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Message from Professional Development
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Janice Hicks |
Committee Update
Greetings SACSA Family from the Vice President of Professional Development and the awesome volunteers that I get to serve with. Our charge is to ensure that there are many avenues for professional development in SACSA, and we don't take this responsibility lightly. We are dedicated to your continued growth as a student affairs practitioner, and below are updates and how you can connect with us!
Mid-Managers Institute:
MMI is led by the incomparable Ellen Neufeldt, and her team is doing a phenomenal job planning for the upcoming institute at Emory University, June 3-8. Applications to participate in MMI 2018 will be accepted until April 6, 2018. Since Ellen's term is quickly ending, we accepting applications for the 2019-2020 MMI Director. More information regarding the MMI Director Open Call is included in this SACSAlert.
Stay Tuned: MMI will release the RFP to host the 2019 & 2020 institutes very soon. If your institution is interested, let me know and I will be sure you receive the RFP information.
New Professionals Institute:
Led by the great Chris Holland, NPI will be held June 2-7, 2018 at UNC Charlotte. Kevin Bailey and his wonderful Student Affairs division are eager to host the institute to showcase their Charlotte 49er hospitality. Applications to participate in NPI 2018 will be accepted until April 13, 2018.
Careers Services:
Gerald Harris did an amazing job representing SACSA at the Southern Placement Exchange in Denton Texas in February. He has also been working closely with his committee to strategically think about how SACSA can meet your career services needs during the annual conference. In the meantime, SACSA members can post job openings, find potential candidates, search openings, and subscribe to new posting notifications. We also offer resume review! Visit the SACSA website for more information. If you have any questions or would like to volunteer to join Gerald's committee, don't hesitate to contact him.
CAS Liaison:
Ralph Johnson always does an outstanding job representing SACSA on all things CAS standards, and this year is no exception. If you have any CAS-related questions, don't hesitate to reach out to your friendly SACSA CAS liaison.
Research and Assessment:
Kudos to Danielle Molina and her research and assessment committee for ensuring we were able to capture useful feedback from the annual conference including room usage data. This information was extremely helpful during our mid-year meeting. Danielle is busy planning for the upcoming conference and drafting policy that will assist the association in responding to research-related requests. If you are interested in volunteering for this committee, please contact Danielle.
We look forward to connecting with you soon!
Yours in Service,
Janice, Ellen, Chris, Gerald, Ralph & Danielle
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Take the Next Steps in Your Career!
Applications for the 2018 SACSA/NASPA Region III Mid-Managers Institute are open now and due April 6th!
The Mid-Manager's Institute is a very focused and unique professional development experience presented by a partnership between SACSA and NASPA Region III. It offers an opportunity for mid-level professionals to enhance and develop the skills, relationships, and dispositions that distinguish them in the profession and enables them to make more meaningful contributions to the people and programs they serve.
This year's MMI will be June 3-8, 2018 at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia!
Applications (including a letter of reference from your institution's Chief Student Affairs Officer) are due April 6, 2018.
Cost for the institute is $650 for SACSA or NASPA members and $850 for non-members. Costs include housing on campus at Emory University, as well as most meals throughout the institute.
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Did you know?
Some Information about where we came from!
- SACSA was originally known as the Southern College Personnel Association
- Most of us know that SACSA was founded from a idea held by Stanley Jones. In 1950, Stanley had an idea. He immediately put this idea into action by sending 50 postcards to personnel workers in the Southern states. In March, recipients of those cards meet in Atlantic City, officially starting the Southern College Personnel Association. What many might no know is that Stanley Jones was a graduate student!
- The inaugural conference of SCPA was held at Vanderbilt, with 72 attendees. Six of the first seven conferences were held on campuses.
- At the 1964 conference in Atlanta, discussions began toward dedicating a specific portion of the conference program to research. And from 1967-1971, a Research Symposium was held at the annual conference.
More History to come in future SACSAlerts!
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Nominate someone today!
Nominations for the 2018 SACSA Awards and Recognition process are open. Click
here
for more information about the SACSA Awards.
The SACSA Awards Nomination process requires the following:
- A completed nomination form for the person being recommended for consideration for the award.
- Two completed recommendation forms from people who can speak to reason(s) the person deserves this award.
- A resume, chronology of SACSA involvement, and high-quality photograph from the person being recommended for consideration for the award.
Award nominations are due by June 29, 2018. Please contact Shawnboda Mead with questions.
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Continue your Professional Development!
Join us for two upcoming webinars!
RSVP Online Today!
