategy that illustrates the significant role and success of Student Affairs programs that positively impact retention.

Technology

• Maximize the use of Campus Labs to attain our assessment, evaluation, and benchmarking objectives.
• Create an intentional plan to market and promote outcomes achieved from assessment initiatives.
• Utilize feedback capture mechanisms to develop on-going data related to student learning, participation, and attitudes.
• Develop targeted remote device applications in collaboration with ITS.

2012.07.13