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Strategic Plan

Vision

Working collaboratively with our campus and community partners, the Student Affairs departments transform students’ potential to accomplish their dreams in a diverse and inclusive learning community.

Mission

As educators, Student Affairs staff are dedicated to delivering high quality, co-curricular programs and services in a learning environment that supports students’ holistic growth and acquisition of essential life skills in order to actualize their full potential to be responsible, engaged, and successful citizen leaders in a global environment.

We build a collaborative and diverse learning community that enriches the intellectual, social, cultural, spiritual, emotional & physical wellbeing of our students by promoting academic success, personal growth, leadership development, civility, civic, social and environmental responsibility, student empowerment, holistic well-being, and respect for diversity.

Strategic goals

  1. Increase opportunities for student learning and engagement
    • Organize interdisciplinary co-curricular programming in the area of religious and spiritual life
    • Increase opportunities for student internships, both paid and unpaid
    • Increase overall student participation in Career Development Office efforts
    • Expand Bystander Intervention participation across campus
    • Strengthen programmatic aspects of the Living and Learning residential environment
    • Increase Counseling Center workshops on self-management and interpersonal skills
    • Provide opportunities for engagement of non-traditionally aged students
    • Increase support for student clubs that focus on international education and support
    • Increase undergraduate and graduate nurses direct care experience
    • Increase training and support for Student Organizations and their Advisors
    • Create opportunities for students to engage in intercultural/cross-cultural dialogue
    • Develop mentorship program for students with disabilities
    • Incorporate Restorative Justice component to Conduct process
    • Increase student participation in Athletics recreation and intramural programs
  2. Foster and advance social justice and diversity
    • Achieve Veteran-Friendly status as a university
    • Implement an Interfaith Council to encompass all religious and spiritual traditions on campus.
    • Increase female participation in athletics and recreation programs
    • Create Career Development programs targeted uniquely to Veteran students
    • Increase diversity of professional staff in hiring
    • Increase diversity of student leadership involvement (positions of power and influence)
    • Embed social justice training into all student leadership training programs
    • Increase collaboration of student cultural and international groups
    • Incorporate Social Justice and Inclusion programs into the residential education model
    • Provide visual cues within Student Affairs Offices that create a welcoming climate
    • Establish Social Justice Ally training program
    • Include “Persons with Disabilities” as part of cultural awareness months
    • Achieve higher ranking on Campus Pride Index (GLBT-friendly organization)
    • Recruit a diverse Conduct Board in terms of racial and gender
    • Enhance the campus influence of the University Alcohol Committee
    • Increase awareness of neural diversity in community
  3. Promote a healthy and safe campus community
    • Reduce sexual and relationship violence
    • Create campus community that promotes respect and civility
    • Enhance the visibility and effectiveness of Campus Ministry
    • Expand preventative programs in physical and mental health areas that impact students’ lives
    • Develop community awareness and residential neighborhood policing model
    • Develop cross-culture health and safety awareness programs
    • Support the students, staff and faculty as the campus reduces smoking options
    • Increase Counseling Center staff outreach to student, faculty, and staff community with regard to managing stress
    • Research “best practices” regarding working with Greek organizations on topics of alcohol and relationship violence
    • Improve institutional response to Hate/Bias incidents
    • Advocate for increased campus accessibility
  4. Advocate for student affairs infrastructure that better supports student needs
    • Provide all departments optimal space, staff, and funding to meet current and future campus needs
    • Increase HRE collaboration with Campus Facilities and Public Safety to develop a consistent customer-service model for students and staff
    • Increase divisional synergy and align efforts to achieve maximum community impact
    • Assess Student Affairs position in University structure
    • Improve efficiency and timeliness of student Conduct process
    • Utilize grant to increase staffing and programming to reduce sexual violence in community