April/May 2022

It never ceases to amaze me how quickly the academic year sails by. It's thrilling to close out a complete academic year where there were full classrooms and residence halls along with the triumphant return of activities, performances, athletic events, and many more vivid signs of restoration to pre-pandemic college life. While it has been another year filled with twists and turns, the successes we have achieved as a college are representative of the strength, resiliency, and compassion of the Dean community. This is certainly symbolic of Dr. Rooney's 27 years as Dean College President. There will be a multitude of opportunities for the campus community to honor her time at Dean College. We wish Dr. Rooney and Dr. Shaw a wonderful retirement and are forever grateful for their contributions and dedication to our students and the growth of the College. The Board of Trustees has oversight of the search for the 14th President. Further communication will be forthcoming during the summer months as warranted.

Often times I am asked by those outside the industry about my favorite moments of working in higher education. Without hesitation, my response is welcoming new students to campus each year and the tradition of Commencement Exercises. The opportunity to witness both of these monumental transitions and occasions is something I greatly cherish. As we close in on the weeks and days that our graduating class will walk through the iconic Arch and up Awpie Way for a final time as Dean College students, I offer my heartfelt congratulations. The four-year growth of college students is simply amazing and all of us in Bulldog Nation greatly look forward to celebrating with our graduates and families. As alumni, they are confident and prepared and we are incredibly excited for their future accomplishments in graduate school and industry.

Please see below for highlights, events, timelines, and important information throughout the final month, exam week, and closing. It has been a pleasure connecting with you throughout the year, and I wish everyone a wonderful and safe summer ahead.

Livestream options will be available for graduates, families, and friends who are unable to attend in person. Please visit our Commencement 2022 site for additional details.

Resident students are required to depart three hours after the completion of their last exam. Residence halls will officially close at 6:00pm on Thursday, May 5th (Graduating resident students participating in Commencement - see below).

Graduating resident students participating in commencement on Saturday, May 7th should depart campus 2 hours following the conclusion of the ceremony. Graduates are encouraged to pack their rooms prior to Commencement. Following Commencement, graduates will be expected to complete the appropriate check-out process in their respective residence halls. Students should see their Resident Director and/or Community Advisor to answer any questions.

As we approach the end of the semester, we want to remind students that the only storage company that Dean College partners with is Apple Box Storage.

Apple Box Storage has been a partner of the Office of Residence Life for many years. Apple Box Storage will store belongings throughout the summer and/or ship belongings through UPS. If interested, please visit https://www.appleboxcollege.com/ to sign up directly with Apple Box.

If you have additional questions regarding this service email: smartmove@appleboxcollege.com

DON'T FORGET: TEXTBOOK RENTALS ARE DUE BACK TO THE BOOKSTORE by MAY 10, 2022 Questions? Contact Jackie Calderone,

Bookstore Manager- jcalderone@dean.edu

Walgreens Pharmacy will be on campus Wednesday, April 6 to provide COVID-19 Booster Vaccines for students. The clinic will begin at 11am off the Campus Center Concourse (near the Advising Office). Students must bring proof of their prior COVID-19 vaccines and their health insurance information. The clinic will continue until the supply is exhausted. Contact Health Services at healthservices@dean.edu with any questions.

Looking to enroll in a summer course at Dean? Select this link Summer Classes for more information on course selection, registration and dates and times. Need additional information? Just reach out to SCS@dean.edu.

Academic Coaching, a specialized one-on-one, fee-based service for students is presently accepting registrations for the Fall 2022 semester. Students can sign up at any time under Essential Links on Today@Dean, and families can email learning@dean.edu to register and/or gain more information about setting up weekly meetings with an Academic Coach who can help with note-taking, time management, organization, study strategies, test preparation, and writing.

We are prepared to open requests for the Fall 2022-Spring 2023 parking program. All interested students must complete the parking application by April 15th to be considered.

