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SUCCESS at North Shore Community College

Program Contact Information

Website:

https://www.northshore.edu/support/rise

Email:

rise@northshore.edu

Telephone:

(781) 477-2139

RISE (Realizing & Inspiring Student Excellence)

About the Program:

Realizing & Inspiring Student Excellence (RISE) is a cultural and academic community celebrating the contributions and achievements of Black, African American, African, Latina/o/é, and/or 2SLGTBQI+ students.

RISE promotes and increases college completion through student programming, academic scholarship, and career development that supports a culturally and educationally diverse student body.

Eligible new, transfer, and first-time students enrolled at NSCC automatically join the RISE community upon registration for their first semester of courses. Students are continuously enrolled until the program is full. Students not in their first semester but interested in joining RISE can complete an interest form to join the program. Students automatically enrolled in RISE but uninterested in program participation can contact the program to decline participation. Academic support and community-building events are held for students who could benefit from SUCCESS services, along with offerings for all students enrolled at NSCC. All RISE students at NSCC are supported by the program until they earn their certificate or degree. By design, students are aware that they are receiving services through SUCCESS. RISE actively supports decentralized staff across NSCC, including staff in advising, coaching, student engagement, career services, faculty, and essential needs services.

Student Eligibility

Including our cohort, students who are eligible to join RISE at NSCC include:

  • Certificate or degree-seeking students (not available to non-degree students)
  • First-time & continuing students
  • Part-time & full-time students
  • Transfer students who have not previously completed a degree/certificate
  • Low-income students

Cohort Focus Population

In line with the legislative intent to improve outcomes for the most vulnerable student populations, the use of SUCCESS services at NSCC among the following populations is actively tracked and encouraged:

  • Students who identify as Black, African American, or African*(*)
  • Students who identify as Latina, Latino, Latinx, or Latiné*
  • Students who identify as Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, etc.*
  • First-generation college students
  • Students with disabilities
  • Any student interested in celebrating the contributions of our culturally and academically diverse community


* North Shore Community College recognizes and respects that identity groupings are limited in their ability to categorize all students. For questions related to eligibility to join RISE based on the above-listed categories, please reach out to Rhian Waterberg, Director of SUCCESS Initiatives at rwaterbe@northshore.edu.

(*) Participation in RISE is open to students from across the Black African diaspora.

Support Services

RISE provides the following personal enrichment and professional development opportunities:

Academic Advising

Academic Skills & Career Workshops

Basic Needs Counseling

Career Advising

Career, Interest, & Strengths Assessments

Case Management

Counseling

Community & Cultural Events

Connections to four-year institutions, including Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)

Peer Coaching

Publications

Scholarship Advising & Application Assistance

Student Planning

Transfer Advising

Transfer field trips to 4-yr Schools

Tutoring/study groups

Support Network

Every student in RISE is connected to a Dream Team designed to help them navigate the college experience, connect with supportive resources/offices, and achieve the goals they have set for themselves in attending North Shore Community College. The following support staff are part of the RISE Dream Team:

  • Peer Coaches (varies by semester – up to 10)
  • RISE Academic Advisors (4)
  • RISE Career Counselor (1)
  • RISE Wellness Counselor (1)
  • Essential Needs Coordinator (1)

SUCCESS receives funding through the Massachusetts legislature and is supported by the 15 state community colleges, the Massachusetts Association of Community Colleges (MACC), the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education (DHE), and the SUCCESS Leadership and Coordinating Committees.