A Four-Year Plan for Student Affairs will provide
structure and establish goals to encourage a period of measured
growth within the University. The development of the plan is a
collaborative process taking into consideration the perspectives of
various groups including students, staff, faculty, and
administration. This product will support the mission of the
institution as well as institutional strategic planning.
The Four Year Plan is organized as follows:
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New Student Affairs programs and initiatives
will be listed by the year of initial implementation. Program
and initiatives are intended to be sustainable moving forward.
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New programs and initiatives will categorized by
the following specific connections to divisional goals.
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Seamless Learning – Create an environment
that integrates academic and co-curricular learning
maximizing a campus community ethos that engages students at
all points.
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Services – Enhance and create services to
maximize student success and encourage opportunities for
higher order learning.
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Connections – Provide programs that link
students to one another and to the institution.
√ - indicates goal
completed or accomplished
2005 - 2006
SEAMLESS LEARNING
√Orientation: Enhance students’ understanding of University Honor
Code and honor responsibilities through increased efforts during
orientation.
√Career and Cultural Development:
Create a Senior Year Transition class to support student transition
as seniors depart from the University.
√Volunteerism
and Service Learning: Create a total of at least three connected
service learning and academic collaborative efforts.
√Residence Life: Promote ongoing advancement of residential education
by creating a faculty-in-residence position. This position should
have clear, specific responsibilities and appropriate resources to
support success.
√Community Standards: Enhance
community standards and increase student learning through improved
efforts toward an educational approach to sanctions.
√Leadership: Initiate a leadership conversation to discuss the future
of leadership programming. Link Leadership Fellows and general
leadership programming.
√Campus Recreation: Establish
a student run fitness program whereby students are trained and
implement ongoing fitness classes.
CONNECTIONS
√Student Activities:
Maximize the Weekend Blitz as a
fundamental offering of student involvement. Leadership should
diversify offerings and consider providing additional Charlotte
events.
√Student Ministries: Establish a Catholic
student organization and a regular mass on campus. Support Catholic
leadership and development through Student Ministries retreat.
√Student Affairs:
Establish Community Coffee as an ongoing tradition
for Wingate students, faculty and staff. Offer Community Coffee as a
point of collaboration for institutional endeavors and provide a
forum for student organizations to offer information to the
University community.
√Orientation: Develop two rite
of passage experiences in the orientation experience. Initiate a
welcome experience in orientation that connects students to the
academic spirit of the institution.
SERVICES
√Parent Relations: Develop an Office of Parent Relations and
Orientation to support and connect Wingate parents. Primary
responsibilities of the office include information sharing and
directing service or educational challenges. Parents Council and
Family Weekend functions will be examined and maximized to best
support student, parent, and University relations.
√Greek Life and Student Activities:
Initiate a division of
responsibilities in Student Engagement associated with a new
position in order to provide enhanced services and programs.
√Campus Recreation: Create a Campus Recreation
staffing model to support increased services to students. The model
should include a full-time director, student leadership staff, and
post-undergraduate intern.
√Career Development: Create
a new title to accurately represent office functions related to
internships.
√Residence Life: Develop a transportation
system for students to and from the Charlotte airport and bus or
train station during holidays.
√Residence Life:
Develop a staffing structure (professional and paraprofessional
staff) that provides focused leadership to residential issues
emphasizing a balance of accountability and educational priorities.
Create a campus coverage model that appropriately aligns staffing
resources with student need.
√Campus Recreation:
Establish Outdoor Recreation and Adventure Club (ORAC) as a student
organization affiliated with Campus Recreation in order to maximize
institutional efforts and provide continuity in service.
√Volunteerism and Service Learning: Coordinate annual
Spring Break trips to highlight domestic service needs. Provide a
grant funding opportunity to make these programs more affordable.
2006 - 2007
SEAMLESS LEARNING
Counseling
and Wellness: Create an alcohol awareness model that structures the
University’s approach to alcohol education. Use a variety of
institutional resources to implement the model such as athletics,
Greek Life, and Wingate 101.
√Internship and Career
Development: The Director of Internships will be hired and will
establish a collaborative effort ensuring internship development
within Academics and Student Affairs through Quality Enhancement
Plan implementation.
