The 2024 Student Success Summit was held on Wednesday, May 8 from 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. in the Minskoff Business Pavilion. Featuring opening remarks by President Guskiewicz, Interim Provost Jeitschko, and Vice Provost Mark Largent, with Dr. Kristen Renn as keynote speaker, this year's event focused on deep learning around the five opportunity areas of undergraduate student success, critical thinking around meeting 2030 goals, and a celebration of outstanding fellow Spartans.

For continued learning and those who were unable to attend, find materials from the day of the Summit linked below:

·      Student Success Summit Presentation (PPT)

·      Opening Remarks and Presidential Address (video)

·      Dr. Renn’s Keynote Presentation (video)

·      Student Interviews (video)

The 2024 Student Success Launch is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 17, 2024, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the MSUFCU Club in Spartan Stadium. This event is designed to involve all campus partners in fulfilling our MSU Student Success Strategic plan and reaching our 2030 goal of an 86% graduation rate by closing our opportunity gaps so that every student can learn, thrive, and graduate at MSU.

Our time at the 2024 Launch will be spent workshopping and discussing the projects, policies, processes, and practices that can remove student barriers and support the five opportunity areas of the Spartan Undergraduate Experience Strategy: self-discovery of purpose, educational success, developing a sense of belonging, contributing to an empowered community, and developing well-being. Additional details including our planned agenda and speakers will be provided in late July 2024.

The 2023 Student Success Summit, Building Bridges and Cultivating Compassion, was held at the Business College Complex (BCC) on Monday, May 15, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Dr. Alexis Travis, Assistant Provost and Assistant Vice President of Health and Wellbeing, opened the summit. Dr Travis is a passionate leader with 10+ years of expertise in developing strategic collaborations, building coalitions, and creating innovative programs for vulnerable populations.

Dr. Travis was followed by Keynote Speaker, Dr. Soumya Palreddy, co-founder of the Palreddy-Lowe Learning Lab. Dr. Palreddy is an anti-bias/anti-racism educator in progress, a licensed psychologist, and trainer.

Breakout sessions were led by campus partners and highlighted an overview of strategies, activities, and ideas they have implemented and/or plan to implement in alignment with the summit theme. 
Through collective wisdom and engagement between the presenters and attendees, the summit worked to build community, foster dialogue, and promote collaboration for the continued advancement of Student Success at MSU. 

2023 Student Success Summit Planning Team 

• Kimberly Blair-Chambers
• Chastity D. Gaither
• Helena Gardner
• Taylor Marino
• Sadiq Mohammed
• Jessica Oyoque-Barron
• Kanchan Pavangadkar
• Kristi Porrell
• Jieron Robinson
• Lance Sharp
• Justin St. Charles
• Kari Stone-Sewalish
  
  

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The 2023 Student Success Launch was held on Wednesday, Sept. 6, from 9 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. in the Kellogg Big Ten A&B room. This event centered around reaffirming commitments to student success, building community across campus student success work, and collaborating on moving key initiatives forward.

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The 2022 Student Success Launch was held Tuesday, Sept. 27, 1-4 p.m. in the MSU Union Ballroom and via Zoom. 

The event highlighted the work that is going on across campus to close opportunity gaps while increasing student learning, persistence, and success. 

Watch recordings from the Launch:

• Welcome
• Opening Remarks
• Panel Discussion