Academic Success Coaching
Every learner at Southwestern College Professional Studies is assigned an academic success coach (ASC), who will be your support throughout your academic program. Your ASC plays a critical role in the your educational journey, serving as your supporter, interpreter and guide while working toward degree completion.
You can expect your coach to:
- Understand and effectively communicate SCPS’s policies and procedures in relation to curriculum, enrollment and graduation requirements
- Encourage and guide you to establish realistic goals and accept responsibility for your educational success
- Support you in the venture of life-long learning, by communicating the purpose of higher education and how higher education impacts lives
- Support SCPS in providing you, the non-traditional learner, educational opportunities that allow for full-time employment and life commitments
- Monitor and provide accurate interpretation (degree plans) of your academic progress
- Initiate and maintain open communication with you via telephone, e-mail, live chats and other such communication devices
- Maintain confidentiality
Academic Success Coaches
Sadie Parker
Strategic Leadership, Human Resource Management and Development, Information Systems Management, Operational Leadership Certificate, Organizational Communication Certificate, M.S. in Leadership, M.S. in Management, PMBA, M.S. in Security and Emergency Studies, M.S. in Sport Management, Master’s in Special Education (High and Low Incidence), M.Ed. in School Leadership, and all graduate certificates
Academic Success Coach
Phone: 316.866.3381
E-mail: sadie.parker@sckans.edu
Toll-Free Phone: 888.684.5335 ext 3381
Sadie earned her B.S. in Communication with a minor in Marketing from Emporia State University in December 2019. She also has concentrations in Leadership Communication, Organizational Communication, and Relational Communication. She earned her Professional Master of Business Administration from Southwestern College in 2023. When free, Sadie enjoys spending time with family and making Pinterest projects.
Sarah Stephenson
Accounting, Business Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Business Quality Management, Business Administration, Criminal Justice, Computer Science, Data Science, Elementary Education, Healthcare Administration, Operations Management, Security Management, Organizational Psychology, Non-degree seeking, Business Innovation and Entrepreneurship Certificate, Quality Management Certificate, and Cyber Crime Certificate
Academic Success Coach
Phone: 620.229.6094
E-mail: sarah.stephenson@sckans.edu
Toll-Free Phone: 888.684.5335 ext 6094
Sarah earned her B.S. in Strategic Leadership from Southwestern College in May 2023, and is currently working on her Master of Science in Leadership to be completed December 2025. Sarah has a dual role at Southwestern College. She works as an Academic Advisor and lives on campus working as a Resident Director for Winfield Hall. She is married, has three grown sons, two daughter’s-in-law and her first grandbaby on the way in September 2025. When free, she enjoys spending time with her family, serving in her church, relaxing on the couch with her boxer Kobe, and building Legos.