Student Services Mission Statement Organization - Centralia College

Standard Three 29evidence exists, feedback generated from student and staff conversationsgenerally indicate these references are all adequate tools for thestudents, advisors, and other departments on campus.The College catalog is a good reference tool to guide students through allcomponents of college life and is an asset to advisors. According tovarious informal surveys and anecdotal reports conducted by staff/faculty,the College catalog appears to work well for students and advisors.There have been some suggestions, however, that the catalog needs tobe less wordy, and written in student-friendly language. More attentionneeds to be paid to the design of the catalog also. Budgetaryconsiderations are important to overall design and appearance, but thepast few years have seen an effort to reduce costs; as a consequence,there have been some suggestions that design, readability, andattractiveness have suffered.The quarterly class schedule has been modified several times in recentyears. Recently it was redesigned from tabloid format to an 8 1/2" x 11"format for easier handling and reading. This publication has improved,but we still receive a number of phone calls inquiring about the content ofsome of the courses. The most frequently asked questions are oncomputer classes. A schedule work team has been established todevelop improvements for design and content.The Student Handbook has gone through several format and contentchanges. In 1990, the Student Handbook was in newspaper format; in1996-97, the handbook was combined with a planner; and in 1998-99, itbecame the Student Activities Calendar.The current version of the Student Activities Calendar includes a helpfulplanner, but includes only information about student programs-relateditems (College Information Directory, Student Programs, StudentGovernment, Student Activities Admissions Team, Athletics,Club/Organizations, Committees, Drama, Student Newspaper). There isno mission statement in the publication, and it does not contain any rules,regulations, or policies. Student conduct, the grievance policy, andacademic honesty do not appear to be covered in the handbook or the