Welcome to the Office of Life Skills
Confused about changing your major? Life Skills Office. Stressed out by your workload? Life Skills Office. Upset about something? Life Skills Office. It doesn’t matter if your question is about academics or social concerns; if it’s a big issue or a small matter, the Life Skills Office is always here to listen and care for you.
The Life Skills Office operates from a philosophy that holds all community members as vital and integral to the whole. Our purpose is to help all students succeed to graduation. The Life Skills Office works to empower students through support and encouragement as intellectual members of Chowan University.
The Life Skills Office seeks to:
- Help students transition between home and university.
- Promote student success by providing educational support and guidance.
- Encourage freshmen success by providing mentoring services.
- Challenge and support students academically, socially, and spiritually.
- Increase retention-to-graduation with early intervention and life-skills strategies.
- Review administrative processes (academic appeals and financial aid).
Programming
The Life Skills Office utilizes a web-based early alert system entitled Aviso. This program provides the central framework for monitoring student progress. The faculty report class attendance and enter reports into Aviso for excessive absences, missing assignments, inattention, praises, and more. Members of the the team contact students by phone or email for resolution.
The program is designed to lead students toward self-authorship in college and empowering students as they assimilate to university culture, learn life success skills, and become involved in life of the Chowan University community. The Success Coaching Program utilizes an interactive process which encourages and challenges students to create academic and professional goals. Students are selected and invited to participate in the mentoring program.
Meet the Life Skills Coaches
