Dean of Students Office The Dean of Students Office provides administrative and educational services through initiatives designed to challenge and support student academic, social and personal development. The office advocates for support and services for a diverse student body and their families, all designed to foster student awareness, autonomy and accountability. This holistic student-development approach is aligned with the College’s overall mission to prepare its graduates to make positive contributions to society.
The Dean of Students Office has utilized the majority of these best practices (United Educators and National Center for Higher Education Risk Management) in establishing the composition and function of the Student Success Team, as well as current operational policies and procedures. CHERIE SCRICCA, CONSULTANT
HIGHLIGHTS • The Dean of Students Office was restructured to provide dedicated positions and more focused attention to the areas of disability services and behavioral intervention. • The office moved to electronic student records for disability and academic probation, making hardcopy files obsolete. This has greatly improved accuracy of data and increased efficiency among staff. • Student Affairs purchased a new information system, Maxient, which is used for behavioral intervention and conduct management. This has greatly increased our ability to provide effective interventions, increase communication and report in a timelier manner.
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• The office created a concussion management policy in partnership with Athletics, resulting in timely information sharing among Athletics, the Dean of Students Office and faculty. We also created faculty resources for classroom management protocol for students with concussions. • The Student Success Team continues to train campus constituencies on the Culture of Care and new reporting system to submit information about distressed students. • The office worked with the Registrar’s office to process more than 100 student petitions for leave of absence, transfer, withdrawal from courses or incomplete grades. We met with 50 students on academic probation and sent faculty approximately 150 notices for students needing flexibility due to personal or medical issues.
Student awardees and faculty nominators at the annual Student Affairs Awards Luncheon.