CAPS staff has held 785 individual advising/counseling sessions. They have served students through group meetings, classroom presentations, and outreach in the residence halls.
Academic Persistence Officers within CAPS are conducting weekly progress reports through individualized counseling and faculty monitoring with the Fall 2007 cohort to help ensure they are on track for graduation, in an effort to impact the university's 6-year graduation rate.
CAPS won the division-wide Gold Standard of Excellence Award, which recognizes individuals and/or departments for providing outstanding customer service, demonstrating workload competency and a commitment to accountability and customer service within the Division of Student Success and Enrollment Management.
Testing staff served 263 students for ACT (National, Explore and Residual) and CBT's-Computer Based Test (CLEPS, Correspondence and Miller Analogies).
This semester, Placement and Testing administered the state-mandated Rising Junior Assessment (CAAP) to 120 students.
To date, approximately 690 students have attended the Testing lab, received individualized services, or attended faculty-led workshops for PRAXIS, LSAT and GRE preparation from CPCP.
SSS hosted a collaborative workshop February 7, 2013 entitled, Financial Literacy that was presented by KSU's Office of Financial Aid and Fifth Third Bank. The workshop was well attended and students expressed in their post survey that the information was beneficial and useful in understanding their financial aid and financial banking.
SSS participated in the university's effort to address retention by collaborating with CAPS to have SSS students attend the Retention workshop on February 14, 2013.
SSS sponsored an on-campus Cultural Fair on March 21, 2013 entitled
Essence of Culture: “One Community Many Voices.” The highlight of the fair recognized the diverse ethnicity at KSU. There was a bold display of food, art, music, and fashion that was widely received by the entire KSU campus community. The post survey reflected a ninety-nine percent (99%) approval in three categories; (1) cultural learning aspect, (2) setup and presentation and exhibits, and (3) the overall experience of the Fair. It was highly suggested that the fair be an annual event.
On March 22, 2013, SSS completed its second Annual Performance Report to the U.S. Department of Education. The report reflects meeting the objective of service to one hundred forty one (141) participants served with a persistence rate of seventy-two percent (72%), and 67% of all students served are in good academic standing.