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The purpose of Counseling Services is to assist students in accomplishing their personal, academic and career goals through counseling, testing and enrichment programs. To accomplish its mission, Counseling Services has a well developed set of goals that are consistent with the mission of the University and the goals of the Student Affairs Division.
Provide high quality individual and group counseling services to students who may be experiencing psychological, academic, career or behavioral difficulties.
- Academic/career/personal counseling sessions are conducted with students on a daily basis.
- New students are contacted for counseling interviews by September 30th each year.
- Freshman students whose GPA fall below 2.0 at the end of their first semester are tracked. They are notified by mail and asked to meet with a counselor.
- Probation students are referred by letter from the Fall semester by the Registrar by February 15th.
- Information about tutorial services from the University's Schools and Departments are posted each semester by October 15th and February 15th.
Provide programming focusing upon the developmental needs of students and maximize their potential to benefit from the academic environment.
- A series of four (4) one day Personal Growth Seminars are conducted from a schedule prepared by September of each year.
Provide testing and evaluative assessment services to help foster student self understanding and decision making.
- A calendar of all testing programs is planned by September lst of each year.
- The Freshman Testing Program is reviewed each year.
Provide professional development opportunities for staff including in-service training programs, workshops and other continuing education activities.
- Staff are to attend at least one professional meeting.
- Staff meetings are held once a week.
- At least one In-Service Training Conference is held per semester.
Provide consultative services to the Institution to make the environment as beneficial as possible for the intellectual, emotional and physical development of students.
- Counselors conduct consultation sessions with various departments each year (ex. Study Skills, Special Programs).
Conduct research, planning and training programs that will be responsive to internal as well as external needs.
- All outreach programs are evaluated by May 1 of each year
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