Student Success
Mission Statement
The COAS Student Success Committee strives to enable and educate faculty on student success methods in their courses in order to retain students and help them complete their degree and to find and mitigate student challenges or obstacles to retention and completion.
College of Arts & Sciences Helpful Resources for Students and Faculty
Comprehensive Resources for Student and Faculty Success
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This guide provides an array of essential resources aimed at enhancing academic and personal growth for students and faculty within the College of Arts & Sciences. From tutoring and research opportunities to health and wellness services, financial aid, and living support, this document covers key programs and services designed to support the Â鶹ÊÓƵ community in every aspect of their academic journey.
Fall 2024
Date: Thursday, October 24, 2024
Time: 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM
Location: Galloway Business Building, Room 101 (Landes Auditorium)
Description: This event provided faculty, staff, and students with information to essential resources in academic support, health and wellness, and financial aid to promote student success.
Committee Members
Department of Biology
Marilyn Kish-Molina, Instructor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Paul Bernazzani, Professor
Department of Computer Science
Jiangjlang Liu, Professor
Greg Yera, Instructor
Department of English & Modern Languages
Anis Rahman, Assistant Professor
Department of History
Yasuko Sato, Professor
Department of Mathematics
Jose Vega-Guzman, Associate Professor
JoAnne Gay Dishman School of Nursing
Keili Peterman, Assistant Professor
Department of Physics
Eveny Romashet, Instructor
Department of Political Science
JP Nelson, Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
Melanie Webb, Instructor
Criminal Justice Program
Cheng-Hsien Lin, Associate Professor
Robert Worley, Professor
Undergraduate Advising Center
Christy George, Success Coach
Co-Chairs
Jianjiang Liu
Marilyn Kish-Molina
Strategic Success Initiatives
College Initiatives
Fall 2023
The committee created a web page of student resources for faculty to refer to when assisting students.
Department Initiatives
Strategic success initiative each department will pursue in the 2023 - 2024 academic year.
Biology |
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| Initiative: | Create and implement one engaged learning activity per gateway course (1406/1407) per academic year |
| When: | Each academic year |
| Who: | Terry/Kish-Molina/Yoder |
| Measurement: | Activity creation and implementation |
Chemistry & Biochemistry |
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| Initiative: | Encourage Faculty to mentor students in undergraduate research and have them participate at the Undergraduate Research Expo and/or Chemistry Poster Competition |
| When: | Every year |
| Who: | Faculty and students |
| Measurement: | Increase in the number of students participating in research and presenting at the Undergraduate Expo and/or Chemistry Poster Competition |
Computer Science |
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| Initiative: | Enhance the CS First Year Program by regularly accessing and improving the effectiveness of the program, organize training sessions for master's students, and develop a comprehensive CS graduate student handbook. |
| When: | Y23-24 |
| Who: | CS Faculty and Program Advisor. |
| Measurement: | Exit Survey and Interview and yearly assessment process. |
Earth and Space Sciences |
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| Initiative: | Bring in company representatives, alum, and faculty from Lamar and other institutions to talk about geoscience careers. |
| When: |
Fall 23 |
| Who: | Chair, instructors, new T-T faculty. |
| Measurement: |
How many speakers come to talk. 1 – Low |
English and Modern Languages |
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| Initiative: | Workshops in Spring 2024 to address meeting the challenges of Chat GPT, AI, etc. with up-to-date pedagogical interventions, encouraging more faculty participation in ACUE training, peer observation of teaching, career preparation workshops for both undergraduate and graduate students (open to all majors) |
| When: | Fall 2023/Spring 2024 |
| Who: |
Amy Smith, Adam Nemmers, Sara Hillin, Jim Sanderson, Katt Blackwell Starnes |
| Measurement: | Student and faculty attendance at the appropriate workshop or seminar, Post workshop/event discussions, implementation of various measures in the composition classroom |
History |
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| Initiative: |
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| When: | Academic Year 2023-2024 |
| Who: |
1)All faculty teaching 1301 and 1302. 2) 4 student ambassadors |
| Measurement: |
1)Higher pass rate 2)Higher retention |
JoAnne Gay Dishman School of Nursing |
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| Initiative: | All new nursing faculty without a formal educational background in nursing education will be offered the opportunity to take 3 nursing education courses offered in the MSN program and earn a post-masters certificate in nursing education |
| When: | Enroll in an MSN education course 6 months after hire and complete the 3 courses within the first two years of employment |
| Who: | New nursing faculty without a formal educational background in nursing education |
| Measurement: |
Successful completion of a post-masters certificate in nursing education after completing the following courses:
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Mathematics |
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| Initiative: | Sponsor workshop for faculty to support new ways of incorporating study skills into coreq courses |
| When: | Spring 2024 |
| Who: | PJ Couch |
| Measurement: | Attendance at the workshop |
Physics |
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| Initiative: | Peer Instruction (Tutoring), + Preparatory Physics (Phys 1370) + OpenStax in College Physics I/II |
| When: | Now |
| Who: | All Faculty |
| Measurement: | Students employed as Lab TAs and as undergraduate researchers |
Political Science |
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| Initiative: | Professional development seminars, i.e. interviewing, LSAT prep, etc… |
| When: | Throughout the year. |
| Who: | Various members of the department and the Pre-law society. |
| Measurement: | Did they occur and number of students attending the seminars. |
Psychology |
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| Initiative: | PSYC 2302 (Careers in PSYC) “Career Track” course assignment |
| When: | Spring 2024 |
| Who: | Dr. Jodi Katz (PSYC 2302 instructor) |
| Measurement: | Scores on rubric created for project. Number of students attending graduate school and number of students attending our own graduate program. |
Sociology, Social Work and Criminal Justice |
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| Initiative: | Student Success Coordinator (SSC) will attend Program Director’s Meeting to discuss collaborative work toward student success. |
| When: | November 2, 2023 |
| Who: | Student Success Coordinator (Christy George), Department Chair (Gummelt), all Program Directors (L. Wright, Harden, Lin, & Krause) |
| Measurement: | Increased engagement with the Student Success Coordinator. Program Directors will have a minimum of one direct contact with the SSC during the 2023-2024 academic year. |