About the Center for Student Success
The Center for Student Success (CSS) offers programs, services, and experiences designed to promote student success in and out of the classroom including:
- First Year Experience (FYE): CSS helps to coordinate programs and services to support student success and retention in the first year of college, including the FRESH@USD program, Online Resources, and Academic Assistance Planning.
- FRESH@USD: The FRESH@USD program offers a variety of sessions designed specifically to assist students with the transition to college. New USD sessions will have the opportunity to attend sessions of their choosing during their first semester in college.
- Online Resources: Online Resources is a web-based resource containing short articles designed to assist first-year students make a successful transition to USD both in and outside the classroom.
- Academic Assistance Planning/Peer Advising: The SLI professional staff and peer advisors conduct advising sessions to assist all freshmen and sophomores on academic probation with the development of an academic assistance plan. All students are welcome to participate in this program to improve their academic performance.
- Second Year Experience (SYE): The Second Year Experience consists of a variety of programs and opportunities designed specifically for second-year students. These include the Welcome Back Barbeque, MORE@USD workshops, and Fro-You with faculty among others.
- Student Assessment and Retention: The CSS assists with administering and reporting findings from assessments of first year students and the first year student experience, including the Cooperative Institutional Research Project (CIRP) "Freshman Survey” and “Your First College Year”(YFCY) survey.
