{"id":15159,"date":"2024-09-04T10:33:46","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T14:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/?p=15159"},"modified":"2024-09-04T10:33:47","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T14:33:47","slug":"building-bridges-for-student-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/building-bridges-for-student-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Building bridges for student success"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Latoya Jenkins, Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Experience, participates in a forum during the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) Summer Meeting for Academic and Student Affairs Leaders in Denver, CO. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Two members of University of Maryland Eastern Shore president Heidi M. Anderson<\/strong>\u2019s cabinet took center stage in Denver over the summer to discuss how collaborative partnerships positively affect student success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Rondall Allen<\/strong>, provost and vice president for Academic Affairs, and Latoya Jenkins<\/strong>, vice president of Enrollment Management and Student Experience, participated in a panel discussion at the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) Summer Meeting for Academic and Student Affairs Leaders in July. The panel focused on building bridges between academic affairs and student affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPart of what makes our team work in building those bridges is that we are open to feedback and using data to help support our decisions,\u201d Jenkins said. \u201cUsually, when you have two people who are at different divisions, there are different focuses and different objectives. But Dr. Allen and I have found a way to ensure that if the students are going to succeed, we need to do our best to get our institution to that point.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the forum, Allen and Jenkins addressed how the two divisions at UMES have worked together to help create positive student outcomes in student recruitment and retention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The opportunity to address the AASCU audience was born from another speaking engagement Jenkins had at a Higher Endeavor Ecosystem meeting last spring in Chicago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of the student retention initiative, a task force was established to help implement new policies to decrease academic dismissals. Through the group\u2019s work, the number of students academically dismissed was reduced by 95 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Dr. Rondall Allen, UMES’s Vice President of Academic Affairs and Provost, speaks at a forum held during the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) Summer Meeting for Academic and Student Affairs Leaders in Denver, CO. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Allen said changing the policy language offered more opportunities for UMES students struggling with academics and two additional buffers before dismissal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the past, he said students placed on probation would have just one semester to rebound academically or end up being dismissed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNow we\u2019ve implemented two more categories \u2013 warning and jeopardy \u2013 before dismissal is even reached,\u201d Allen said. \u201cWe want to make sure that as a first-time student, we\u2019re supporting them in their journey.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jenkins added that along with the redefined academic dismissal policies, students with a GPA below 2.5 are also given help from peers, mentors, and faculty to get them back on track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s something that helps with student belonging,\u201d she said. \u201cWe noticed you might need help and we\u2019re giving you a safe space to work with our team and your peers who also may be in need. It\u2019s through that approach that our teams are able to work together and support students.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the initiatives showing progress, including the fourth consecutive year of growing new student admissions, both Allen and Jenkins are confident that working together to meet student needs is pivotal for UMES to continue to thrive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne of the points stressed during the presentation was that these two teams have to work together,\u201d Allen said. \u201cThe right hand has to know what the left is doing, and that\u2019s what\u2019s worked for us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Added Jenkins: \u201cWe wanted to make sure that we gave our students opportunities to work with as many departments as possible in order to complete their educational journeys. In order to do that, it starts with communication between Dr. Allen and I and having a shared vision for success.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two members of University of Maryland Eastern Shore president Heidi M. Anderson\u2019s cabinet took center stage in Denver over the summer to discuss how collaborative partnerships positively affect student success. Dr. Rondall Allen, provost and vice president for Academic Affairs, and Latoya Jenkins, vice president of Enrollment Management and Student Experience, participated in a panel…Read more Building bridges for student success<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1559,"featured_media":15163,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","wds_primary_category":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-15159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1559"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15159"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=15159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}