{"id":16172,"date":"2024-03-28T15:01:28","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T20:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentsuccess\/?page_id=16172"},"modified":"2026-04-20T13:46:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T18:46:31","slug":"success-coaching","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentsuccess\/success-coaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Success Coaching"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"uwm-u-pb-80 uwm-u-pt-0\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<p>In the Student Success Center, success coaching exists to build and maintain a foundation that supports students through their collegiate learning experience while supporting the explorations that establish a deep connection to UWM and their personal understanding of success during their time as an undergraduate. In the coaching offered in the SSC, our staff works with students to:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li> <em>increase\u202f<strong>self-motivation<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>increase\u202f<strong>self-efficacy<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> <em>establish improved behaviors of\u202f<strong>interdependence<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>increase\u202f<strong>self-awareness<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>expand\u202fopportunities for\u202f<strong>learning<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>foster\u202f<strong>creative<\/strong>,\u202f<strong>critical thinking<\/strong>,\u202f&amp;\u202f<strong>problem-solving<\/strong>\u202fskills essential for the classroom and beyond UWM<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>develop skills focused on supporting\u202f<strong>academic\u202fskills<\/strong>,\u202f<strong>financial management<\/strong>,\u202f<strong>professional\/leadership development<\/strong>, and\u202f<strong>major\u202fexploration<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>alleviate effects of\u202f<strong>institutional roadblocks<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Our center provides holistic coaching support for six (6) student-facing identified programs known as: Fostering Success, Fund for Wisconsin Scholars, MKE Scholars, Nadella Scholars, and Smart Start (joint efforts with UWM Multicultural offices). Each of these programs exist to address a campus-identified student success and retention initiative created to close equity gaps and increase the number of students persisting through graduation. <strong>Program requirements and opportunities for financial support will vary across each of them.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"uwm-bg-gray uwm-u-py-80\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading heading-separator uwm-u-mt-0\" id=\"h-success-coaching-programs\">Success Coaching Programs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card-grid uwm-l-grid uwm-l-grid--equal-y uwm-l-grid--3\">\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-u-mb-40 uwm-p-card--img uwm-p-card--gold\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentsuccess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/672\/2024\/09\/fostering750x500-20240419_TCF_IMC_1021.jpg\" alt=\"Fostering Success Students taking a stroll with the coordinator\" class=\"wp-image-19813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentsuccess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/672\/2024\/09\/fostering750x500-20240419_TCF_IMC_1021.jpg 750w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentsuccess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/672\/2024\/09\/fostering750x500-20240419_TCF_IMC_1021-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--title\">Fostering Success<\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">Fostering Success is a program to support and empower independent youth to attend and graduate college. Students receive college coaching, financial support, and help navigating resources.<\/div><a class=\"uwm-p-card--link\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentsuccess\/success-coaching\/fostering-success\/\">Learn about Fostering Success<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-u-mb-40 uwm-p-card--img uwm-p-card--gold\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentsuccess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/672\/2024\/05\/FFWS_29-e1715653831353.jpg\" alt=\"People in the student success center\" class=\"wp-image-17725\" \/><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--title\">Fund for Wisconsin Scholars<\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">The Fund for Wisconsin Scholars Program (FFWS) randomly selects awardees that are first-year students that have graduated from public Wisconsin high schools who demonstrate a financial gap in covering costs related to tuition and fees. In addition to scholarship support, students are supported by a team of peer mentors and a success coach to help them navigate their college experience.<\/div><a class=\"uwm-p-card--link\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentsuccess\/success-coaching\/fund-for-wisconsin-scholars\/\">Learn about Fund for Wisconsin Scholars<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-u-mb-40 uwm-p-card--img uwm-p-card--gold\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentsuccess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/672\/2024\/05\/MKE_Scholars_31-e1715302596801.jpg\" alt=\"People at Student Success Center\" class=\"wp-image-17495\" \/><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--title\">MKE Scholars<\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">The MKE Scholars Program is designed to support holistic student success and retention for first-time incoming students UWM from the city of Milwaukee and identified surrounding areas. Students are offered a renewable scholarship to participate in a summer experience, leadership and service development programming, cohort-based coursework, and 1:1 success coaching throughout their time in the program.<\/div><a class=\"uwm-p-card--link\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentsuccess\/success-coaching\/mke-scholars\/\">Learn about MKE Scholars<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-u-mb-40 uwm-p-card--img uwm-p-card--gold\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentsuccess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/672\/2024\/04\/Nadella_scholars_group_750x500.jpg\" alt=\"Chancellor Mone and Nadella Scholars Group\" class=\"wp-image-17027\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentsuccess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/672\/2024\/04\/Nadella_scholars_group_750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentsuccess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/672\/2024\/04\/Nadella_scholars_group_750x500-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--title\">Nadella Scholars<\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">A selective full-ride scholarship opportunity for new incoming students from the city of Milwaukee pursuing one of six identified majors with a strong focus in technology. Additionally, students are provided\u00a0holistic support through academic advising, success coaching, peer mentoring, and tutoring\/supplemental instruction to assist in their transition and pursuit of their degree.<\/div><a class=\"uwm-p-card--link\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/finances\/scholarships\/nadella-scholarship\/nadella-scholarship-recipients\/\">Learn about Nadella\u00a0Scholars<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-u-mb-40 uwm-p-card--img uwm-p-card--gold\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentsuccess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/672\/2025\/03\/smart-start-desk.jpg\" alt=\"Smart Start Coach with student at front desk\" class=\"wp-image-20923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentsuccess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/672\/2025\/03\/smart-start-desk.jpg 500w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentsuccess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/672\/2025\/03\/smart-start-desk-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--title\">Smart Start<\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">Smart Start program helps to build bridges that empower and support students at every stage of their journey, ensuring they feel confident and prepared as they navigate this new environment!<\/div><a class=\"uwm-p-card--link\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentsuccess\/success-coaching\/smart-start\/\">Learn about Smart Start<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-u-mb-40 uwm-p-card--img uwm-p-card--gold\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentsuccess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/672\/2026\/04\/triosss.jpg\" alt=\"Students sitting outside Golda Meir Library\" class=\"wp-image-23053\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentsuccess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/672\/2026\/04\/triosss.jpg 400w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentsuccess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/672\/2026\/04\/triosss-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--title\">TRIO Student Support Services<\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) at UW-Milwaukee is a federally funded program that helps first-generation, low-income and disabled students succeed with academic coaching, career guidance and financial aid support. Through this support, we ensure equal access to opportunities through tutoring referrals, leadership programs, free laptop loans, a study lounge, and grant aid, providing the resources needed to graduate and build a successful future.<\/div><a class=\"uwm-p-card--link\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/student-support-services\/\">Learn more about TRIO SSS<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"has-alpha-channel-opacity uwm-c-hr--thick uwm-u-my-0\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1630,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"class_list":["post-16172","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Student Success Center<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover UWM success coaching services designed to help students set goals, build skills, and achieve academic success.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentsuccess\/success-coaching\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Success Coaching\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Discover UWM success coaching services designed to help students set goals, build skills, and achieve academic success.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentsuccess\/success-coaching\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Student Success Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-20T18:46:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/studentsuccess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/672\/2024\/09\/fostering750x500-20240419_TCF_IMC_1021.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/studentsuccess\\\/success-coaching\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/studentsuccess\\\/success-coaching\\\/\",\"name\":\"Success Coaching - 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