Third Annual Student Success Summit: Pathways Forward

Breakfast

Welcome to the Student Success Summit! Check in for Day 2 at the registration area, and pick up your name badge if this is your first day attending.

Graduate Student Coaching Program
Sacred Spaces at CWRU
Covenant Student Ministries – Connection, Compassion, and Community: Supporting the Whole Student with Wraparound Services

Well-being is an important component of a satisfying and productive work experience at CWRU. Learn more about our campus wellness efforts and outcomes achieved through the CWRU Faculty and Staff Wellness Program. Ideas to help you thrive in your role on campus will be shared so that you can begin the next academic year with new strategies to maximize your effectiveness.

Speakers:
Elizabeth Click, Medical Director for the University and Assistant Professor, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing

Speakers:
Jonathan Entin, David L. Brennan Professor Emeritus of Law and Adjunct Professor of Political Science; Katie Brancato, Chief of Staff, Office of the President; Elisabeth Roccoforte, Director, Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) Center; Gabrielle Lincoff, Associate Counsel, Office of General Counsel

The Office of Student Activities & Leadership is excited to utilize the Clifton StrengthsFinder with our leadership programs. During this workshop, participants will learn how the Clifton StrengthsFinder is used to develop students at CWRU! Discover how your department can partner with us to bring Strengths programming to your students!

Speakers:
Leah Shaw, Associate Director of Leadership Programs, Student Activities & Leadership;
Katy Schneider, Manager for Greek Councils, Office of Greek Life;
Ashley St. Jean, Assistant Director, Student Advancement

More college students are being diagnosed with concussions. Changes in brain function cause students to have difficulty concentrating, as well as new or worsening depression. We will explore increasing concussion rates, how concussions impact student outcomes, and how faculty and staff contribute to a recovery plan that promotes academic flourishing.

Speakers:
Sara Lee, Executive Director, University Health and Counseling Services;
Eboni Porter, Assistant Dean, Disability Resources

The Student Information System (SIS) Team will present projects they have planned for student facing screens for the upcoming academic year. Hear about what they learned from the upgrade last year and how they incorporated the feedback into their projects.

Speakers:
Stacy Mitchell, Associate Director, Student Information Systems, Office of the University Registrar;
Amy Hammett, Registrar and Director of Student Information Systems and Services, Office of the University Registrar

Thomas Matthews, Associate Provost for Student Success, will review the first year of the Student Success Initiative, including highlights from a) the seven strategic touch points between navigators and first-year students, b) the integration of SOURCE and pre-professional advising with the former Career Center; c) the critical role of faculty; and d) the changes made to first-year orientation. Additionally, he'll share how what's been learned from the first year of this new initiative is being used to make improvements moving forward.

Buffet lunch in the Thwing Ballroom

Enriching our CWRU Campus Community through Posse shares the expectations of the Posse Program at CWRU that includes how Posse supports their students and the selection process for our students. What role does the CWRU Faculty Mentor play in support of our students? How can you play a role in this valuable program and enrich our campus community through participating in the Posse Plus Retreat next year?

Speakers:
Edwin Mayes, University Posse Liaison, Director, First Year Experience and Family Programs;
Barbara Kuemerle, Posse Faculty Mentor, Senior Instructor, Biology Department

Over-programming seems to be a common thread within the student experience. During this session, the Office of Residence Life and various campus partners will convene to discuss how we can collaborate programmatically to bring unique programs and services to students that are connected to the Division of Student Affairs Learning Domains.

Speakers:
Ashley Gray, Residential Community Director and Chair of the Experience Model and Evaluation, Assessment and Research Committees within the Office of Residence Life;
Amber Karel Gerace, Residential Community Director and Member of the Experience Model Committee, Office of Residence Life

This presentation would aim to highlight and educate faculty and staff on changes in culture, methods of use, and potency of cannabis on a national level. It will also dig into what we have already started to see at CWRU and can anticipate seeing more of as cannabis becomes less stigmatized and more legal. 

Speaker:
Sarah Hill, Substance Abuse Specialist, University Health & Counseling Service

Healthy cultures are the result of attitudes and behaviors that promote universal well-being, not a result of well-intended but singularly-focused programs concerning hazing, substance use, and sexual violence. Using research from social emotional learning, wellness, restorative practices, and more, this session introduces the Culture of Care core tenets and assets created by Case Western Reserve University's Office of Greek Life and Refined Character and highlights how the framework is used to promote care-centered skill development in members and advisors. In addition, participants will be given the opportunity to practice a coaching model based on Richard Boyatzis' Coaching for Compassion, a care-centered strategy linked to healthy relationships between members and advisors.

Speakers:
Amie Jackson, Associate Director of Greek Life;
Mel Dickey, Manager of Culture of Care, Office of Greek Life

Lisa Camp, Chief of Staff, Office of the Provost

Louis Stark, Vice President for Student Affairs

Welcome to the Student Success Summit! Come pick up your name badge and check in.

Graduate Student Coaching Program
Sacred Spaces at CWRU
Covenant Student Ministries – Connection, Compassion, and Community: Supporting the Whole Student with Wraparound Services

Breakfast

Opening Remarks from President Barbara Snyder

Roundtable Discussion

Since its implementation last summer, thousands of CWRU students, staff, faculty and guests have used community.case.edu and the CampusGroups app to browse and register for campus events, and connect with groups, organizations, and each other. Learn about the milestones, challenges, and future plans for CWRU's first campus-wide community engagement platform.

Speakers: Dennis Rupert, Associate Vice President for Operations and Planning, Office of Student Affairs Operations;
Annah Mueller, Web Platform Administrator, Office of Student Affairs Operations;
Nina Pettry, Marketing and Communications Manager, Office of Student Affairs Operations

Many departments on campus participate in the matriculation years of students. The value of building community through collaboration and partnerships with nonacademic units, ensures that departments are seen as key stakeholders interested in and willing to support a common institutional goal to encourage and promote student learning and success.

