Bowling Green State University Division of Student Affairs Mission Statement
The Division of Student Affairs complements Bowling Green State University's mission to be the premier learning community
in Ohio and one of the best in the Nation. This is accomplished by the following practices:
We enhance student learning and achievement through innovative programs, services, and facilities that meet students' developmental,
social, physical and psychological health, and academic needs and interests.
We challenge and engage students by creating a supportive, learning-centered environment that encourages intellectual exchange,
cultural literacy, self-assurance, respect for others, and the responsible exercise of individual expression.
We strive, in partnership with Academic Affairs, to help students integrate learning experiences and develop competence in
critical thinking, written and oral communication, interpersonal relations, and leadership. Achievement of these learning
outcomes prepares our students for life-long personal and professional growth.
Our aim is to prepare Bowling Green State University graduates for leadership in their communities, and meaningful involvement
in an increasingly diverse, technologically sophisticated, and complex global society.
Student Affairs Annual Imperatives for 2007-2008
Strengthen Programs and Services Outside the Classroom to Maximize Student Success.
Build Relationships and a Stronger Community.
Create an inclusive life-long learning environment where students can move beyond tolerance of diversity to welcoming and
celebrating all aspects of diversity.
Improve the use of assessment to provide information for improving effectiveness and efficiencies of Student Affairs’ services.
Enhance information technology utilization within the Division to better serve internal and external constituents and to improve
internal efficiency and effectiveness.
Enhance Student Affairs facilities through effective planning, programming and cost analysis, renovation and construction,
and maintenance.
Increase external funding opportunities and manage current resources effectively.
Continue to improve the infrastructure for research, scholarship, and creative activities, including improved student involvement.
Aggressively and systematically communicate and improve understanding of the mission and activities of the University, externally
and internally, in order to advocate for improved support.
Enhance and evaluate the effectiveness of educational opportunities such as evening, weekend, degree completion, and distance
learning programs in targeted areas.
Department Annual Imperatives for 2006-2007
Each department within the Division of Student Affairs has established its own specific goals and strategies related to the
Division's annual imperatives for the 2006-2007 academic year. The following list of links will take you to a document containing
information on each respective department's efforts to address the annual imperatives.
