Deans of TAMUK host forum
After the conclusion of midterms and the second half of the semester underway, college deans welcomed students to a Deans Forum to show students they are top priority.
Students gathered in the Memorial Student Union Building for the Deans Forum on Oct. 30, an event held to allow students to meet with and receive information from the Dean of their respective college. The turnout met expectations.
“I feel like if students have an issue this is the perfect time to meet with your dean about academic success, and I believe they could have strayed you down the right path and I’m so thankful for the amount of students we did have here today, and I can’t wait to see in the future if we have even more students,” Student Body President Harley Davis said.
The event was an opportunity for a major stakeholder – students – on campus to make their voices heard.
“You know we always hear the importance of including stakeholders, sometimes we think stakeholders are all the faculty, the staff, the administration but the most important stakeholder we need to consider are the students. This is their education. This is their journey – their journey into their career, and opportunities like this are priceless,” Dr. Linda Villarreal, interim dean of the College of Education and Human Performance, said.
Texas A&M University-Kingsville has been retention throughout every department.
“We have 10 departments across the college and they’re all doing a variety of strategies, plus the college we also have some strategies, we’re doing a lot of events with a lot of focus on informing students on resources, connecting them to each other, and also encouraging them to be successful,” Dr. Dolores Guerrero, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, said.