Students can access the application via a link on Today@Dean, marketing efforts in the Campus Center Concourse, and through student email. The parking lottery is based upon a student's seniority and completed credits. Applications submitted after April 15th may be placed on a parking waitlist, dependent on overall student campus parking availability.

Students on the parking waitlist will be contacted during the summer months as spaces become available. Students that do not receive a parking spot via the parking lottery or the waitlist will not be permitted to bring a vehicle to campus. All questions regarding campus parking should be directed to Zach Roy, Campus Safety Manager, at zroy@dean.edu.

Students selected for a campus parking space for the Fall 2022-Spring 2023 academic year via the parking lottery will receive a message with their campus parking location by Friday, May 6, 2022. 

If you haven’t submitted the 2022-2023 FAFSA as of yet, please do so online or via the myStudentAid app today. The earlier you submit the FAFSA the better as some aid is limited and awarded on a first-come, first-serve basis. Your FSA ID and password and your parent FSA ID and password (if dependent) will be needed to electronically sign the FAFSA. As always, if you need help filling out the FAFSA or have any questions you can contact the Center for Student Financial Planning and Services at sfp@dean.edu or via phone at (508)-541-1518. Financial aid award letters began to be sent home in mid-March for those who did file the FAFSA.

Returning to Dean in Fall 2022? The enrollment deposit of $250 is required for both pre-registration into fall courses and housing selection for the upcoming semester. Deposits can be paid online or if there is a credit available on the student account the student can email sfp@dean.edu from their Dean email requesting the credit be used towards the deposit. 

spectator policies, and additional information. On with the show!

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The Dean College men's lacrosse team cruised to a 14-4 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) home victory over Johnson & Wales on March 30th. Dean improves to 6-1 overall and 3-1 in the GNAC while Johnson & Wales drops to 5-4 overall and 2-1 in conference play. View the full story at deanbulldogs.com.

All spring teams continue conference play with hopes of qualifying for the postseason. Women's lacrosse earned back-to-back victories over Albertus Magnus College and Anna Maria College. The softball team continues its campaign with upcoming doubleheaders at home against Simmons University and Fisher College. Baseball will also be at home against Lesley University and then on the road to face Norwich University. Continue to follow Bulldogs athletics with news, inclusive of current spectator policy, schedules, and highlights all year long at deanbulldogs.com. Let's go Bulldogs!

Covid-19 has had a tremendous impact on young adults. Student well-being and mental health concerns need to be a top priority on campus. In January 2020, Counseling Services received a grant from the KyleCares Foundation. This grant provided the College with the opportunity to administer a mental health survey called the Healthy Minds Study. This web-based survey examines mental health, service utilization, and other related issues among college-age students. Since its national launch in 2007, HMS has been fielded at 400 colleges and universities, with over 550,000 survey respondents, (Healthy Minds Network, 2007). Dean College will now be part of this prestigious study!

Students can find the personalized, confidential survey link in their Dean e-mail by searching Healthy Minds Survey Administration. As of April 1st, over three hundred students have completed the survey! The deadline for completion is April 15^th at 12:00 am. We have two weeks to go. Let’s Go Bulldogs!

The Project Green club ran some impressive mental health programs this semester! Students had the opportunity to reduce stress by converting the Campus Center Atrium into the Zen Den. Activities included: creating your own essential oils, writing gratitude letters, coloring, prompts for journaling, yoga, and learning a new stress-reducing technique called Tapping (EFT). It was a great success!

The Dean Student Government Association and Project Green co/sponsored the documentary My Ascension. This movie features the story of Emma Benoit, a suicide survivor, whose painful experience has sent her on a mission of education regarding suicide prevention and helping others to find hope. Jim and Sue Johnson founders of the KyleCares Foundation attended the event and presented Project Green with a $500 grant to assist with future mental health programs and initiatives.

If you have any questions about Dean Counseling Services, please feel free to contact MaryAnn Silvestri @ msilvestri@dean.edu or call 508-541-1602.