Our new SEM 2025 goals include expanding our enrollments to 17,000 students, increasing our first to second-year retention rate to 75%, and closing the equity gap for our underserved students. Everyone on campus plays a direct or indirect role in the recruitment and retention of our students. Promoting student success is at the heart of what we do.
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Objective 3.7.4: Maintain and grow student affinity groups to promote student connectedness
Ideas for the classroom: Faculty should let students know about student organizations in their departments and encourage students to get connected with others who share common interests, career goals or other experiences. (Learn more about culturally-based student organizations on campus). Faculty can also serve as a advisor to a student organization.
Shout-outs to:
- Men of Excellence – Facilitated by Quang Nguyen, Dr. Bobby Berry and Gabriel Fonseca
- Phenomenal Women – Facilitated by Alexus Scott and Trang Bui
- Latinos Lead – Coordinated by Nayeli Cano
- Black Excellence – Coordinated by Alexus Scott, Dr. Bobby Berry
- Alpha Alpha Alpha First Gen Honor Society (Tri-Alpha) – Advised by LaWanda Holt-Fields and Vanessa Souriya-Mnirajd
- Asian Student Conference – Advised by Alicia Newell
- Black Student Union – Advised by Carmen Hytche and Alexus Scott
- Hispanic American Leadership Organization – Advised by Alicia Sanchez, Armando Minjarez and Rocio Del Aguila
- First Generation Student Organization – Advised by Anita Barrett
- Spectrum: LGBTQ and Allies – Advised by Dr. Jennifer Pearson
- International Student Union – Advised by Dr. Alan Dsouza
For more information, contact Dr. Carolyn Shaw 316-978-7130 carolyn.shaw@wichita.edu