Project Compass

Focus of Efforts at BSU

The focus of Project Compass at each of the four grantee institutions is somewhat different. At BSU, Project Compass resources are being targeted at improving academic success, retention, and graduation rates for students of color, low-income students, and students who are the first in their families to attend college (i.e., first-generation college students).

Committed and enthusiastic members of academic and student affairs have come together in a Community of Practice (COP) to oversee Project Compass efforts at the university. Three working groups of COP members have been convened to lead efforts in the four main Project Compass areas of focus at BSU: student programming, faculty development, research, and diversity and inclusion. Project Compass has encouraged the development of unique programming that will support underserved students, and, as the initiative is scaled up, the entire BSU student population.

Bridgewater's successful use of Project Compass has hinged upon the willingness of faculty, staff, and administration to work together in ingenious ways and, most of all, a deeply held belief that our purpose as an institution is to provide all students with access to the possibility for excellence.

More information regarding Project Compass can be found at BSU Project Compass.  For additional questions, please contact Dr. Sabrina Gentlewarrior, Director of the Office of Institutional Diversity and Primary Investigator for Project Compass.

Last Modified: October 11, 2011