1. Serious education. Serious value.
Office of Student Enrichment & Achievement
107 Lucas Hall
Serious education. Serious value.

2. “First we must recognize that a college or university, once having admitted a student, has an obligation to do what it can to help the student stay and graduate.”
- Vincent Tinto

3. Mission
Collaborate with students to create a culture of enrichment and achievement through our commitment to holistic and individualized support. We strive to educate, equip and empower students to fully engage in their academic improvement and the pursuit of personal and academic success.

4. Vision
The Office of Student Enrichment & Achievement honors the humanity and diversity of all students and respects the dignity and uniqueness of each student’s journey. We work to empower students to achieve and maintain good academic standing, make timely progress through their degree program, and persist to graduation. Each member of our team promotes the well-being and autonomy of our students as they develop into well-rounded members of the global community

5. Core Value – Accountability & Support
We expect students to strive for personal and academic success. Through guidance and mentorship, we help students push through challenges they encounter along the way and build a network of support that includes and extends beyond our office.

6. Core Value – Diversity & Inclusion
We honor and celebrate the uniqueness of each person and welcome every student as they navigate our institution. We help students see themselves as multifaceted individuals who embrace and respect the differences within our ever-changing world.

7. Core Value – Collaboration
We forge true partnerships with our students as they move through interdependence to autonomy. Working with the broader UMSL Community, we guide students in cultivating supportive relationships across campus.

8. Core Value – Academic Development
We challenge students to think critically and use metacognitive strategies to advance their academic pursuits. We provide nonjudgmental support and equip students with tools for success through our coaching and targeted interventions

9. Student Enrichment & Achievement
Established 2013 as Student Retention Services
Partners
Office of Admissions
Office of Financial Aid
Academic coaching
Conditionally admitted students
Financial aid suspensions
Early alert
Skill development sessions

10. Staffing
Director – Christopher Miller Assistant Director – Maya Scruggs Hicks Success Coach – Antionette Sterling Success Coach – David McGraw Success Coach – Haley Dixon Success Coach – Lynetta McAllum Office Support Specialist – Alaina Lair 4 graduate student staff 3 undergraduate student staff

11. Student Profiles - Required
Conditionally admitted students
High school graduates not meeting regular admission criteria
Transfer students with cumulative GPA below 2.3
Readmitted UMSL students with less than 2.0 GPA
Financial aid suspensions
Successful appeal to have aid reinstated
At least 2 semesters below a 2.0 UMSL GPA

12. Student Profiles – Referrals/Voluntary
Academic college referrals
Academic probation
Suspension reinstatements
Voluntary
Early alert respondents
Continued coaching
GPA improvement

13. Processes Initial evaluation Success coach assigned
iPad
Program commitments
Form ed to appropriate office
Success coach assigned
Meetings (Coaching sessions) held
Case management
Final recommendations (where applicable)

14. Data Data Data Early alert interventions/outcomes
Over 7500 flags raised per semester
Tracking types of interventions
In-person/phone coaching
exchange
Skill development sessions

15. Data Data Data Academic Progress End of semester grades
% students in Good Academic Standing
Course completion rates
Average cohort GPA
Continued enrollment
Term to term
Fall to Fall
Average hours attempted/earned

16. Take a closer look Increase student participation (voluntary)
Enhancement of services
Best practices in academic coaching
Cognitive behavioral coaching model
Comprehensive program evaluation