Student Engagement and Success

The Division of Student Engagement and Success is committed to offering comprehensive services and activities that maximize the learning process and help students recognize and achieve their educational and life goals. These initiatives are designed to enhance students' academic experiences by providing opportunities for skill development, personal growth and meaningful engagement. Being involved in both the academic and social life of the institution elevates student learning. Students benefit more from their college experiences when their engagement on campus – in academics, social interactions, and extracurricular activities – is relevant and aligned with their educational goals and outcomes. Departments within the division offer integrated and complementary academic and social programs, comprehensive resources, and policies and practices that increase learning and support students’ educational goals. These services are staffed by professionals who help students make the most of their educational opportunities by:

  • Providing the conditions and opportunities in which students might succeed, and determining and recommending best practices that lead to success;
  • Providing sufficient opportunities for meaningful student participation in the life of the institution, such as leadership roles in academic and social organizations and recreation;
  • Providing a full range of student support services to permit students to benefit from college programs;
  • Connecting students with community resources to address basic, personal, medical, mental health and financial needs that impede academic progress;
  • Recommending and providing programs that assure students’ competence in specified academic and skills areas;
  • Partnering with students to identify goals and strengthen skills that help students be successful in and out of the classroom.
  • Interacting with, supporting and supplementing the learning process that occurs in the classroom;
  • Appreciating the various backgrounds that constitutes the student body and promoting an awareness and an understanding of all;
  • Fostering an environment in which students can acquire the knowledge and skills to carry them forward throughout life.