A WINning Collaboration between Academic Services and Student Services Anne Hughes, Counselor, Career Center Betty Smith, Counselor Vivian Quimbaya-Winship,

AA WIN WINning ning Collaboration between Collaboration between Academic Services and Academic Services and

Student ServicesStudent ServicesAnne Hughes, Counselor, Career CenterAnne Hughes, Counselor, Career Center

Betty Smith, CounselorBetty Smith, CounselorVivian Quimbaya-Winship, CounselorVivian Quimbaya-Winship, Counselor

Counseling and Advising Center Counseling and Advising Center Monroe Community CollegeMonroe Community College

Rochester, NYRochester, NY

Workshops Initiated towards the Needs of Students

While You’re Away …While You’re Away …

IntroductionIntroduction

• Who are we? Who are we? • What is WINS?What is WINS?• History of WINSHistory of WINS

Monroe Community CollegeWorkshops Initiated towards the Needs of

StudentsWhile You’re Away…

www.monroecc.edu/go/wins

Why was WINS Why was WINS developed?developed?

• Students not attending our Students not attending our regular workshop series regular workshop series

• Collaboration between Student Collaboration between Student Services and Academic ServicesServices and Academic Services

• Alternative to canceling classes – Alternative to canceling classes – teach students useful tools for teach students useful tools for academic successacademic success




How did we do it?How did we do it?

• Support from Director of CC, Support from Director of CC, Student Services VP, Dr. Susan Student Services VP, Dr. Susan Salvador, and Academic VP, Janet Salvador, and Academic VP, Janet GlockerGlocker

• Support from colleagues to Support from colleagues to present workshopspresent workshops

• Designed logo, letter, marketing Designed logo, letter, marketing toolstools

• Marketed Marketed WINSWINS to faculty to faculty




How did we do it? Cont.How did we do it? Cont.

• Design workshop listDesign workshop list• Seek support from other offices Seek support from other offices

on campus (Career Center, Res. on campus (Career Center, Res. Life, Health Services, ETS)Life, Health Services, ETS)

• Standardized workshop packets Standardized workshop packets so anyone could “grab and go”so anyone could “grab and go”




Marketing StrategiesMarketing Strategies

• Letter to all facultyLetter to all faculty• MCC Daily Tribune (daily E-MCC Daily Tribune (daily E-

newspaper) newspaper) • Online registration formOnline registration form• Program evaluation – faculty feedbackProgram evaluation – faculty feedback• Counseling Center websiteCounseling Center website• Personalized note to faculty/presentersPersonalized note to faculty/presenters




Data managementData management

• Request ProcessRequest Process• Design a database to organize Design a database to organize

informationinformation• Program evaluation and feedback Program evaluation and feedback

from faculty, presenters and from faculty, presenters and studentsstudents




Sample databaseSample database




Workshop Request FormWorkshop Request Form




Sample FormsSample Forms




ResultsResults

• Evaluation and feedback Evaluation and feedback • StatisticsStatistics




What we have learned?What we have learned?

• Set firmer guidelines Set firmer guidelines • Time commitment greater than Time commitment greater than

originally expectedoriginally expected• Need to get other departments Need to get other departments

involvedinvolved• Importance of continued dialog Importance of continued dialog

between departments and between departments and divisionsdivisions




What we have learned? What we have learned? Cont.Cont.

• Program is so successful, has Program is so successful, has taken on a life of its owntaken on a life of its own

• Beneficial to facultyBeneficial to faculty• Opportunity for new learning for Opportunity for new learning for

studentsstudents• Opportunity to reach larger Opportunity to reach larger

audience for presentersaudience for presenters




What’s in it for you?What’s in it for you?

• Tools necessary to development a Tools necessary to development a similar program similar program

• Resources/forms available on the Resources/forms available on the websitewebsite

• Web address – Web address – www.monroecc.edu/go/wins




Spirit of CollaborationSpirit of Collaboration

• Questions. . .Questions. . .

• Contact information:Contact information:– Anne Hughes--Anne Hughes--

[email protected]– Betty Betty

[email protected]– www.monroecc.edu/go/winswww.monroecc.edu/go/wins

Everybody Wins with WINS!Everybody Wins with WINS!Monroe Community College

Workshops Initiated towards the Needs of Students

While You’re Away…www.monroecc.edu/go/wins

A WINning Collaboration between Academic Services and Student Services Anne Hughes, Counselor, Career Center Betty Smith, Counselor Vivian Quimbaya-Winship,

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