Center For Student Success

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Center for Student Success Mission

The mission of the Center for Student Success is to provide programs and services that enhance Troy University students’ academic achievement, personal and social growth, campus and civic engagement, career development, and persistence to graduation.

• Provide academic support services to enhance retention and degree completion by Troy University students
• Impart success skills to Troy University students
• Ensure student acculturation as member of Troy University
• Successfully implement the Quality Enhancement Plan's strategic initiatives to create a culture of reading at Troy University

The Center for Student Success at Troy University is a comprehensive program that focuses on students needing academic support services as they transition from high school or post-high school experiences to the university experience, as well as during their university experience. This program promotes an understanding of and appreciation for higher education; provides programs and services that improve students' opportunities for academic success, personal, social, and career enrichment; encourages civic and campus engagement; orientates students to the University and its policies, resources and culture; and fosters the development of positives relations between and among students, faculty, and staff.

The CSS serves as a platform for executing Troy University's Quality Enhancement Program (QEP). An overarching goal of the CSS Program is to enhance student retention and degree completion. Ultimately, the program aims to assist Troy University students in acquiring the knowledge and skills needed for success at Troy University, in their careers, and throughout their lives.

The CSS Mission is Executed Through the Following Programs:

First-Year Studies (TROY 1101)
Hal Fulmer, Ivan Merritt and the Center for Student Success Staff

Student Development (Adaptive Needs, Conditional/Undeclared Counseling, Career Services, University Withdrawals, Test Administration)
Teresa Rodgers, Director

TRIO (Student Support Services and Upward Bound)
Mary Griffin, Director

Student Learning Initiatives (Learning Communities, Service Learning, Civic Engagement, New York Times Partnership)
Jonathan Cellon, Coordinator

Student Support Centers (Natural Science, Writing, ComputerWorks)
Bob Sheppard, Elaine Bassett, Lottie Summerville, Coordinators
26 Student Tutors

Testing and Assessment
Chanukah Anderson, Coordinator

Quality Enhancement Plan (Common Reading Initiative, College Reading Initiative, Faculty Development Initiative, New York Times Partnership)
Hal Fulmer, the QEP Steering Committee, the College Deans, John Dew, the Office of IRPE

Last Updated: 02/13/2013->