TRiO Resource Center Lounge Expansion :: PIP System (SUNY Orange)

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Initiative Title	TRiO Resource Center Lounge Expansion
Submitted in Previous Year(s)	No
Critical Information, Notes, Justification, Rationale	TRiO serves a continuous population of 140 students per fiscal year, while supporting additional students that meet program eligibility criteria, but are unable to fully participate due lack of program vacancies. Expanding the current lounge with the purchase of new tables and chairs will allow TRiO to accommodate more students on a daily basis. Offering additional seating provides students with a comfortable, familiar, and safe place to explore social and academic ideology with fellow classmates and TRiO Staff. Through social and academic engagement, TRiO students will develop both personal and institutional connections, thus increasing the rate of student success.
Consequences of this initiative not being funded	Student connectedness with the campus community will be minimal, thus causing persistence and completion rates to continually decrease or remain the same. In addition, the mentor program may not as successful since we lack the appropriate resources to meet student demand.
Department Goals
Programs
Locations	Main Campus
Estimated Completion Date	01/31/2018
Will this initiative span multiple budget years?	No
Importance	Low
Funding Source	Capital Budget
Created	11/14/2018 3:21 pm
Updated	11/27/2018 4:02 pm

Institutional Goals

Goal	How will the initiative support this institutional goal?
STUDENT SERVICES MASTER PLAN 2013 Student Success & Access Facilitate student success, growth and goal completion	TRiO staff and students often engage in social, cultural, and/or academic conversations, and can be limited to the number of participants in the conversation due to the space and seating restrictions. Increasing the TRiO student population involvement in these discussions helps a student set priorities, and both academic and career goals. In addition, conversations concerning senior college transferring, graduate school, and plan of study can be identified.
STRATEGIC PLAN 2015-2020 PRIORITY II: Student Support and Success: We will support our students in achieving their educational and career goals. a: Prepare students for college success through academic planning and advising and comprehensive, ongoing support.	TRiO staff and students often engage in social, cultural, and/or academic conversations, and can be limited to the number of participants in the conversation due to the space and seating restrictions. Increasing the TRiO student population involvement in these discussions helps a student set priorities, and both academic and career goals. In addition, conversations concerning senior college transferring, graduate school, and plan of study can be identified.
STRATEGIC PLAN 2015-2020 PRIORITY II: Student Support and Success: We will support our students in achieving their educational and career goals. c: Increase student retention, completion, transfer, and employment readiness.	Having an accommodative space to discuss student needs provides staff with the opportunity to make specific academic and social engagement plans to meet student need, thus increasing retention, completion and readiness.
STRATEGIC PLAN 2015-2020 PRIORITY III: Collaboration and Communication: We will develop connections between internal and external constituents and advance mutually beneficial partnerships. We will promote a culture of trust, respect, and collective responsibility. d: Strengthen the sense of community to improve the institutional climate and promote collegiality, civility, and mutual respect.	Provided the students have a place to interact, social engagement will increase awareness of cultural, and academic difference and develop positive communication skills necessary to interact with other members of the community.
ACADEMIC MASTER PLAN 2016-2020 The Student Experience Objective #3: Enhance academic support and services by effectively utilizing equipment, facilities, personnel, and technology to meet our students’ needs.	Given the limited seating available to TRiO students, we are unable to keep up with the demand or number of times students wish to engage with TRiO Staff. There are many activities and seminars that can be effectively communicated in small or medium size groups. Expanding our resource lounge will grant us the ability to accommodate and interact with larger groups of students.
ACADEMIC MASTER PLAN 2016-2020 The Student Experience Objective #4: Ensure an environment of mutual respect by promoting a greater understanding of our students.	The additional tables and chairs will provide students with a familiar space they deem safe to explore social, cultural, academic ideology with both TRiO and non-TRiO students and staff.

Action Steps

Action Step	Responsible Party	Order
Acquire pricing/quotes from WB Mason to match exhisting loung furniture.	Caleb Mercado	1
Measure remaining lounge space to determine quantity of furniture needed.	Caleb Mercado/Eric Hardwick	2
Develop furniture layout/floorplan.	Eric Hardwick	3
Submit necessary purchase requisitions to commit ot purchasing furniture.	Caleb Mercado	4
Receive and assemble furniture.	Caleb Mercado/Eric Hardwick	5

Expected Outcomes

Outcome	Order
Increase student satisfaction and retention rates	1
Increase student connectedness to the SUNY Orange campus.	2
Increased studen completion rates.	3
Increase the number of students in good academic standing.	4

Assessment Methods

Method	Description	Other Method	Responsible Party
Student Surveys: Satisfaction Need	Surveys can be developed internally and administered to assess student frequency, importance, need and satisfaction institution’s staff, office and services and programming.		TRiO Staff
Focus Groups	A series of structured discussions with students who are asked a series of open-ended questions designed to collect data about beliefs, attitudes, and experiences.		TRiO Staff
Interviews	The students (or other participants) are able during an interview to share their direct experiences, attitudes and beliefs. Interviews can be either structured or unstructured.		TRiO Staff
Other	Enter other assessment method	Pretest/Posttest	TRiO Staff

Resources

INITIAL YEAR COST:	$9,684.90
RECURRING COST:	$0.00

Equipment

Need	Cost (Initial/Recurring)	Supporting Departments
Tables/Chairs to expand TRiO Resource Center Lounge	$9684.90	Student Support Initiatives
TOTAL:	$9,684.90 / $0.00

Facility

Need	Cost (Initial/Recurring)	Supporting Departments
TOTAL:	$0.00 / $0.00

Supply

Need	Cost (Initial/Recurring)	Supporting Departments
TOTAL:	$0.00 / $0.00

Staffing

Need	Cost (Initial/Recurring)	Supporting Departments
TOTAL:	$0.00 / $0.00

Training

Need	Cost (Initial/Recurring)	Supporting Departments
TOTAL:	$0.00 / $0.00

Marketing

Need	Cost (Initial/Recurring)	Supporting Departments
TOTAL:	$0.00 / $0.00

Other

Need	Cost (Initial/Recurring)	Supporting Departments
TOTAL:	$0.00 / $0.00

Prioritization

This is initiative is ready for prioritization.

Assessment

Date	Department Name	Status	Cost to Date	Funding Source
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