Student Success Impact

Student Success

Project Design Overview: Connecting Resources

Supporting holistic student success by ensuring access to needed services.

  • Conduct a comprehensive review and realignment of organizational structure to better serve students.
  • Build infrastructure to better connect underserved students to resources to meet their needs.
  • Convene a Student Success Team, led by new Student Success Coordinator, to help “bridge gaps” between academic and student services offices.
  • Establish Student Success Ambassador program to support underserved students.
  • Provide professional development for faculty/staff on supporting underserved students.

 

Institutional Lead for Gardner Institute Initiatives

Dedra serves as Fairmont State’s Institutional Lead for all Gardner Institute initiatives. In this role, she manages, co‑leads, and coordinates multiple national projects that directly support student success, academic redesign, and institutional improvement.

Gardner Institute Projects

  • Course Redesign Initiative (Fall 2026)
  • Advising Redesign
  • Project‑Based Learner Academy (Summer 2026)
  • Data Culture Academy
  • AI for Student Success Community
  • Curricular Analytics Community (Cohort 2, Oct 2026)
  • Gates AI Project

National Presentations

  • Curricular Analytics Cohort Finding
  • Strengths‑Based Coaching Meets Purpose‑Driven Advising
  • Leading Strengths‑Based Coaching Initiatives

Strengths Coaching & Student Pathways

  • Gallup‑Certified Strengths Coach
  • AI & Strengths Coaching Course
  • Pathway Student Strengths Pilot Program

Student Success Initiatives & Foundation