Student artists celebrate the opening of the Dean of Students Gallery.

What does the Dean of Students do?

The Office of the Dean of Students connects students with the services, opportunities, and resources they need to achieve their goals.

In everything we do, we promote students' self-determination*: their ability to make meaningful, satisfying, and authentic choices for their own success.

We advocate for students

• with services and resources that support student success,
• with initiatives that increase meaningful engagement with our communities and our world,
• and with support in times of challenge, crisis, or emergency.

We support student development through:

• engaged, authentic decision-making (autonomy)
• valuing and being valued by others (connectedness)
• increasing mastery of important challenges (competence)

*(if you are interested in learning more about self-determination, check out the work of Edward Deci and Richard Ryan!)