UIC Student Affairs Annual Report FY 2022

STRATEGIC PRIORITY FOUR
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organizational effectiveness
and innovation
FOCUS ON ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS
AND ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION
The heart of Student Affairs is its staff, a diverse collective of professionals responsible for working
toward a bold vision. We must transform and empower the organization so that we are appropriately
resourced, staffed, and structured to fully address ever-changing strategic priorities in support of our
mission to intentionally engage each student.
Career Services formalized the Career Directors Summit
on campus. Career directors across campus meet twice
a semester to share information about best practices.
Additionally, Career Services has partnered with the
College of Pharmacy and the College of Nursing career
representatives to identify ways to use Handshake, the
university’s platform for hiring student employees, to
improve their workflow processes and better serve students
in their areas.
The Children’s Center successfully became re-licensed
by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.
The Children’s Center also re-applied and was recognized
as a GOLD Circle of Quality Center by Excelerate Illinois.
In June, the Children’s Center completed the final step of
the accreditation process and received accreditation for a
5-year term from the National Association for the Education
of Young Children.
Commuter and Off-Campus Life launched a national
search that led to the inaugural Director of Student
Transitions and Engagement & Commuter Student
Advocacy, Nehemiah Chung who started on February 1,
2022.
Fraternity and Sorority Life (FSL) fully restructured,
published, and promoted the UIC FSL Handbook, and
trained all internal audiences on the new community