Student Retention Case Study

On behalf of the College of Health Sciences and Human Services, we congratulate Steven Goings , a CSUMB Social Work student who has been selected as the recipient for the 2017 CSUMB Vision Award. The Alumni Vision Award is given to a graduating student (graduate or undergraduate) who best demonstrates the CSUMB vision award and who has provided leadership in a project or activity bringing a positive impact and vision in the lives of others.

Name: Asia Tillison Major: Social Work Campus Involvement: President& Founder of Sisterhood of Success Organization, Peer Mentor, Sga Senate Member, Social Work Club Member, National Society of Leadership & Success (Sigma Alpha PI), Asia Tillison was born July 27,1993, and was raised by her grandmother Mary Tillison in Wilmington , Delaware. After her college career she aspires to continue to work with the adolescents in impoverished areas while working in school settings and participating in Community work. One of her main aspirations is to start her own non- profit organization geared towards young females. Asia truly believes that all ladies are queens with the assistance to reach their full potential.

While instructing at Tillotson, Prosser would showcase her leadership and teaching skills, as well as truly committing herself to the psychological and educational development of African American students. During her time at Tillotson, between 1921 and 1930, Prosser was able to work her way through the ranks to become the registrar. A short time after becoming the institution’s registrar, Prosser would obtain the position of Dean, as well (Benjamin, Henry, McMahon. 2005). In 1930 Prosser was offered employment at Tougaloo College in Mississipi. The position included administrative duties as well as a teaching position.

Finding Tufts was like grocery shopping: I had to pass through aisles of lackluster Wonder Bread before discovering the scrumptious sourdough I needed. I was captivated and surprised by the endearing personality that shone through the articles I read. For an institution, I found Tufts to be quite human. “Pax et Lux” is not just an aphorism above a doorway; the ultimate advice of the dean himself is to “be kind”. It was apparent that in addition to academics, kindness and character is of utmost importance, which assures me that at Tufts I will have the most comprehensive college

During college, her love for the community expanded as she joined Circle K International, the collegiate form of Kiwanis International, and at her first meeting volunteered to chair Community Services and Awareness Week, an entire week dedicated to community awareness and volunteer projects. She was recognized by the Florida District as Outstanding Club Member for her work and elected to serve as Citrus Lieutenant Governor and the District’s Convention Chair. For her

Thurgood Marshall was instrumental in ending legal segregation and became the first African-American justice of the Supreme Court. Marshall started a Thurgood Marshall college fund helps students acquire a high-quality college education at an affordable cost, develops leaders of tomorrow and connects high performing students with top tier employment opportunities. The TMCF also provides a pipeline for HBCU to get access to top employers, scholarships, conferences, internships programs, and more. This session opened doors for many students and previously accepted many over the years from our own university, The University of Maryland Eastern Shore. This program helps students apply concepts to real world encounters.

Identifying services that predict student academic success and persistence among TRIO student is important for staff and higher education leaders at Johnston Community College. Jones and Watson (1990) noted that retention or persistence issues are critical to institutional planning and funding. Planning and funding have been greatly affected by the student retention rates. The findings from this study will also help to provide pertinent information on how to improve services that foster student success and leadership skills. This study is significant in that it will examine the factors that critically influence academic success and persistence of students enrolled in the TRIO program at Johnston Community College in Smithfield,

Laura Monroe has been working for the Harvest Connection Disaster Relief Ministry for fourteen years. She is the assistant coordinator over seeing day to day operations. She selected a career as a Disaster Relief Ministry due to her passion of helping others. A little about Laura I discovered during my interview with her is she graduated from East Caroline University in 1992 with a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration. Her education prepared her for this position due to her business education background.

Artifact 3.1 – U8A1 How Globalization Affects Planning The purpose of this assignment was to review and analyze the impact globalization has on educational organizations challenges and opportunities in the current marketplace. Examine literature and assume the role of an action researcher in an educational organization, develop a framework for decision making that supports effective change in a challenging global environment. Artifact 3.2 – U2A1 Analysis of a Culture of Learning The purpose of the assignment was to review the Cuyahoga Community College case study and understand the process for helping students learn. In an action researcher role review and analyze CCC recent reaccreditation process through AQIP stands for Academic Quality

Human capital refers to growing the economy through education (Spring, 2014), and this is the basis for the founding of Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College (OCTC) located in Orangeburg, South Carolina. OCTC’s (2015) mission statement fosters economic development for the region, and the economy is the driving force for the curricula offered at the College. Also, the College’s prescribed measures of success are enrollment, number of graduates, job placement, and the retention rate (SC Technical College System, 2015). As an instructor of introductory science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses, retention is the primary indicator of my success. According to the National Center for Education Statistics (2016), the retention rate for OCTC is only 34%.

I have just started at the Center for Inclusion and Campus involvement on the Rollins’ campus. At this time I have 28.5 hours which I have spent facilitating Title IX and Buzz presentations to the incoming student body. Title IX training included: identifying the Title IX coordinator and her role and responsibilities, explaining the Red Zone, Clery act and Title IX, going over the colleges policies and terminology involving sexual harassment and assault, explaining where students can find resources and support, how a student can report an incident, changing societies perception of survivors of sexual assault, and teaching students to become active bystanders to prevent sexual assault. The Buzz Training included: engaging the students in activities

By May 2015’s end, Operation Smile informed me that, though my skill set was desired, I had not been selected as a Program Coordinator. The difficult realization that I would not be able to achieve the career goal for which I had worked so hard left me devastated, wondering what to do next. I have always had a strong desire to help and care for people, and knew I had something to offer, but wasn’t sure where to channel my skills and

Transitioning from high school to college can be difficult for some students. The transition begins from the moment a high school senior accepts a position at a college. Deciding on a college can be a difficult process, but once a college is selected the advantages of the college are often determined. Once college begins some students discover that the school is exactly what they were looking for, whereas some students discover that the college is not for them. At Mount Aloysius College and other colleges in the state the number of students enrolled has been declining significantly.

Last week, we had the pleasure of sitting down and talking with Julie Nickerson, a Junior at Simmons College. Nickerson is currently pursuing a double major in Business Management as well as Public Relations, Marketing & Communications and a minor in health care management at Simmons. Nickerson has built her career over a variety of roles ranging from interning at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts last summer, to currently working for Simmons College as a Student Worker in the Academic Programs Office. We wanted to get to know Nickerson more, so we asked her a couple of questions regarding her college decision and life post-graduation: Where did you grow up?

One of her strengths is that she is currently attending MacMurray College to obtain a degree in Social Work and Psychology, but she is stressed because she is not able to study and get her assignments done because of her home environment. Courtney also mentioned that her best friend just passed away from Osteosarcoma and she is coping with that. She states that the adaption to her being gone is not an easy transition and her home life is only making it more challenging because there is always negative energy towards her in the home. Courtney said that she would rather stay later at work or in the school library. This is because she is afraid of the transactions that she may encounter with Linda could be offensive or belligerent criticism.