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The Rams’ Guide to Success (The RG)

The Ram’s Guide to Success (RG) is designed to help students find the tools they need to be successful, and to provide a guide for staff and faculty to help students connect with the programs, events, and services they need to be successful at West Chester.

Education for Success is identified as the fundamental goal of WCU’s strategic plan, Building on Excellence (2013). WCU is devoted to ensuring that students have direct access to all of the incredible resources that the university environment offers to promote education for success. At WCU, student success means more than just good grades or high retention and graduation rates. WCU values the development of ability within and among individual students. The Academic and Student Affairs divisions of the university work together to create and implement programs and experiences that promote not only increased knowledge and intellectual skills, but that also promote individual growth and development. We focus on the development of student well-being and self-knowledge in order to help students thrive during their college years, an experience that is closely associated with the development of a sense of personal meaning and purpose through adulthood.

Tabehta Adkins

Dr. Tabetha Adkins
Senior Associate Vice President and Dean, University College

Dr. Tabetha Adkins will be returning to Academic Affairs as Senior Associate Vice President for Student Success and Dean of the University College after supporting Student Affairs for the last 2.5 years. As Dean, Tabetha will support the functions of the University College which include the Academic Success Program (ASP); the newly formed Academic Success & Advocacy Center (ASA); Exploratory Studies Advising; the degree-granting Interdisciplinary Studies Program which allows students to build unique, interdisciplinary, flexible degree plans tailored to their interests and goals; the Learning Assistance and Resource Center (LARC- for tutoring); the Office of Educational Accessibility (OEA); the Army ROTC Program, the Ram Initiative, the Writing Center, and a variety of minors offered through University College. As a representative of the Provost’s office, Tabetha will work with the DCAP Program, Dr. Tammy James in support of her work as Faculty Associate for Retention and Engagement, the Moon Shot for Equity, retention programming, and academic processes such as academic integrity, grade appeals, and dismissals. Tabetha is looking forward to engaging with her colleagues in Academic Affairs.