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Overview

Exellent Teaching & Learning

Superb Programs

Academic Efficacy

Advising & Degree Support

Career Support

Financial Support

Sense of Belonging

Wellness

Student Life & Engagement

     Wellness

To ensure that students can turn to someone for help with fundamental – and non-academic – life needs, we need to provide them with wellness development and support. We hope to provide students with the support they need to overcome challenging life circumstances, improve their ability to engage in self-care, and help them become aware of the opportunities and resources to enhance their overall well-being even when they are not facing a particular hardship.

1. Offer counseling services that provide all students in need with support that helps them deal with specific life challenges and promotes their capacity for academic and personal success.

• • Student Wellness

2. Provide resources that promote overall psycho-emotional well-being and self-awareness (i.e., not just support for challenges and crises, but an effort to maximize wellness).

• • Office of Student Affairs
  • Student Wellness

3. Maintain services, resources, and events that promote physical wellness (e.g., on-campus gym; exercise programs).

• • Office of Student Affairs
  • Student Wellness

4. Utilize support technology to help faculty identify at-risk students (or allow students to self-identify) and direct them to supportive resources.

• • Academic Advising Center
  • CARE Team
  • Academic faculty

5. Provide resources and referrals that help students meet their basic needs, such as food and housing.

• • CARE Team

Overview

Exellent Teaching & Learning

Superb Programs

Academic Efficacy

Advising & Degree Support

Career Support

Financial Support

Sense of Belonging

Wellness

Student Life & Engagement

     Sense of Belonging

We commit to specific practices and initiatives that foster a welcoming environment at Nevada State, improving our students’ overall confidence, self-worth, and sense of community. We encourage students to find a sense of belonging in all aspects of the institution, from designing degree pathways and schedules that acknowledge the unique needs of our student population, to policies that seek to achieve equity in the treatment of students. By fostering these traits, we strengthen our students’ ability to persevere and achieve their academic goals. 

1. Provide branding, marketing, recruitment, and communication that convey our support of historically under-represented students (i.e., the new majority) and aim to attract students from a diverse array of backgrounds.

• • Executive Team
  • Admissions and Recruitment
  • Marketing

2. Host orientation programming that conveys our values and establishes connections between incoming students and members of the campus community (and, to an extent, the campus itself).

• • Student Orientation
  • Office of Student Affairs

3. Offer asset-oriented academic support programs that apply best-practices in equity and inclusion to support our student population.

• • Academic Success Center
  • Academic Advising Center
  • Writing Center

4. Commit to hiring practices that specifically aim to recruit and retain employees who support our goals of establishing a community of inclusion and belonging for our student population.

• • Office of Human Resources
  • Academic Deans, VPs, and other hiring managers

5. Develop faculty and peer mentorship programs that specifically aim to establish meaningful connections between campus constituents and our student population.

• • Office of Student Affairs
  • Office of the Provost

6. Provide opportunities for students to connect with one another and the community, both through academics (e.g., learning communities and experiential learning activities) and social engagements (e.g., events, clubs, social events).

• • Office of Student Affairs
  • Office of the Provost
  • Academic Deans

7. Offering services and resources (e.g., the DRC) that aim to achieve equity for students with a disability.

• • Disability Resource Center
  • Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence

Overview

Exellent Teaching & Learning

Superb Programs

Academic Efficacy

Advising & Degree Support

Career Support

Financial Support

Sense of Belonging

Wellness

Student Life & Engagement

     Financial Support

Inadequate financial resources is one of the foremost reasons that students leave college before completing a degree. This challenge is faced by many of our students, and it often is compounded by a lack of financial literacy about the types of funding available to them and the strategic management of financial resources. By recognizing these potential barriers to completion, we can enhance student success by taking steps to ensure that students understand the funding support available to them, have access to adequate funding, and know who to contact when they have financial difficulties.

1. Offer need-based aid that covers an optimal amount of the cost of attendance in relation to EFC.

• • Office of Financial Aid

2. Provide merit-based aid that attracts high-achieving students and promotes degree completion.

• • Office of Financial Aid

3. Emphasize applying for financial aid early in the admissions process, emphasize requirements for maintaining eligibility at orientation, and promote additional opportunities for assistance, such as scholarships, internships, and grant-funded awards, as they become available.

• • Office of Financial Aid
  • Admissions
  • Marketing
  • Orientation

4. Communicate regularly to ensure that students are aware of the financial support and can take advantage of it. Incentivize engagement with financial aid counselors.

• • Admissions
  • Marketing
  • Orientation
  • Office of Financial Aid

5. Offer regular and accessible financial awareness training at various levels of the student journey, including in-class training, seminars, and web resources such as ECMC. 

• • Office of Financial Aid
  • Business Faculty
  • First-Year Experience Instructors
  • Office of Student Life

6. Offer on-demand support to assist students with FA questions/challenges (e.g., chat support; direct 1-on-1 counseling).

• • Office of Financial Aid

7. Extend our financial aid outreach to students in their Senior year of high school, encouraging students to complete their FAFSA by November of the year prior to the year they begin college.

• • Marketing
  • Office of Financial Aid
  • Director of High School Partnerships

8. Provide emergency or just-in-time grants that provide students with timely support when faced with a modest financial challenge (e.g., car repairs, one-time rent payment). Provide completion grants that support students who are close to graduation but need one-time support.

• • Office of Financial Aid