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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. Melissa Shivers, senior vice president for student life at The Ohio State University (OSU).

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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. My first NASPA conference was focused on the lack of current research on minority student retention.

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A Pioneer for Change - Dr. Brittany Williams

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Title: Assistant Professor of Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration, University of Vermont Tenured: No Age: 34 Education: B.A. Dr. Brittany Williams, an assistant professor of higher education and student affairs administration at the University of Vermont (UVM), always had a knack for Dr. Brittany Williams learning.

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Segmented, Stretched, and Misunderstood: Student Affairs Marketing and Communications

Dr. Josie Ahlquist

What is the current state of student affairs marketing and communications? For over 10 years, I have been supporting and strategizing marketing and communications across campus, especially in student affairs. During the spring of 2022, I began formally researching how the student affairs divisions within.

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Former DEI Officer Files Discrimination Lawsuit Against Milwaukee Area Technical College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Prior to her role at MATC, Martinez Powless accumulated 17 years of higher education experience at Marquette University and MATC, working in administration, enrollment, student affairs, and multicultural outreach. In September 2023, she was promoted to interim vice president of enrollment and retention, reporting to King.

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Building a Foundation that Positively Impacts Los Angeles

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I very much think it has been invigorating for me over the years to see the data-driven decisions that lead us to doing things with our students that are amazing,” she says. Having served as vice president for student affairs at Cal State, Fullerton, from 2012–19, Eanes was familiar with the Cal State system.

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Empowering Change: Four Key Strategies for Supporting Student Affairs Administrators in the New Affirmative Action Landscape

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This is particularly important for those working closely with minoritized students because changes in policies and practices may also prompt fear about job security. Culturally Relevant and Responsive Practices: Administrators should be well-versed in culturally relevant and responsive practices to engage with diverse students effectively.