Student Success Assessment

Mission Statements

Mission statements are representations of the Division’s and unit’s purpose for existence. These mission statements are reflected in the assessment activities and guide the actions of the Division of Student Success and its units.

Campus Center
The Campus Center is the nucleus of the academic podium and provides a welcoming source for meetings, socialization, dining, and services for students, faculty, staff, alumni, and guests.

To achieve this mission, the Campus Center staff will:

  • Provide an inclusive environment where all members of the community are valued through quality programs, an inviting dining environment, effective support services, and safe, pleasing facilities.
  • Manage the Campus Center’s facilities and support its programs to foster interaction among the University community and enhance the quality of campus life.
  • Manage the finite physical and financial resources to insure balanced access for the community’s shareholders.

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Career Services
Career Services empowers students to transition into a diverse and global society by making educated and gratifying career decisions.

To achieve this mission, the Career Services staff:

  • Motivates students to pursue internship, study abroad, volunteer, and community service experiences to gain knowledge, develop skills, and become engaged participants in society;
  • Encourages students to take personal responsibility for their life plans such as pursuing advanced education (i.e., graduate and/or professional degree), choosing a career, and conducting an effective job search;
  • Maintains a variety of partnerships with employers, campus academic departments, and university administrative offices that contribute to the breadth and effectiveness of services.

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Conflict Resolution & Civic Responsibility
The Office of Conflict Resolution & Civic Responsibility upholds the student code of conduct that establishes standards for our students that stress the values of personal and academic integrity, respect for others and property, and the appreciation and acceptance of a diverse community.

To achieve this, Conflict Resolution and Civic Responsibility staff:

  • Promote respect for the individuality of each student in promoting justice and insure that all students are extended due process regardless of their abilities, race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, or religion;
  • Maintains, disseminates and educates students with regard to Community Rights and Responsibilities, the student code of conduct;
  • Provide students, faculty, and staff with access to consultation services, conflict resolution and alternative dispute mediation;
  • Coordinates campus resources and support services in the resolution of behavioral problems including the adjudication and resolution of student conduct complaints;
  • Proactively educates students to develop appropriate conflict resolution responses.

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Disability Resource Center
The Disability Resource Center supports our students in ensuring a fully accessible living and learning environment for the University’s programs, services and activities in order to prepare them for a successful future in a diverse and global society.

To achieve this, the Disability Resource Center:

  • Coordinates services and accommodations for students with disabilities to ensure legal compliance with federal, state and local regulations regarding disability law;
  • Promotes leadership and self-advocacy among disabled students;
  • Collaborates with faculty staff to ensure the best possible service to disabled students.

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Multicultural Student Success
Multicultural Student Success develops and maintains a culturally inclusive and supportive campus environment that promotes and enhances the academic excellence, personal growth and leadership development of African, Latino, Asian and Native American heritage (ALANA) students.

To achieve this, Multicultural Student Success staff:

  • Counsels and mentors student leaders;
  • Facilitates and co-sponsors of educational, cultural awareness and social activities;
  • Collaborates with academic offices on campus to ensure that our students benefit from the rich diversity at the University at Albany.”

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Orientation
Orientation facilitates the transition of new students into the University at Albany by preparing them for educational opportunities and social responsibilities; integrating them into the intellectual, cultural, and social climate of the University; and introducing appropriate support resources.

To achieve this, the Orientation Office:

  • Coordinates orientation communications, programs and services for new students and their families to ensure a smooth and informative start at the University;
  • Collaborates with numerous offices/services on campus to provide high quality information delivery and clean, safe facilities;
  • Promotes student staff positions to ensure a diverse staff that represents the campus community

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Parent Program
The Parent Program provides family members with a link to campus resources and provides timely communication to assist parents in supporting their son or daughter’s academic success.

To achieve this, the Director of Parent Programs:

  • Maintains connections with University administrative offices to provide timely answers to parent questions;
  • Disseminates information to parents via Parents Council email list serv;
  • Coordinates an annual meeting during Homecoming and Parents Weekend to encourage interaction between families and University Administrators.

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Personal Safety & Off-Campus Affairs
The Office of Personal Safety & Off-Campus Affairs improves the safety of students, faculty and staff as well as relations between the University and the larger community in which it resides.

To achieve this, the Director of Personal Safety & Off-Campus Affairs:

  • Sponsors, coordinates and is involved with personal safety programs for the University on campus;
  • Sponsors, coordinates and is involved with personal, property and fire safety programs for the University off campus in partnership with other colleges, law enforcement agencies, city officials, business owners and community groups;
  • Improves relations between college students off campus and their long term neighbors, develops alcohol abuse prevention programs off campus and improves the quality of life in neighborhoods where college students reside;
  • Assists the University in its community outreach and engagement programs and initiatives;
  • Assists the University Police Department with community education and public relations;
  • Coordinates support for student victims of crime.

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Residential Life
The Department of Residential Life creates and sustains inviting, intellectual and inclusive living communities which foster students’ academic success, personal growth and overall well being.

To achieve this, Residential Life staff:

  • Provides safe, healthy and inviting residence halls and apartments.
  • Sustains living communities that support the intellectual culture of the University at Albany.
  • Recognizes the advantages and challenges of a multicultural society and works to promote inclusive residence hall and apartment communities.

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Student Involvement and Leadership
The Office of Student Involvement and Leadership promotes student involvement through in-class and out-of-class learning opportunities and experiences that enhance the cultural, intellectual, leadership, personal, and professional development of UAlbany students.

To achieve this, Student Involvement and Leadership staff:

  • Ensure that all students know of and are encouraged to engage in co-curricular opportunities;
  • Help students build connections between their university curricular and co-curricular activities;
  • Provide guidance, advice and support to student groups and in particular, student government;
  • Offer a wide range of opportunities to strengthen leadership skills to create life long competence and accomplishment;
  • Promote campus traditions that cultivate relationships and encourage connections to the others and a pride in the University;
  • Foster an environment that is inclusive of all students and furthers interaction and learning among diverse groups of students, faculty and staff.

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University Counseling Center
The University Counseling Center promotes the students intellectual, emotional, and physical development and enhances the academic productivity and personal well-being of University at Albany students.

To achieve this, University Counseling Center staff:

  • Create, coordinate, and deliver broad based psychological services, health promotion initiatives, and prevention programs;
  • Conduct grant funded research, provide training for doctoral students, teach undergraduate and graduate courses;
  • Supervise two peer education programs.

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University Health Center
The University Health Center provides consistent, high-quality primary health care to University at Albany students that promotes the good physical health and well-being to support academic success and life long healthy habits.

To achieve this, University Health Center staff:

  • Provides a broad range of primary care services complemented by auxiliary services (pharmacy, women’s health, and psychiatric services) to all students in a manner that respects the individuality and confidentiality of each student;
  • Maintains a campus free of threatening communicable diseases in alignment with the goals and objectives of the New York State Department of Health Public Health Laws;

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University Police Department
The University Police Department, in partnership with the University Community, strives to create a peaceful and safe environment, as free as possible from threats to safety and well being, in order to enhance the quality of the academic life at the University at Albany.

To achieve this, University Police:

  • Merge time tested policing fundamentals with contemporary technology to deliver a broad spectrum of police services in the context of community policing;
  • Provide professional, respectful law enforcement and public safety services to a diverse campus community 24 hours a day seven days a week;
  • Advance personal and campus safety through educational programming, security services, emergency planning and written advisories that are designed to promote a safe and secure environment.

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