Division of Student Affairs

Provides strategic visioning and oversight for student support services to all Geisinger College of Health Sciences students. To meet the mission of the college, we work collaboratively with the centers listed below as well as with Geisinger Student Health Services, Geisinger Student Psychological Services, the Provost’s office, other departments in academic affairs and critical partnerships. 

Provides comprehensive support to help MD students develop and implement career goals. The center offers a required career pathways program, one-on-one/individualized coaching, physician specialty mentoring and advising, and residency planning support. Resources and guidance foster professional development for your desired career path.  

Provides academic support services to enhance students’ interpersonal and educational experiences and support their academic success. The CLE provides individual academic support and advising, peer tutoring, academic support workshops, accessibility services to students with documented disabilities, peer mentoring and USMLE Step exam preparation support.

Collaborates with students and stakeholders to foster growth, support educational potential and actualize career goals. Our aim is to proactively address student well-being — individually and to the student population as a whole. Our wellness programs and initiatives normalize awareness and acceptance of challenges, acknowledge emotions and promote self-compassion. 

Fosters a positive learning community using a student-centered approach to personal and professional development. As the principal advisor for events, student councils and groups, the center promotes the qualities of leadership and service and prepares students for careers in the medical and health related fields. 

Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine covers counties in northeastern and central Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, with five regional campuses in Atlantic City, Danville, Lewistown, Sayre and the Northeast (Scranton and Wilkes-Barre). Each campus plays an integral part of the school’s distributive model of medical education and provides students with early clinical experiences in diverse settings. The Division of Student Affairs supports students during clinical phases of the curriculum through the regional assistant deans of student affairs, who are housed on each clinical site in conjunction with the centers listed above.