Student Involvement

Student engagement or the extents to which they participate in activities are key factors to the successful integration into college (Chickering & Gamson, 1987). In the publication, Seven principles of good practice for undergraduate education, Chickering and Gamson (1987) underscored seven categories of effective educational practises, which are student-faculty contact, cooperation among students, active learning, prompt feedback, time on task, high expectations, and respect for diverse talents and ways of learning. The overall scores of studies over decades indicates that student engagement in activities benefit all types of students in different degree fields. The positive interaction with activities creates the needed outcome including grades, satisfaction, and persistence. These give the student the devotion to other educational purposeful activities.. As noted by Chickering and Reisser (1993): “living on campus has long been associated with persistence and student success”. Forest (1985) also performed a study about student academic ability and found that institutions that provided the most extensive orientation, activities and advising programs had higher graduation rates. Pascarella and Terenzini (2005) reported that students in residences with strong academic orientation towards academics generally

HBCU Greek organizations are one of the most prospective and student sanctioned organizations. They have the representation to either be a great organization where the concept of charity and family is govern. Or they can be the source of reckless activities and worse of it all hazing. Throughout the articles, I gathered that these organizations can either be a source of inspiration or the student’s downfall.

Meeting new people with a common goals and interests will help me establish lifelong friendships that will be there for me when I am in need. Also, meeting people knowing that we are in it together will bring up our drive and motivation to work hard and succeed in life. I want to be a part of a campus with a great community and high involvement in activities.

The organization I chose is my current workplace, and that of five years, Rogue Community College (RCC). Established in 1970, RCC serves residents in Jackson and Josephine counties at eight different learning centers in Grants Pass, Medford, White City and the Illinois Valley. A non-profit, comprehensive, two-year, public community college, RCC offers six two-year degrees, 73 career and technical training programs, 22 Career Pathways certificates; and a variety of workforce and short-term training, academic skills, and continuing and community education classes; plus, services to the businesses community. One of 17 community colleges in Oregon, RCC is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. We have a current Board of Education with less than ten members, have less than one hundred full time faculty instructors, and nearly six-hundred-part time instructors. Our funding levels are currently split between student and state funding. Our administration is a compilation of one President and three Vice Presidents. One Vice President of Student Services (chief student services officer), one Vice President of Instructional Services (chief academic officer) and one Vice President of College Services (chief informational officer). We have nearly ten thousand credit students and around seven thousand non-credit students. Fifty-six percent are women and forty-four percent are male, with the average age of thirty-two.

clubs, such as diversity. Also I would be interested in maybe becoming part of the student

Almost half of OCC students prefer to study and do homework at home. Due to student’s busy school and work schedules, a lack of time to spend on campus to study, eat lunch, use the gym, practice in the piano rooms, be in a club, etc. can be in affect. Most students incorporate 4-6 hours a week of some form of recreation, resulting in less time to spend on campus. 84% of students do not socialize, thus could affect the outcome of them joining a club with fellow peers. This also could affect lack of knowledge of knowing about the Grunin Center piano rooms and Health & Wellness Center. Students prefer not to study, print, or do homework on campus (Fink 8, The Survey Handbook)

The Knights of Columbus (KofC) business practices are counterproductive to the volunteerism culture which is reflected in the low participation rate in the Councils and loss of membership. Although the Knights of Columbus senior leadership institutes corporate-like business practices, the culture of the Council ultimate defines the Council's business standards. A Council's prosperity is directly dependent on their membership and their ability to creatively and successfully execute their programs which is dependent on their members “taking the initial idea, modifying it to suit specific situations and local needs, then implementing the program in the way it works.” (4-KofC.org) Most Council's are risk and change averse. Executing new programs

In high school I wish I had been more involved allowing me to take pride in both my school, and my whatever I would be involved in. Although I was involved in Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), that was the only real commitment I had. With commitments like FBLA, I always felt more motivated to get up and push myself for more. Because of the way that involvement helps push me to get through my week, especially when I am having a hard time justifying getting out of bed in the morning, I would like to be more involved at Western. I have already taken the steps to get involved even before entering as a freshman. Throughout my senior year of high school, I had attended a few organization meetings that I was invited to by current WOU students.

