Student Engagement & Development
Welcome to the Office of Student Engagement & Development!
Offices
Student Engagement and Development includes the following offices:
- Accessibility Services
- Career Success and Experiential Education
- Counseling and Wellness
- Higher Education Opportunity Program
- Student Life
Mission of Student Engagement & Development
In alignment with the academic mission of New York Tech, the Office of Student Engagement and Development is dedicated to fostering students’ professional and personal growth through comprehensive and intentional opportunities for engagement with faculty, administrators, peers, and external partners. By promoting inclusive and collaborative experiences, Student Engagement and Development aims to:
- Cultivate Self-Awareness and Critical Thinking: Encourage students to develop a strong sense of self, enhance their critical thinking skills, and adopt an entrepreneurial mindset.
- Foster a Sense of Belonging: Create an environment where students feel a deep sense of belonging within the New York Tech community.
- Promote Cross-Cultural Perspectives: Inspire students to act with a global perspective; to learn, understand and appreciate diverse cultures and viewpoints; and to assume responsibility within their communities.
- Empower Student Advocacy: Support students in using their voices to advocate for their academic and personal needs. Foster students’ civic, electoral, and political knowledge and engagement.
- Prepare Career-Focused Individuals: Develop students into professional-minded individuals who positively impact the broader community.
Vision for Student Engagement & Development
Student Engagement and Development will:
- Advocate to ensure all students’ holistic needs and interests are served in every aspect of the university’s operations.
- Partner with academic programs to enhance student engagement, a sense of belonging, and persistence.
- Support students’ professional development with programming to build future multidisciplinary work skills, including social intelligence, cross-cultural competency, virtual collaboration and novel and adaptive thinking.
- Provide students with experiences that foster social awareness and purpose while cultivating a climate of inclusivity, care, respect, and shared responsibility for New York Tech and the community.
- Empower students and strengthen the community by promoting physical and mental health through counseling, wellness, and psychoeducational programs.
- Collaborate with Enrollment Management to ensure all eligible students have access to a New York Tech education through available state and federal programs.