Barbara Snyder, Vice President

The mission of Student Affairs at the University of Utah is to contribute to the general mission of the University by providing an opportunity for students to develop their lives to be enlightened citizens and contributors to a free and just society.  We accomplish this goal by planning and administering services which contribute to the learning environment and augment the functions of teaching, research, creative scholarship, and public service.

Specifically, the role of Student Affairs is to:

• Provide direct support for University, college, and department programs.


• Provide direct support and services to students to facilitate their obtaining an education.


• Foster student development by providing and supporting programs which contribute to the education of students in various developmental areas, such as cognitive and aesthetic development, identity information, physical self, moral reasoning, interpersonal relatedness, and social perspective.


• Help remove personal obstacles, provide the information, and teach the competencies students need to take advantage of and profit from the University learning environment.


• Help students make the transition into the community.


• Gather information about the student, the environment, and the outcomes of that interaction in order to identify potential concerns and needed intervention