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Improving Student Life at UCSD
Gary Ratcliff, AVC Student Life
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Mission
Encourage involvement in student life,
Build community on campus,
Strengthen student pride and affiliation
with UCSD,
Foster the development of students
outside of the classroom,
Meet the daily needs of students,
Advocate the needs of students.
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Major growth in campus
enrollments
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Student satisfaction with their
academic experience
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Student satisfaction with their
social experience
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What contributes to student satisfaction
with their social experience?
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Feeling engaged in campus life
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Success developing close
friendships with other students
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Campus climate is that is
caring and friendly.
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Access to faculty and small classes
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What diminishes student
satisfaction with their social
experience?
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Feeling isolated from campus life
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Large classes and little access
to faculty
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Too much competition among
students for grades
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Impersonal campus climate
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Campus climate is uncaring
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Initiatives to enhance student life
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Price Center & Student Center
Expansions
More locations to hold student events
More places to socialize
Larger community centers
Women’s Center, Cross Cultural Center,
LGBTRO
More places to study
More access – open 24 hours, Sunday -
Thursday
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Commuter Lounge
Price Center East, Level 1• Open 24 hours
• TV, Music
• Shuttle LCD
• VideoConnect
• Board Games
• Magazines
• Couches
• Vending Machines
• Kitchenette
• 16 additional commuter lounges
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Commuter Events
• Quarterly Cooking Class
• Midterm Munchies
• Ice Cream Social
• Bagels for Breakfast
• Free passes for weekly movies
• Landlord Tenant Clinic
• Off-Campus Housing Workshop
• Commuter Appreciation Week
• College Commuter Lounges and Commuter Student Organizations
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New student engagement
programs Expanded Welcome Week
and New Student Convocation
Mailings to all incoming new students of Get Involvedmagazine
http://getinvolved.ucsd.edu
Launched Student Flyers, the email newsletter about events and involvement opportunities just for students.
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Triton Transfer Connect
• Meet a Roommate
• Make New Friends
• Tour of UTC
• Tenant Workshop
• Housing Fair
• Resource Fair
• Learn about daily campus life from current transfer students
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More Places for Students to
Socialize
Since fall 2008 more
than 12,000 students
have attended shows
held at the Loft.
For the first time on
campus, events just
for students are
offered regularly on
the weekends.
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Expanded Programs
Associated Students
passes referendum in
January 2009 to increase
funding for student
organizations and A.S.
programs by $1 million
each year
Express to Success
program expanded to
offer interpersonal skills
workshops and public
speaking workshops to
more students.
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Expanded Programs
Expanded wellness
programming
Merged Campus
Recreation with Student
Health Services and
Counseling and
Psychological Services
(CAPS)
Increased the number of
counseling psychologists
in CAPS
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Faculty Engagement Programs
Academic Enrichment
coordinates a dozen programs
including undergrad research
programs.
Dine with a Prof program
International Center Global
Seminars program
First-Year Seminars
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More traditions
College traditions
Bear Gardens
Expanded Homecoming, Spirit Week, SunGod Festival
Senior Spring
Danceathon
All-Campus Commencement
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More campus housing
Transfer student
housing project
Phase 1 adds 1,060
beds scheduled to
open fall 2009, phase
2 add 805 beds
Muir and Revelle
housing projects
Graduate student
housing projects
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Improved Off-Campus Housing
Resources• On-Line Off-Campus Housing Directory
• Roommate listings
• Full-vacancies
• Close to campus
• Exclusive listings for UCSD
• Free
• Local rental and room rates
• Neighborhoods and bus lines
• Tenant rights and responsibilities
• Good Neighbor and CAPP regulations
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Expanded transportation
Decrease sales of parking permits to students.
Increased ridership of campus shuttles including City Shuttle
Expanded hours and stops of campus shuttle and MTS buses
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More student input
Service on campus
committees
Use of assessment
tools such as Student
Voice