Rollins focuses on student success

Rollins cares deeply about students and their experience at the College. As the College works on student success, retention, and improving our graduation rates, the Office of Student Success was developed to help students bridge gaps they encounter during their time at Rollins. The office was shaped based on review of institutions that made positive impacts in their student retention efforts. Across the country, offices of student success have been established to serve as a resource for students, parents, faculty and staff to link efforts to help improve student success from orientation through graduation.

As the new executive director of student success, Meghan Harte will take on a natural extension of her responsibilities as director of Explorations: First-Year Programs. In her expanded position, Harte wakes each day with one mission – to ensure that every student at Rollins feels cared for and experiences a deep sense of belonging.

“There are times when a student may not know where to turn to help solve an academic or college-life adjustment issue,” said Harte. “My role is to build upon the work of Explorations by expanding upon our personal relationships with students. Serving as a point-of-contact, The Office of Student Success connects students and parents to the person or department who can provide the best assistance—whether that be an academic advisor, the bursar, financial aid, student affairs, student records or others. We want to be able to positively impact the overall academic and social experiences of our students, so that they can trust that the College is primarily focused on their success and that we want them to achieve their goals and full potential.”

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