Student Services at SUNY Campuses

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Student Services at SUNY Campuses
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• Student Services at SUNY Campuses
• Students and families benefit from expansive
• and comprehensive services at SUNYs 64
• campuses.
• While some services begin prior to
• enrollment, most are delivered to students
• on campus.
• Factor in these services when searching for
• colleges and making an enrollment decision.

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What are Student Services? Student services are
comprised of resources, networks, and
programs that support student learning and
personal needs. These services begin at
pre-enrollment, continue through college (and
sometimes beyond) and include the following

• Academic Advising
• Career Placement and Internships
• English as a Second Language (ESL)
• Finding a Major/Undeclared
• First-Year Experience (FYE) and Learning
  Communities
• Health and Wellness
• Learning Centers
• Personal Counseling
• Physical or Learning Disabilities
• Transfer
• Tutoring
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Academic Advising
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• Quality academic advising plays a role in
  retaining students, keeping them on track and
  minimizing the time-to-degree
• All SUNY campuses provide academic advising to
  students.
• Academic advisors are faculty, professional
  staff, and/or peers.
• Advising maybe delivered via a students academic
  college or major or may be program specific
  (Honors and EOP).
• Advising handbooks, online student resources,
  student/advisor responsibilities and Ask an
  Advisor or Virtual Advisor programs exist at
  SUNY campuses.

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Finding a Major/Undeclared
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• Undeclared is a popular major at SUNY
• campuses! And, at most campuses it is ok
• to be undeclared.
• At many SUNY campuses, academic advising and
  career services departments collaborate to advise
  undeclared students.
• Innovative programs include majors/information
  fairs, interest and self-assessments, online
  resources, handbooks, and courses/seminars.
• Some campuses offer semester or year-long
  exploratory programs.

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First-Year Experience (FYE) and Learning
Communities
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• FYE programs aid students in the transition to
  college and enable them to connect with other
  students, staff, faculty, and campus resources.
• Goals of FYE programs are to increase levels of
  academic engagement, student-to-student
  interaction, faculty-to-student interaction,
  student involvement on campus, and link
  curriculum to co-curriculum.
• Some SUNY campuses provide these experiences
  through a credit course, seminar or learning
  community while others assign a faculty, staff or
  student mentor to new students.
• Unique opportunities include sophomore, junior,
  and/or senior experiences, reading programs,
  skills workshops, and outdoor adventures prior to
  the academic year.

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Career Placement and Internships
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Career planning centers help students evaluate
interests, abilities, experiences, and values.
These characteristics play an important role in
selecting a major, transfer school, and job

• All SUNY career centers aid students in finding
  employment after graduation and many assist in
  identifying internships for credit, pay, and/or
  experience.
• MonsterTRAK and self-assessment resources enable
  students to use current technology to identify
  internship and job opportunities, as well as
  potential majors.
• Many career centers continue to assist students
  after graduation.

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English as a Second Language (ESL)
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ESL services vary greatly from campus to campus
and range from full programs to a series of
courses.

• Most ESL programs and services focus on
  listening, reading, writing, and speaking skills.
• Innovative SUNY campus programs include chat
  rooms that provide students with an opportunity
  to practice conversational English with native
  speakers and an orientation to American culture
  class.
• International clubs at SUNY campuses host
  dinners, sports events and entertainment
  activities to strengthen relationships between
  international and domestic students.

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Health and Wellness
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A wide array of services are offered and include
medical diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of
common health problems, as well as
storing/administering medications, pharmacy
services, and wellness/education programming.

• Facilities are staffed by nurses, nurse
  practitioners and, at some campuses, a doctor.
• Collaborative relationships exit between campus
  health centers and counseling centers.

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Common services provided at SUNY campuses include
the following
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Personal Counseling

• Roommate issues
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Homesickness
• Relationship issues
• Academic concerns

• Loneliness
• Sleep problems
• Sexual identity
• Grief counseling
• General personal concerns
• Eating disorders

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Physical or Learning Disabilities
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Services and support are provided to students
with medical, physical, emotional, or learning
disabilities

• While services are available, students are not
  required to use them.
• Prospective students may self-identify on the
  SUNY common application and/or contact campuses
  directly.
• Most campuses require medical or professional
  documentation to qualify for and/or receive
  services.

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Tutoring
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• Workshops, courses, and centers focused on
  student success are available at all SUNY
  campuses for free or a nominal fee.
• Tutoring may be offered at a single center or
  through special centers such as those that focus
  on writing and math.
• Tutoring services are delivered in group settings
  or one-on-one sessions with a campus professional
  or peer.
• Many campuses offer academic success workshops
  and courses.

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Transfer
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A seamless transfer process is important to
success and SUNY services such as individualized
counseling, information workshops, catalog
libraries, information sheets, and transfer
days/college fairs help facilitate a positive
experience for students.

• Many campuses have online summaries of agreements
  including transfer articulation, unified programs
  of study, and joint admissions.
• Web-based resources include downloadable transfer
  guides, transfer tips, selecting a transfer
  college, transfer checklists, and college visit
  and interview tips.
• Most SUNY campuses have staff and/or offices
  dedicated to assisting students transferring to
  or from a given campus.

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