Student Success & Enrollment Management

The Division of Student Success and Enrollment Management (SS&EM) at Florida Gulf Coast University recognizes our role in nurturing a welcoming community that embraces and promotes diversity, equity and inclusion. We utilize the strength of education and service to cultivate lifelong learning and intellectual growth. 

Our commitment is to:

• Identify, attract, retain and graduate a diverse student body;
• Hire and retain a diverse staff that fosters a community of belonging and enhances connectedness;
• Ensure inclusive access to programs, resources, services, and facilities; 
• Evaluate and maintain intentional policies, practices, and procedures that promote the growth of cultural competence within staff and students.

SS&EM remains steadfast in creating and maintaining an inclusive and respectful environment for individuals of different races, ethnicity, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, national origin, age, spirituality, disability, family status, physical appearance, experiences, opinions and ideas. As a result, students have an opportunity to enrich their lives as they soar beyond the nest. 

The Division of Student Success & Enrollment Management aspires to create a holistic, inclusive, meaningful, innovative, and exemplary campus environment that will transform students’ lives in their quest for academic achievement and career success.

The mission of the Division of Student Success & Enrollment Management is to create a campus-wide culture of student success through focused admissions, creating external classroom and co-curricular experiences that facilitates learning which encourages the retention, persistence, and timely graduation of students.  We achieve this by:

• Providing meaningful and substantive opportunities for students to find their passion and further define their purpose;
• Creating a campus culture and student life experience where diverse viewpoints are heard and where all students and staff feel included;
• Creating seamless pathways for students to achieve their academic and career goals;
• Offering comprehensive health services that support the physical, mental and emotional well-being of students;
• Refining existing and creating new leadership development programs that enhance the personal growth and development of students and professional staff;
• Making data-driven decisions around specific intervention strategies that support retention, persistence, and degree completion;
• Maintaining and expanding high-quality academic support services that maximizes academic achievement, persistence, and degree completion; 
• Offering programming that facilitates engagement and connection to the larger campus community. 
• Experiential learning opportunities that prepare our students to be  competitive in the marketplace. 

1. Growth, Learning & Development – conscientious development individuals grow and develop in different ways
   
   
2. Learning – so much can be gained by immersing oneself in the entire university experience inside and outside of the classroom
   
   
3. Diversity, Inclusion & Community – a strong community is committed to mutual respect and collaboration where students and staff realize the benefits of different points of view, backgrounds, and culture 
   
   
4. Healthy Lifestyle – the success of our students and staff relies on the positive choices made that improves the physical and mental well-being that leads to success in learning, our careers, and personal lives
   
   
5. Integrity, Respect & Service – we remain truthful to ourselves and to each other for which our campus community will be a much stronger place to thrive
   
   
6. Transformation & Pursuit of Excellence – we provide opportunities for students and staff to identify and maximize their talents while also recognizing that change improves the student experience and fosters success