- Student Development and Collegiate Life
The mission of the Student Affairs Program is to support the mission of the College in its various roles and relationships, an educationally centered approach to human development in order to prepare students to become successful citizens of the campus community and of a diverse world.
Student Affairs professionals are educators who share responsibility with faculty, academic administrators, other staff and students for creating conditions under which students are likely to dedicate time and energy in educationally-purposeful activities. It is a goal of the Student Affairs Program, through the work and leadership of its staff, to develop and implement appropriate policies, procedures and practices, and provide quality student services, skilled staff and various programs to assist students with their transition and adjustment to college life. These efforts help to raise students’ aspirations and enhance their overall skills. The Student Affairs Program fosters student learning and personal development in a manner that results in students’ living, learning and growing while college, and helps them acquire skills that will enable them to live productive, satisfying lives after they graduate.
Students benefit and achieve the highest level of learning if they participate in a broad array of college experiences over an extended period of time. These experiences; combined with the Student Affairs services and programs; help to share students’ overall development in and out of the classroom.
Student Affairs staff work to build an environment on campus that is supportive and inclusive. We work hard to have staff be current, accessible, helpful and caring. It is our goal to help students whenever necessary with whatever concerns, issues, problems, and/or crises that may arise. In doing this, we work to create a caring community that values students, and their safety, offers strong personal support, and provides quality student services.
The Student Affairs offices include over 50 professional and clerical staff, 70 para-professional staff and over 150 student staff. Each of these dedicated individuals works within one of 14 student service areas.
ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT
CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTER
CAMPUS & COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING
AND SPECIAL EVENTS
Services and programs include: theatre and cultural performances, campus carnivals, spring festivals, Family Fall Weekend, Alumni Weekend, winter weekends, semi-formals, wildlife festivals, community service functions, special speakers, student performances, special student entertainment, etc. This office serves as a valuable link between the campus and community.
COUNSELING CENTER
COMMUTER STUDENT SERVICES
FOREIGN STUDENT SERVICES
The Director of Multi-Cultural Affairs, International Students and Affirmative action is available to provide assistance and guidance to all international students.
STUDENT HEALTH CENTER (WELLNESS CENTER)
JUDICIAL AFFAIRS
The Student Affairs office, in concert with the Residential Life Office, works to offer a student judicial system that holds students accountable for their behavior in a highly educational manner. A comprehensive campus judicial system has been created to address violations of the Student Conduct Code. The judicial system includes a series of intervention steps and judicial review processes including Student/Faculty Judicial Boards, Administrative Review Boards, administrative review processes and appeal processes. Due process and proper adjudication of student judicial hearings is of paramount importance.
RESIDENTIAL LIFE
STUDENT ORIENTATION
SUNY Cobleskill has been very progressive in offering a quality student orientation experience. Academic Affairs and Student Affairs work closely together to offer quality orientation activities. This comprehensive program offers students the opportunity to connect with students within their field of study and their residence halls in a proactive and positive manner. It also offers educational initiatives that help students be better prepared for classes. This program complements the Accepted Student Day Program.
Student Life and College and Community Relations
SUNY Cobleskill excels at providing students with a wide range of leadership growth opportunities. The Director of Student Leadership Development/Brickyard Point works to provide students with leadership development training and growth opportunities. This essential service provides students with significant learning. Currently over 30 clubs and student organizations exist on campus. In addition, there are 250-300 student leadership positions available to students. At SUNY Cobleskill, students become involved more quickly and have numerous opportunities to achieve higher levels of success than they would in their first two years at four year institutions. Student leadership positions at SUNY Cobleskill include:
- Resident Assistants (70)
- Student Government (30-40)
- Club Senate (30)
- Night Hosts (50)
- Student Ambassadors (20)
- Fall Arrival Team Members (40)
- Peer Educators (8)
- Peer Mentors (50)
- Orange Key Society (50)
- Student Medical Response Team (20)
- Student Recreation Team (8)
- Brickyard Point Student Staff (15)
- Ski Lodge Activities Team (12)
Brickyard Point, our student union and social club, offers students a wide range of entertainment options. The facility serves as the campus non-alcoholic nightclub, has a dance floor and DJ booth, three televisions, including a large screen DVD theater unit, a snack bar, game room, fireplace lounge. A variety of special events and student programs are offered weekly including country Night, Club Night, Open Mike Nights, Hip Hop Dance Parties, etc.
UNIVERSITY POLICE DEPARTMENT
Vice President for Student Development and Collegiate Life
The Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs, in addition to providing direction, leadership and vision for the division and the College, advocates across the campus community for students and the student perspective. The Vice President collaborates and works with Academic Affairs and numerous college offices to ensure that integrated learning initiatives, administrative policies and practices, and campus based programs are developed in a manner that supports and enriches students. The Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs assumes a student-centered approach and personally works closely with, and is highly accessible to, students and student organizations, especially student leadership groups.
