CHANGING THE UNIVERSITY’S CULTURAL LANDSCAPE

The University of Connecticut Division of Student Affairs

ANNUAL REPORT2009 - 2010

Highlights andAccomplishments

The Division of Student Affairs is a group of dynamically

engaged members of the UConn community who share

a single focus: We put our students first in all that we do.

This dedication reflects itself in a myriad of ways, from

small gestures of kindness to bold new initiatives that

are changing the University’s cultural landscape.

This Annual Report gives you a glimpse into what can

happen when a large group of like-minded people

moves together in a positive, student-affirming

direction. If something in this report stirs your

curiosity, ask us about it. If you see an

opportunity to jump on board, by all

means, do….there’s always room!

Sincerely,

John R. Saddlemire, Ed.D.Vice President for Student Affairs

STUDENTS FIRST

To Members and Friends of the Division of Student Affairs

STUDENTS FIRST

MISSION STATEMENTThe Division of Student Affairs provides programs, services, and co-curricular experiences that enhance student success. Our efforts support the development of the whole person by fostering an awareness of lifelong learning and promoting the

development of skills for effective citizenship in a diverse world. We promote a vibrant intellectual climate that supports an active and inclusive community. We strive to be reflective

and intentional in an ever-changing environment.

VISION STATEMENTThrough a strong community-centered environment, we will work together with integrity to enhance campus life by creating a sense

of ownership, responsibility, and confidence in the University. We will send forth graduates who will make outstanding

contributions to society.

COMMUNITY

THE UCONN CREEDI will practice personal and academic integrity.

I will respect the dignity and rights of all persons.

I will demonstrate concern for others and live up to my community responsibilities.

I will approach learning with a spirit of inquiry.

I will take pride in the University of Connecticut.

COLLABORATIONOur strength and impact on this campus as a coordinated team can and will be extraordinary.

CREDIBILITY AND CONFIDENCETHROUGH COMPETENCEStudents, staff, and faculty gravitate to organizations and individuals who are knowledgeable and thoughtful in their affairs.

INITIATIVEWe create opportunities that encourage and rewardnew ideas.

INTEGRITY- Play by the Rules Individually and collectively, we meet the expectations and guidelines of our colleagues and the University.

- Transparency Our staff and constituents must know and understand the “what” and “why” of what we do. We are inclusive of those we serve in our planning and our operations.

- Stewardship Appropriately maintain and manage our resources.

- Reliability There is no greater compliment than being that person or team others can count on in both good times and challenging times.

- Excellent Services Offer what we do in the best way possible, while thoughtfully balancing educational needs and customer service.

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

CRITICAL ISSUESASSESSMENT

ANDEXCELLENCE

Measure excellence through planned assessment using

recognized standards.

COLLABORATIONInitiate and enhance partnerships in the

Division and across the University community.

COMMUNICATIONImprove communication within departments and

across the Division.

COMMUNITYFoster pride and ownership

through involvement.

DIVERSITYDemonstrate respect

and support for diversity.

TECHNOLOGYPromote thoughtful use

and continued integration of technology.

CENTER FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIESFunding from the Kaman Foundation increased the center’s inventory of assistive and learning technologies—essentially a “Lab in a Bag” concept of portable technologies for greater accessibility to students.

The creation of a professional development series—CSD Lunch and Learn—has successfully allowed the center to share information about working with students with disabilities with interested staff throughout the division.

CAREER SERVICESUConn students continue to take advantage of opportunities to explore the culture and environment at various employer work-sites. Working through the Department of Career Services during the 2009/10 academic year, students visited the Connecticut Department of Children and Families, the Connecticut State Legislature, the Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security (a federal agency that directs and coordinates resources to protect property and citizens of Connecticut), and the Forensic Science Laboratory in Meriden, Connecticut (whose primary responsibility is to investigate physical evidence or evidentiary material related to a crime upon the request of any federal, state, or local agency) to meet staff in these respective operations and to learn more about career opportunities.

