Vision, Mission, ADEI, Goals and Services

Vision

We meet you where you are and support you in becoming who you aspire to be. 

Mission

Our mission is to engage, support, and empower students to accomplish their goals and achieve success at WWU and beyond.  

ADEI Statement

The Academic Advising and Student Achievement Center supports student success by integrating access, diversity, equity, and inclusion in all areas of our work.   

  • We are committed to advancing a climate of equity and mutual respect, with particular attention to the needs of all marginalized and under-represented groups of people.   
  • We are aware of and value interconnecting identities that involve all aspects of difference, including but not limited to race, ethnicity, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, educational background, language, culture, national origin, religion/spirituality, age, ability, military/veteran status, and political perspective.   
  • We are situated on the ancestral homelands of the Coast Salish Peoples and the experiences of Indigenous students, staff, faculty, and community members are central to the environment we envision.   

Our office strives to be a space where all ways of being are respected.

Department Goals

  • To engage with and advise students as they examine their educational and life goals
  • To provide learning assistance services that support students’ academic and personal success
  • To conduct intentional outreach efforts that support students with unique needs and identities
  • To embed accessibility, diversity, equity and inclusion best practices into our engagement with and service to students
  • To engage in partnerships with university departments and external agencies to holistically support the needs of the students we collectively serve

Primary Services

  • Academic advising and planning services to support degree completion
  • Learning assistance programs to provide additional academic and personal support 
  • Intentional outreach efforts to support students with unique needs and identities 
  • Partnerships and collaboration with colleagues across the university and external agencies to support the holistic needs of the students we serve and to provide advising related workshops and sessions