| Student Life Unit |
Learning Outcomes |
| Athletics |
All students on athletic teams:
- Through team participation, each student will:
- Establish lifelong friendships, and
- Develop respect for individual differences
- Each student will contribute to a team culture of cooperation, commitment and self-sacrifice
Team leaders will:
- Maintain an intense competitive atmosphere through effective leadership that challenges individuals to succeed
- Create an inclusive environment that holds everyone accountable, fosters team wide commitment to excellence, and provides organizational structure to attain goals
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| Career Development Office (CDO) |
- Students will define and develop a plan to achieve their career goals
- Students will articulate personal goals, strengths and weaknesses, and their interest in an organization/job to employers in both written and verbal formats
- Students will exhibit self-reliant behaviors needed to achieve success in their job search
- Students will articulate the characteristics of their preferred work environment or position
- Students will demonstrate knowledge of the job search process and successfully initiate a job search
- Students will learn to conduct themselves professionally when interacting with employers and networking contacts
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| Office of the Chaplain |
Bereavement:
- Students will learn the stages of grief; they will understand how they themselves experience grief, finding some ways to use this knowledge to cope with their grief
- Students will be able to assess their own needs and struggles with grief (with academics, friendships, familial relationships, etc) and articulate ways that they can address these needs
- Students will begin to integrate this loss into their identity
- Students in the bereavement group will build meaningful relationships with others in the group
- Students will be able to help others in the group, as well as other friends. They will learn to share from their own experience in ways that help others.
- Students will learn strategies for coping with academic and other expectations (familial, financial, etc.)
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| Community Living |
- Students will be able to evaluate the consequences of their actions
- Students will be able to formulate ideas while respecting and analyzing the ideas of others
- Students will be able to think independently and make decisions for themselves
- Students will be able to utilize self-reflection and past experiences to comprehend and interpret their current beliefs
- Students will be able to integrate their personal values into their decision making
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| Community Service |
- Students will develop their ability to cooperate with and adapt to the needs of the community, including the teachers, non-governmental organization (NGO) staff and K-12 students
- Students will develop the communication skills necessary to working cooperatively in a professional setting
- Students will develop leadership and professional skills when interacting with the staff members at Goucher and in the schools and NGOs
- Students will understand the challenges that urban schools and the NGOs serving them face
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| Office of Multicultural Student Affairs |
Through participation in special workshops, career coaching sessions, retreats, and the peer mentoring program, Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) scholars (mentees) will:
- Develop collaborative relationships with other EOP scholars and other collegiate peers
- Develop and enhance their leadership skills and engagement in leadership opportunities on campus
- Identify career choices and strengths
- Acquire and hone study skills, organizational skills and time management skills
- Gain a deeper understanding of the multiple dimensions of diversity and how they are enacted on a college campus
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| Student Health and Counseling Center |
Counseling Center
As a result of participation in individual psychotherapy, a student will:
- Formulate adaptive coping and stress management skills
- Demonstrate an increased level of self awareness
- React effectively in interpersonal situations
As a result of attending a psycho educational group/workshop, a student will:
- Demonstrate increased awareness of…(the topic at hand) and engages in behaviors that promote health and reduce risk
- Transfer knowledge to day-to-day management of…(topic at hand)
- Act in congruence with personal identity and moral values
- Exhibit self-reliant behaviors
Health Center
As a result of participating in the HIV/STD testing and counseling program, students will:
- Identify risks and prevention measures for HIV and STDs
- Make informed choices regarding sexual practices
- Act in a socially responsible manner
- Formulate a self-evaluation of behavior practices
- Identify sexual health resources both on and off campus
As a result of being a peer educator, students will:
- Gain understanding of their personal beliefs and how that affects their ability to lead
- Demonstrate leadership skills and increase their abilities to guide and assist groups
- Evaluate and integrate the information they teach into their own personal practices and attitudes
- Acquire knowledge and skills from formal training
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| Office of Student Engagement |
- Students will engage in the community through program participation
- Students will conduct themselves in a responsible and respectful manner
- By attending social programs, students will be making a conscious effort to balance their education, work, and leisure time
- Students will initiate relationships with others through program participation
- Students will increase their insight and expand their horizons by being exposed to diverse perspectives or experiences
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