Leadership: Create an Office of
Civic Leadership and Organizational Development to enhance
leadership opportunities and leadership education for all students.
Develop and implement student leadership training for club and
organization officers, enhance the Leadership Summit, collaborate
with Leadership Fellows, and provide a Leadership
Lyceum Series as a hallmark of the program.
Greek
Life: Enhance Greek advisor leadership and training. Provide a
leadership training series for Greek advisors. Develop an advisor
manual. Hold a Greek Alumni Summit once per year to make connections
with faculty advisors, alumni(ae), and advisors.
√Student Affairs: Develop W’International class / trip based in
Student Affairs curriculum. Opportunities include, but are not
limited to:
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Campus Ministry: Establish a W’International
trip centered on faith development, sacred places (Cathedrals of
Europe), and spiritual history.
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Volunteerism and Service Learning: Develop a
W’International trip with a primary service component.
√Student Ministries: Connect with Wingate 101 by
providing a Belief O’Matic presentation in 101 classes coordinated
by the Minister to Students.
Counseling and Wellness:
Develop a wellness model in
relation to student need. Describe specific functions including
calendaring, theme topics, programming, and outreach.
Student Affairs: Advance the Student Affairs and
Board of Visitors speakers series to promote Divisional curriculum
components.
Student Affairs:
Create grants for seamless learning
initiatives funded by Student Affairs for any faculty who creates a
formal connection between the Division of Student Affairs and
Academic Affairs. Grants may include but are not limited to Service
Learning grants for a Service Learning connection.
CONNECTIONS
√Multicultural Affairs: Initiate a campus discussion
regarding race and ethnicity. Design a multiple pronged approach
including passive programs, workshops, and leadership education, to
support the dialogue. Create a multicultural awareness and
development Lyceum series.
√Multicultural Affairs: Create a Multicultural
Center within the DPC. Provide resources and gathering space for
student and group development.
√Parent Relations: Develop an enhanced parent’s
orientation process to maximize parent and student success. The
orientation process should emphasize parent education regarding
institutional protocol and student responsibility as well as
concepts of student learning, accountability, and service. Maximize
parent handbook.
√Orientation: Increase pre-orientation opportunities.
Provide a minimum of three new opportunities with topical
significance.
Student Ministries: Promote spiritual identity
development as part of an ecumenical approach to Student Ministry
services. Develop a broad-based ecumenical ministry model where
students can experience a variety of Christian religious traditions
within the University setting.
SERVICES
Residence Life: Impact the growth of the Residence
Education program. Create University partnerships to enhance
academic and co-curricular programs. Develop plans for facilities to
support living-learning concepts.
√Community Standards: Create a Divisional work group
to examine Community Standards philosophy, process, programs, and
protocol. Examine assessment and relationship with external
entities.
Student Affairs: Initiate a comprehensive assessment
protocol for the Division of Student Affairs that aids in the
deconstruction and construction of the student experience. Track
participation in programs: Campus Recreation, Health and Wellness,
Greek Life, Service Learning, Internships and Career Development,
Lyceum, Multicultural Affairs, Student
Ministry, SGA grants, and Community Service. Include focus groups
and results from the National Survey of Student Engagement to focus
these assessment efforts.
Student Activities: Create and deliver a student
survey to assess student needs and develop a matching marketing plan
that incorporates student interests and attracts students to the
Connectors and on-campus events.
Residence Life: Establish a model for
pre-matriculation connection to students to include correspondence
and pre-arrival services in housing and health programs. Initiate
stronger customer service opportunities for incoming students by
providing student IDs in advance of orientation, establishing
services to enhance the student housing assignment process, and
investigate utilizing special web-site and e-mail access.
Greek Life: Conduct a Greek Life self-study /
assessment in order to establish expectations and program offerings.
The study should consider an assessment of expansion, Greek housing,
alumni partnerships, and participation with national organizations.
√Campus Recreation:
Provide greater access to Campus
Recreation equipment by establishing a check-out system in the DPC.
