ACPA/NASPA Professional Competencies for Student Affairs Practitioners

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Faye Cagle

FREE WEBINAR! SEATING IS LIMITED.

When: Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Time: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Where: Hegi/CEL Training Room, Hughes-Trigg Suite 200

In July 2010, the NASPA Board of Directors and the ACPA Governing Board approved Professional Competency Areas for Student Affairs Practitioners. Join your colleagues for an informative webinar about the competencies!

This set of Professional Competency Areas is intended to define the broad professional knowledge, skills, and, in some cases, attitudes expected of student affairs professionals regardless of their area of specialization or positional role within the field. All student affairs professionals should be able to demonstrate their ability to meet the basic list of outcomes under each competency area regardless of how they entered the profession. This webinar will help participants understand the history behind the competencies and will provide some current ways the competencies are being used in each association.

Please RSVP to tbehrens@smu.edu as seating is limited.

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Responding to a Student Death on Campus: Preparing for the Unthinkable

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Faye Cagle

FREE WEBINAR

Date/Time: Tuesday, February 14th – 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
Location: Hughes-Trigg Forum

This past fall proved to be another tough year for some college communities that lost a student unexpectedly. Whether related to physical or mental health challenges, poor decision-making or unexplained circumstances, the loss of any young life is tragic and difficult to prepare for. When the lights of students – our brightest hope – are snuffed out prematurely, it can be devastating.

A part of any responsible campus crises plan must include provisions for dealing with student deaths. Regardless of circumstances, how a campus responds can make all the difference to the immediate family impacted and the campus community in mourning.

Community and individual reactions will be varied and will elicit a wide range of responses. The institution needs to be fully prepared to deal with a variety of possible tragedies, scenarios and responses.

Whatever the campus response, it must take into account – and respect – the different needs and situations that will arise.

This unique, interactive webinar will take a fresh look at campus preparations for a possible student death. You will have the unique opportunity to explore responses to three different fatality cases that involved students – real world tragedies with real background on how institutions dealt with these situations.

Please RSVP before FEB 13th to: tbehrens@smu.edu

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Assessment Webinar Series

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Faye Cagle

Assessment Webinar Series

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Ensuring Clery Act Compliance

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Faye Cagle

FREE Webinar
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Noon – 2pm
Hughes Trigg Forum

February 2011 marked the distribution of the largest expansion to “The Handbook for Campus Safety and Security Reporting” since the Clery Act was first enacted in 1990.

Failure to follow the guidance contained in the new handbook can result in costly civil penalties, intense negative publicity, and suspension from federal aid programs. Now is the time to reassess whether your institution is meeting its regulatory requirements.

Join Doug Tuttle, Instructor, Policy Scientist, and Coordinator of Local Government Training, University of Delaware, online for a comprehensive look at how to meet your ongoing Cleryobligations. With an eye on the new handbook and its revised guidelines, you will learn about:

  • Annual report requirements, including filing
  • Clery crime classification definitions and incident tabulation
  • Daily crime log needs
  • Dealing with multi-campus and quasi-campus issues
  • Creating a compliance team and addressing a program review
  • Using Department of Education resources to stay out of trouble

Brought to you by:
SMU Police Department and the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs

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The Digital Student Era – Helping or Hurting?

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Faye Cagle

FREE Student Affairs Webinar (Brought to you by your colleagues in Leadership & Community Involvement.)
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DATE: Tuesday, April 26, 2011
TIME: 3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Hughes Trigg, Atriums A & B
RSVP: Please RSVP before April 25, 2011 to Troy Behrens at tbehrens@smu.edu

Facebook, foursquare, blogs, texting, Twitter…the list goes on and on! How are students managing all of these digital tools? Are they using digital resources effectively to improve their studies and projects? Or is media overtaxing their ability to excel in school?

In this webinar, Jennifer Latino from Campbell University shows how schools can help their students use the many digital options to their benefit–not detriment. Without this structure, the “digital era” can take over a student’s life, leaving them overwhelmed, distracted, and losing ground in their academics and goal-setting.

In this webinar, you will learn about:

  • Helping students find balance between digital effectiveness and real-world experiences
  • Examples of long-term impacts of digital resources on students, both positive and negative
  • How you can teach students to manage these tools effectively

About the presenter:

JLatino.jpg Jennifer Latino has a breadth of experience working in various areas of student learning and support, including student activities, leadership programs, residence life, and many aspects of the first-year experience. As Associate Director for University 101 Programs at the University of South Carolina, Latino assisted in the direction of the nationally recognized first-year seminar. She began work at Campbell University in December 2010 as Director of the First-Year Experience where she is developing the Campbell University Freshman Seminar and providing leadership for a variety of firstyear initiatives.

Jennifer Latino is the co-author of several published works, including “Connections: An Insider’s Guide to College Success” and “Designing Successful Transitions: A Guide for Orienting Students to College.” Latino also served as an author and editor for “Transitions: Building a New Community,” the common textbook used in the first-year seminar at the University of South Carolina.

A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Latino received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in 1999 and went on to obtain a Master of Education in higher education from North Carolina State University in 2001. She earned an Ed.D. in higher education from Florida State University in 2007.
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Ensuring Clery Act Compliance

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Faye Cagle

FREE Student Affairs Webcast

DATE: Wednesday, January 26, 2011
TIME: 12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Hughes Trigg Forum
RSVP: Please RSVP before January 25, 2011 to Troy Behrens at tbehrens@smu.edu

Learn how to stay in compliance with your daily and annual
Clery Act reporting obligations.