April 18, 2018, 1:00pm -2:00pm EST
One Love Foundation: An Innovated Approach to Relationship Education
Presenter: Annie Forrest, Regional Coordinator (Florida), The One Love Foundation
May 24, 2018, 2:00pm-3:00pm EST
Social Innovation in Higher Education: A Toolkit for Success
Presenter: Ambra Hiott, Leadership & Service Center Director, University of South Carolina
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Josh McKee |
SACSA Members Highlight
Josh McKee
Assistant Director of Career Engagement
Doctoral Candidate, College Student Personnel Program
University of Louisville
Josh joined SACSA in 2014, when an advisor in his Master's program at Clemson University encouraged him to join the Awards and Recognition committee and present at the SACSA Conference hosted in Louisville, KY. He enjoyed his SACSA experience so much that he later became the conference communication chair for the Jacksonville, FL site.
Josh currently volunteers as the SACSA website chair and co-chair of non-conference programming. He credits SACSA with helping him develop professionally by connecting him to members across the region. His professional aspirations include someday becoming a vice president for Student Affairs.
He is a doctoral candidate at the University of Louisville in the School of Education's College Student Personnel Program. His research interest include looking at retention efforts for transfer students at 2 and 4 year institutions.
When asked what is the greatest benefit of his SACSA membership, Josh says he appreciates the generalist nature of the organization. You can tailor your conference experience to meet your needs. He says SACSA feels like a family and there is networking from graduate through senior level. He likes that SACSA is more affordable than national organizations. And he believes SACSA is a fun time and provides opportunities to network and collaborate with other professionals.
Melvin A. Whitehead
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Melvin A Whitehead |
Doctoral Intern for the Center for Leadership and Service
2nd Year Doctoral Student, College Student Affairs Administration
University of Georgia
Melvin is the 2017 recipient of the Research Incentive Grant and his SACSA journey began last year. He and four colleagues presented a program titled, "An inclusive measure: The Art of Applying Critical Theories to Common Assessment Practices," at the annual conference in Chattanooga, TN. As someone relatively new student affairs and to living in the South, he looked forward to learning more about SACSA and why many of his program colleagues were so excited to attend. The energy experienced at his first SACSA conference and the sense of community it embodied was a nice welcome to student affairs in the South.
His current research focuses on the experiences of LGBTQ+ students of color at a community college in accessing resources, community, and support. He is using intersectionality (Crenshaw, 1991) as his theoretical framework to conceptualize how intersecting forms of power and oppression shape the experiences of the study's participants nd how the institution can better support them. He has finished data collection for the study and is currently in the data analysis stage. His hope is that the study's findings will inform administrators, student affairs practitioners, and faculty in providing support for this population.
Melvins says the Research Incentive Grant has been instrumental in helping him provide incentives for participation in the study. Without the grant, he would have had a more difficult time securing participants. The grant also paid for the transcriptions of approximately 6 hours of interview data, which saved him so much time!
His greatest benefit of SACSA membership has been the community and support. He says he gained valuable advice about the doctoral journey and was connected to practitioners who share his interests in community colleges at several SACSA conference sessions for doctoral students. He now feels there is a space for him within SACSA and no longer feels like an outsider to the community of student affairs practitioners based in the South.
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Call for MMI Leadership
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MMI |
Apply for the 2019 - 2020 MMI Director Position
SACSA and NASPA Region III are currently seeking leadership for Summer 2019 - Summer 2020 MMI Director. The MMI Director is responsible for all logistics, budgeting, scheduling, assessment, and management duties of MMI. Additionally, the Director selects faculty for the institute, designs the curriculum, coordinate host site preparation and partnerships, and supervises graduate assistants and/or interns. The MMI Director is a two-year commitment followed by a two-year appointment to the SACSA/NASPA Region III site selection committee. All Director travel and lodging expenses are covered by MMI.
Application Information
Current SACSA and NASPA member and must have held a leadership role in SACSA or NASPA Region III. Preference will be given to previous MMI faculty, senior leaders within SACSA and/or NASPA Region III, or professionals with similar institute management experience. The new Director will be highly encouraged to observe MMI 2018, June 3-8 at Emory University.
Submission Requirements:
- Name, current position, and institution
- Brief statement of interest and vision for MMI (300-600 words)
- Statement must be signed by direct supervisor-including supervisor's name and title-to indicate support of application.
- Current Resume or Vitae
All application materials should be emailed to Dr. Janice Hicks, SACSA's VP for Professional Development by April 23, 2018.
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