We are excited to share a new, member-only resource that puts your work front and center in the student success conversation, The Case for Campus Activities.
This white paper outlines the connections between Campus Activities, sense of belonging, and student retention and persistence. It can help communicate the purpose and value of Campus Activities.
This guide provides a framework for Campus Activities departments to do a deep dive into the Case for Campus Activities to align department practices with research findings and develop action plans for enhanced belonging outcomes.
This presentation is designed for Campus Activities professionals to help tell the story of how you are creating a college community where everyone belongs.
This resource outlines considerations for five components of belonging - feelings, school spirit, relationships, academic support, and space and place – to assist in increasing belonging on your campus.
This is an Executive Summary of the Making the Case for Campus Activities white paper reviewing at a high level the purpose and value of Campus Activities.
This webinar reviews the contents of the forthcoming Case for Campus Activities, including a white paper and additional tools, that are designed to help you tell the impact of Campus Activities on student belonging, retention, and persistence.
In this mixed-methods study, Leda Cempellin led a team from South Dakota State to assess how a campus artist-in-residence program influences student creativity, interdisciplinary thinking, and engagement across arts, STEM, and social science disciplines.
Meghan Grace, Dawn Wiese, & William Foran examine how undergraduate men, particularly in fraternities, understand and engage in peer accountability, revealing greater confidence and participation among fraternity members compared to their unaffiliated peers.
Jean Patterson & Chelsea Redger-Marquardt’s qualitative study uses sensemaking theory to evaluate how students leaders and staff coordinators make meaning of their roles in a Living Learning Community (LLC).
Gyasmine George-Williams led a team from Cal Poly Pomona to explore the impact of the Activism Growth Model (AGM) on student learning and identity development across interdisciplinary courses, highlighting how students apply self-awareness, community connection, and social justice advocacy to their academic and personal lives.
In this portraiture study, John Smith III & Pietro Sasso capture the reflective narratives about the US educational experiences of international alumni and offers insight into how institutions provide student support and services for international students.
