Progress 09/30/22 to 09/29/23
Outputs
Target Audience:Our target audience for this work at Ilisagvik College is for all students enrolled in both technical and non-technical programs with an enrollment of 387students for the Fall of 2022, and an enrollment of 346for the Spring 2023semester, and an erollment of 92 students for the Summer 2022 session. The intent is to create a set of strategies and programs designed to improve persistence and retention rates for the students we serve. Our student population is primarily indigenous. While we were challenged with post pandemic issues for the delivery of our services, we remain firmly committed with efforts to build a holistic approach towards administering all retention programs, especially combining the FIrst Year Experience and Wellness/Behavioral Health efforts. Changes/Problems:Our Wellness Coordinatorfor 2022-23 submitted her resignation in August of 2023 to relocate to another part of the USA. We are presently conducting a search for a qulaified replacement to help us lead this important effort. This will be an opportunity to assess the work we have completed during the life of the grant and determine what we believe is working, and to beginconversations about innovative efforts to enhance our efforts to promote student success on the Ilisagavik College campus. This is a critically important leadership position to fill. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Attended online training for defining student success using best practices and also online training for legal issues in higher education/college student services How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Annual yearly report compiled by the college. Presentations at the Fall 2022 and Spring 2023Faculty/Staff Orientation/ Convocation gatherings. Shared openly at all campus monthly Cabinet meetings. To be shared also at the Fall 2023Board of Trustees meeting.in late November, 2023. Institutional Research Report published annually for the cmapus What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?More deliberate personal, one-on-one contact with students. We plan to create focus groups to discuss ways we can improve outreach from the Wellnes Office to the student body - both those who reside on campus, and those who are online. We will be appointing a new Wellness Coordinator shotrtly. I want to collaboratively determine ways we can improve outreach and program for student needs, not just necesarily what we believe to be the areas of greatest concern based on higher educational trends and past programming efforts.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Accomplishments: • Committed to cultural orientation and exposure by involvement in the Unapologetically Inupiaq Cultural Wellness committee, seeking input from previous students, and others including elders from the community • Co-coordinated two, Allied Health Summer Camps for 30Junior and High school students; engaged in community tours with agency partners, cultural activities, and involvement by elders; high school students received one college credit and teen mental health first aid certification • Advocated for our college to research digital platform technology to support students with disabilities and all students • Participated in local, regional, and national network conversations addressing holistic student services including trauma-informed practices in higher education, eating disorders, addressing the mental and emotional needs of students on campus through NAMI, and the importance of cultural reclamation on identity formation • Offered Introduction to the Wellness Office services, in person, and by zoom, providing resources and basic stress management techniques to support college success • Active in updating disability and accommodations content for syllabus, website, and related documents; advocated for students with medical, physical, and psychological concerns; support reasonable accommodation requests and outside referrals • Coordinated 63 programs, education, and invited guests to present on physical health, eating traditional foods for health, eating disorders awareness, domestic violence awareness, breast cancer awareness, Martin Luther Jr. King day, stress management, movement for health, smoothie making, walking Wednesday, alcohol awareness, healthy relationships, Friends and Family NAMI Alaska presentation, and diabetes awareness; monthly programs offered in the residence hall with frequent guests from North Slope Borough Prevention crew • Professional development on stress management,, and ongoing training on Beginners in the DSS • Regularly interacted with and supported the Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) Students and staff with their community activities, tours of campus, and conversations about wellness and the unique needs of rural health providers • Delivered a series of Wellness classes and workshops to facilitate stress management and promote holistic student health and retention of all students; these were offered on zoom so students off slope could attend and also receive the recordings Wellness/Behavioral Health Significant Student Contact Numbers for 2022-23 was 172Reporting Period: Wellness/Behaioral Health Casual Contact Numbers for 2022-23 was 92 Reporting Period: RETENTION NUMBERS FOR 2022-223 First Time Entering Freshmen Retention Rates: Fall 2022was 55% Continuing Student Full Time Retention Rates: Fall 2022was 59%
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Progress 09/30/21 to 09/29/22
Outputs
Target Audience:Our target audience for this work at Ilisagvik College is for all students enrolled in both technical and non-technical programs with an enrollment of 284 students for the Fall of 2021, and an enrollment of 304 for the Spring 2022 semester, and an erollment of 92 students for the Summer 2022 session. The intent is to create a set of strategies and programs designed to improve persistence and retention rates for the students we serve. Our student population is primarily indigenous. While we werechallenged with post pandemic issues for the delivery of our services, we remain firmly committed with efforts to build a holistic approach towards administering all retention programs, especially combining the FIrst Year Experience and Wellness/Behavioral Health efforts. Changes/Problems:Ilisagvik College now has both a Career Services nd Placement Coordinator professional on staff, and a First year Coordinator on staff full time. These additins made by Ilisagvik College will help compliment all of the work in the Wellness/Behavioral health arena. Also, the instituion has now moved fully past COVID, our residential student population has doubled from the Fall 2021 semester. Our operations and expectations are that of before COVID and the shutdown. We continue to adapt post COVID What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Attended the 2022 national ACPA Convention in St. Louis (American College Personnel Association) Attended online training and professional development exercises in student development theory and assessment. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Annual yearlyreportcompiled by the college. Presentations at the Fall 2022 and Spring 2022 Faculty/Staff Orientation/ Convocation gatherings. Shared openly at all campus monthly Cabinet meetings. Shared also at the Fall 2022 Board of Trustees meeting. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Work more collaboratively with the new Career Services and Placement Coordinator and the new First Year Coordinator on campus to provide supportive programs aimed at promoting student success.