Academic Support
Academic Support offers a variety of services to assist day and evening students in managing their coursework successfully. Individual academic counseling and study strategies matched to learning styles can help students handle difficult classes. Additionally, this service coordinates a Week 4 Progress Report in each semester for at-risk students and oversees many outreach efforts to contact struggling students throughout the academic year. All reports are reviewed by the Director, who will attempt to contact struggling students based on the responses provided by faculty members. Also, peer tutors, who are hired and trained by the office, facilitate study groups for many courses.
Career Development
Career Development assists you in preparing your personal career strategy by applying your selection of major to appropriate career fields. Services include but aren't limited to helping prepare students to research careers, identify and secure experiential learning opportunities (internships), and develop and implement job search strategies. Our job search strategies include creating a resume, networking and interviewing with employers, and target job leads. Then, we’ll help facilitate the implementation of your strategy by offering job and internship fairs, graduate and professional school fairs, mock interviews, on-campus recruiting, and a variety of networking events.
Students in Academic Transition
Students in Academic Transition Programs works one-on-one with students who are unsure of or desire to change their major. Students can opt to take an assessment to help identify the majors that might be a good fit for their academic strengths and interests. Transfer students also will process through the office if they do not have an academic major. The office provides a variety of programming designed to assist students in applying their selected major to a career. This office also coordinates the sophomore appointment program.
SOPHOMORE APPOINTMENT
Sophomores, be sure to schedule your Sophomore Appointment with a member of our Success Team before Fall Break. With this new year comes new possibilities and responsibilities, including your Sophomore Appointment. This is a brief meeting with a member of The Center for Student Success. It is designed to make sure that you are on track for the successful completion of your degree while also alerting you to relevant opportunities and support services.
The appointment will take approximately 15 minutes, but the results will last a lifetime! Don’t delay, call today. (330) 823-8685 or email AcademicTransitions@mountunion.edu.
Starfish
Starfish allows for a clear collaborative effort among faculty, advisors, administrators, and staff, engaging us all in the active process of supporting student success and retention.
While it certainly does not replace individual outreach or face-to-face conversations with students, this new technology platform does promote important interactions and provide the space for quick and simple notification of advisors or Center for Student Success staff when there is a concern about a student. This enables these support providers to reach out in a timely and effective way, leading to more efficient student support services and increased student success.
Ultimately, Starfish supports the retention efforts at the University of Mount Union by providing an intentional, efficient method of sharing critical information across divisions, tracking students about whom there are concerns, and providing impactful outreach and support services.
STARFISH TRAINING AND RESOURCES
Students will learn about Starfish during Preview and Orientation. This will be further reinforced through Exceptional Beginnings.
Faculty, administrators, and staff will get brief training during new faculty and new staff orientation. They will also have the opportunity to attend additional training sessions throughout the year.
Additional resources for both students and faculty, administrators, and staff can be accessed by the Starfish FAQs.
