CASA’s Structure

CASA is separated into the following 7 areas or units:

Administrative & Reception

• Reception, including phone and appointments
• Referrals to campus resources
• Administrative support for University Withdrawals, Retro-active Withdrawals, Academic Dismissal Appeals, and Student Absences
• Support to all CASA units

Health Professions Advising

• Advise students seeking to apply to schools to pursue professions in Chiropractic, Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Optometry, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant, Podiatry, and Veterinary Medicine
  • Applying to Health Profession Schools
• Health Profession clubs
• Provide Workshops, Referrals, and other services
• Health Professions Staff and Contact Information

Learning Communities

• Learning Communities Mission and Values
• Prospective Students: Are the Key Communities right for you?
• Frequently Asked Questions
• First Year Learning Communities
  • Global Village Residential Learning Community
    
  • Key Academic Residential Learning Community
  • Key Explore Residential Learning Community
  • Key Health Professional Learning Community
  • Key Service Residential Learning Community
• Second Year Learning Communities
  • Key Plus Learning Community
• Information for Parents and Families of Key Students
• Key Communities Staff Members

Orientation & Transition Programs

• Orientation and Transition Programs Mission and Values
• Orientation Programs
  • Ram Orientation for First-Year Students
  • Ram Orientation for Transfer Students
  • Ram Orientation for International Students
• Transitions Programs
  • Ram Welcome
  • Transfer Programs @ CSU
  • First Year Mentoring Program
  • Year 2 @ CSU
  • Getting to Year 2 @ CSU
• Orientation and Transition Programs Staff
  • Join our team!

Outreach & Support Programs

• Outreach and Support Programs Mission and Values
• Provide outreach and support in the form of information and connections to resources for populations
  • that can yield higher retention,
    • Struggling Academically
      • Information: How to succeed in college
      • Probation and Dismissal FAQs
    • Close to Graduating, but not currently at CSU
  • have a specific university-targeted need,
    • Former Foster Youth
    • Project Success
  • or are participating in a scholarship program
    • Daniels Fund Scholars
    • Daniels Opportunity Scholars
    • First Generation Award
    • Fostering Success Scholarship
    • Puksta Scholarship
• Programs that support the University Retention Plan
  • Taking Stock at mid-semester using MAP-Works – a self reflection survey and feedback tool followed by a critical conversation between students and RAs or Mentors.
  • U-Turn – one day resource fair and self-assessment workshop, especially for students with a ‘U’ in a select class
• Contact Outreach and Support Programs

Technology

• Internal Office Support
• Website support and development
• Intra-University student technology needs and support (advising on technology to ULC)
  
• Intra-University Computer labs
• Application Development
• Support for Campus Initiatives
• Aries Student Records Advising Tools integration
• Assessment
• Reports, Statistics and Assessment

Undeclared Advising (Intra-University)

• Undeclared Advising Mission, Values, and Student Learning Outcomes
• Academic Advising for Undeclared Students and GUEST Students
  • Academic Resources for students Exploring Majors
  • Make an Appointment
  • Walk-In Advising information
  • Controlled Majors or Majors with Entrance Requirements
• Programming for students on Choosing a Major by using the Create Your Story resource
• Providing Academic Support for changing majors, academic difficulty, and other situations undeclared students face.
• Advising students withdrawing from the University
• Undeclared Advising Advisors – Contact us