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Accomplishments: Committed to cultural orientation and exposure by involvement in the Unapologetically Inupiaq Cultural Wellness committee, seeking input from previous students, and others including elders from the community Co-coordinated two, Allied Health Summer Camps for 22 Junior and High school students; engaged in community tours with agency partners, cultural activities, and involvement by elders; high school students received one college credit and teen mental health first aid certification Advocated for our college to research digital platform technology to support students with disabilities and all students Participated in local, regional, and national network conversations addressing holistic student services including trauma-informed practices in higher education, eating disorders, addressing the mental and emotional needs of students on campus through NAMI, and the importance of cultural reclamation on identity formation Offered Introduction to the Wellness Office services, in person, and by zoom, providing resources and basic stress management techniques to support college success Active in updating disability and accommodations content for syllabus, website, and related documents; advocated for students with medical, physical, and psychological concerns; support reasonable accommodation requests and outside referrals Coordinated programs, education, and invited guests to present on physical health, eating traditional foods for health, eating disorders awareness, domestic violence awareness, breast cancer awareness, Martin Luther Jr. King day, stress management, movement for health, smoothie making, walking Wednesday, alcohol awareness, healthy relationships, Friends and Family NAMI Alaska presentation, and diabetes awareness; monthly programs offered in the residence hall with frequent guests from North Slope Borough Prevention crew Professional development on stress management, attendance of ACPA 2022 conference, and ongoing training on Beginners in the DSS Regularly interacted with and supported the Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) Students and staff with their community activities, tours of campus, and conversations about wellness and the unique needs of rural health providers Proposed a series of Wellness classes and workshops to facilitate stress management and promote holistic student health and retention of all students; these were offered on zoom so students off slope could attend and also receive the recordings Wellness/Behavioral Health Significant Student Contact Numbers for 2021-22 Reporting Period: 154 Wellness/Behaioral Health Casual COntact Numbers for 2021-22 Reporting Period: 121 RETENTION NUMBERS FOR 2021-22 First Time Entering Freshmen Retention Rates: Fall 2021 was 67% Fall 2022 was 75% Continuing Student Full Time Retention Rates: Fall 2021 was 62% Fall 2022 was 62%
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Progress 09/30/20 to 09/29/21
Outputs
Target Audience:Our target audience for this work at Ilisagvik College is for all students enrolled at the college in both technical and non-technical programs with an enrollment of 296 students for Fall 2020 and an enrollment of 464 for the Spring 2021 semester, and an enrollment of 151 students for Summer 2021. The intent is to create a set of strategies and programs designed to improve persistence and retention rates for the students we serve. Our student population is primarily indigenous. While we have been challenged with COVID pandemic issues for the delivery of services, the intent is to move forward with efforts to build a holistic approach towards administering all retention programs, especially combining the First Year Experience and Behavioral Health efforts. Changes/Problems:We experienced a shutdown of most normal campus operations as a result of COVID 19 for the better part of thisreporting cycle. We anticipate that as a result of moving past theCOVID 19 pandemic we antiicpate returning back to providing our services in a more transitionalmodel of students being present and living on our campus. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?The project provides the time and resources for both the Behvioral Health Counselor and First Year Coordinator to attend local and state/national workshops along with several online training and professional development exercises. Clearly this has been more applicable for the Behaivoral Health Counselor since the First Year Coordinatorpostion wasunfilled. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?We haveshared the work of the Behavioral Health Counselor through campus wide Cabinet meetings/updates and assemblies; Board of Trustees reports; semester campus wide assemblies called orientation; updates posted online, and posted throughout andin our campus buildings. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?It will be critically importantto identify and appoint a qualifiedperson to fill the First Year Coordinator position. We also plan to especially focus the work of the Behavioral Health Counselor on programming especially related to wellness and health topics for our students. Finally, as we shift towards returning to a post COVID campus environment, we want to especially identify how theBehaivoral Health Counselorand First Year Coordinator positionswill work collaboratively with other entities in the department of student services to provide a clear and focused effort on holistic student success.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Accomplishments: Provided 4 online workshops to students and coordinated a lunch and learn to address local domestic violence resources; partnered with local Arctic Women in Crisis from the North Slope Borough Engaged in accessing community supports and involving community experts in sharing resources to the college community Researched a minimum of five student success platforms to identify one that may be culturally appropriate and suited to our unique multicultural population Offered simple and effective stress management and self-regulation techniques to reduce student distress and strengthen student resilience during 1:1 encounters and in online workshops Provided behavior health consultation to staff, academic advisers, and other teams within the college or as requested to support student success and increase faculty and staff confidence Assisted with the coordination of Disability Student Services and resource development; advocated for students with medical, physical and psychological concerns Sought out evidence-based practices in behavioral health, wellness, counseling and disability support services and networks Participated in local, regional and national network conversations addressed in holistic student services including trauma informed care in higher education and addressing the cultural needs of BIPOC populations Involved students to learn about and share their opinion on wellness tools and interventions proposed by Counselor Active in supporting our allied health program and partnerships to provide behavioral health summer camp program development Coordinates resource development for students and provides recommendations based on research offered by bipoc populations and cultural advisors Committed to cultural exposure by involvement in various College cultural committees and seeking input from previous students or others involved in the college community Behavioral Health Significant Student Contacts Numbers for 2020-21 Reporting Period: 118 Behaviroal Health Casual Student Contacts Numbers for 2020-21 Reporting Period: 108 RETENTION NUMBERS FOR 2020-21 First Time Entering Freshmen Retention Rates: Fall 2020 was 63% Fall 2021 was 67% Continuing Student Full Time Retention Rates: Fall 2020 was 79% Fall 2021 was 62%
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