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NASPA Centers the Stories of Diverse Student Affairs Professionals

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEATTLE-- Prominent student affairs practitioners of color shared powerful stories of leading in higher education amid major challenges, including the recent COVID pandemic and ongoing attacks to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. As such, Shivers said, it's important that student affairs professionals practice self-care.

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Student Affairs Professionals Gather to Discuss Future of the Profession

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

With the goal of infusing scholarship into practice, thousands of student affairs practitioners from colleges and universities across the nation gathered in Boston to strategize about the future of the profession. This has translated as mentoring in my professional life. This has translated as mentoring in my professional life.

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Online Transition Programming in the Time of COVID

Supporting Student Success

In just two months, while still performing their regular job functions in the new online environment, the Get Ryerson Ready team researched, developed, designed, and launched a robust, innovative, multi-disciplinary, and award-winning transition curriculum to support the success and well-being of the incoming class of 2020. The Context.

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Developing a Strengths-Based Campus: Successes, Challenges, and Lessons Learned

Supporting Student Success

It was early in 2017 when our Student Life department received the approval we had been waiting for – we were embarking on a journey to make the University of Guelph-Humber a CliftonStrengths campus and I was tasked with leading the project. The goal was every student would receive an access code by the 2020-21 academic year.

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How to Credential Durable Skills

Parchment

In this episode, we speak with Rob Buelow of Vector Solutions to discuss how universities can better engage students and employers by focusing on “durable skills” that better describe the value of the college experience. And for many of them, They’re reaching almost all of their students with these programs.

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How to Build a Sense of Belonging Among Black and Latino Men

EAB

Building that sense of belonging is important throughout the entire student life cycle. However, our experts discuss four moments in particular when making a positive connection and drawing that student in is especially critical for retention. Give these folks a listen and enjoy. Absolutely. JA: Absolutely. JA: Absolutely.

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Team Growth: Get to Know Maddy and Louis

Campus Groups

Based out of Jersey City, New Jersey he holds a Master of Higher Education and Student Affairs from the University of Connecticut. Louis is passionate about higher-ed and student affairs. Not just for students, but also for campuses, and community partners. The pandemic messed up my tradition in 2020.