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Remembering Dr. Alvin F. Poussaint: A Pioneer for Diversity in Medicine and Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Alvin Poussaint For more than five decades, Poussaint served as a beacon of change at Harvard Medical School (HMS), where he worked as faculty associate dean for student affairs and founding director of the HMS Office of Recruitment & Multicultural Affairs.

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The Equity Educator - Dr. Angelica Witcher Walker

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Title :Assistant Dean for Student Vitality & Career Development and Director of Student Affairs Tenured: No Age: 38 Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing University of Virginia; MBA in Business Administration, Averett University; Ph.D This work inspired her to pursue a Ph.D.

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Many New Jersey Colleges Eligible to Apply for Mental Health Services Funding from State

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I believe every school, hospital and private therapist out there did [see an uptick]. Our first semester back on campus [fall 2021], we had a 30% increase in first-time personal counseling appointments,” said Dr. Jennifer Migliorino-Reyes, assistant vice president of student affairs at Bergen Community College.

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Course Sharing Conversations: Joe Thiel, The Montana University System

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What that means is that they struggle to offer the array of academic options that students in their communities need to get good jobs, jobs that those communities need to fill in order to sustain themselves, their hospitals, their education systems, and their core businesses and industries.

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To Weather the Storms of Higher Education, Remember Why You’re There

Supporting Student Success

While I was growing up, my dad had a good job as a radiology tech and then hospital administrator. There’s Chyanne, who worked as an EMT while pursuing her emergency management degree and then parlayed that into a new position in emergency management for her local hospital.

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Say hello to your SAAL Blog Writing Team!

Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

Guest bloggers self-submit one-time interest pieces offering perspectives on student affair assessment, issues in assessment, assessment advice, reflections on Structured Conversation topics, or other topics of their choosing. Submissions are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis. I received my B.A. in Psychology and M.A.

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Safety update and reminder

The Student Affairs Blog

The students were near a large gathering of people on Laurel Street when shots were fired. The two students were injured and went to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. They have both been released from the hospital and are recovering. Sincerely, Division of Student Affairs.