Center for Social and Emotional Competence
"Building Competence"
Social and Emotional Competencies (SEC) are a set of related, intentional behaviors that use the perception and regulation of one's emotions and the emotions of others to foster successful outcomes in school, work, and life. SEC emerged from the theory of social intelligence and emotional intelligence and is a culmination of applied research toward educational practice.
At Pacific, SEC is an integral component of our Pacific Rising 2015 Strategic Plan for whole student learning. It is not enough to produce the best and the brightest technical experts (arts, sciences, business, education, engineering, music, dental, law or pharmacy), universities must also to develop social and emotional expertise to provide students with a competitive advantage for the new millennium.
The dream of a Center for Social and Emotional Competence (CSEC) at Pacific has become a reality. Officially established in 2009, under the direction of Dr. Craig Seal and Bernie Kramer, the Center is now actively working toward developing a new model and measure of student social emotional competence (SEC) as well as developing curricular and co-curricular development modules using SEC.
Pacific's initiative in SEC started in 2005, under the advisement of Dr. Dan Goleman and Dr. Richard Boyatzis, building upon the University's culture and commitment to whole person education and its mission to prepare graduates for "responsible leadership in their careers and communities." Pacific is the only US University with a comprehensive undergraduate SEC initiative in higher education.
Center Mission
The Center will provide the strategic direction for Pacific to become recognized as the national leader in whole student learning through SEC development. The Center is to provide the vision, guidance, implementation and cultivation of internal and external partnerships for SEC development at Pacific.
Center Vision
The goal of the Center is for Pacific to become the nationally recognized leader in research and application of student development in SEC. The Center will eventually become a self-sustaining model of SEC excellence in higher education and SEC development will become a distinctive hallmark of a Pacific education.
