Dear Faculty Member:
The Student Affairs Division would like to welcome you to
another, or possibly your first semester at The College of St.
Scholastica. We would like to take a few
moments to ask for your help in retaining and assisting the many students with
whom you work. There are numerous services and departments available on campus for
students who may be in need of support. These include the
In our efforts to retain as many students as possible, we
ask that you please take 10 minutes to read about each of these areas in the
2005-2006 Student Handbook (available on our web page at www.css.edu/depts/StAffairs). The pages of most interest range from 114-126. Pages 127-142 discuss many of our policies
and procedures concerning academic and behavior issues. If you identify a
student whom you feel is in need of help, please refer that student to the
appropriate service area. If you’re not
sure what to do, please contact David Bauman, Assistant Dean of Students for Advisement
and Retention, (ext. 6179) or Steve Lyons, Vice President of Student Affairs
and Dean of Students, (ext. 6167).
We are here to help students learn and grow both
academically and personally. We are here to help all students, no matter what
the issue. Here are a few examples of situations you may encounter and what
action you may want to take:
1. Student has not attended class for three weeks and has not responded
to any of your attempts at communication.
Contact David Bauman, Academic Advisement, (ext. 6179).
2. Student wants to drop your course and add another. Ask the student to contact either the
Registrar’s Office (ext. 6039) or Academic Advisement.
3. Student confides in you that he/she is in an abusive relationship
and is afraid. Refer the student to the Counseling
Center (SCHAW), Tower 2150, ext. 6085.
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4. Student is always ill in class, coughing, sneezing, etc. Refer the
student to Health Services in Somers Hall (ext. 6282).
5.
Student informs you
that her mother just died. Refer the
student to Campus Ministry (ext. 6604) and/or
6.
Student is performing
poorly on tests and/or writing assignments.
Contact Residential Life (Somers Hall, ext. 6391) to see how our Academic
Role Models (ARMs) can help or the Academic
Advisement Office for referral information.
It’s not just making the referral to a support services
office that is important. It’s the
expression that you are concerned for the student’s well-being in the academic and
personal arena of life. Please
follow-up with the student and ask if they were able to find the help they needed.
Feel free to contact either of us should a situation arise in which you need
further assistance or direction.
Thank you in advance for your support of the important
connection between academia and the goals of the Student Affairs Division.
Sincerely,
Steve Lyons,
Vice-President of Student Affairs
and
Dean of Students
David Bauman,
Assistant Dean of Students for
Advising and Retention
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