√Campus Recreation: Expand Campus Recreation services
by shifting supervision of the DPC fitness center and union facility
to the Director of Campus Recreation. Create new programs out of the
facility including but not limited to increased fitness programs,
collaborative wellness programs (including faculty and staff),
equipment maintenance plan, and additional equipment rental.
√Clubs and Organizations: Establish a shelter as a
first step in SGA Campus Lake program development.
√Student Ministries:
Create a special community
Chapel once a month featuring a Wingate faculty or staff person as
the primary speaker. Highlight music from University personnel as
well as choral groups. Offer Community Coffee following Chapel in
the Batte Rotunda.
2007 - 2008
SEAMLESS LEARNING
Orientation: Develop an orientation curriculum.
Outline key concepts that all fi rst-year students should garner
from the orientation process. Instigate services and experiences
that enact the curriculum and University learning outcomes. Partner
with Wingate 101.
Residence Life: Promote ongoing advancement of
residential education by creating two living and learning areas
linked to academics. Options include, but are not limited to,
service, honors, multiculturalism, global awareness, and leadership.
Greek Life: As a result of the Greek self-study,
establish a Greek Life model to focus on student growth and
development, academic success, and promotion of Greek values for
each chapter.
Greek Life: Create Greek Leadership Summit and
invite members of Greek Communities from the region/area to attend
and provide training, workshops and opportunities for students to
interact with other Greek students in the area.
Student Affairs: Create a Summer School engagement
model for activities and involvement. Utilize Student Affairs
programs to maximize student participation in programs such as
Campus Recreation, Multicultural Affairs, and Student Activities.
Student Ministries: Create an awareness and clarity
of institutional purpose related to spiritual development and faith.
Create a Lyceum series from Student Ministries to promote dialogue
on issues of faith. Consider partnering with Department of Religious
Studies to increase faith dialogue.
Volunteerism: Develop a peer mentor program in UCAN.
Consider a formal link between UCAN mentors and Wingate 101 classes.
Train students on reflection techniques.
Student Affairs: Implement a training regiment for
student staff and mentors [including, but not limited to: Residence
Assistants, Campus Recreation supervisors, peer mentors (coordinate
with Wingate 101), activity connectors, SGA officers, and
Orientation Leaders] that incorporates learning and focuses on the
Student Affairs Curriculum.
Training should be collaborative, pre-scheduled, and
community-centered.
CONNECTIONS
Greek Life: Develop a Greek marketing program that highlights
Greek values to the Wingate campus as well as Greek participation on
the national and regional level. Capitalize on positive student and
professional leadership to promote an active Greek ethos on campus
whereby the Greek system is a strong contributor to the campus
climate.
Multicultural Affairs: Develop a programming model where
international and multicultural student perspectives are discussed
to support increased student learning and development.
Multicultural Affairs: Establish a fi rst-year minority student
connections program initiated in new student orientation.
Volunteerism: Support an elevated “Day of Caring” where over 300
students, faculty, and staff give back to the Wingate community.
Volunteerism: Create and support a service experience opportunity
for first-year students during orientation (consider a “blitz build”
opportunity with Habitat). Collaborate with the Orientation office
to support and structure the experience.
Student Activities: Provide a major student activity event once
every two years beginning in 2008. Consider selling tickets and
collaborating with other offices and SGA to maximize funds.
Student Ministries: Promote a rite of passage ritual or tradition
to be implemented for fi rst-year students during or immediately
following orientation.
SERVICES
Health Services: Expand Health Service offerings to meet students
need. Areas of consideration include – electronic record keeping for
immunizations, online services, and summer school services.
Student Activities: Implement a technology initiative to support
the TAB.
Internships and Career Development: Enhance technology to support
programs, services, and portfolios.
Student Affairs: Grow the Post-Undergraduate Internship model (PUGI)
for the Division of Student Affairs. Expand funding or amenities for
both PUGI and RDs to attract excellent candidates.
Residence Life: Develop and implement a capital improvement
program and priority list to encourage continual facility renovation
and ongoing care.
Residence Life: Investigate the relationship with Campus
Security. Provide increased service to students and program
connectedness. Examine parking ticket appeal process and staff
scheduling. Develop a service model to address the changing dynamics
and size of the campus community.
