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2011-2012 General Catalog 
    
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Retention and Student Success


Director: Noelle A. Call
Location: Taggart Student Center 314
Phone: (435) 797-1194
E-mail: noelle.call@usu.edu
WWW: http://www.usu.edu/fyi

The Office of Retention and Student Success is a dynamic office with a core mission of student success and retention. Through a variety of programs and services, the office is poised to have an impact on students at the time of entrance to the University, throughout the first year, and beyond. Services include information on research, development, design, and implementation of programs and initiatives that directly target the enhancement of retention efforts. Programs include:

Connections. University Connections (USU 1010 ) is an academic graded course designed to ease students transition to Utah State University and to prepare them for their college experience. A description of the Connections course is shown in the New Student Orientation  section of this catalog.

First-Year Experience. The First-Year Experience Program will improve student retention by assisting first-year students with the transition to the academic and social environment of the University. (First-year students are defined as any students attending classes on the Utah State University campus for the first time, which includes freshmen and transfer students.)

Parent and Family Programs. These programs are designed to keep parents and family members informed about happenings at USU; provide valuable information, events, and support for parents; and provide an opportunity for parents to communicate with USU. For further information, see: http://www.usu.edu/parents/

SOAR. Retention and Student Success provides orientation services to new first-year and transfer students, information concerning USU programs, and information about available services at the University. More information is available in the New Student Orientation  section of this catalog.

Matriculation Advising. USU’s Matriculation Advisor facilitates the retention effort through managing the Leave of Absence Process. As part of this process, students who need to leave USU are “recruited” back through targeted  e-mails, letters, and personal phone calls. Additionally, the Matriculation Advisor oversees the readmission process for students who are not in academic good standing at USU, by guiding students to good standing through readmission contracts and work with each student’s academic advisor. For further information about Leave of Absence  and Complete Withdrawal .