Center For Student Success (CSS)
Located in the Fine Arts Building, the Center for Student Success (CSS) serves as the advising team for students with less than 31 credit hours. The center is designed to remove obstacles that may prevent students from reaching their educational and career goals. Our Success coaches partner with students to guide them toward the best path and courses to reach their goals. Through this partnership, the coaches help students develop the skills necessary to be successful in the classroom, build motivation and confidence, and provide techniques and tools to tackle the challenges of college life.
We foster an environment where students feel empowered to ask for help, learn from their mistakes, and create actionable plans to stay on track. A central component of the first-year experience (FYE) is our comprehensive advisement program, which combines career coaching with academic advising to provide an intrusive approach that effectively supports the needs of incoming freshmen.
Our support takes different forms, tailored to the individual student, and includes things like:
- Discussing time management tools & referrals to tutoring
- Sharing tips on how to navigate the course registration system
- Celebrating students’ accomplishments or milestones
- Responding to faculty concerns about a student's progress
- Helping students connect with campus resources to enhance their academic journey
Center Student Success strives to identify university barriers to achieving student success and facilitate institutional initiatives to address them to improve student experiences and close performance gaps.
The Center for Student Success also strives to assess the effectiveness of our programs and services, continuously exploring ways to enhance and sustain their impact through institutional initiatives. By doing so, we work to improve student experiences, close performance gaps, and contribute to student-centered success at SUSLA.