Student Affairs: Initiate a fund raising model for Student
Affairs programs and services. Consider opportunities through grants
and gifts, giving special consideration to alumni and parent
relationships. Raise $50,000 for program offerings.
2008 - 2009
SEAMLESS LEARNING
Student Affairs: Have four masters-level Student
Affairs professionals instruct Wingate 101, and other courses.
Student Affairs: Create community statement or creed
representing the Wingate community spirit and expectations of
engagement, civility, and learning.
Internship and Career Development:
Enlist peer
mentors to communicate the Four Year Plan efforts in Wingate 101
courses and support residential educational programming. In
addition, peer mentors would offer “front-line” support systems for
students’ inquiry regarding resume development, interviewing, and
job search.
Greek Life: Create a Greek Leadership training
series that helps sustain Greek community growth and development.
Students should increase participation in state, regional, and
national organizations and by gaining leadership roles as
appropriate.
Orientation: Establish a first-year common reading
experience. Collaborate with Academic Affairs. Provide a first-year
text to be used during orientation and carried over to the Wingate
101 program and English department. Determine other possible links
to the University community.
CONNECTIONS
Student Ministries: Promote one Christian
concert in tandem with Resource Development and Activities.
Student Affairs: Identify and enhance five
“Wingate student traditions” either new or pre-existing.
Student Affairs: Create Divisional alumni
development opportunities (e.g. SGA, UCAN, CSU reunions, and
internship development)
SERVICES
Volunteerism: Establish a full-time Director of
Volunteerism and Community Service.
Student Activities:
Obtain campus transportation to
enhance the Student Activities programs and to minimize
transportation costs.
Student Affairs:
Engage University computer
personnel to support advancements in technology services.
Multicultural Affairs: Assess staffing pattern as
related to student need. (Discuss appropriate combination of office
function with Parent Relations and Orientation).
Campus Recreation: Increase intramural and club
sports programs and develop additional field space. Add lights to
intramural recreation spaces for night activities.
Campus Recreation:
Provide greater student services
by developing the campus lake area to include outdoor activities
such as walking trails and dock. Develop a funding opportunity by
grant writing. Conduct a staffing analysis to ensure that programs
and services maintain appropriate human resources.
SEAMLESS LEARNING
Student Affairs: Develop a Student Affairs marketing
strategy. Provide professional publications and marketing materials
for Student Affairs outlining the philosophy and energy of
Divisional programs.
Student Affairs: Develop W’International class /
trip based in Student Affairs curriculum. Opportunities included,
but not limited:
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Residence Life: English residential model and
honor code.
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Campus Recreation: Develop a W’International
program around outdoor recreation opportunities including but
not limited to camping, climbing, and mountain biking.
Service Learning: Develop a one hour academic credit
service learning class.
Internship and Career Development:
Create a one hour
academic credit class on career discovery and planning. Gain
approval to offer in the fall of 2010.
Campus Recreation:
Create an outdoor experience
program highlighted by an outdoor challenge course located at the
campus lake. This facility will be used to augment both curricular
and co-curricular functions.
Student Affairs: Full-time staff will be actively
involved in a minimum of one professional organization.
Clubs and Organizations: Establish a Division-wide
student leadership planning retreat to support greater collaboration
and student learning.
CONNECTIONS
Greek Life: Consider establishing two new Greek
organizations to provide sustainable options for students who choose
the Greek experience.
Residence Life: Develop a staff mentoring program to
enhance student connection and transition to University
life.
Campus Recreation: Develop plans for a student
activity center highlighting space for student “free play”
basketball and other recreational activities (climbing wall, pool).
SERVICES
Student Affairs: Conduct a “Promise Audit” to ensure
that programs and services are offered at the level advertised to
students.
Health Services: Expand Health Service offerings to
meet students’ need. Areas of consideration include additional
contact hours with doctors, Saturday treatment, and additional
faculty and staff services.
Community Standards: Increase Community Standards
impact by application of a software system to organize and document
student records.
Student Affairs:
Create a planning process to
establish student needs into 2015.
