Student Affairs 200708 Changing Lives Improving Life

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Student Affairs 2007-08Changing Lives Improving
Life
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New Members of the Team

• Rachel Flanagan Colette McAuley
• Rob Laird Lara Hof
• Patrick Kelly Jen Coulter
• Andrew Goddard Linda Hart
• Sheila Hollidge Evelynne Kobes
• Melissa Koschminder Allison Punnett
• Kristina Eisenbach Shawn Camp
• Gail Kendall Alesia Tessari
• Sarah Mau Sarah Croteau
• Nicole Williston Madelyn Steed
• Mark Volmer Diana Chinnery
• Susan Hahn Verena Kulak
• Rebecca Best Ingrid Mundel
• Dave Easter Dwight Griffith 
• Cal Wigston Don Burton
• Tabitha Hunter Garry Dobbie
• Richard Lay Verena Kulak

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Marilyn Langlois Award

• Debby Kemp and Sue Nuttley

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Student Affairs Who are We and What do we Do?

• As partners in learning, Student Affairs supports
  and enhances the academic mission of the
  University through the provision of
  learner-centred programs, services and facilities
  that focus on the well-being and development of
  the whole person.

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We Provide a Supportive Environment for Students

• This year saw the first publication of the New
  Student Handbook and an International Student
  Handbook
• Exceptional care and education to children is
  provided by Child Care and Learning Services to
  allow students to attend classes worry-free
• Our week long Pre-Flight Summer Transition
  Program for Students with Cognitive Disabilities
  is seen as best practice in the province
• Over 5,000 students are supported in our
  residence system
• START International attendance tripled with over
  100 international students in attendance

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Our Impact is Extensive

• Counselling saw over 1600 individual students and
  saw a significant increase in the number and
  range of group offerings
• We currently offer 31 co-op programs to
  approximately 1800 students
• In 06/07, there were 31,231, doctor visits and
  7,904 visits to an RN
• In 06/07, 7,388 wrote exams in the CSD Centre
• In 06/07 681 students asked for career testing
• We increased our Aboriginal intake in 2007 from
  24 (2006) to 49 incoming students for a total
  of 164 students
• 667 varsity athletes compete on 31 teams

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We Encourage Volunteerism

• Offered 5 Global Learner experiences (India,
  Peru, Ecuador, El Salvador and Costa Rica)
• Lifeguards raised 2400 for Relay for Life which
  overall raised over 60,000
• Moving On Play program in schools with 69
  university volunteers delivering the program to
  400 children in the largest week in the schools. 
  
• Record number of new peers trained for Fall 2007
  (82)
• Hundreds of senior students volunteer as OVs
• Student Life supported SEC in hosting their first
  Student Involvement Fair
• Students raise food in programs such as Meal
  Exchange, Trick or Eat or bringing a donation to
  the Athletic Banquet
• CSD
• 11 Student Assistants
• 20 Exam Proctors/ Scribes
• Over 220 Notetakers

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We Continue to Evolve

• CECS is developing new branding image
• For the first time Student Life transformed a
  Project Serve Canada service experience to a 0.5
  credit course (Project Serve Nunavut)
• Go Transit ticket sales were successfully
  integrated within a renovated Information Desk
  service
• The CSD and Counselling Services Reception and
  waiting areas were integrated
• An Outcomes Assessment -Student Survey will guide
  future changes in CECS
• A Continued expansion of single student spaces at
  Family Housing allows us to accommodate more
  upper year students

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We Introduce New Programs

• In partnership with Interhall, SHS offered TGIF
  programming as well as a "Residence Safety
  Initiative"
• Wellness introduced a new program called HEAL
  (healthy eating active living) which was
  successful in starting a Wednesday noon walking
  group and the Guelph Project -'Great
  Sexpectations' - was sold out!!!
• SHS introduced an Academic Cluster Pilot in
  Johnston Hall (340 students)
• Student Life offered a Jump Start Pilot, received
  LEF funding to design an electronic skills
  portfolio for the BAS program and introduced a
  Pots and Pans lending program for international
  students
• SHS continued efforts to prevent or contain
  communicable illnesses by
• distributing small bottles of hand sanitizer with
  educational info to all first year students and
  to all Varsity Athletes
• offering influenza immunization clinics

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We Use Technology to Support our Programs

