TRiO Resource Center Lounge Expansion



Initiative TitleTRiO 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
LocationsMain Campus
Estimated Completion Date01/31/2018
Will this initiative span multiple budget years?No
ImportanceMedium
Funding SourceRequest for Prioritization
Created11/18/2020 9:53 am
Updated12/01/2020 10:38 am

Institutional Goals

Goal How will the initiative support this institutional goal?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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

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Supply

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Staffing

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Training

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Marketing

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Prioritization

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TRiO Resource Center Lounge Expansion
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TRiO Student Support Services

Assessment

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