Student Engagement and Leadership Development

Student Engagement and Leadership Development (SELD) consists of the following offices: Health Services, Career Counseling and Placement, Judicial Affairs/Director of Women, and Student Life. The current major initiatives of SELD are: to enhance student engagement outside the classroom, on and off campus; to implement early monitoring of student leaders' academic performance; to partner with local health agencies to provide health education and initiatives; and to provide leadership development and training aimed at preparing students for life after graduation. To this end, the following strategies are being implemented in an effort to reach these goals:

As outlined in the Division's strategic plan, the 2013/14 annual programmatic priorities for the area are as follows:

To ensure that undergraduates participate in 1 of 2 community service projects annually.

○ evening students.

○ To increases the cumulative GPA of student leaders annually.

The current objectives for the Office of Career Placement and Planning are:

○ To increase federal job placement annually.

○ To increase in state job placement annually.

The current objectives for the Office of Health Services are:

To implement educational programs related to substance abuse, physical health, and mental health, in conjunction with local health agencies.

• In the area of Student Judicial Affairs:

o Student Code of Conduct sanctions are being revised to include less punitive and more educational sanctioning workshops to foster student development (i.e., Conflict Resolution, Decision Making, Substance Abuse, and Anger Management) while still enrolled as opposed to out of school suspensions).