The goal of Student Advocacy and Assistance is to empower students to take a proactive role in exploring their own resolutions in order to be successful both inside and outside the classroom.


Funded through the Student Services Fee, the Coordinators' role is to assist students who face complex issues and crisis that could impact their ability to remain successful.
 

Student Advocacy and Assistance:

• Provides one-on-one consultations with students seeking assistance regarding challenges that may impede their ability to remain successful
• Offers assistance with academic processes such as Explanation of Absence, Complete Withdrawal, Medical Withdrawal, and Retroactive Medical Withdrawal
• Educates campus community regarding policies, procedures, and support services available to students
• Connects students to appropriate campus and community resources
• Provides students with institutional knowledge concerning policies and procedures in order to strive to create a common baseline understanding of the University among all students
• Collaborates with campus colleagues to assist students in navigating campus bureaucracy
• Remains unbiased when working with students, staff, and faculty

Roles beyond our reach:

• Providing mental health counseling
• Offering academic advising
• Sharing personal student information with parents, unless health and safety concerns are present
• Representing students in legal situations or code of conduct violations, or serving as a hearing officer
• Completing University policies and procedures on behalf of a student

Emily Gaspar, Coordinator of Student Advocacy and Assistance
Old Main, Room 230
(520) 621-6132

Katherine Snyder, Coordinator of Student Advocacy and Assistance
Old Main, Room 228
(520) 626-6186