Student involvement has been identified in some cases as positive factor in African American male retention. Astin (2003) emphasized the psychological and behavioral dimensions of being involved on campus and underscored the importance of involvement to student retention and persistence. To contrast, Flowers (2006) found that Black men were less integrated academically and socially than their same race counterparts in four-year institutions, indicating a need to increase campus engagement for Black male community college students.

Dedicated student organizations, similar to Women’s groups were developed to advocate for the the needs of these populations and voicing their opinions and concerns.

In today’s world, organizations is one of the most tangled terms as it has a very dynamic environment which keeps on changing bit by bit and takes no time to take an undetermined turn and the outcomes of the various situations in a business are pretty uncertain. The issue here is that does studying organizations really matter to me ? I would like to state some facts about my perception on it. It determines various influences and impacts not only on individuals, but also on certain kinds of organizational groups in order to work in an effective environment. Studying organizations has become important as it has become a very useful equipment for overseeing the various kinds of behaviour of human and interpreting it. Large firms and multi-national corporations are hiring experts from their fields for handling different departments of the company. The work is getting divided into smaller branches such as human resource, finance, marketing and so many more. Gradually the importance of organizations is increasing as so many people are getting involved in it day by day in its creative world. Here I am going to discuss the value of studying organizations on the basis of the Toulmin model made by Stephen Toulmin, A British philosopher. In this model, “Toulmin emphasized a number of points that are by now similar, but still deserves adequate attention”

Some clubs, learning communities or professional organizations that were discussed previously at the kickoff event that relate specifically to my program are the Canyon Business Club, and American Marketing Association. Regarding the likelihood of joining one of these clubs, it is likely that I will join both if I have enough spare time that permits it. The club/organization that peeked my interest the most and will be the first one I prioritize is the American Marketing Association. Marketing is my major, so I want to learn as much as I can about my future field, so that I can better myself for my career. This is possible through the American Marketing Association, for it helps those who join by providing resources such as training, and conferences

It allows students to feel like a part of the college, as if the belong. Once a feeling of belonging has been established, it will become harder to leave, to give up or dropout.

Purpose of study: The purpose of this study is to examine Astin’s Theory of Involvement as it relates to community college students who participate in culturally based clubs and organizations and their level of academic success. According to Astin’s Theory of Involvement, students need to be actively engaged in their surroundings in order to learn and cultivate in college (Evans, Forney, and Guido-DiBrito, 1998). This study examines the two dependent variables (culturally based clubs and organization involvement and GPA) and the three independent variables (classification, gender, and ethnicity) in order to identity if student’s participation in culturally based clubs and organizations at community colleges equates to academic success. For this research, student’s GPA will measure academic success.

Student personnel point of view encompasses the student as a whole. The concept of education is broadened o the student’’s well rounded development- physically, socially, emotionally and spiritually as well as intellectually. (sppv) Student affairs not only emphasize on academic excellence but to shape each individual as a unique human by providing a holistic learning and living environment. Student Affairs professionals play a pivotal role in the development of the students. By applying different theories in student development, they can foster student learning to help them shape their identity. Student affairs staff members must view themselves as educators to refute the belief that learning is held only in the classroom. (contested issue, 29). Learning does not only occur in the classroom but through out of class activities as well. Student affairs staff should talk about student learning and development to enhance the multiplicity of growth areas for students in higher education. These learning and development experiences do not simply happen to students. They happen with their active involvement. There are numerous branches of fields in student affairs that attend to the unique needs of each individual. Residence Director trains Residence assistance to cater to the needs of first year students who are new to the college environment. RA plays a major role of introducing the life of college through building relationships and community to help them develop their sense of