SU merges student support programs into new Center for Student Excellence
SU launched its new Center for Student Excellence, bringing student support systems from various programs into one office. The center will use a three-pillar approach focused on academics, personal growth and "meaningful-world engagement." Lars Jendruschewitz | Senior Staff Photographer
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Syracuse University announced the launch of its new Center for Student Excellence, merging student support systems from various programs across campus into one office, the university wrote in a Thursday release.
Programs including First Year Seminar, the Higher Education Opportunity Program and the Syracuse Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Engagement, among others, will be housed under the new center.
Tommy Powell, assistant provost for academic programs, will oversee the center as a unit under Office of Academic Affairs.
“The Center for Student Excellence entails a transformative approach that brings these vital support programs together under one unified structure to create something more powerful than the sum of its parts,” said Julie Hasenwinkel, associate provost for academic programs, in the release.
The center will operate using a three-pillar approach focused on “academic excellence, personal growth and meaningful-world engagement.”
The first pillar, academic excellence, includes FYS, the Center for Learning and Student Success, Retention and Student Success and Student-Athlete Success and Engagement.
The second, student development, includes Living Learning Communities, HEOP and Student Support Services, the Science and Technology Entry Program, Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program and the McNair Scholars Program.
The third pillar, experimental learning and community engagement, is led by Jolynn Parker, who will serve as director of experiential learning and engagement. It will include the Center for Fellowship and Scholarship Advising, the Shaw Center, SOURCE and the Our Time Has Come Program.
The pillar comprises initiatives and SU programs that support immersive learning opportunities for students to “apply what they learn in real-world settings,” according to the release.
Staff will remain in their current offices until a permanent center location is determined.