COMMUNITY STANDARDSFive hundred and eight students participated in the UCompass program, which is designed to help students navigate their way into more meaningful involvement with the UConn campus community following interaction with the Office of Community Standards.

With the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life, the Office of Community Standards designed and implemented the Fraternity and Sorority Peer Standards Board, which manages educational sanctions for fraternities and sororities. Community Standards determines responsibility as well as major sanctions.

INVOLVED

COUNSELING AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

(CMHS)Counseling and Mental Health Services provided

direct clinical services (individual and group counseling and medication services) for

1,455 individual students (7% of the student body), for a total of 8,755 contacts over the past year. The use of Mental Health Services

by students continues to present a high demand for the staff.

QPR (Question, Persuade and Refer) Suicide Prevention Training was provided to 672 members of the UConn campus

community (for a two-year total of 2,100+ people trained), with

3,911 UConn members receiving general Psycho-Educational

Outreach services from CMHS.

AFFIRMING

DINING SERVICESContinuing the unique involvement and pride in “growing our own” honey at UConn, Dining Services has installed an exhibition beehive in the rear dining

room at Whitney.

Renovation and space enhancement of facilities in Shippee, the Student Union Convenience Store, McMahon, and South Campus’s Rome Dining dishroom

continue to receive priority attention to enable the delivery of services.

DEDICATION

OFFICE OF FRATERNITYAND SORORITY LIFE

The annual HuskyTHON inspired over 600 student participants to help raise more than $150,000 for the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center.

Continuing the tradition of developing students in a variety of ways outside of the classroom, the IMPACT leadership institute taught 90 fraternity and

sorority members to take values-based action to enact positive change.

DEDICATION

POSITIVE CHANGE

OFFICE OF STUDENT SERVICES AND ADVOCACYAs a result of successful efforts to provide students with diverse experiences and to empower students to learn the art of advocating for themselves, the Office of Student Services and Advocacy was invited to participate in the Cultural Center Social Justice Conference in Spring 2010, presenting a session titled “Social Justice Engagement through Active Coalition Building and Involvement.” This workshop facilitated skill development to enhance participants’ professional portfolios as they embarked on their journey of change and leadership involvement.

Two off-campus housing fairs and one roommate fair were important events for Off-Campus Student Services. Off-campus housing fairs are designed to assist students with their housing search and to provide resources to enhance their off-campus living experience. About 600 students attend the fairs each semester to get information about area landlords, town services, university offices, and local resources.

Off-Campus Student Services enhanced Husky WOW by adding programs such as Commuter Class Hunt and Commuter Dinner. There was an increase in new commuter students who participated, and feedback about their experience was very positive.

DIVERSE EXPERIENCES

RESIDENTIAL LIFEResidential Life developed and implemented a $300 room reservation fee as an occupancy management tool. The implementation of this fee was successful and provided a fairly sturdy estimate of fall occupancy. The strength of our estimate allowed for a thoughtful approach to finalizing new student assignments.

A 24/7 “Front Desk” service was brought into operation during the past year in order to centralize and enhance the ability to respond to emergencies, lockouts, and a host of other tasks that arise throughout the year.

SENIOR TRANSITION AND ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS (STEP)This year STEP expanded its leadership efforts in attending to senior needs and services, establishing improved com-munication with seniors, enhancing collaborative efforts, and and fostering alumni development.DIVERSE EXPERIENCES

THOUGHTFUL

STUDENT ACTIVITIESThe Challenge Course was brought back after a five-year hiatus. Student Activities facilitated 19 courses for 508 students and staff representing a wide variety of clubs, programs, and departments during the 2009/10 academic year.

Careers for the Common Good project continues to gain momentum and generate interest. An on-going collaboration with Career Services and the Human Rights Institute helped to raise awareness of and prepare students for service, study, and employment in the non-profit and public sectors.

