Student Resource Center: Baldwin Wallace University's Innovative Approaches to Dismantling Barriers Related to Meeting Students' Basic Needs

Conference: Dismantling Systemic Barriers to Student Success Conference

Date: 6/24/2024, 04:10 PM - 05:00 PM

Location: Palos Verdes AB

Program Type: General Interest (50 minutes)

Professional Competencies: Advising and Supporting - Intermediate, Social Justice and Inclusion - Advanced

Content Areas: Emergency Aid, First-generation Students, Socioeconomic and Class Issues, Student Success

Target Groups: Mid-level Student Affairs Professionals, Vice President for Student Affairs

Institution Types: Minority Serving Institutions, Small Colleges & Universities

Certification Domains: Social Justice and Inclusion, Crisis and Risk Management

Certification Approved Credit: CE Credit - SJI, CE Credit - CORE

Abstract

Over 4 million students are facing significant barriers to graduation in the form of food insecurity. Included in that 4 million are the 1.5 million undergraduate or graduate students who are also facing homelessness and other unmet basic needs. Join Baldwin Wallace University for a discussion on our Student Resource Center, its vision for expansion, and how universities can afford to work towards a campus equipped with resources to meet the needs of all its students.

Presenters

• Marsita Ferguson
  Director of Community Engagement
  Baldwin Wallace University