As conceived by President Dawood Farahi in 2003, the purpose of the CAS is to ensure excellence and accessibility for all of Kean University’s undergraduate student population. This is to be accomplished by improving, expanding and making more accessible all student academic support services. During Academic Year 2004-2005 the CAS continued to develop and expand its functions, with the addition of the PASSPORT Program (as of 2/1/05) and the expansion of the Advisement Services into the College Advisement, Transfer Admissions and Evaluation Services (as of 4/8/05). This is in addition to the existing consolidation of the functions of the Career Services Center, the First Year Center and the Learning Assistance Program, undeclared/undecided student advisement and counseling, and the program formerly known as the General Education/Learning Assistance Program (GELAP). A major advancement in the delivery of services occurred with the January 2005 opening of the newest academic building on campus, also named the Center for Academic Success. This state of the art facility allowed for the consolidation of all CAS service divisions into one centralized location in a prime spot on campus. The new location has been a tremendous boon to the realization of the mission of the CAS. The CAS serves as an academic support service one-stop center, with its functions driven by the services it provides. The CAS is the student’s home for academic services from entrance to the university through graduation. An additional purpose of the CAS involves providing students, especially under-prepared and at-risk students, with the resources, assistance, support and services that will help retain them to graduation. The basic services of the CAS are organized into the following categories: Career Development and Advancement Services (formerly known as Career Services); College Advisement, Transfer Admissions and Evaluation Services; General Education/Learning Assistance Program; Orientation Services; New Student Registration Services, PASSPORT Program; Tutoring and Learning Support Services and Undecided/Undeclared Student Services, and Academic Dismissal Appeal. All services can be obtained by first stopping at the reception desk, CAS 108, in the front lobby of the Center for Academic Success building. Our contact information is: 908-737-0300, cas@kean.edu.