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The Division of Student Affairs is in
compliance with this requirement.
The Mission, Vision, and Values Statements
of the Division of Student Affairs, as shown at
http://www.studentaffairs.ttu.edu/vpsa/index.asp
, provide direction to its various departments to meet this
requirement.
Access TECH
Access TECH is the University’s official Disability Student
Support Program. Our main goal is to provide equal access and
participation in the academic environment and university
community for students with disabilities. Through this process
we are able to assure that this special population is connected
to the University’s mission and goals.
Access
TECH provides numerous services to students with disabilities,
such as academic accommodations, sign language interpreters,
auxiliary aids, Braille, and books on tape. Access TECH
coordinates other services, through existing student support
programs (i.e. Counseling Center, Pass Learning Center, etc.).
It provides opportunity for students to participate in student
development and leadership through our student organization
Delta Sigma Omicron and through our Annual Disability Awareness
Fair.
Access TECH enhances student learning and
development through the TECHniques program. This program, a fee
base program, provides more individualized support. The students
receive one on one service such as tutoring, academic
counseling, etc. The student’s progress is monitored through
periodic reports from the instructors. The counselors are then
able to work with the student in their area of weakness or
strength. The success rate for students in this program is
extremely high. More information is available at
http://www.techniques.ttu.edu/.
Additional information regarding the
services and programs of Access TECH may be found at
http://www.accesstech.dsa.ttu.edu/.
Career Center
The Career Center provides comprehensive career services for all
students of the University. Students’ career development begins
with career assessment (SIGI program on-line), career
information and exploration (What Can I Do With This Major?,
Vault Career Library), internships, and job search resources
(extensive on-campus recruiting program, job listings). A
complete listing of programs, services, and activities can be
found on the Career Center website at
http://www.careercenter.ttu.edu.
Center for Campus Life
The Center for Campus Life seeks to enhance the intellectual and
personal development of students through the variety of
activities, programs, and services. This office provides the
resources and personnel that develop and administer a range of
activities and programs for students at Texas Tech University.
Additionally, the Center for Campus Life facilitates the
administration and support of student organizations on campus.
Programmatically, the Center for Campus Life produces programs
to not only entertain students, but also provide educational
experiences for students. Campus events and programs that are
administered through this office include a speaker’s series of
notable personalities, exposure to foreign and domestic films,
concerts, and programs which are produced by students.
The First
Year Raider Experience program in the Center for Campus Life is
a collaborative collection of programs and services that assist
students in the transition to college living and provides a
support system to help students navigate successfully through to
graduation. The primary component of this program area involves
the Red Raider CAMP at the satellite campus in Junction, Texas,
where first year students build a cohort as they learn about the
culture of Texas Tech University, the nuances of university
life, and are able to ask questions and learn from upperclass
mentors. Convocation and the Summer Reading Program introduce
students to academic life at Texas Tech University before
classes begin. Red Raider Nights and Welcome Week provide
opportunities for students to make connections with the
University that will help them succeed.
Student
organizations allow students to organize according to their
interests, build relationships with fellow students as well as
faculty and staff, and participate in leadership roles among
peers. The Center for Campus Life promotes leadership training
through a staff member devoted to Leadership Programming, and
programs offered through the Student Organizations area of the
department, such as the Student Organization Academy, where
leadership and administrative skills are taught in a conference
type setting.
Service to
the community is enhanced through the Civic Engagement program
area of the Center for Campus Life. In addition to providing
referral services for groups and individual students to local
agencies, the Center for Campus Life also sponsors large
community service opportunities, such as Community Action Days,
where large numbers of students are organized to participate in
large scale service opportunities.
The Center for Campus Life is committed to
the engagement and involvement of students throughout their
collegiate careers. Our programs, activities, and services
focus on individual development opportunities through exposure
and participation. Students interact with programs, benefit
from activities, and participate in service opportunities
through the Center for Campus. More information about the
Center for Campus Life may be found at
http://www.campuslife.ttu.edu/.
Hospitality Services
Hospitality Services is an integral function to the Residence
Hall program on campus. We house over 6000 students and
Hospitality Services provides a variety of choices for the
residents to pick from in both menu selections and service
styles. It is a major goal of this area to achieve the highest
customer satisfaction possible since the students are housed on
campus for nearly ten months. We directly support their
educational mission and enhance their development while they are
on campus in terms of safety, quality, convenience, service, and
experience. We also work with student government via the
Residence Hall Association and Student Government Association.
