Student Affairs and Enrollment Management
All-Unit Meeting
April 25, 2005
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Joining us this morning is Doug McMillen, chair of the faculty senate student affairs committee. The committee plays a key role in establishing policies that support our mission and in informing the university community of our goals, services, and accomplishments. I am very pleased that Chancellor Reck is also able to be here this morning. One of her first actions as chancellor at IU South Bend was to recognize the importance of student affairs and enrollment management by recreating a cabinet position to represent the unit. Together, everyone in this room will play a critical role as we move forward, successfully capitalizing on opportunities to realize our mission.

Our mission reads:
As part of a student-focused university, IU South Bend student affairs staff will support the university mission through collaboration with the IU South Bend faculty, staff, and administration to provide programs and services that encourage and increase prospective student interest, current student progress, and graduating student success.

In short, every interaction, with every student must be guided by our commitment to helping students succeed at IU South Bend and in life.

To realize our mission we will continue to commit ourselves to service based on:

1. Interactions not transactions
2. Cooperation not separation
3. Education not regulation
4. Leadership that is team- and service-centered not office- and function-centered

Interactions not Transactions

I was greatly honored this past January to be appointed Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management at IU South Bend. My appointment, while personally gratifying, is most importantly a reflection of the hard work and dedication to student success of each of you over the past three years. With enormous hearts, you have pulled together to create a new, revitalized student affairs unit. With limited resources, you have worked together to handle daunting challenges including, among others, substantial enrollment growth, pressure to retain current students, and PeopleSoft implementation. You all have a lot to be proud of. Building on these successes, we are ready to embrace new opportunities.

From the beginning, Chancellor Reck has demonstrated her commitment to, and belief in, the role of student service professionals in contributing to the success of our students. Her addition of “enrollment management” to the vice chancellor title is a very important indicator of her vision of the job still ahead of us and of her faith in our ability to play an important leadership role in campus-wide enrollment management initiatives. In her vision, comprehensive, strategic planning permeates the culture of the university and every member of the university community must champion enrollment goals.

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