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About Us

The Division of Strategic Enrollment Management and Student Success (SEMSS) concentrates on student success while providing leadership and assistance to the 22 CSU universities. A high-quality educational experience for California's diverse student body taught and guided by skilled faculty and staff is the division's aim.

SEMSS concurrently focuses on:

  • Student Services
  • Student Wellness and Basic Needs
  • Community Engagement
  • Strategic Enrollment Management
  • Financial Aid
  • Student Success and Inclusive Excellence
  • International Programs
  • Equity and Belonging
  • Institutional Research & Analyses​

We work with the universities, other Chancellor's Office divisions, the Board of Trustees, and other educational segments and state agencies to respond to the broad needs of our students and to the challenges facing the CSU system and state. 


Departments

​The five departments that make up Academic Affairs at the CSU collaborate with our faculty and campus partners to nurture students in the achievement of their goals.

See Our Departments​

Leadership

Dilcie D. Perez
Vice Chancellor,
Strategic Enrollment Management and Student Success
Biography

Shonda L. Goward​
Interim Associate Vice Chancellor,
Student Success and Inclusive Excellence

Matthew Case
Interim Assistant Vice Chancellor,
Institutional Research and Analyses
(562) 951-4523

April L. Grommo
Assistant Vice Chancellor,
Strategic Enrollment Management
(562) 951-4726

John Hamilton
Assistant Vice Chancellor,
Strategic Partnerships and Student Success Initiatives
(562) 951-4702

Ray Murillo
Interim Assistant Vice Chancellor,
Student Affairs, Equity and Belonging
(562) 951-4707

Jaishankar Raman
Executive Director,
International Affairs
(562) 951-4782

Virginia Soto
Interim Chief of Staff
(562) 951-4882​