Ashleigh Williams, Team Leader Aida MorenoRyan BowyerTerri Moore

Radford University

Demographics

Radford University: Rural, Southwest Virginia• Gender: 59.11% female, 40.88% men, Other,

unknown• Race:86.67% White, .056% Black, .3%

Hispanic • Student Population: 9,157• On-campus population: 3,254• Average incoming Freshman GPA: 3.1

Issues at Radford University

• Alcohol & Drug use: – Cleary Report 2008-09; 127 counts of Liquor Law violations referred

for Campus Judicial ActionAlcohol related death – November 2010Multiple student transports with B.A.C.’s over 3.0 – Fall 2010

• Hate crime & tolerance: – Cleary Report 2008-09; 7 counts of Hate Crimes including

on and off campus.Instances of swastikas being drawn on white boards – Fall 2009“Faggot” being yelled at non-heterosexual students – continuous

• ApathyLittle student involvement and engagement Low attendance of programming/athletic events No sense of campus identity/school spirit

• Universal (Sexual Assault, suicides): Under-reported sexual assault and Multiple suicide ideations – 2009-2010

The Dean of Students Office

Our MissionThe Office of the Dean of Students promotes and facilitates student learning, engagement and development outside the classroom and collaborates with others to enhance the quality of life for students at Radford University.

Our TaskThe Office of the Dean of Students responds to the informational and personal concerns of students and oversees the protection of student rights. The office plays a major role in promoting and upholding the shared values and ideals of the Radford University community. The office provides a variety of services for students. These include student advocacy services, student conduct services, off-campus student services, student publications, student insurance, information for parents and families, absence notices, references/verifications for graduate school and employment, and services with the Student Government Association.

Associate VP Student Affairs/

Dean of Students

Director Center for

Diversity and Inclusion

International Student

Orientation

Diversity Awareness Programs

Director Residential

Life

Area Directors

Resident Directors

Resident Assistants

Programming

Assistant Dean of Students

Conduct

Associate Dean

Coordinator DRO

Coordinator Substance Abuse

Violence Education Support Services

The Dean of Students Office Flow Chart

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Health & Safety

Freshman and sophomore males are most likely to be involved in Conduct issues due to discipline problems (Daniels 1997)

These offenders are typically on campus students who are abusing alcohol or another substance at the time of their offense

Beemyn, Curtis, Davis, and Tubbs: college events and activities play a significant role in a student’s sense of belonging and connection with the great campus community. The quality and quantity of a student’s involvement on campus also has a positive impact on the student’s learning and development (51).

Due to the positive impact that programming has on college students, we can utilize programming as a way to directly work with the Dean of Students Office.

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Beemyn, Curtis, Davis, and Tubbs: college events and activities play a significant role in a student’s sense of belonging and connection with the great campus community. The quality and quantity of a student’s involvement on campus also has a positive impact on the student’s learning and development (51).

due to the positive impact that programming has on college students, we can utilize programming as a way to directly work with the Dean of Students Office.

“individuals over the life span are confronted by a series of development challenges to their current identity or development status that require some sort of response” (207).

Psychosocial theorists believe that individuals develop through “a process that involves the accomplishment of a series of developmental tasks” (Kern, 207).

Cognitive development theories Stipulates that students grow through accommodation and assimilation of new ideas and information into preexisting notions and information

Health and safety concerns play an important role on the performance and success of students in their social and academic development.

Health & Safety

One of the general premises of any education system has been to promote and help having healthy and safe individuals that can be working at their full potential to achieve their academic and personal goals.

Radford University counts with RUPD and the Student Health Center, the Counseling Center, and Several organizations that work parallel to the University providing support in time of need.

The Student Health Center at RU is equipped to provide diagnosis and treatments and several services to all registered students currently enroll at RU.

Community

Service and Community based learning through educational sanctioning

Social Justice and Restorative Justice help promote diversity awareness and can be achieved though intentional conversations and sanctioning.

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A.C.H.I.E.V.M.E.N.TAppreciate, Community, Honor, Identity, Encouragement,

Versatility, Motivation, Enthusiasm, Networking, Tolerance

As the ultimate goal of this program is to develop a cohesive campus community we will do so through offering intentional programming which will increase the mental health of our students while reducing student the prevalence of student conduct. We sincerely believe that there is a direct correlation, as shown through the literature review, and that when we focus on providing intentional programming opportunities geared towards broadening students social, educational, and political orientations they will engage in a spirit of campus cohesiveness and community.

We believe that ACHIEVMENT represents the multiple aspects that we are attempt to produce through our programming model. With these aspects tied to the programming, health and safety, and conduct, the upmost productive community can be formed.

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The Dept. of Student Affairs has implemented a programming

model whose focus is to build a strong and cohesive campus

community

The deptartment will use Facebook and Foursquare as a tool to meet students on their own turf. We seek to engage students in on-campus programs which aim to change normative behavior to that of

healthy campus involvement.

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Residential Life will grab students’ attention the day they move in by

having them “like” the Residential Life webpage when they pick up their room

key.

This of course will be completely optional but the goal is to entice students by providing incentives for

participation in the program. Students will receive their first incentive in the form of a pack of Smarties simply

for “liking” the webpage.

On the Residential Life Facebook page, there will be

a tiered gameboard where students can play a

semester-long game where they track participation in on-

campus programs.

Students will be eligible to move up a tier when they have attended an approved on-campus program.

They can only move up a tier once a week, so students must be involved in a program every week

to to finish the game.

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On campus departments such as SGA, athletics, and R-Space can apply to have

their programs included in the competition.

Departments must contribute to a positive campus community to be involved in the competition by proving that their program

promotes good mental health and results in a reduction of conduct violations. Free Ben & Jerry’s ice cream cake

Students must prove that they have attended

approved campus programs to move up a

tier on Facebook.

Each approved program will receive a one-time only password to give students

that attend that particular program

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Students will then use this password to “check in” to

the program.

The designated program coordinator will allow a one minute time frame for students to check into the program after it has begun. They will then

receive their ladder point. $30 towards posters in annual poster sale

The Resident Director for Education and Involvement will be

the person responsible for maintaining the Foursquare and

Facebook account, including creating each event’s password.

S/he will also determine which programs are included.

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The Facebook account will act as a hub to

publish programming opportunities that count towards achieving the

next tier. The RDEI will update this account daily$50 RU Express for laundry and vending

Each tier the students reach

represents a prize that they are

eligible to win. 1 in 25 students at each

level will win the prize.

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Students can track their own and other players’ progress on the Residential Life Facebook page through an interactive tiered pyramid system.

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Because Foursquare is a Twitter application, students will also be able to see in Real Time which programs their

friends are attending.Space in new on-campus apartment

The goal is to eventually make attending on-campus programs a popular choice for

students. Students will also have a chance to expose themselves to many different on-campus organizations who are participating

in the program. The hope is that this exposure will get students interested in

becoming involved in not only attending on-campus events, but planning them as well.

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Research shows that involved students are more invested in both their academics and

campus community. Likewise, students who are invested in their community are less likely to violate community standards by breaking

the Student Code of Conduct.

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Affairs staff will have the pleasure of rewarding faithful program attenders with the chance to win

better and better prizes.

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Prizes range from a $10 Starbucks gift card to the chance to win a free single room for

the following school year.

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The

Pyramid

of Prizes