• SHS installed digital signage at its residence
  desks Athletics placed some in the Mitchell
  Centre and Arenas and the Information Desk added
  one as well
• CECS created a Going Global website for
  international employment and resources.
• CECS launched its Recruit Guelph web-based
  development project to enhance employer and
  student services
• PAM the successful Peer Appointment Scheduler is
  now being expanded to support Staff appointments
• The REG system, was used by over 8,000 students
  this year

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We Support Our Community

• Multifaith, working along other community
  partners helped to meet the fundraising mark of
  100,000 for the Masai project
• Joan Knox participated in the planning committee
  for the Urban Organic Agriculture Centre
• Intramurals and the Dept of Athletics will host
  Special Olympics Basketball Game with over 200
  athletes this spring
• In Motion a collaborative effort with many
  organizations in the city to get the people in
  our region more physically active.  The Guelph
  launch broke the world record with over 21,600
  WDG residents participating.  Also launched
  active schools In motion campaign and are in 11
  schools in the region
• Wellness Fair - community support continues to
  grow - this year participants represented more
  off campus agencies
• Student Affairs staff raised 21,433  with almost
  every unit in SA surpassing their fundraising
  goal
• Student Life celebrated the 10th Anniversary of
  Project Serve with a record number of
  participants and saw record numbers of students
  at electoral debates and voting
• Move-out Madness saw over 260 large items
  collected from student homes, reducing curb-side
  garbage

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We continue to Improve our Facilities

• CCLC underwent renovations to the front office
  and toddler junior preschool playground
• SHS completed over 7M of residence renovations
• CECS and SLCS saw a major redevelopment of the
  3rd floor space and the move of Off Campus
  Housing to the 3rd floor
• The Athletics Facilities Master Plan was
  completed and received overwhelming support by
  the Board

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Awards and Recognition

• Brent Harwood received the President's Exemplary
  Staff Award for Health and Safety
• University of Guelph was chosen "School of the
  Year" by the Ontario Residence Hall Association
  (ORHA)
• The CCLC was chosen as one of 4 sites for a
  children's Inclusion Pilot Project funded by the
  County of Wellington
• Jaime Mishibinijima is the recipient of an
  Indigenous Health Research Development Program
  scholarship, and the Ontario Graduate Scholarship
  and is the recipient of the Aboriginal Student
  Award from the Department of National Defence
• Jennifer Maddock was named a 2007 Woman of
  Distinction in the Education and Training category

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Awards and Recognition Cont

• Athletics wins CIRA ONTARIO Post Secondary
  Outstanding Leadership Award and for the 4th year
  in a row won the CIRA Intramural Achievement
  Award
• Dave Scott Thomas was CIS coach of the year in 4
  sports M and W Cross Country and M and W Track
  and Field
• Janet Gibson was named OUA coach of the year in
  Figure Skating (OUA)
• 12 Gryphon athletes will represent Canada on
  various teams this summer
• We had one of our most successful years ever in
  Athletics
• We hosted the 100th Yates Cup before 8,500 fans
• In CIS Competition, Cross country won mens and
  womens gold as did Varsity Track and Field
  womens Rugby won bronze and Field Hockey won
  Silver at the CIS Championships
• 107 Academic All-Canadians Academic Achievement
  Awards 20 All-Canadians 68 OUA All-Stars

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We Enrich the Profession

• Heather Lane Vetere was appointed by CACUSS to
  the Council for the Advancement of Standards in
  Higher Education and taught a course at Seneca in
  the new certificate program in student
  development
• Barb Robbins was chosen as Chair-Elect for the
  Apartments Committee of ACUHO-I
• Tim Fricker was chosen as Finance Director on the
  Board of ACUHO)
• University of Guelph was chosen as the host site
  of the May 2008 conference of OACUHO
• Lynn Skilton Hayes was chosen to present at the
  IDEA conference in Las Vegas
• Guelph hosted a conference on students and
  technology
• Jaime Mishibinijima was named the
  Secretary-Treasurer of the National Aboriginal
  Student Services Association

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We Respond to Challenges

• Possibility of two strikes
• Never ending OUTBREAKS in CCLC
• Student Support Network and Multifaith had to
  move to McNally House
• Once again more new students than spaces in
  residence
• Stabbing in Residence
• Student Deaths, Student Illnesses, Student Crises

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We Had Fun
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Upcoming Challenges

• Significant Structural Deficit
• Continued Pressure for Accountability
• A continued high enrolment