As mentioned in last week’s OnCampus, Drake will launch a new student success platform, called Starfish, in August 2018. The Starfish student success platform is an academic early alert and communication software system. Starfish can help you as a faculty member by:

• Providing an avenue for you to communicate with students and give feedback about their academic progress.
• Helping you facilitate a timely connection to campus support professionals and services.
• Allowing you to access a variety of information about a student.

The planning team has just started their work on the project, so look for more updates in the coming months.

— Melissa Sturm-Smith, Associate Provost for Academic Excellence and Student Success