Office of Access and Success Programs

The purpose of the office of Access and Success Programs is to improve the retention and persistence rates of first-generation, low-income students who are members of an Access Organization, and prepare those students to be successful at Missouri State University and beyond.

The office partners with Access Organizations as well as other MSU departments to offer students holistic support and guidance. The office provides academic support programming, advising, and referrals designed to enhance student success. The programming includes assisting students in establishing goals and a plan to achieve those goals.

While all MSU students have access to academic advising, counseling, career coaching, campus programming, and leadership opportunities; Access and Success Programs are designed to ensure students are intentionally utilizing such services. Students are guided through the processes/resources to maximize their ability to be successful.

The Access and Success Programs also have varying levels of scholarship money provided to the students by MSU. The office works with high school students at Access Programs to help recruit them to MSU. We visit students in St. Louis, Kansas City and Springfield and host several recruitment events on campus.

Access and Success Programs community partnerships are with the following organizations:

• Kauffman Scholars Inc.
• Wyman Center
• College Bound
• KIPP St. Louis
• KIPP KC
• 100 Black Men of St. Louis
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Springfield
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Missouri
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Missouri
• Student African American Brotherhood
• Springfield Public Schools Future Educators
• MSU TRIO Upward Bound
• Missionary Baptist State Convention of Missouri
• Ellis Foundation