Executive Summary
The Division of Student Success and Enrollment Management (SSEM) is proud to report the achievement of several strategic divisional goals this semester and to report programmatic progress in other key areas.
- The University's Admissions Office is actively recruiting new students for the 2015-16 academic year, by traveling to various cities and states, but primarily in Kentucky. Thus far, the recruiters have traveled to over 75 high schools and college fairs. For the 2015-16 year, the division has over 500 applications being processed for potential admissions to the University. The division is expecting at least twice that amount by December 2014.
- The Office of Career Counseling and Placement was successful in placing nine graduates with the State of Kentucky, eleven graduates were placed in both in-state and out-of-state job locations, and seventeen students were placed in internships and Co-Op's in Lexington, Louisville, and Frankfort. Also, 100 of our students were hired for positions with AMAZON in Lexington, Kentucky.
- The Center for Academic Persistence and Success (CAPS) held 808 one-on-one sessions during this reporting period. This number does not include the hundreds of students CAPS served during the three New Student Orientations held during the summer.
- The staff at the Betty White Health Center are actively involved with servicing students. To date, they have administered over 300 immunization for free and 60 first-time HPV Vaccinations. Additionally, they had 76 HIV screenings, all with favorable results. The staff also participated in BANNER training as they prepared to enter immunizations records for all currently enrolled students into the BANNER database.
- The University continues to experience an increase in the participation and the academic success of students who utilize the Academic Center for Excellence and Student Support Services. At least 656 students have visited ACE for tutoring services. The director successfully wrote a grant for $100,000 called Student Success Initiative grant from USA funds. The grant focuses on the financial literacy and academic success of UNV101 students in a learning community structure.
- The University and Safety Department sent three officers to a required in-service training program. They also launched the ‘Thorobred Eyes Program’ which is an educational program for keeping students and their items safe. The Chief of Safety and Security attended the Kentucky Association of Chiefs of Police annual conference as well as teaching two active shooter classes.
- Student Support Services (SSS) started fall semester with their opening day session(s) for freshman and sophomores (8/19/14) and juniors and seniors (8/21/14). These session provided current information, calendar of events, and workshop schedules. On August 21st, TRiO celebrated 50 years of programmatic student support and engagement with federal