The catering area provides meal functions for student
organizations and campus activities at several sites.
Hospitality Services also operates in many cash sales outlets,
namely at the Student Union. The Student Union is a hub of
activity and the educational mission of students in general is
supported in terms of safety, quality, convenience and service.
This department provides over 3,000,000 meals per year at its
many venues.
More complete information about the
services and facilities of Hospitality Services may be found at
http://www.housing.ttu.edu/.
Housing and Residence Life
The Department of Housing and Residence Life supports the
university’s academic mission by providing housing for 6000
students. The convenience this housing provides enables
students to focus on their academics and becoming connected to
the university community. Our educational, social, and academic
programming focuses on the success of students in and outside of
the classroom.
We operate
17 different halls, offering numerous housing options from which to choose. We also provide Ethernet connections to the World Wide
Web, and Learning Communities that support individual
disciplines. Currently we offer the following Learning
Communities: Architecture, Fine Arts, Engineering Success, Women
in Science and Engineering, Honors, and First Year Success. We
also operate our Success Center. This is a peer to peer
academic support service that is open 60 hours a week during
afternoons and evenings, providing tutors, study groups,
lectures, and academic resources. The center is located in the
Weymouth Hall lobby and will provide services to any Texas Tech
student.
A large
part of our residence hall program involves advising and
supporting student leadership groups. We currently work with
students serving in 8 complex councils, the Residence Halls
Association, the National Residence Hall Honorary and a student
staff council. Leadership training, programming, community
service, and recognition are among the numerous activities with
which these
students and staff are involved.
Throughout our services we encourage
student learning and development by engaging the students to
become involved in the policies and procedures of living on
campus as well as providing activities and opportunities to
enhance their college experience. Some examples of this include
our Visitation Vote that allows students to choose the hours
that opposite gender guests can visit, our Community Standards
process that allows students to determine appropriate rules and
regulations for living on their floor, our Consideration Policy
that requests students to take responsibility for handling
problems with their neighbors and our Recreational Sports
liaisons that promote healthy competition and active lifestyles.
Additional information describing programs, services and
facilities may be found at
http://www.housing.ttu.edu/.
Marketing and Promotions
The Department of Marketing and Promotions for Student Affairs
supports the university’s mission statement of advancing
knowledge, providing the highest standards of excellence,
fostering intellectual and personal development and stimulating
meaningful research and service to humankind through researching
the Division of Student Affairs’ target markets and marketing
and promoting the division’s student learning and development
opportunities. Examples of the department’s student learning and
development research can be located in the Marketing and
Promotions office, 160 Doak Hall.
The
department provides a complete, conceptualized spectrum of
strategic marketing services to the Texas Tech community and
promotes innovative communications solutions through marketing
knowledge, theory and skills that facilitate linkages between
the Student Affairs departments and their customers, and
advances Texas Tech University and the Division of Student
Affairs by adapting to changing university and market dynamics.
The department creates awareness, trial and retrial of
activities, facilities, programs and services through providing
quality strategic planning, promotions, advertising, media
placement, copywriting and editing, graphic design, print
production management, Web site design and development and
consulting services. Examples of the department’s marketing and
promotions for student learning and development opportunities
can be located in the Marketing and Promotions
office, 160 Doak Hall. Additional information may be found at
http://www.marketing.dsa.ttu.edu/.
Parent Relations
Parent Relations provides programs, services, and activities
designed to enhance the support and retention of students by
meeting the educational, informational, and involvement needs of
their parents and families. Also home to the Texas Tech
Association of Parents, better known as “Tech Parents,” the
office serves all parents and families of Texas Tech students,
and students directly as well. Tech Parents, a separately
incorporated 501c3 organization, provides a unified voice and
means for parents to enhance the Texas Tech experience for
students and their families, builds bridges of mutual support
among the Texas Tech community, and supports the university in
achieving its mission.
