[Agvisors] FW: Encouraging belonging in a virtual environment

Mon Sep 14 12:48:20 MST 2020

Greetings CAS and Agvisors:

Great tips below for your reference and use.

Stay tuned for a sneak peak on what new CALS students will be receiving via snail mail on behalf of the CALS family. The team has been hard at work in putting these packages together during these interesting times - close to being done with ~645 packages for main campus students. Online and distance campus students will be next.  Thanks to all for the ongoing assistance!

Grateful to be part of a dedicated and caring team. Stay safe and be well.

Best,
Nancy

Nancy G. Rodriguez-Lorta, M.Ed. | Senior Director, Advising and Student Services
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From: Demetriou, Cynthia P - (cpd) <cpd at arizona.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2020 11:48 AM
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Cc: Salvesen, Christine L - (cls) <cls at arizona.edu>; Nirh, Jenny L F - (french) <french at arizona.edu>
Subject: Fw: Encouraging belonging in a virtual environment

Good morning-

I hope this message finds you healthy and well.

We sent this to all SSRI staff, but I also wanted to share it with any campus partner that might find these tips or materials helpful for their teams.

Please feel free to use any of these ideas or images or to share with your colleagues.

I hope it is helpful! Thanks for your partnership on sense of belonging for all students. And thank you to Jenny Nirh for creating all these wonderful materials!

Best, Cynthia

________________________________
From: Cynthia Demetriou <cpd at email.arizona.edu<mailto:cpd at email.arizona.edu>>
Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2020 8:32 AM
To: Demetriou, Cynthia P - (cpd) <cpd at arizona.edu<mailto:cpd at arizona.edu>>
Subject: Encouraging belonging in a virtual environment

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Dear SSRI Team,

Each interaction you have with a student, campus partner, and community member is an opportunity to advance student success and create a culture at the University of Arizona where everyone can thrive.

As our communication is online now more than ever, we want to ensure we are advancing SSRI's goals for growth mindset, sense of belonging, diversity, equity, and inclusion, and wellness. To this end, please take some time to review and update your email signature and zoom settings.

Email[The image is a sample signature from the UA Email Signature Generator]

  1.  Make sure your name and title and contact information are up to date.
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     *   SSRI Mission [Student Success & Retentio Innovation support the success of all undergraduates at the University of Arizona.]
     *   Growth Mindset
     *   Sense of Belonging
     *   Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
     *   Wellness
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Create a Welcoming Zoom Environment

  *   Backgrounds
     *   Zoom backgrounds are a great way to communicate our commitment to student success. Please choose one of our backgrounds here.<https://facebook.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d32f86ca5874a6446ee7768f2&id=83747be612&e=1e66bc62eb> If you have an older laptop (like I do!) you may not be able to use one.
  *   Profile Photo[Image of Wilma Wildcat with a Welcome to UA "Frame"]
     *   If you aren't able to use a background,  you may want to use one of the backgrounds or other materials here<https://facebook.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d32f86ca5874a6446ee7768f2&id=900e533a14&e=1e66bc62eb> as your zoom picture instead of a photograph of you. I have the "Mindset is Everything" one up right now.
  *   Your Waiting Room
     *   You can also customize your Zoom Waiting room to include quotes and welcoming messages. Visit our SSRI Virtual & Zoom Resources on Box for all the links and how to's. <https://facebook.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d32f86ca5874a6446ee7768f2&id=0316b29737&e=1e66bc62eb>
  *   Zoom Name - Please include your full name and pronouns.

Thank you for taking the time to take these steps! These small actions affirm and validate our students. Collectively microaffirmations like these can advance a culture for student thriving.

Kindly, Cynthia

Cynthia Demetriou, Ph.D.   (she/her)
Vice Provost, Student Success and Retention Innovation
Faculty Affiliate, Center for the Study of Higher Education

[Small acts, when multipled by millions of people can transform the world.  Small Acts when multiplied by hundreds of people can transform the University of Arizona.]

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