Springboard 18 shape your changing world final

How do we help you SHAPE a changing world?

• Shared Success • Holistic Student Development • Academic Success • Professionalism • Engagement and Involvement

Shared Success • Collaborative efforts between Academic Affairs and Student Affairs • Supportive environment of faculty, staff and current students • Continued outreach to involve parents and family members • Accountability on behalf of the student “The whole is greater than the sum of it’s parts” – Aristotle

Holistic Student Development • Academic Advancement Center • Home to the Offices of Academic Advising, Learning Support Services, Retention and Student Success, Student Opportunities for Academic Results (SOAR), and Testing Services

• University Housing • 8 Focused Interest Communities • Faculty Fellows • In-housing academic advising

• Kimmel Student Involvement Center • Service Learning • Through the partnership of the Kimmel Student Involvement Center, the SIUE faculty, and SIUE staff, students can take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to gain enriching experiences that will not only broaden their own educational background, but will allow them be entrenched in activities that give back to our communities.

Holistic Student Development • Health and Wellness • Health Services • Counseling Services • Spirituality

• Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion • A Global Perspective • SIUE is home to more than 350 international students from 58 nations. At SIUE, all students experience a global education. SIUE offers a rich cultural environment that contributes to the learning process and encourages the campus community to value diversity and inclusion.

Academic Success Your SIUE education will prepare you for more than just a successful career. It will prepare you to live a life of purpose.

• Academic Advisement • 48 professional advisors throughout all academic disciplines • Series of intentional interactions with curriculum, and a set of student learning outcomes

Academic Success • Learning Support Services • Learning Support Services at SIUE is dedicated to helping the underprepared prepare, the prepared advance, and the advanced excel.

• Faculty Engagement • ACCESS • Accessible Campus Community and Equitable Student Support

• URCA • Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities

Madeline Douglas • Nursing • Senior • “From picking their brain about the project and YOUR future, you can learn so much about what you want to pursue.”

Professionalism • Career Development Center • Here to help you acquire the information and skills necessary to transition from university life to the work world

• Senior Assignment • The hallmark of a baccalaureate education at SIUE. It serves as a demonstrable connection between the student’s major area of study and the full breadth of general education skills and competencies.

Professionalism • Student Employment • Student employment is available both on and off campus through Student Job Finder • 1,800 students are employed on campus each year

• Leadership within Student Organizations • Value activities that involve professional development and contact with professionals

Professionalism • Co-ops and internships • Students learn about their field of study • Apply classroom concepts to real life situations • Make important connections and gain experience

• 200 individual employers hire SIUE students

Engagement and Involvement • Center for Spirituality and Sustainability • Connecting the world's cultural and spiritual traditions through a common concern for the planet

• Kimmel Student Involvement Center • Your Opportunity, Our Commitment

• Student Fitness Center and Campus Recreation • Provides state-of-the art-facilities, quality programs and opportunities for social interaction • Contributes to student learning and development while encouraging students to pursue a healthy lifestyle • Percentage of usage and how this impacts student retention and success

Engagement and Involvement • Experiential Learning • Students engage in direct experiences and focused reflections within real-world settings • Accelerates learning in a safe environment • Allows for personalized learning—every student’s experience will be different “I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand.”

– Ancient Chinese Proverb

Tyler Herron • English Education and Theater History • Senior • “London provided me with an education that a textbook or lecture cannot.”

Christian Heck • College Student Personnel Administration • First-Year Graduate Student • "Though it is nice that I am now able to put something on my resume that will help me stand out from other candidates, I cannot begin to describe the impact my study abroad experience had on me, personally."

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