The Division of Student Affairs is a service-oriented unit of caring professionals committed to providing opportunities for students and others to reach their full potential. The division compliments the academic component of the University by providing activities, experiences, and services and programs that enhance the quality of life on campus and in the extended community.

Office of the Vice President

Career Services Center
The Career Services Center's mission is to assist students and alumni in translating their academic experience into the successful obtainment of their career and employment goals. This is done by helping them learn to assess their skills, abilities, and interests; providing access to and instruction in using career and employment resources; developing and promoting opportunities for practicing career-related knowledge and skills in the workplace; instructing them in the job search process; and providing them overall support in locating satisfying employment that is related to their academic, personal, and professional goals.

Counseling & Testing Center
The Counseling and Testing Center is committed to the idea that the university years should be satisfying, productive and rewarding ones. In fulfilling this commitment, the Center provides services to assist with the personal and educational development of Western Kentucky University students.

Housing and Residence Life
The Department of Housing and Residence Life's mission is to provide students with a safe, clean, well maintain and reasonably priced living environment that intentionally promotes involvement in educationally purposeful activities.

Intramural-Recreational Sports Program
The mission of the Department of Intramural-Recreational Sports is to provide quality programs, services, and facilities that will enhance each individual's opportunity for leisure, recreation, fitness, and wellness in relation to his or her overall personal development.

Judicial Affairs

Student Activities and Organizations
The Office of Student Activities and University Centers exists to serve the University community in a variety of ways. The office's primary mission is two-fold. First, SAUC is charged to enhance student life and development by facilitating student involvement in organizations; providing broadly based programs of entertainment, cultural diversity and activities; presenting opportunities to develop leadership, social, organizational and interpersonal skills; and promoting student volunteerism. This portion of our mission directly regards the enhancement of citizenship and leadership development.

The second aspect of SAUC's mission is to provide direction, management, and leadership to the student union programs. The student centers support the entire campus community. Our charge is to unify campus while providing a variety of facilities to the students, staff, and segments of the general public. SAUC's facilities house dining services, meeting rooms, ballroom, the bookstore, post office, theater, recreational floor, phone company, computer lab, an academic department (Journalism), ID center, the Herald (student newspaper), and Correspondence Studies office. Relevant to our mission is the provision of space to accommodate meetings, conferences, and activities.

WKU Police Department
The mission of the University Police Department is to provide a safe and secure atmosphere that is conducive to learning and teaching. Furthermore, the University Police Department is committed to providing a "Community Policing" philosophy in it's approach to law enforcement, which is a partnership between faculty, staff, students, and police officers, that is predominately service and educationally oriented.