Goal 1: Increase retention efforts in order to facilitate timely graduation.

Career development
Learning Assistance Center
Job placement and internships
Services for student with learning differences
International programs and services
Personal counseling
Tutoring
Health Education
Peer Mentoring
Leadership Development

Goal 2:Strengthen existing K-16 collaborative partnerships.

Design programs that directly affect the success of pre-collegiate students to ultimately affect the size & diversity of the pool of students prepared for the next level of education.

Enhance the current K-16 structure through deliberate outreach efforts.

Talent Search
Upward Bound Classic
Upward Bound Veterans
Upward Bound Math and Science
Pre-MSET

Goal 3: Enhance the quality of students’ leadership skills and contribute to student learning through engagement in campus life.

Provide programming activities designed to enhance the leadership skills and self-concept of students Leadership Academy

Provide programming activities designed to enhance student involvement

Lectures and Cultural Events
Student Government Advising
Student Organizations and clubs
Intramural and Recreational Activities

Develop mechanisms which engage students in student life and traditions

Orientation
Intercollegiate Athletics
Student Publications
Student Housing
Recreational Sports
STING program
Ring Ceremony
Freshmen Convocation
Welcome Week
Intramural Programs
Student Union

Goal 4: Design an infrastructure that enables us to be fiscally responsible with funds entrusted to Student Affairs

    

Be good stewards of the student services fee revenues
Student service fee advisory committee
Risk Management and Internal Controls
Grant Management

Enhance the financial resources of Student Affairs through creative auxiliary ventures
Vending Machines
Food Court
Student Union Rentals
Advertising Revenues from the Collegian Newspaper
Outreach Health Services
Athletics advertising and Booster Club

Through benchmarking and research, provide the appropriate resources to meet institutional and student's needs.

Review staffing patterns
Budget allocations
Staff Development Initiatives
Space Utilization

    

Goal 5: Strengthen our Chess Program to ensure it is seen as a premier program which builds on the sense of community and commitment that promotes academic excellence.

Partner with public schools in our service area as we further the development of Chess in our community.

Take the lead in training the local talent and fostering a cooperative spirit with this important endeavor.

Partner with Academic Affairs to better understand the phenomena of chess and the impact on student learning.

Goal 6: Through collaborative efforts with faculty, contribute to students’ learning imperative.

Enter into partnerships with faculty members so that students experience a consistent message about learning as an institutional commitment.

Direct the activities within our residence halls toward the development of living-learning communities that enrich classroom experiences with other learning experiences.

Direct faculty members' attention to Division workshops and other programs that have the potential for becoming part of their course assignments.

Establish collaborative relationships with individuals across campus that serve to facilitate student learning.

Foster an academic climate in areas under Student Affairs management.

Strengthen current educational programs offered by Student Affairs by improving the quality of the program and increasing student participation.

Develop and implement new educational offerings.

Provide innovative technology support to enhance student success:

Open Lab
STING Lab
Career and Job Placement Lab
Outreach Lab

Goal 7: Assist students in developing ethical ideals and values of citizenship.

Promote civic involvement of students in communities both on and off campus

Strengthen student leadership development program by improving the quality and increasing the participation.

Foster a sense of community on campus.

Goal 8: Promote the importance of good physical and mental health as a critical part of student success.

Our health and counseling services, along with our campus Housing programs will focus on health and wellness.

We will offer a wide spectrum of educational programs on such topics as nutrition, fitness, managing personal loss, AIDS, sexuality, alcohol and drug abuse, and stress management.

Strengthen direct services to students to ensure their mental, physical and emotional health by improving the quality of these services.

Goal 9: Explore other housing options to better meet the needs of our diverse student population.

Married students - Family Housing

Goal 10: Create a better understanding of recreational sports and involvement among students, staff and faculty.

Begin with Mini- Recreational Center by Fall 2004
Continue to get input from students, staff and faculty on building the New
Wellness and Recreational Center.

Goal 11: Strive to achieve a “culture of evidence” whereby survey and institutional data are used as the basis for decision making and impetus for improvement to ensure goals are achieved.

Conduct research designed to support institutional effectiveness of student’s success in learning support programs.

Retention rate- Graduation- Job Placement

Use surveys, focus groups, and advisory boards to gain insight of to the needs of our students; to monitor student use of specific facilities, programs and services.

Create a multi-year student outcome assessment plan

Develop meaningful benchmarks with peer institutions to assist in evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of programs, services, and operations.

Develop databases to record facility, program, and service usage. Attention will be given in the design of database structures to create the capability for unit directors to analyze the data from multiple perspectives.

Define the expected student learning and personal development outcomes of new initiatives or targeted interventions.