St. Philip’s College Welcome Center
By
Denice A. Braziel
December 11, 2005
St. Philip’s College
Welcome Center
Our purpose is to establish a Welcome
Center capable of providing first-time
students with enrollment and information
services. The Center evolves into a service
office with a permanent home and
appropriate amenities serving the college
community and others.
The Welcome Center’s
Mission
The mission of the new Welcome Center at
St. Philip's College is to recognize that
academic advisement is a developmental
process of assisting first-time college
students to identify and clarify goals, plan
and monitor academic progress, and
advance towards graduation.
Services
The Welcome Center will contain a wide
range of information needed by students,
including registration activities, all
current and future student activities and
events, persons and offices to contact
for more information.
Services
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Information will focus upon:
• Admissions, Financial Aid, Testing, Registration
• Academics (advising, majors, degree plans,
departments, faculty, tutoring and other academic
resources)
• Student Life (counseling, psychological services,
disabled student services, career planning and
placement, student transfer, student activities,
medical information, etc.)
• Bursar, Bookstore, Library
The Center’s Facts
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The Center will be centrally located on
campus in the Sutton Learning Center.
It will employ 8 staff members to serve
students.
The Center will have information kiosks or
touch screens for electronic access.
The Welcome Center will have a website
with access to most of the Center’s
services.
Why Use The Center?
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The Center will combine admissions,
registration, financial aid, advising,
testing and other vital services into one
location so the student will not have to
visit more than one location.
The Center will also serve as an
Information Center which the college
currently does not have.
Evaluation
The center will use a program called
Who's Next to record and calculate how
each student is serviced with
accompanying follow-up. The information
from the Who's Next program will be
placed in a monthly report of the activities
of the center.
Evaluation
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On the website a more comprehensive
assessment called the Welcome Center
Visitors Survey will be used. This
survey will collect demographic
information to say who was there, why
they were there and their level of
satisfaction.
Evaluation (Continued)
Future Outlook
As services and offices are added,
removed or combined in the college, the
Welcome Center can simply
accommodate these changes. Its one
location makes all adaptation easier. It
also reduces lines and waiting at the
respective offices and centers.
Future Outlook
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Any changes to these specific
components will not affect the center's
status as a whole, since its purpose is to
form a link or culminate most of the
college's functions.
Conclusion
The Welcome Center is the main
resource center at St. Philip's
College. The Welcome Center will
connect all first-time students to
their Academic Advisors, faculty,
staff and academic support
services and programs that will
enable them to succeed. This
center becomes a one-stop
location for most of the students‘
needs.
Bibliography
College of Siskiyous
http://www.siskiyous.edu/
http://www.siskiyous.edu/welcomecenter/
Eastbay Consortium College
http://www.eastbayconsortium.org/walkincenter/mainframe.php3
Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District
http://www.gcccd.cc.ca.us/news/2001.Archive/Onestop%20student%20center%20at%20Cuyamaca%20
College.htm
http://cuyamaca.gcccd.cc.ca.us/admissions/#Who%20should%20I%20contact
Montgomery County Community College
http://www.mc3.edu
North Harris Montgomery College
http://admissionstop.com/video.php
Palo Alto College
http://www.accd.edu/pac/htm/Current/welcomeadvising.htm
Stony Brook University
http://www.sunysb.edu/sb/newstudents/nscolleges.shtml
http://www.stonybrook.edu/sb/studentlife.shtml
http://www.stonybrook.edu/sb/welcome.shtml
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