The Community Service Learning Community (CSLC) has been in operation for over 10 years, and in 2009 it changed from a first-year-only community to a multiyear community with over 50 students. The CSLC is a residential-based, interdisciplinary program that delves into community service as students choose from over 75 opportunities in the region. Members create and implement a service project as a group in addition to attending programs and hearing speakers on topics such as political involvement, social justice, and human rights.

The past year brought an increase in the usage and usability of the Veterans House, a 24-hour drop-in center for student veterans.

COLLABORATE

CELEBRATECELEBRATECELEBRATE

STUDENT AFFAIRS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SAIT)One of the many projects facilitated by SAIT includeddevelopment and release of a Residential Life work order system, including a resident software application, a manage-ment software application, and hardware support for the Operations unit. HuskyTech student technology services opened a second location in the Library Learning Commons.

A significant amount of time and effort has been devoted to coordination of a Service Continuity Plan to manage risk of division information technology systems.

INITIATE AND FACILITATE

STUDENT HEALTH SERVICESA significant amount of time was devoted to preparation and management of a

preventive immunization program in anticipation of an H1N1 outbreak situation.

To help address the growing campus fiscal crisis within the division, the leadership at Student Health Services negotiated several additional participating provider agreements

with major health insurance companies to advance the initiative of fee-for-services.

INITIATE AND FACILITATE

E D U C AT E A N D I N F O R M

STUDENT UNIONThe Student Union managed 21,535 reservations from hundreds of student organizations and departments. This reflected a 12% increase over the previous year. We also coordinated 49 confer-ences and camps. One of the highlight events this year was hosting the first ESPN Women’s Basketball Game Day Pre-show in our Food Court. We upgraded the old concession stand and re-opened the space as the Blue Cow, a very popular snack shop. We were also able to make some minor changes in our facility to improve customer service – new A/V equipment in room 304, flexible walls in four meeting rooms to enhance room options, installed a new pizza oven, enhanced building directional signs, and created new storage spaces for our food vendors.

WELLNESS AND PREVENTION SERVICESWith continued emphasis on research to practice, Wellness and Prevention Services developed a “train the trainers” model in two evidence-based programs designed to decrease disordered eating risk factors among sorority women and female athletes (“Reflections Body Image Program and the Female Athlete Body Project,” February 2010) and developed a Marijuana Abuse Prevention Program (MAPP) in Summer 2009 based on BASICS. The program was implemented in Fall 2009 with success, with staff providing over 230 BASICS interventions and 130 MAPP interventions.IMPROVE

MEANINGFUL NUMBERS

OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, the University of Connecticut’s Student Affairs Division has been part of a remarkable transformation and reorganization.

With this magnitude of change, the Division has been challenged to implement a new vision for the student experience as represented by the new and continually emerging strategic planning process. The information

reported here provides a glimpse into the fiscal foundation of this transformation as the Division

works to maintain high standards for service and excellence.

Students Housed by the Division

Fall 2009 12,315 Spring 2010 11,971

Students Provided with Meal Plans 19,814

Total Division Employees 866

Division Employees (State Only) 514 Clerical/Administrative 47

Professional 238

Maintenance 229

Gender: Male 228

Gender: Female 286

Dining Employees (Non-State) 352

Student Employees 1,762

MEANINGFUL NUMBERS

BRICK OF THE WEEK AWARDS

BRICK OF THE WEEK AWARDSThe Brick of the Week Awards are given to nominated members of the UConn Community who were observed demonstrating one or more of the Division of Student Affairs’ Guiding Principles or Critical Issues. These individuals were recognized by their colleagues and supervisors as helping to fulfill the mission of the Division and support of the academic mission of UConn.

