Chapter 7.1: The Office of Student and Community Life Office
The JST-SCU Office of Student and Community Life is the hub for co-curricular activity in support of student learning and school-wide community building. Our efforts focus on supporting the full student experience, fostering a vital, stimulating environment of care and respect in which all our students may deepen their formation through encounter and relationship with others.
The Student and Community Life Office attends to student welfare, providing “cura personalis” to students and ensuring delivery of student support services that enhance physical/mental health and well-being. Through active coordination and engagement with SCU Mission Campus offices and departments, you will be provided with access to resources and support throughout your academic career. For information and resources, please email jststudentlife@scu.edu.
Student Support Services
The JST-SCU Student and Community Life office is the liaison with numerous SCU offices and departments that provide supports to students, including: Bursar/Financial Services, International Students and Scholars (supports international students), Office of Accessible Education, Student Medical Services, Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), the Title IX Office,Campus Ministry, Career Services and the ACCESS office (issues SCU Student ID cards). Student Housing is managed by the JST-SCU Housing Office (see below).
Community Life at JST-SCU
JST-SCU cultivates a diverse, welcoming and inclusive community with the purpose of offering formational moments that bring our diverse members together outside the classroom setting. The staff of Student and Community Life plan and organize special celebrations throughout the year, such as our Mass of the Holy Spirit Welcome BBQ, Feast of Guadalupe Fiesta, Lunar New Year Dinner, and our Annual Talent Show. Community Nights are hosted by this office and are times when our entire community comes together to pray, share a meal and engage with programming that enlivens theological reflection. All of these shared moments provide a backdrop upon which our students, staff, and faculty develop collegial friendships that connect our widely diverse and cross-cultural JST-SCU family.
The Office of Student and Community Life publishes the MAGIS, a weekly e-newsletter whose purpose is to provide details on the happenings at JST-SCU and the wider community. Other items of interest are posted on school bulletin boards. Students are encouraged to participate fully in the imagining and implementation of opportunities that can bring our theological life to fullness within our campus community and the world.
Student Leadership and Student Groups
Opportunities for student leadership at JST-SCU are avenues for student voices and perspectives.
- Academic Council - serving as the student representative for one’s degree program on this council that focuses particularly on academic and curricular issues as well as the overall life of the school;
- JST-SCU Board of Directors - serving as a student representative on one of the sub-committees of the Board;
- New Horizons: JST Student Theological Journal - serving as the editorial board or as an author of this well regarded journal of thought;
- Liturgy Committee - serving on the committee to plan and assess the liturgical life of the school
- Student Affinity Groups - Students often form and organize according to interest and affiliation. Such as the Women's Faith Sharing Group, Faith and Film, Contemplative Walks, and many others depending on the interest and passion of our student community.