Student Life and Experiential Learning
Mission
Cultivate a diverse student experience in which the unification of learning and service promotes
connections to empower positive self discovery and intellectual growth…community
engagement and global citizenship
Goals
Collaborate with faculty and academic departments to expand curricular and co-curricular
experiences that enhance student learning and development and contribute to academic and
career success.
Collaborate within the campus, local, state, national, and global communities to form
partnerships through a shared vision of mutual needs, interests, and social responsibility.
Expand leadership education and development opportunities that increase students’
competencies, commitment to developing leadership in others, and involvement with
community service and action.
Provide lifelong tools to foster a balanced lifestyle through comprehensive services and
programs that enhance intellectual, emotional, physical, spiritual, and social development.
Continue to improve the quality and effectiveness of programs and services through
the application of systematic assessment and evaluation.
Embrace and promote the uniqueness of our community by cultivating respect for individual
differences and encouraging cross-cultural dialogue.
Office of Academic Support Services
Mission
Academic Support Services
Through its support of the mission of SUNY-ESF, Academic Support Services is committed to
the success of our students by preparing them with holistically challenging student development
opportunities that assist in their current academic pursuits and future personal goals.
SUNY-ESF Learning Community
This mission of the Learning Community Program at SUNY ESF is to promote, enhance, and
support students’ academic, personal, and professional growth and success through the
development of a residential Learning Community experience.
Goals
Academic Support Services
To assist students in developing self understanding and acceptance by providing opportunities to
understand their own academic strengths and limitations.
To assist students with proper decision making skills that best reflects their own personal and
academic goals and objectives.
Motivating students to develop an interest in community development through academic studentto-student relationships.
Provide appropriate institutional specific information regarding policies and procedures, along
with appropriate referrals, to assist in our students’ ability to navigate the college’s diverse
support programs and services.
SUNY-ESF Learning Community
Building partnerships among faculty, staff and students to increase overall interaction,
involvement, and learning in and out of the classroom.
Facilitating college transitions by fostering smaller communities of students, faculty, and staff.
Connecting the curricular and co-curricular experiences of students to create a seamless learning
experience for all involved.
Develop a sense of power and authority in their environment; they will move from buy-in of the
learning community to a sense of ownership.
Promoting opportunities for individual students to make more meaningful connections with
members of the SUNY-ESF community.
Supporting students’ successful completion of their academic programs.
A continuous contribution of enrichment to the institution’s intellectual climate.
Fostering students’ active commitment to the college community as students.
Office of Career Services
Mission
The mission of the Career Services Office at SUNY-ESF is to assist ESF students and alumni in
applying their education and experiences toward advancing their career goals over a lifetime.
The office offers various personalized services, programs and resources to guide in developing
the skills necessary in advancing through ESF and entering into a rewarding career.
Goals
Teach and support students throughout their career development process: self-assessment, career
exploration and skill development, job search/decision making and career management.
Partner with employers and alumni to maximize program and employment opportunities for
students.
Demonstrate effective citizenship by fostering an inclusive campus community.
Capitalize on technology as a tool and recourse in communicating and delivering services.
Develop and implement Career Services assessment action plan
Office of Counseling and Disabilities
Mission
The Counseling and Disabilities Services Office is dedicated to promoting the psychological and
developmental wellbeing of students aimed at enriching personal and academic growth. It is the
goal of Counseling and Disabilities Services office to remain closely connected to and engaged
with students, faculty, and staff in their endeavors to secure the achievement of a college
experience of the highest quality and satisfaction.
Goals
Provide support and assistance to students in their pursuit of personal and academic growth.
Provide programming to students, faculty, and staff based on identified needs of these
populations.
Demonstrate effective citizenship through collaboration and by fostering an inclusive campus
community.
Utilize technology as a tool for the communication and delivery of services.
Office of Judicial Affairs
Mission
Support the College’s educational mission and goals by promoting a just, safe, orderly, and
positive climate through behavioral standards, disciplinary processes, training, informational
programming and intervention efforts.
Goals
Promote a campus environment that supports the overall educational mission of the College.
Encourage appropriate standards of individual and group behavior.
Foster ethical standards and civic virtues.
Teach students about appropriate behavior and community membership.
Intervene effectively when behavior violates the Code of Conduct.
Office of Multicultural Affairs
Mission
ESF Multicultural Affairs exists to support underrepresented students and to foster a campus
community where cultural diversity is appreciated. The department seeks to be a center of
cultural learning which prepares all members of the ESF community to effectively interact with
others in an increasingly diverse and global society.
Goals
Multicultural Affairs designs programs, activities and services to promote cultural development.
Through an array of programs and services, Multicultural Affairs helps recruit and support
underrepresented students in their endeavors at ESF.
Multicultural Affairs provides material and information resources to help members of the college
community identify and connect with others who can offer support in a variety of ways,
including linguistic, ethnic, ideological, or cultural aspects of life.
Office of Student Activities
Mission Statement
The Office of Student Activities serves to enrich the co-curricular experience of students in the
areas of personal development, leadership, and community involvement. To this end, the Office
assists individuals, student organizations and the student government in determining and
realizing goals; manages major College events; and serves as an accessible student advocate and
liaison.
Goals
Provide leadership training, as well as opportunities, for all students on campus through a variety
of venues including workshops, educational sessions, student-led program committees and oneon-one advising.
Provide consulting and advising on program development including direct advisement and
mentoring to student organizations and leaders.
In cooperation with the Office of Counseling and Disability Services, provide social and
recreational activities to promote balance, wellness and stress relief to help students to increase
their productivity in the classroom and their overall satisfaction with the college experience.
Provide opportunities for students to further connect with their communities on a local, national
and international basis through the development of community partnerships and faculty
collaboration.
Provide a positive transitional experience for new incoming students and their families to ESF’s
campus.