Parent Relations programs, activities, and services include
partnership support for the Texas Tech Association of Parents,
“Tech Parents”, which includes 55 student scholarships awarded
annually; 12 annual “Student Academic-Citizenship Awards”; 4
annual faculty awards for excellence in teaching, research, and
leadership; “Road Raiders” Safe Travel Parent Network to serve
as an emergency network and promote student safety; Family
Weekend in the fall and Scholarship Weekend in the spring;
“Aloha Parents” Move-In Weekend program; Area/chapter student
send-offs and chapter programs and activities, such as goodie
bags for students; Toll-free hotline for parents; Junior Raiders
program for brothers and sisters age 12 and under; Publication and
distribution of The Parent’s Guide, The Extension Cord
parent magazine, Especially for Parents brochure;
Partnerships with student-led programs such as Drowsy Driving
Campaign, Safe Spring Break Car Clinic, and Finals Stress
Reduction Breaks. Other programs include transitions programs
for parents at new student orientation; Preparation of The
Parent’s Guide, The Extension Cord parent magazine,
monthly eNewsletters and periodic E-lerts for parents, parent’s
brochure; Parent web site
http://www.parent.ttu.edu/. Parent research; Parent emergency contact database; Parent
advising/coaching, problem-solving,
information, response to
parent@ttu.edu
are also provided.
All departmental and organizational
information is contained in The Parent’s Guide which is
available in Parent Relations, 244 West Hall, and much of it at
http://www.parent.ttu.edu/.
Recreational Sports
Recreational Sports contributes to the personal development,
individual wellness and the process of lifetime learning through
a variety of recreational and leisure programs, services and
activities directed toward the students of Texas Tech
University. The mission of TTU is enhanced though on-campus
competitive programs like intramurals and club sports that teach
leadership and sportsmanship skills, as well as promote
interaction between students of all backgrounds. Positive
nutritional and wellness habits are developed and improved
through workshops, health fairs and one on one consultation
between trained students and their peers. Personal training
services, adventure trips, and recreational facilities that
promote a healthy and active lifestyle all enhance the
development of students toward a goal of self actualized
graduates who contribute to society in a positive manner. The
website for Recreational Sports,
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/recsports/,
provides more complete information.
Student Counseling Center
The Student Counseling Center provides counseling and
psychotherapy to address the broad range of developmental
concerns that frequently challenge the academic and personal
success of college students. These roadblocks to effective
learning in the classroom and satisfying personal relationships
are explored through individual or group therapy, or
relationship counseling (whether roommates,
dating/engaged/married, or same-sex couples). When emotional
barriers are bridged and new coping strategies are devised,
students can engage in the University learning environment more
fully and effectively.
Alongside
the healing component of our primary activity of psychotherapy
is the emphasis on positive psychology, or the promotion of
wellness and preventive mental health care. Toward this goal,
the SCC provides outreach educational programming for academic
classes, residence halls, and student organizations. We also
partner regularly with other SA and academic departments to
provide large-scale programs that coordinate with national
awareness campaigns, for example, Eating Disorders Awareness,
Violence in Relationships Awareness, Alcohol Screening Day,
National Depression and National Anxiety Awareness Weeks. This
year we initiated a “Curb Your Anxiety” program to evaluate
participants’ anxiety levels and teach students a variety of
healthy coping techniques in anticipation of final exams.
Another student learning component of our
services includes clinical supervision of graduate students from
the Department of Psychology who function as
psychologists-in-training at our site. Approximately twenty
graduate students each year receive academic credit for the
provision of therapy for students at the Student Counseling
Center while being closely supervised by licensed staff
psychologists or predoctoral psychology interns. Complete
information regarding services may be found at
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/scc/.
Student Health Services
At Student Health Services many presentations and programs are
given throughout the year. For example some of the programs
are: Focus on the Positive Week, the Great American Smoke Out,
Cold and Flu Clinics, and National Alcohol Screening Day. We
also give various presentations to different student
organizations regarding depression, sex education, drugs and
alcohol and other health related topics. Through patient
contact we are teaching students how to access health care and
what they should expect from quality health care. We try to
develop their health care information and expand their knowledge
base. The more information a student has the better chance that
they will make healthier lifestyle choices. More information
may be found at
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/studenthealth/.
