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OUGS is in year 1 of our 5 year plan. Each pillar is thoughtfully working through their implentation plans.

 

Mission

The Office of Undergraduate Studies actively advances the university mission of student success by focusing on retention, transitional points in the student life cycle, and degree completion. Our programming and curriculum nurture students' intellectual and personal engagement in ±¬ÁÏÉçÇø's exemplary academic programs and vibrant campus culture.

Vision

The Office of Undergraduate Studies aspires to be the foremost campus advocate for promising learning practices and established .

Values and Principles

• Sense of belonging

  Fostering a sense of belonging and providing a safe environment for students’, staff’s, and faculty’s holistic growth by

  • Acknowledging strengths in one another
  • Offering individualized support and advocacy
  • Promoting institutional flexibility, patience, and empathy
• Student engagement

  Helping students engage in their education by

  • Cultivating resilient, competent, and curious learners
  • Promoting student self-advocacy, self-confidence, and self-authorship
  • Encouraging student action, passion, and commitment
• Student-powered and student-centered

  Advancing student-powered and -centered connections, collaborations, and partnerships with the University and community by

  • Connecting students’ education to the needs of their personal communities, the campus community, and the broader community
  • Assisting the development of long-term connections and partnerships across campus
  • Inspiring students to become engaged in the wider community and world

Goals & Objectives

• Ensure that OUGS’s practices, programming, and pedagogy are accessible and impactful for all students

  1.1: Continue to hire and develop faculty, staff, and students.

  1.2: Continue to provide ongoing culturally competent and culturally intelligent professional development. 

  1.3: Improve access of OUGS programs and services for first-generation and low-income students.

• Facilitate holistic growth for students, staff, and faculty

  2.1: Inventory OUGS personnel and staffing needs across all three functional areas.

  2.2: Collaborate with campus partners to clarify, align, and streamline student success roles across campus.

  2.3: Expand capacity in all three functional areas with strategic personnel growth.

  2.4: Increase training for faculty, staff, and student employees to enhance their holistic understanding of ±¬ÁÏÉçÇø students.

• Support and promote campus retention efforts

  3.1: Promote OUGS services and approaches to the campus community.

  3.2: Explore and pursue external funding opportunities to support OUGS programs and services across all three functional areas.

  3.3: Continue supporting cross-divisional grant writing and advancement for student success and retention.

  3.4: Develop shared training for peer educators across campus.

• Advocate for High-Impact Practices (HIPs) and pedagogies

  4.1: Develop education campaigns around OUGS’s key HIPs: First-year seminar, service learning, and civic engagement.

  4.2: Continue to support HIPs across campus, including but not limited to undergraduate research, internships, capstone courses, and the common read.

• Provide leadership for academic support for students

  5.1: Develop and implement an academic support network for ±¬ÁÏÉçÇø undergraduates.

  5.2: Develop guidelines and standards for services in Learning and Tutoring Services.

  5.3: Increase student utilization of LTS.

  5.4: Develop and maintain partnerships with Academic Support and faculty, through both academic departments and the Faculty Center.

  5.5: Publicize and promote LTS through regularly-updated data narrative.

  5.6: Continue collaboration with Student Life Centers.

• Guide students through their academic journeys with a focus on transitional points in the student life cycle

  6.1: Establish First Year and University Programs (FYUP) as the coordinating body for the First- Year Experience.

  6.2: Establish FYUP as the coordinating body for Academic Notice support.

  6.3: Improve outcomes for students in foundational Writing and Mathematics courses.

  6.4: Explore Transfer Student Success needs and opportunities.

  6.5: Explore Second Year Experience needs and opportunities.

• Connect student education to service and engagement in the community

  7.1: Inventory Service Learning across campus.

  7.2: Streamline the vision and plan for integrating Service Learning into curriculum.

  7.3: Increase the number and diversity of service learning courses offered across campus. 

  7.4: Inventory Civic Engagement across campus.