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Mission

Student Activities and Leadership Programs' mission is to enrich and integrate students' leadership and academic experiences in order to educate students to be ethical, socially just, and civically engaged leaders on campus and in their larger communities.

Values

Student Activities and Leadership Programs has committed to using the following values to guide our work:

  • Integrity - insuring that our actions reflect our words, especially when it comes to being active listeners, honest, accountable, and respectful.
  • Student Centered - full awareness of the responsibility that SALP has to help students actualize their full potential.
  • Education and Growth - supporting students by equipping them with the skills and knowledge needed to meet the challenge of applying in-class principles to real-life situations.
  • Community - intentionally creating an atmosphere that encourages students to discover and express all aspects of their identity, to make meaningful connections with others, and to have fun.
  • Continuous Improvement - seeking and incorporating feedback and best practices.

Learning Outcomes

Student Activities and Leadership Programs has developed outcomes that we strive to reach with the students whom we are privileged to work. By being a part of a student organization, working with the SALP Advisor to navigate and reflect on that work, and by taking the resources and training opportunities made available, student leaders will:

DIVERSITY:

  • Diversity: Understand and appreciate difference.
  • Consciousness of Self: Demonstrate self-awareness and self-reflection.

ETHICS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY:

  • Citizenship: Understand your impact on the group and larger community.
  • Community and Systems: Understand and value your place and impact within the university community.
  • Social Responsibility: Gain a sense of social and civic responsibility to others.

COMMUNICATION:

  • Communication: Enhance oral, written, and quantitative literacy.
  • Team Work: Enhance skills in compromise, collaboration, and understanding.
  • Common Purpose: Demonstrate willingness to address problems within the group and hold others accountable to the mission.
  • Conflict with Civility: Develop skills to interrupt behavior and to manage conflict within and between groups.

CRITICAL THINKING:

  • Critical Thinking: Demonstrate the ability to consider multiple viewpoints and types of knowing to develop well-reasoned opinions.

DISCIPLINARY AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE:

  • Administrative: To effectively oversee administrative functions of the group.

Structure

All of the staff and programs within Student Activities and Leadership Programs work as a team to support the departmental mission. Below is a structural table that may help to demonstrate how the departmental programs work together as a whole.

Resposibilities Staffing Population
Student Organization Advising To recognize and advise student organizations, student government, and Greeks, providing specialized training and orientations, and programming specific to student organizations. Assistant Director, Advisors, Graduate Assistant, and Interns Student organization leaders
Leadership Development To facilitate the Leadership Steering Committee, an on-campus think tank and advisory council; to provide training and support to staff working with student leaders; to provide administrative support and oversight for Leadership Credits; to coordinate and provide leadership development to students-at-large in the form of retreats, workshops, courses, and conferences. Graduate Assistant, Interns Student leaders across campus and departments
Student Service Organizations To provide general management supervision to student service organizations and the PSU Programming Board, as well as administrative support for the Speakers Board. Advisors, Graduate Assistant, Interns Student service leaders and members of the Programming Board and Speakers Board
Administrative Central support of the department including supervision, assessment, coordination, accounting, and administrative support. Director, Office Coordinator, Accountants, Student Staff, Interns SALP Staff and student leaders

Vision

Student Activities and Leadership Programs aligns with the following Portland State Division of Student Affairs visions statements:

  • Engagement and support within the University learning community and community-at-large: it is through learning community affiliations that students can experience a sense of belonging and receive support needed for their success. Affiliations can also provide identity anchors and serve as the impetus for practicing communication, critical thinking, leadership, and cultural competency skills.
  • Develop leadership, citizenship, and diverse and global perspectives: as educated people, students have the responsibility to assume leadership roles when needed. Because of this responsibility, students must have opportunities to develop and refine their abilities to participate fully as leaders and citizens. Diverse relationships in the learning environment contribute to improvements in a student's ability to engage in more complex thinking and act with an appreciation of difference and social justice issues.