The office of Student Life is dedicated to providing student involvement and leadership opportunities that enhance the college experience and prepare students to contribute a diverse, dynamic and global society.
Our office supports 3 core programs including: � Associated Students (Student Government), includes Student Ambassador Program (committee reps) � Inter Club Council / Clubs Our office also supports several core services, including: � Student Activity Card Production � Student Handbook Distribution � Poster Approval � Campus Events and General Campus Event Support � Student Leadership Development * BC Connect Student Communication Platform
Club Advisor Stipends
Club Advisors provide nurtured & directed support to students outside of the classroom. Clubs offer community and connection for students in career/major related clubs, identity-based clubs, and interest-based clubs. Clubs support students on their pathways to complete their academic goals as well as continued personal development.
To help accomplish the Vision for Success goals:
Student Life is participating in the development of the Guided Pathways initiative by identifying how Student Services (including clubs, student centers, leadership development, etc.) support students along their path to accomplish their academic goals.
Associated Students representatives are participating in the development of the Hobson's Starfish platform to support students through a wrap around care model.
Fostering a Culture of Inclusiveness is also a priority of the Associated Students and Student Life programs and activities. Equity, diversity and inclusiveness is a factor in all of our planning proceses.
We had three recommendations via Program Review in 2013.
Recommendation #1: Add permanent staff to the Culture and Community Center and the Sustainability Resource Center. The Culture & Community Center (CCC) has been transferred to the Office of Student Equity. The Sustainability Resource Center has been closed. We still stongly believe that the valuable students centers including the CCC, Queer Resource Center and the UndocuStudent Center should have permanent full-time staffing to best serve and support students.
Recommendation #2: Continue to explore ways to increase student awareness of the role the AS plays on campus and the opportunities available for student participation/representation. We have explored and implemented several strategies to increase student awareness of the role the AS plans on campus and the opportunities available for student participation and representation though our Student Ambassador Program, including: social media, online elections, use of campus televisions, professionalizing promotional materials. We also continually seek to improve and expand our training of student representatives so they are more prepared and effective in their roles.
Recommendation #3: Develop and administer surveys or other tools that measure student awareness of participation in AS sponsored activities, as well as the utilization of AS-run center/facilities. We have developed and administered surveys and other evaluation tools to measure student awareness of and participation in Student Life sponsored activities and related centers, including annual spring survey, event feedback forms, event participant feedback surveys, club member and Club Advisor surveys, Student Learning Outcome assessments. In spring 2019, we started to collaborate with the campus researchers to determine if students involved in clubs and the AS & clubs have higher retention and success rates. Preliminary results say "yes" yet we would like to collect additional data to confirm with more confidence.
Our overarching goals are:
1. Demonstrate the signficance of student life offereings outside of the classroom to direct, nurture, engage, conect, value, and focus students along their path to achieve their academic and personal development goals at Butte College.
2. Increase participation in our programs - clubs, Associated Students, Student Ambassador Program and events - that will support them along their path to achieve their academic and personal development goals at Butte College.
3. Collaborate more with student centers, campus departments and constituency groups to align extra curricular opportunities with academic programs and student services.
Strategy 1 - Expand student leadership training to include a wide range of student assistants.
Expand our student leadership training to include student assistants from accross campus to better prepare all student leaders/employees to succeed in their positions to serve the college and gain professional skills.
This will include collaborating with various student centers and departments.
Student leaders and student employees serve & representing over 8,000 students through customer service, projects & events, decision making, and participating on decisions making committees that influence policies and procedures at the college. They should be well prepared and confident in their ability to fulfill their positions and responsibilities.
Strategy 2 - Expand our recruitment & outreach strategies to increase student involvement in the AS & ICC, Student Ambassador program, and cl
We plan to expand our recruitment and outreach strategies through our new BC Connect platform to increase student awareness and involvement from a wider student demographic base in the AS & ICC, Student Ambassador program, and clubs. We will continue to collaborate with the outreach efforts of Orientation, College Connections and the student engagement centers (i.e. CCC, Inspiring Scholars, Veterans, and the QRC).
Extracurricular activities are a tremendous resource on campus and a great experience to augment learning in the classroom. Additionally, getting involved supports students along their pathway.
Strategy 3 - Integrate anti-racism strategies and learning into training, events & programs
We want to better integrate anti-racism, equity and inclusion strategies into our training, programs and events so student participants are better prepared to serve a wider demographic base on campus and in their lives.
Student Life programs and events as well as clubs are aimed at all students on campus. Making sure we are integrating equity and inclusion strategies into our student leader trainings and program and event designs will support more students feeling included, welcome and safe participating in a club, a program or at a Student Life event.
In spring of 2018, the Student Life office gave up our regular meeting room in order to create the new Roadrunner Hub. We now do not have a regular meeting room for the AS & club meetings. Now that the Roadruner Hub has moved out of the space, we would like to request use of that room again for AS and club meetings.
Every day-time main campus and Chico Center student is charged an $18 Student Activity fee. This fee generates approximately a $300K budget per academic year. Although, with the consistent decline in student enrollment, we have seen our income also decline. We also may face an additional decline due to CTE programs removing the fee for their students in the academies and other CTE programs that have full-day schedules.
All students are charged a $2 representation fee. $1 goes to the state to support SSCCC the other $1 supports representation of students at the local and state level. This generates approximately $18,000 per academic year, these funds are highly redistricted in use, mostly used to train student government officers and travel for state representation.
| Original Priority | Program, Unit, Area | Resource Type | Account Number | Object Code | One Time Augment | Ongoing Augment |
| Description | Supporting Rationale | Potential Alternative Funding Sources | Prioritization Criteria | |||
| 1 | Student Life | Personnel | $10,000.00 | $0.00 | ||
| Club Advisor Faculty Stipends | Club advisors are essential to the success of clubs. Currently, we have 35 clubs that support over 225 student club members. Studies show that students who participate in extra curricular activities with supportive mentors are more likely to stay in school and succeed. Supporting clubs at Butte College is an important student retention strategy. |
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