STUDENT AFFAIRS 25 ANNUAL REPORT A Year of Success, continued… OBJECTIVE 5: Create the Heart of the Campus Community. Make the Student Center a comfortable, active, lively and studentfriendly space. “Traditionally considered the living room, the college union enhances the student experience and cultivates an enduring connection to the institution” (ACUI, Role of the College Union). Key Results: 130. Update Student Center signage consistent with the ACCOMPLISHED May 2019 Signage Study by Confluence. 135. Partnering with Finance and Administration, expand ACCOMPLISHED student labor funding to keep the Student Center open and staffed whenever Wolves Den is open. OBJECTIVE 6: Advance Campus Safety. Students thrive and can focus on their academic and co-curricular interests in an environment that is safe, secure and welcoming. Preventing crimes and harm to students, faculty and staff is core to the mission and priorities of Student Affairs and Northern State University. Key Results: 155 Partnering with Finance and Administration, ACCOMPLISHED establish a Title IX Budget to support annual trainings, programming and assessment efforts. OBJECTIVE 7: Create Inclusive Communities. Through inclusion and sense of belonging initiatives, we build and support student communities that value and welcome all people. We are focused on retaining and graduating underrepresented students and recognize this work as foundational to the mission and values of Student Affairs. Our work promotes “a learning environment that exposes students to and encourages exploration of a variety of ideological and political perspectives” (S.D. House Bill 1087) consistent with the SDBOR Opportunity for All Statement of August 2021. Key Results: 179. Partnering with the Office of International Programs, ACCOMPLISHED update the international flag display in the Student Center with up-to-date flags. OBJECTIVE 8: Support Human Capital. We invest in our personnel as educators and primary service providers to ensure highquality student success programs and operations. Student Affairs team members are creative, flexible, and prepared to respond to student needs in an ever-changing environment. From virtual HOWL, a pandemic safe homecoming, to COVID-19 isolation housing – the Student Affairs team is prepared to meet the strategic needs of Northern and our students now and into the future. Northern needs this dynamic team as we chart a course for institutional growth in these unprecedented times. Key Results: No Key Results were accomplished from Objective 8 during the 2024-2025 academic year. 203. Partnering with Enrollment Management and ACCOMPLISHED Academic Affairs, expand and improve New Student Orientation (spring) to support a growing spring class of new first-time, transfer and reentry students. OBJECTIVE 9: Enhance Parent and Family Engagement. Successful engagement of parents and families enhances new student recruitment, supports New Student Programs and advances student persistence to graduation. Key Results:
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