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Campus Life
Beyond the classroom, the Office of Student Affairs provides students with a vast array of
support services to promote the comprehensive development of students and to strengthen
learning outcomes. The Office of Student Affairs oversees the Athletics program (intercollegiate
athletics, intramurals, and recreation), the New Student Orientation (NSO) process which
includes Transition week, Health and Counseling Services, Student Senate, Housing and
Residence Life, Multicultural Affairs, Campus Ministry, Campus Safety, Student Organizations
and Activities, and the Student Mentor program. Descriptions of all of these can be found in the
Keuka College Record. These programs and offices require a great coordination of effort
between Academic Affairs and Student Affairs, because they affect the living, learning, physical,
emotional, recreational, and spiritual needs of students. Many cross-functional ad hoc
committees and task forces meet regularly to add their respective expertise to manage and
improve these offices and programs.
Student Activities – The Office of Student Activities offers a variety of programs and services
for students. The office hosts 40-50 events per semester, with a focus on evening and weekend
programming. Programs consist of educational awareness events, multicultural awareness
events, leadership development, game shows, a movie series, a coffeehouse series, a comedy
series, novelty/variety events, a late night program series, community service programs, off
campus trips and in-house events. To promote student wellness and safety, special programs and
events are regularly scheduled, such as Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The office also assists
with many of the major traditions on campus including Family Weekend, the Snow Ball,
Celebrate Seniors Weekend, Spring Weekend, May Day Weekend, and Commencement.
A list of the campus clubs and organizations is posted on the Keuka website at
http://life.keuka.edu/office-of-student-activities/clubs-organizations/. Events are advertised in
numerous ways, including a weekly calendar of events e-mailed to the campus community, on
the campus calendar published on the Keuka website, via social networking outlets such as
Facebook, and via fliers posted across campus. Activities that occur on campus are announced at
weekly Student Senate meetings and at Campus Activities Board meetings. Events relating to
special weekends on campus are also published in schedules for those weekends. Information
regarding how events are publicized is also noted in the Student Handbook (Appendix 5.25
Keuka College Student Handbook).
The Office of Student Activities and the Student Senate give advice on policies and procedures
and serve as an additional support system to officers and advisors of clubs or organizations. They
also provide leadership training to club officers at the start of each semester, which gives them
basic assistance with delegation, time management, and agenda development. The Student
Affairs Office also provides information about transferable skills and the benefits of cocurricular
involvement during the students’ orientation and within their FYE 101 classes.
Leadership positions and club participation are documented for students on a Co-Curricular
Transcript created for each student. The Co-Curricular Transcript is an official College
document which complements a student’s academic transcript and resume by validating out-ofclassroom
activities, including: active memberships in student clubs, organizations and teams,
participation in a leadership program, documented service learning activities, service as a mentor
or resident assistant, honors, awards, honor society memberships, participation in cultural
organization, and select work-study positions.
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