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Student Affairs Goals & ULC Objectives

Below you will find the Division of Student Affairs Goals and the objectives for the University Learning Center derived from those Goals.

Foster the UNCW Experience - a welcoming, connected, supportive, safe, and celebrative campus culture where involvement is paramount.

• Provide a non-judgmental and non-authoritative environment to develop academic skills and knowledge
• Provide peer role-models of academic success
• Provide tutors who collaborate in the learning process of their peers
• Celebrate success of peer tutors

Develop students’ knowledge, skills, and abilities to prepare them to serve society and address the challenges of their careers.

• Nurture the development of academic knowledge and transferable skills
• Engage tutees in effective peer collaboration

Engage students in applied learning to enhance their personal and intellectual development.

• Provide practical opportunity for peer tutors to apply their knowledge and skills in a collaborative learning environment
• Provide a training experience that enhances peer tutors’ professional and intellectual development

Advocate for the needs of a diverse student body.

• Provide academic support for all UNCW students

Commit to the development of a just campus community through education and discourse about leadership, diversity, civic engagement, sustainability, and global awareness.

• Ethically apply the Academic Honor Code
• Ensure tutor awareness of diverse student identities on our campus.

Provide high quality, well-maintained, and accessible facilities which support student success.

• Ensure that our facilities are accessible to all students
• Track student usage to ensure space is used efficiently

Make decisions that are data-supported, creative, efficient and enhanced by emerging technologies.

• Base assessment of our services on theory and practice in the field of academic support

Improve our communication efforts with all constituents.

• Routinely communicate with academic departments and UNCW staff (i.e. advisors) about our services
• Utilize opportunities we can staff to communicate about our services to students

Provide quality programs and services that effectively meet the primary mission of each department.

• Provide academic support services in the form of peer collaborative learning
• Provide a student-centered, non-traditional learning experience for students