Caring Campus Initiative

Caring Campus’s purpose is to create a college environment that increases students’ sense of connectedness and belonging, and, in turn, completion of each student’s education goals. This sense of connectedness is especially important for underrepresented student populations who complete at lower rates than majority students.

Research indicates that student support staff and other employees can contribute considerably to enhancing student connectedness, thereby increasing the likelihood students will attain their educational goals. 

Mission as a Caring Campus

Research indicates that student support staff and other employees can contribute considerably to enhancing student connectedness, thereby increasing the likelihood students will attain their educational goals. Read more about Caring Campus.

The work continues on our campus.

Why Caring Campus?

  • Improve Student services
  • Provide excellent customer service
  • Provide a positive environment
  • Increase student retention
  • Increase registration rate
  • Increase connection between departments and across college

Overall -provide an amazing opportunity for students to find what they are looking for in their educational journey

Caring Campus Commitments

Traditional Virtual
  • Learning about other departments
  • Warm Referrals  & Hand-offs
  • Use Student-Friendly Language
  • Name Badges
  • E-Introductions in Email (Take the students information and make the virtual connection)
  • Warm Email Referrals & Hand-Offs (Use contact information and introduce yourself first)
  • Welcome Campaign
  • Summary of Services on webpages
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Caring Campus Leads

 
  • Jessica Nguyen, Classified Co-lead
  • Kristal Dela Cruz
  • Steve Duong
  • Bea Leija
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Moving toward a True Community

Loss of Momemtum Diagram
This graphic above illustrates the role of Caring Campus in the Mission College student lifecycle.