Speakers:
E. Gail Reese, Associate Director for Public Engagement and Library Administration, Kelvin Smith Library;
Jennifer Starkey, Team Leader, Research Services, Kelvin Smith Library;
Jen W. Green, Team Leader, Digital Learning and Scholarship, Kelvin Smith Library;
Amanda Koziura, Digital Learning and Scholarship Librarian

This presentation engages faculty and staff to consider ways to assist students who are on a personal journey to discover how rituals, values, and practices help unearth their spiritual selves and holistic community development that cultivates a culture of exploration, and fosters practices of discovery along someone's search for truth and meaning.

Speaker: Judith Hammer, Campus Liaison, Inter-religious Liaison; Kevin Lowry, Chaplain and Director of Covenant Student Ministries, Inter-religious Council; Rabbi Mendy Alvesky, Chabad @ CWRU; Rev. Shelley Nelson-Bridger, United Protestant Campus Ministries (UPCaM); Jill Ross, CWRU Hillel

Have you launched an assessment and asked, what now? Do you end the academic year overloaded with qualitative and quantitative data, but are unsure how to use it? After launching a comprehensive study of its experience model in spring 2017, the Office of Residence Life determined through data analysis that it would take a curricular approach to the experience model in an effort to improve students' residential experience. During this session we will share data which led to this shift and how we are applying the Division of Student Affairs Learning Domains in our work.

Speakers:
Ashley Gray, Residential Community Director and Chair of the Experience Model and Evaluation, Assessment and Research Committees within the Office of Residence Life;
Meredith Horrigan Adkins, Residential Community Director and Member of the Experience Model Committee, Office of Residence Life;
Amber Karel Gerace, Residential Community Director and Member of the Experience Model Committee, Office of Residence Life

Lunch Buffet and Keynote presentation from Melvin Smith, Ph.D., Faculty Director of Executive Education.

Panelists:
Lou Stark, Vice President for Student Affairs;
Karen Long, Director of Recruitment and Strategic Initiatives;
Thomas Matthews, Associate Provost for Student Success


Moderator: Darnell Parker, Senior Associate Vice President for Equity

More students with diagnosed chronic health conditions are attending higher education institutions than ever before. These students often start their collegiate education on medications. But what happens if they choose to discontinue their medication? What happens if their health diagnoses result in disruptive behavior? Nationally, universities have their share of highly disruptive, but minimally risky students. These students cause a significant amount of disruption in their residence halls, academic classes, and departments across campus. While their risk level is assessed as low, their disruption level is significant. In caring for these students, while also caring for our campus community, CWRU has had to strengthen our inter-departmental collaborative relationships. In this presentation, we hope to share our best practices and knowledge to faculty and staff who might also be struggling to care for these students.

Speakers:
Jessie Lombardi, Associate Director for Care and Crisis Management, University Health & Counseling Services;
Luke Ahrens, Assistant Dean of Students and Case Manager, Dean of Students Office;
Kim Scott, Assistant Dean of Students and Case Manager. Dean of Students Office;
Abby Kruszynski, Co-Director, Office of Residence Life

The transition from high school to college can be stressful to freshmen, when classes become more demanding and writing effective academic papers is part of the graduation requirement. International students, many of whom have little to none previous experience writing academic papers in English, face additional challenges. In this interactive presentation, the presenters will share their experience of helping international students navigate the library system at CWRU and discuss how their collaborative efforts enabled international students to transit from "novices" to "experts" in intercultural communication, critical thinking, conducting research, and writing highly complex academic papers. Through participating in interactive activities, attendees will also have an opportunity to explore more deeply about their own research interests and apply the strategies shared by the presenters to refining their research topics.

If you can, please bring your laptop for interactive activities.

Speakers:
Yuening Zhang, Research Services Librarian, Kelvin Smith Library;
Shaofei Lu, Lecturer, Department of English

The session will discuss the building of relationships with neighboring communities and other local police departments, CWRU resources available to increase safety on campus, recent safety incidents on campus, and how campus safety may be utilized to enhance resources and expand service capacity to better meet the needs of students.

Speakers:
Frank Demes, Executive Director of Public Safety;
Jay Hodge, Chief of Police

Graduate students especially are susceptible to Impostor Syndrome -- feeling that their accomplishments are built on fraud and that other people will find this out. This workshop will help you to gain an understanding of what Impostor Syndrome is, identify sources of the mindset, and develop tools to help students overcome Impostor Syndrome.

Speakers:
Jenn Brown, Director, Office of Graduate Student Life;
Rachel Begley, Director, School of Graduate Studies Professional Development Center

CWRU staff and faculty work collaboratively to support our international and American students, but what do you know about TCKs? Join colleagues from ISS, UCS, and Student Advancement for this interactive workshop on supporting students living between worlds —Third Culture Kids—and learn to apply the lessons to support every student.

Speakers:
Elizabeth Miller, Assistant Director, International Student Services, Center for International Affairs;
Rebecca Weihrouch, Assistant Director, Student Advancement;
Vance Kunze, Psychologist, University Health & Counseling Services

Attendance will be tracked at this event! Please have your QR code ready when you arrive.

Social norming campaigns provide an opportunity to share messages, values, and expectations to proactively address community concerns. Creating meaningful campaigns, however, can be challenging. This session will review the history of social norming campaigns, discuss relevant successes, and provide participants with the opportunity to create their own campaigns with colleagues.

Speaker: Ali Martin Scoufield, Title IX Investigator, Office of Title IX; Nina Pettry, Marketing and Communications Manager, Student Affairs Operations