Success for Every Student
“Through these conversations, I hope we can uncover ways to make meaningful and lasting improvements in how we support our students - from the moment they apply, through graduation, and as they go on to make an impact in our communities." - Provost Patricia A. Prelock
Advancing Student Success: Campus Conversations with Provost Prelock
In May 2025, President Suresh Garimella announced the University of Arizona’s strategic imperatives, which are:
- Success for Every Student
- Research that Shapes the Future
- Engagement with Our Communities to Create Opportunity
Focusing on Student Success
The Success for Every Student imperative emphasizes academic excellence and holistic student support. Key areas of focus are academic excellence and student success, which includes improving retention and graduation rates, better integrating student services throughout the university, and supporting and empowering faculty and staff to facilitate the greatest possible impact with students.
Campus Conversations: Listening to Our Community
As part of the implementation of this strategic goal, Provost Prelock is leading a series of focused, in-person conversations across campus and the broader Wildcat community. These sessions, taking place from June through September, will help shape the university’s academic success goals. These conversations aim to gather information to determine how we can best structure our services and departments that support the student experience – including the Student Culture and Engagement Hub, strengthen our commitment to student retention, progression, graduation, and career success, and better understand the challenges or barriers that we may be facing.
Provost Prelock will meet with approximately 320 individuals, including undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff, alumni, donors, and community partners.
Email invitations are sent to each group in advance of their scheduled sessions. Participation is limited to 20 individuals per session and will be available on a first-come basis. To ensure productive and thoughtful dialogue, discussion prompts will be shared ahead of time with registered participants.
Engagement Timeline
| Month | Audience | Number of Sessions |
| June | Donors, alumni, community leaders and partners | 4 |
| July | Staff from colleges, academic departments and students support units reporting directly to the Office of the Provost | 4 |
| August & September | Faculty and instructors | 4 |
| September | Undergraduate and graduate students | 4 |