Student Judicial Programs
Student Judicial Programs maintains and adjudicates alleged
violations of the Code of Student Conduct. Additionally, we are
responsible for maintaining and reporting statistics for the
Cleary Act. We provide outreach programming in the areas of Code
explanation, hazing, alcohol education, civility in the
classroom, academic integrity, and provide all university
judicial training. We actively support the mission of the
institution in fostering intellectual and personal development
through an educational adjudication process. We incorporate the
“promotion of student learning” through educational sanctions,
conditions, and restrictions. In reducing the punitive component
of the judicial process, when appropriate, we provide a process
that helps to enhance the total development of the student. A
more complete description of programs may be found at
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/studentjudicialprograms/.
Student Legal Services
Student Legal Services provides confidential legal advice,
counsel, and limited representation for currently enrolled
students at Texas Tech University. Student learning is promoted
by Student Legal Services through providing internship and
clerkship opportunities for second and third year law students.
Student development is enhanced by Student Legal Services
through assisting and advising students regarding their legal
problems. Helping students with legal issues enables them to
focus on matters of educational importance thereby enhancing
their experience and success at Texas Tech University.
Additional information may be found at
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/studentmediationcenter/.
Student Media
The primary role of Student Media is to produce The
University Daily newspaper, La Ventana yearbook,
Amigos! Freshman Directory, and KTXT-FM radio station. In
addition, students have the opportunity to serve as paid staff
members to the online edition of The University Daily,
Raider Life, Student Services Guide, and other
special publications. Student Media offers student learning
activities for approximately 100 students each year. The
student learning activities include employment opportunities in
the areas of reporter, editor, photographer, advertising account
executive, graphic designer, distribution staff, station
manager, and disc jockey. The students employed by Student
Media have the opportunity to apply their classroom knowledge to
their specific jobs every day in a realistic and professional
business environment. In the 2002-2003 academic year, Student
Media entered four contests and won 28 awards for advertising,
news writing, photography, page design, and radio broadcasts.
The electronic version of The University Daily is
available at
http://www.universitydaily.net/.
Student Ombudsman
In response to the university’s mission to foster the
intellectual and personal development of students, the Vice
President for Student Affairs appointed an Ombudsman for
Students in June 2000. The Office of the Ombudsman provides
informal, neutral and confidential complaint handling and
conflict resolution services for students. The Ombudsman
attempts to help students resolve their concerns fairly without
having to resort to formal grievance procedures. This service
allows students to gain experience in solving conflicts in a
productive way. It also provides a designated place for
students to take concerns and know that they will be treated
with respect and that the problem will be addressed. Students
are then able to concentrate on their studies and are more
likely to stay in school. More information about services
provided can be found on the Ombudsman’s web site at
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/ombudsman/.
Student Union
The Student Union is a facility that bases its current existence
and configuration on the students of Texas Tech University. The
original plans for the union expansion were developed by using
the results of numerous assessments of student usage and
opinions of the previous facility. Additionally, student input
was solicited for virtually every component of the planning
process for the addition and renovation project. Copies of the
assessment instruments may be found in the Director’s office of
the Student Union. Further descriptions of facilities and
resources may be seen at
http://www.uc.ttu.edu/.
United Spirit Arena
The United Spirit Arena assists in promoting student learning
and development by fostering student involvement and cultural
development through its provision of a variety of sports,
entertainment and educational events to the students. Personal
and professional development and learning is promoted through
hands-on opportunities such as employment, internship, and
professional association involvement. Students have the
opportunity to gain experience in their field or interest or
major by taking on such roles as student manager, event
coordinator, public relations intern, accounting assistant and
event staff employee. Students are also presented with
professional training and development opportunities to
participate in industry conferences, trade shows, and
conventions. The United Spirit Arena also helps to foster
leadership and team skills and student involvement in its
provision of facilities to conduct student organization
meetings, socials, and job fairs. Students and student
organizations are provided with special facility pricing and
one-on-one event planning assistance to help ensure the
effectiveness of their special occasion. A more complete
description of services and facilities may be viewed at
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/unitedspiritarena/.
Upward Bound Programs
The Department of Upward Bound Programs provides quality staff,
leadership opportunities and service learning experiences
designed to enhance the development of Upward Bound students. A
complete description of programs is available at
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/upwardbound/.
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