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Student Affairs

Developing Outstanding Students

Division of Student Affairs

106 Canfield Administration Building
P.O. Box 880423
Lincoln, NE 68588-0423
Voice: (402)-472-3755
Fax: (402) 472-8189

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Mission

The Division of Student Affairs creates a supportive environment for student learning and achievement by providing essential campus services, innovative programs, and state-of-the art facilities that complement the University's academic mission. We foster personal growth, skill development, and broad-based experiential learning in a diverse community which contributes significantly to students' overall success at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and prepares them for life-long personal and professional enrichment.

Vision

The UNL Division of Student Affairs aspires to be a national leader in serving both current and future generations of students through:

  • collaboration with other university entities
  • establishment of quality programs and services for students
  • construction and maintenance of facilities that support and enhance the student learning experience
  • utilization of state-of-the-art technology
  • recruitment and retention of outstanding student affairs professionals

Core Values

The UNL Division of Student Affairs embraces the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Core Values of:

  • Learning that prepares students for lifetime success and leadership;
  • Excellence pursued without compromise;
  • Achievement supported by a climate that celebrates each person's success;
  • Diversity of ideas and people;
  • Engagement with academic, business, and civic communities throughout Nebraska and the world;
  • Research and creative activity that informs teaching, fosters discovery, and contributes to the economic prosperity and our quality of life;
  • Stewardship of the human, financial, and physical resources committed to our care.

STRATEGIC INITIATIVES, GOALS and DEPARTMENT OBJECTIVES

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STRATEGIC INITIATIVE 2

Foster an engaging environment that enhances student learning and development.

Goal 10 - Provide students with programs and services that support successful ongoing integration into the university academic and social community.
  • 10.1 Working together with faculty senate, continue to develop a three-part strategy to address the issue of academic integrity (Dean of Students).
    • 10.1.1 Educate new UNL community members regarding our academic standards.
    • 10.1.2 Provide support resources for faculty to aid them with handling academic integrity issues.
    • 10.1.3 Provide a consistent, effective remedial response when academic misconduct issues are encountered.
  • 10.2 Help re-establish the ASUN Police Advisory Board (Dean of Students).
Goal 11 - Provide students with the skills and experiences necessary to transition into successful civically engaged and productive leaders of society.
  • 11.3 Continue to provide timely, effective, high quality services to students, faculty members and other stakeholders (Dean of Students).
    • 11.3.1 Identify resources to assist with providing additional office/clerical support.
    • 11.3.2 Identify resources to train and develop a coterie of judicial hearing officers or,
    • 11.3.3 Identify resources to increase professional staffing in the Dean of Students Office.
    • 11.3.4 Engage the campus in the process needed to revise the Student Code of Conduct.


STRATEGIC INITIATIVE 3

Participate in the university's mission of teaching, research and service.

Goal 12 - Collaborate with the academic community to develop a seamlesscurriculum integrating classroom learning with opportunities for application.
  • 12.3 Working together with CAPS, develop a training program designed to assist UNL community members to identify and help students who are experiencing personal difficulties (Dean of Students).


STRATEGIC INITIATIVE 4

Conscientiously manage the human, financial, and physical resources committed to our care.

Goal 18 - Develop effective policies and high-quality programs based on research- based practices and institutional, as well as internal assessment data.
  • 18.1 Working together with the NU Directions Coalition, continue to aggressively and proactively work to reduce incidents of illegal alcohol consumption and alcohol abuse (Dean of Students).
  • 18.2 Working together with University Housing, continue to identify problematic areas of residential life and effective solutions to those concerns (Dean of Students).
  • 18.3 Get the regional legal issues conference successfully launched (Dean of Students).