20 Student Affairs Strategic Plan Objective 7. ENHANCE COMMUNITY SERVICE AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT: Consistent with Northern’s mission to “enrich the local and regional community”; our Strategic Priority to “prepare students to be engaged citizens”; and the value of “building a culture of inclusion, belonging and collegiality that respects diversity in knowledge, culture and worldview”, Student Affairs will launch a student program to serve as a volunteer clearinghouse, support service learning, and create programming to encourage cross-cultural dialogue and civic engagement. Continue to invest in the Salvation Army Mobile Market and Pantry, Wolves Vote, the Unity Walk, Free Speech Week, and Discover Aberdeen. 102. Create and receive approval for a mission, vision, and learning outcomes for the program. 103. Designate space in the Student Center. 104. Request and receive a GAF and University budget. 105. Hire a coordinator and open an office to begin serving students. 106. Establish WolfLine as a CSCE Program with sustained GAF funding. Objective 8. PROMOTE WELLNESS: Wellness is the prerequisite for student success — it is difficult to be an engaged learner if students are not well or do not have access to wellness programs. We believe in holistic wellness and prevention programs as cost-efficient interventions that prevent illness and harm before it can ever occur. 107. Utilize POSTVENTION: A Guide for Response to Suicide on College Campuses (or similar) to host postvention suicide training for key university leaders and stakeholders.9 108. Train all full-time Student Affairs employees in trauma-informed care through Indiana University Bloomington.10 109. Working with community health services partners, bring back “Fight the Flu” and provide an annual vaccination clinic to students that is also open to the public. 110. Train two staff counselors in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to improve treatment options for students with depression, eating disorders, self-harming behaviors, and substance use disorders. 111. Train one staff counselor in Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) or Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) to improve treatment options for students with anxiety and trauma experiences. 112. Partnering with Athletics, add additional wayfinding signage to the Barnett Center to help students find the Fitness Center.11 113. Select and promote free or low-cost mental health mobile applications for students.12 114. Administer the ACHA-National College Health Assessment (a nationally recognized research survey) to collect precise data on a wide range of health and wellness issues that impact Northern students and affect their academic performance. 115. Working with Faculty Senate, create a sample statement regarding wellness services available to students to add to the official sample syllabi. 116. Working with Finance and Administration, provide $1,000 per FTE equivalent in professional development funds for Counseling Services staff to support the costs of professional licensure as contractually required and to promote positive clinical outcomes for clients.13 117. Counseling Services will identify clinical best practices using five-year data on student presenting issues to develop a professional training plan that ensures clinical staff are equipped with skills to work effectively with current student mental health needs. 9See https://hemha.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/jed-hemha-postvention-guide_copyright.pdf 10See https://rural.indiana.edu/focus/health/trauma-informed-care-certificate.html 11Formally known as the Bob Olson Strength and Conditioning Center. 12See https://www.hofstra.edu/student-counseling-services/apps.html 13Clinical staff are required to complete 40 hours of continuing education units (CEU) every two years by the South Dakota Board of Examiners for Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists. Higher Learning Commission Criteria for Accreditation 1.C. Mission and Diversity of Society. The institution provides opportunities for civic engagement in a diverse, multicultural society and globally connected world, as appropriate within its mission and for the constituencies it serves.
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