Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) was named the first four-year university in the nation to be designated as an Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) Campus of Distinction on March 27.
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For eight years, the Center for Student Success (CfSS) has been an AVID Higher Education Institution. Since then TAMUK has been working to become the first Campus of Distinction. The hard work was recognized as TAMUK was announced as the first AVID Campus of Distinction last Wednesday.
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\u201cWe feel so blessed and grateful to have this designation because this is something that we\u2019re passionate about. This is the Center for Student Success\u2019 baby and at the root of all this is our students. So, to get this recognition just reinforces that what we\u2019re doing is amazing and our students are benefitting, and now we can share with everyone\u2026this is what we\u2019re doing, it works and everybody should be doing this,\u201d Dr. Stephanie De Los Santos, the AVID liaison at TAMUK, said.
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AVID is a non-profit organization that focuses on student success through professional development for teachers and staff to learn about different ways to engage students. The organization also believes in taking a holistic approach in education to ensure student success.
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At TAMUK, the CfSS has built itself around five AVID components- academic advising, professional development, first year seminar, tutoring and mentoring and co-curricular activities. Dr. De Los Santos explains that the CfSS also works to support students through a \u201cCircle of Care.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This \u201cCircle of Care\u201d helps guide students towards success all through college and even after.
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Betty Krohn, the director of AVID for Higher Education, spoke about why TAMUK was chosen to be the first AVID Campus of Distinction during the announcement.
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\u201cWhen we look at\u2026success at an institution, we really look at four areas. We look at leadership, we look at the systems that you have in place, we look at culture and we look at instruction. And, everything we do\u2026really falls into one of those four areas, and when we\u2019re attuned to what\u2019s happening in all four and they\u2019re working together collaboratively, that\u2019s when students can really be successful. And that\u2019s what we\u2019re seeing here at Texas A&M Kingsville,\u201d Krohn said.
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Dr. George Rasmussen, TAMUK Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, congratulated the CfSS staff for their hard work in setting TAMUK up to receive the honor of becoming the first Campus of Distinction.
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\u201cAnd I really appreciate the effort that this group here has put together to really make that happen. They\u2019re the ones working with the students and they\u2019re the ones on the front-line and they\u2019re the ones that actually have been able to work with the faculty and say this is what makes a difference. So, I appreciate everything they\u2019ve done to be able to get this level of distinction,\u201d Rasmussen said at the announcement.
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For TAMUK students, the Interim Associate Vice President for Student Success Dr. Shannon Baker believes that the AVID distinction will show them that the university cares about their success.
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\u201cI think what this means for our university is that students can be assured that they\u2019re on a campus where faculty, staff and the administration are dedicated to helping them succeed and we\u2019re dedicated to providing foundational blocks for them to get through when they\u2019re struggling. We all struggle in different classes, and the AVID strategies are utilized in many of their classrooms, they\u2019re utilized in your first-year seminar experience, they\u2019re utilized at our tutoring center and by our advisors, so even though students might not hear the word AVID every day, they\u2019re experiencing it every day,\u201d Dr. Baker said.
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Being the first four-year university to become an AVID Campus of Distinction will open many opportunities for the university.
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\u201cWe\u2019ll keep utilizing AVID strategies on our campus, but additionally we\u2019ll be hosting other campuses that will come here to learn about what we\u2019re doing so they can take that back to their home campuses. So, we will be the example now to set for other four-year institutions of higher learning,\u201d Dr. Baker said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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