What we have accomplished so far

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SOARS Student Projects

2020-2021 Academic Year

  1. Creation of a handbook and articulation placement expectations
  2. Development of a social media policy and an support of the online community for transfer students during COVID
  3. Created resource guides for all campuses and their surrounding communities
  4. Development of an intake tool with embedded distress acuity measure to provides instant recommendations for resources
  5. Conduct academic success outreach and meetings with over 100 students on academic probation
  6. Present information related to the impact of COVID on students and youth during Stress and Resilience in Education week
  7. Support of students who were required to isolate or quarantine and missed classes, or who were ill and unable to attend classes
  8. Proactive outreach to transfer and campus change students

2021-2022 Academic Year

  1. Advocate for student centered changes to Academic Probation letters
  2. Proactive outreach to over 125 students with minoritized identities who were on academic probation
  3. Provided resources to over 350 students who had an identified need for extra support
  4. Wellness and mental health presentation to first generation college students in their first semester
  5. Reviewed academic policy document to suggest student friendly language
  6. Worked with the ACES food pantry to identify ways to increase awareness and utilization of the resource

2022-2023 Academic Year (on-going)

  1. Review of NACADA journal articles for implementation discussions
  2. Proactive outreach to:
    1. Over 250 High Support Priority transfer students in their first semester
    2. Over 150 First generation college students in their first semester without additional program support
    3. Over 75 Students on academic probation without additional program support
    4. Regional campus students in an academic recovery program
  3. Weekly communication campaign for over 800 regional campus students whose advisors have limited appointment availability resulting in 30%-47% student engagement with outreach
  4. Mentoring for campus change students
  5. Development of an affordable housing and utility assistance presentation
  6. Presented a poster session to the Global Advising Community about novel win-win-win partnerships on campus using SOARS as a case study and highlighting student retention