Student Success Summit Kicks Off Foundations of Excellence

The Stu­dent Suc­cess Sum­mit kicks off Foun­da­tions of Excel­lence at the Uni­ver­sity of New Mex­ico on Wednes­day, Sept. 19, 8 a.m.-noon. UNM is one of sev­eral col­leges and uni­ver­si­ties selected by the John N. Gard­ner Insti­tute for Excel­lence in Under­grad­u­ate to par­tic­i­pate in the year­long project. At the sum­mit, par­tic­i­pants will receive data regard­ing reten­tion and grad­u­a­tion rates, learn about the Foun­da­tions of Excel­lence process and find out how to become involved.

The Foun­da­tions of Excel­lence project is designed to help cam­puses eval­u­ate and improve the over­all expe­ri­ence of first-year stu­dents. The Gard­ner Insti­tute, based in Bre­vard, N.C., is a non­profit higher edu­ca­tion research/policy cen­ter estab­lished in 1999. The insti­tute helps both two– and four-year insti­tu­tions of higher edu­ca­tion enhance new stu­dent learn­ing and reten­tion through sys­tem­atic appraisal and improve­ment of pro­grams, poli­cies and insti­tu­tional pro­ce­dures. Since the project began in 2003, more than 500 two– and four-year col­leges and uni­ver­si­ties have par­tic­i­pated either in devel­op­ing the model or com­plet­ing the self-study process.

Reg­is­tra­tion is appre­ci­ated but not required. Reg­is­ter at Learn­ing Cen­tral. Visit the Office of Stu­dent Aca­d­e­mic Suc­cess for more infor­ma­tion and to view a video record­ing after the sum­mit, or call (505) 277‑7763 for questions.

Media con­tact: Sari Krosin­sky (505) 277‑1583; email: michal@unm.edu