Over 80% of this Fall’s Exploratory students were able to connect with Major Action Plan (MAP) resources at the MAP: Start to Finish program held virtually by the Exploratory Program. One step closer to confidently declaring their major!
Over 800 ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì students attended Career Exploration & Development’s Virtual Career Week where 130 employers offered job opportunities.
ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì welcomed 824 new transfer students over 19 orientation dates through the Transfer ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Orientation Program.
Destination ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì welcomed 4,088 Incoming students into the ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì community through the DKSmobile app and website between May and August 2020. The Destination ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì New Student Orientation program helped our new Flashes find their home at ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì, prepared them to excel academically, and introduced them to student organizations.
More than 600 students enrolled in the Peer Leader Training course this academic year (57% were first year students, 30% underrepresented students, and 35% first generation students).
Seventy-nine students were welcomed to the Provost's Leadership Academy and will spend the year working with university leadership to identify projects that will positively impact the student experience at ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì.
Underserved students, including first-generation students and students from limited-income backgrounds who will enroll in Fall Semester 2022, will continue to receive support through student success initiatives through the Key Connections program due to a new gift of $200,000 from the KeyBank Foundation.
PNC Foundation Awards $75,000 in support of student success. Students to be supported with immersive opportunities centered on service and career-related experiences. CommUNITY Lab is a new four-year cohort program coordinated through Community Engaged Learning that offers scholars a network of care and resources while removing financial, academic, and personal barriers to success. Participants reside in a Living-Learning Community located in Lake Hall on the Kent Campus where they learn through specially selected courses, plug into campus resources and co-create individualized achievement plans with their support networks.
Support for First-Generation Students is featured in the NASPA Center for First-Generation Student Success Blog. Melanie Jones, Director of Academic Diversity Outreach, and Alexandra Henry, an intern, worked together to highlight the support given to First-Gen students at First-Gen Forward Institutions by writing a blog that was recently promoted on the Center’s social media.
Exploratory Program students are given amazing opportunities via the Flash Connections Program which has been recognized as a NASPA Excellence Award - Gold recipient.
