Department of Student Affairs
Mission Statement:
The Department of Student Affairs believes every student has a right to full and equal participation in the university community. We identify and collaboratively eliminate institutional barriers to success and cultivate a student-centered co-curricular experience. We intentionally educate our students on well-being, equity, career readiness, and interpersonal engagement. We seek to understand who our students are and who they want to become. We shape supportive environments for students to grow and belong as they navigate higher education and beyond.
Vision:
We will be a division that is unwavering in our creation of meaningful opportunities for student learning and development. We will be responsive to emerging student needs, while continuing to invest in staff so they can create a safe, engaged, holistically well, and innovative campus community.
Values:
- Community: Developing relationships, creating a sense of belonging, and contributing to an environment where Bears are welcomed and valued
- Social Justice: Engaging across difference, challenging practices that uphold structural inequalities, and creating environments that support all Bears in achieving their goals
- Student-Centered: Making intentional decisions to meet the needs of students to be successful
- Accountability: Taking ownership, holding ourselves and each other responsible for our communication and actions, following through on our commitments, and reflecting on our impacts
- Integrity: Engaging in honest and transparent communication and actions
- Intentionality: Being proactive and deliberate, aligning our practices with expectations and resources and regularly assessing our work
Department of Student Affairs contact information: 970-351-3609 or DSA@unco.edu
Department of Student Affairs website: www.unco.edu/student-affairs/