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Student Life
Student Wellness
Begin “Transition Groups” for new students that begin with orientation and continue through the first year with mentorship of Department of Student Life and various other administrators and volunteer faculty.
• Strategize and evaluate potential for growth in wholistic health initiatives, such as:
• New Wellness-Fitness Center at CRW
• Financial or services incentives for participation in wellness programs
• Evaluate future needs and optimum staffing for student counseling and wholistic health initiatives
• Work with West Windsor redevelopment team to optimize student services at CRW;
• Plan for social space for student gatherings
• Enhance on-campus facilities for commuting students
Multicultural Relations
Begin programmatic initiatives in Office of Multicultural Relations, such as
• L.I.V.E. (Learning, Inclusion, Vitality and Exploration) Symposium; Making Room at the Table in cooperation with Office of Admissions and Financial Aid
• Intercultural Dialogue Forum
• Workshops on enhancing full participation of the diversity of voices in the classroom, beginning with student leaders, Teaching Assistants and Teaching Fellows
• Continue to encourage and support full participation in Chapel worship that is reflective of the diversity of the community
Admissions and Financial Aid
Begin to develop strategies for participation with PC(USA) presbyteries and congregations for raising up leaders from the church and for vocational discernment, especially to maintain Board of Trustees-mandated goal of an M.Div. student body of at least 50% Presbyterian students.
• Continue to seek rich diversity in the student body, especially through such programs as the “L.I.V.E.” Symposium in cooperation with the Office of Multicultural Relations
• Begin to think strategically about maximum tolerance for student debt
• Is there a maximum debt load beyond which students ought not to be attending a residential seminary?
• More active interpretation to congregations and denominational judicatories about the need to support students financially
• Implement new admissions procedures integrating Ph.D. electronic admissions application into the procedures of the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid
Student Leadership Development (Student Government and Deacons)
• Encourage student leadership service
• Provide training and experiential opportunities
• Invite student leaders into problem-solving processes
Student Handbook
• Implement new and revised Student Handbook with careful attention to:
• Higher minimum academic standards
• Clarification of expectations for academic integrity
• Clarification of expectations for life in community
• Clarification of procedures for rehabilitation at the occasion of breach of academic integrity
Placement
• Increase the number of PTS M.Div. graduates entering pastoral ministry in their first two years after graduation
• Encourage longevity in ministry
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