the role of student affairs and services in higher education

• Developing and maintaining a career resource library that includes hard copy
and electronic materials and information on occupations, employers, and
candidate assessment.
• Organizing recruitment conferences/interest sessions with specific employers
at which students could explore interest in their organization.
• Collecting, maintaining, and distributing appropriate credential files for
employment of student candidates.
• Organizing workshops on rJsumJ writing, employer recruiting techniques,
interview skills and entrepreneurial skills.
• Creating and updating a database with authorized student information for
potential employer review.
• Creating and updating a database with potential employer information.
• Creating and updating a database of current jobs available at all levels.
• Maintaining ongoing contacts with potential employers and seeking their
active involvement with the programs of the unit.
• Creating/updating a database that tracks employment of institutional alumni.
• Conducting follow-up studies on the employment trends of graduates of the
institution and disseminate this information as necessary.
Chaplaincy/Multi-faith Services
Purpose/functions –
• To identify core groups of students and faculty interested in exercising their
religious freedom.
• To provide an opportunity for individual students to live, share and express
their faith as appropriate.
• To assist individual members of specific communities (students, professors or
support personnel) in their quest for spiritual life.
• To provide advice and assistance to the educational community at times of
celebrating and mourning.
• To encourage and nurture the development of a sense of shared community.
• To work with student groups in providing opportunities for personal and
community spiritual enrichment.
• To promote understanding and acceptance, within the educational
community, of the varied personal paths to spiritual enlightenment.
• To create an atmosphere of religious tolerance and co-operation.
• To minister to the students of the Chaplain's own faith as well as provide
support to students regardless of faith.
• To have a network of contacts to provide ministry to students of other faiths.
• To encourage understanding of diversity through interaction and discussion.
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