Department of Career ServicesJaclyn CalovineLarry DruckenbrodRachel Larsen Ashley ReichenbachJanet Stephens

Center for Students with DisabilitiesBryanna AndersonShirley ArmenterosWade GibbsDonna KorbelMegan KressDiep LuuChristine WenzelElisabeth Werling

Community StandardsCinnamon AdamsJane Benoit-BeanCathy CocksPier Gutierrez

Conference ServicesKate CopelandSteve Rugens

Counseling & Mental Health ServicesPerry MandanisArlene ThompsonMaritza Lugo-StalkerBetsy CraccoJenn FoxBarbara MeladyBarry Schreier

Dining ServicesRachel Arpin Denise BealLinda BergeronSue BrockGloria BustamanteFrank CameronTrish CameronTerry Cook Jamie CoppolaPeter DuelWilliam Elliott Drew GibsonDave GouldMarty GrimasonAmy GronusRegina HackettEthan HaggertyScott HarmonPeter Haynes Andy Iverson Eric JanssenLorraine KjellquistSharon KuloRoselyn LamontRob LandolphiSteve LavalleeDeb LeeCharlotte LevasseurNancy ManuelSue MedunaDawn Meduna Gail MerrillHelen MesiBea NerbonneSusan O’KeefeKevin OstrowskiDennis PierceLarry RaymentJim Rogers Tracey RoyCarlos SanchezCasey Senechal Heidi SlaterJohn SpejewskiAdam WentworthKatherine Woodward

Residential LifeNancy AbohatabLiz AckellMaureen ArmstrongJohn ArmstrongRyan BaroneJordan BennettMarisa BirdsellSteph BoykinMartha BrewsczynskiSandra Brind-AmourShante BrownCourtney BuchananHarold ButlerDallas CarterLauren CecchiDrew CekadaLindsay ChiappaNikki ColeLurman ColonRuben ConcepcionScott ConnollyTracy CreeAmy CrimShalice CulbreathSharon DaggettMatt DeGuireWayne DesiletsKatelyn DonovanCatherine DubucTrudy DufresneDana DunnackPete DunnackKeith FernandezHoween FlexerStacy FlowersCaely FlynnVelda ForteKevin FowlerScott GalloBen GelbElsie GonzalezDouglas GoodsteinTom GrayChrys GrigoriouTanya HartwigRay HeBert

Beth HelinskiDonna HuffZach HumphreyMary Anne IvesBilly JimenezNeil KaufmanCraig KellAbi KennedySteve KremerMelanie LawsonSanchez LeonardoChristie LetarteJeffrey LyleGabriel MalaveMark McDonaldNora McGeeSheila MorgansmithSheryl NasanskyDavid NormanKatherine O’ConnellRobert OttoJordan OwensMarta PaganIsmael PaganRob PalmerDoreen PeloquinElba PerezGerard PerryRyan Purves Mike RichardsAristide RistauAndrew RobertsEmile Rogovich

Joseph SanbornJuan SanchezPam SchipaniJohn SearsKevin SellaTimothy SmithNiki SolLogan SternAcy StoneLinda SumnerCharles SundquistHeather SwickKayla Ten CateRussell TherouxJacquline ThompsonErica ThompsonThomas TourignyHoward VizthumMike WellesJasmine WillisBob WylieDrew Zimmerman

Department of Student ActivitiesAda Elderkin

Fraternity & Sorority LifeCrystel MaldonadoWill JonesLindsay SellTodd SullivanGreg Fink

HESA ProgramCaroline McCallSue Saunders

Off Campus Student ServicesJim HintzAkeya Peterson

Office of Student Services & AdvocacyLaura BeltranKaren BrescianoJustin AguadoAmanda AmbrianoKate BaileyAnila BakullariChantal BouchereauJenique BrownGareth ChatkinGay DouglasAndrew FitchMichael GurdijanBrett HewittAshley Hudd-TrotterLisa LemaireErin McClellanRanisha MillerDan PadoverKomal SanduJosh Zarkin

