Philosophy

Student Affairs contributes toward students' educational development by providing programs and services that:

• Promote students' increased self-understanding and personal development
• Improve students' understanding of their role and responsibilities to others, to society, and to themselves
• Assist students to overcome barriers that may prevent them from completing their education
• Integrate students' classroom and non-classroom living and learning experiences within the University community
• Promote student understanding of, and appreciation for, a variety of human differences
• And promote student understanding of the appropriate balance between the needs of students and needs of the broader University community.

Objectives

Student Affairs has these major objectives:

• Represent students' interests and needs to the administration and other relevant policy-making bodies of the University
• Provide efficient administrative services and consumer information services needed for student admission, orientation, registration, and financial assistance
• Provide a variety of on-campus living and dining options to enable student attendance at the University
• Provide health care and wellness education and promote healthful living for students
• Provide services and programs for students with special needs
• Provide counseling for students with intellectual, emotional, interpersonal, moral, social, and vocational development concerns
• Provide for the social, athletic, and recreational needs of students
• Provide security services to maintain a safe and secure living and learning environment
• Provide educationally relevant non-classroom developmental, service, and leadership opportunities
• Assist students and student organizations to interact more effectively with the University community
• Provide a diversity of social opportunities and cultural experiences for all student groups
• Assist students in clarifying career goals and objectives, exploring options for further study, and in securing employment
• And serve as creative, collaborative advocates for the optimal learning environment for all.