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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 9 - Foster a university-wide culture grounded in a multi-dimensional model of wellness: physical, environmental, occupational, spiritual, emotional, social and intellectual.
  • 9.2 Enhance social networks that promote a sense of belonging, support, trust, safety, and expectations of reciprocity (Student Involvement).
  • 9.3 Facilitate coalitions across campus and community sectors to reduce high-risk behaviors and promote personal responsibility (Student Involvement).
Goal 10 - Provide students with programs and services that support successful ongoing integration into the university academic and social community.
  • 10.4 Increase the availability of attractive student-centered social activities on the UNL campus (Student Involvement).
  • 10.5 Develop a co-curricular framework designed to guide program development and implementation for undergraduate student engagement based on differing levels of student development (Student Involvement).


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.
  • 12.5 Collaborate with academic units, the Office of Undergraduate Studies and University Housing living and learning communities to offer outside the classroom activities supporting the curricular goals of the community (Student Involvement).


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.
  • 18.5 Develop and implement at least one assessment plan for each of the department's program areas (Student Involvement).