Office of the CEORoxanne Roy

Office of the ControllerCharlie EatonPeggy SelleckMichael Virone

Office of the PresidentPresident Hogan

Office of the Vice President for Student AffairsMargo BertramDenielle Burl Janice CanniffNeeta ChandreshekharDavid ClokeyCathy DownsMichelle KielyLauren KodiakGina OnidiStefanie LandsmanJohn SaddlemireAshley Vrabely

One Card OfficeElly Prairie

Residence EducationTerrence AbneyAlisa GellerDonna HoffKaylyn JennikRobert Yanez

Residential LifeJames ChapmanKevin GelorminoDavid GoldsteinBenjamin GramlichStephen HakenjosRebecca PainterDaryl Wu

Residential LifeHousingMary FalzoJessica Petriello

Residential LifeThe Front DeskEvelyn Hunter Smith

Student ActivitiesLacey MazzilliJayce WatsonWill ReddyToya Ambrose

Jill AndruskiewiczMelissa ArroyoNikki AugustineDiane BordeleauJoseph BriodyJacquelyn BrownJonathan BurrosLiz CatalanoFritz CheryDiana DeFeoNancy DepathyBethany DesjardinGina DeVivo BrassawLauren DittmeierDanielle DorseyBenjamin DunlaveyKate DurantKevin EvringhamKevin FaheyAlexandra FidellagaHenry FischerChelsea FischerMark FlynnJenna FrechettePaul GainesSylvie GodboutKelly GreenKaitlyn HaggertyKatlyn HarringtonHeather HeimannBecca HermanRob HugginsOlafemi HunterAshley JeznachDestynie JonesTaylor Kielpinski-RogersAndrea LamaShawna LesseurMichael LevenduskiMelissa LoStoccoChris MarceauEric MarkowPaige MartinSheena Mayes-BoyleBrittany McKeownSarah MikelsJanella MildrexlerAnna MilotCynthia MorrissetteKrista MuiseLisa OkscinLillian Palacios

Chelsea Pellegrino Jody PothCheryl PovilonisKaren ProvostRachael RamonasLiz RapoportKate RubnitzCatherine RyanKristen SchmalbachSarah ScrantonCara SeidnerAmy SevignyMary ShawAlyssa StonerSamantha StrumoloRachael SullivanDanielle SullivanAmy TheesRyan ToussaintVu TranDonna VailBenedict VetterJessica WahlHeather WilhelmChristine WilsonChristopher WoodsideKatharina YoungSevan AngacianMiguel ColonSara Dudley McDermottOlafemi HunterBen Cannon

Student Affairs Information TechnologyTom BloomChris BoucherJuan CanelaDan CapettaGinny EatonMarc JonesEvelyn LangRyan MankusReuben PainterValerie Puffet-MichelKrista Schulz

Student Health Services Information TechnologyLaurie LoehrMary BeyHolly BisacciaValerie KieferKathy Leahy

Mary Ellen PowersKathy Aldrich Jane BainbridgeKarin DenleyJane DesrosiersLinda DoboszKathy HamptonDeb HubbellArlene Kerlin MDPriscilla KesslerRenee KrukoffDiana Laster-GagneMary MantonTina McCarthyLaura McConnellStephanie MoorePatricia MoriartySheila Patchen (LeBeau)Josie PucciaMarie SantiTresca SmithMartha Sternberg M.D.Rebecca Stockdale-WoolleyNancy TatroClaire VerdierDonna VoseCindy WalshLinda Page

Student UnionMike BoldukShane CoteSarah GuillimetteAbby MoralesTony NoelCorey O’BrienMatthew PerreaultMonica RudzikKim SchwarzFaith SumpterCarlos VillaConnie VongPatricia GilliganBritney BidmeadChris Cipriano

Wellness & PreventionEric CrumrineAnne ThompsonJoleen NeversAmy (Pumerantz) DunhamBeth DeRiccoNisha HardnettKayla OlsonLiz Prince

BRICK OF THE WEEK AWARDS