October 2010 marks the first time your institution’s Jeanne Clery Act crime disclosure reports must meet the standards set by the new 2009 regulations.

Failure to comply with these revisions can result in costly civil penalties, intense negative publicity, and suspension from federal aid programs. Now is the time to reassess if your institution is meeting its regulatory requirements moving forward.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

With an eye on the effects of the revised regulations, you will learn about:

    Annual report requirements, including filing

  • Clery crime classification definitions and incident tabulation
  • Daily crime log needs
  • Dealing with multi-campus and quasi-campus issues
  • Creating a compliance team and addressing a program review
  • Using Department of Education resources to stay out of trouble

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

The event will address the Clery reporting requirements that affect the responsibilities of campus police/security personnel, student affairs professionals, and legal counsel. Participants will learn how to stay in compliance with their daily and annual reporting obligations.

INSTRUCTOR
Doug Tuttle, Instructor, Policy Scientist, and Coordinator of Local Government Training, University of Delaware

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Becoming a Successful Higher Education Leader: “What does it take?”

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Faye Cagle

Date: Thursday, December 2, 2010
Time: 9:00am – 11:00 pm CST
Location: The Palmer Conference Center, 4th Floor of the new Caruth Building (Lyle School of Engineering) (view map)
RSVP: Please RSVP before noon on December 1, 2010 to Troy Behrens at tbehrens@smu.edu

Open to all Student Affairs Staff

Webinar Overview
Learn the key principles of successful leadership in higher education and student affairs administration from this distinguished panel of experts:

Vanneise Collins, Ph.D.
Director/Center for Learning & Development
UNT Health Science Center

vanneisecollins.jpg Dr. Collins’ experience in the area of student development has been at both four-year and two-year institutions of higher learning. Prior to her university level, student affairs experience, she served at Brookhaven College as Dean of Student Support Services & Human Development and later Executive Dean for Learning Support Services & Social Sciences working with community college students and faculty. However, in 1999, Dr. Collins changed roles and became Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs at the Univ. of Arkansas-Monticello working within a four year university student model. While at UAM, she eventually left the student affairs ranks and returned to her early career as a faculty member. She joined the faculty of the School of Social & Behavioral Sciences as their dean. In 2008, Dr. Collins returned to Dallas and began working as a grant writing consultant working with various non-profit agencies. This lead to her current role with the UNT’s Health Science Center to assist them in developing their Quality Enrichment Plan in preparation for launching their new medical school and M.D. degree program.

John L. “Jack” Baier, Ph.D.
Professor of Higher Education
UNT College of Education

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 Dr. Baier spent the first 24 years of his career in higher education as a full-time student affairs administrator and part-time faculty member teaching in higher education graduate programs at Southern Ill. Univ., Univ. of Nebraska, Texas Tech Univ., and the Univ. of Alabama-Tuscaloosa. He has served in various student affairs positions at various institutions ranging from Director of Student Activities and Student Center, Asst. Dean of Students, Dean of Students, Asst. VP for Student Affairs to eventually, the Vice President of Student Affairs. His last 20 years has been as a full time faculty member and part-time academic administrator. Dr. Baier currently serves on various university committees and previously held the directorship for UNT???s Center of Higher Education as well as Chairman of the Department of Higher and Adult Education.

V. Barbara Bush, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Higher Education
& Coordinator of HE Masters’ Programs

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 Dr. Bush has extensive experience in the area of student affairs administration and educational instruction. Her previous student affairs positions were in the areas of student housing and residential life, campus activities, and student discipline. She has served in these roles at Scripps College, CSU-Los Angeles, CSU-Northridge, Univ. of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, and Illinois State University. In 2002, Dr. Bush left her administrative career for one of full-time teaching and academic scholarship at the University of North Texas. While at UNT, she has served as program coordinator for masters’ programs and the principal investigator for three early college high school programs in the DFW area.
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When is a Counselor not a Counselor: Resolving Confidentiality Issues for College Counselors, Faculty, and Administrators

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Faye Cagle

A NASPA & ASCA Webinar:

Date: Friday, October 1, 2010
Time: 12:30 am – 2:00 pm CST
Location: Hughes-Trigg Student Center Forum (view map)
RSVP: Please RSVP prior to September 30, 2010 to Troy Behrens at tbehrens@smu.edu

Webinar Overview

In today’s college environment, the term “counselor” and “counseling” have taken on many meanings. Academic, Career, Personal, Disability Services and Mental Health treatment are just a few of the roles and areas that muddy the water in dealing with students’ information. Add to that the mandated or encouraged reporting to Behavioral Intervention Teams, Threat Assessment Teams, and Student Conduct Offices, and the potential for an ethical, moral and legal mess increase for those who serve students (and sometimes faculty and staff) in grey areas regarding confidentiality, privilege and privacy. This webinar will help these professionals answer the questions that arise when FERPA, HIPAA, licensure requirements and potential personal, professional, and institutional liability seem to be in conflict.

After participating in this webinar, participants will be able to:

  • better understand how FERPA, HIPAA, and privilege intersect on their campus;
  • identify who are the counselors on their campus and what level of privilege applies to each;
  • examine and refine job descriptions, procedures and protocols to accomplish institutional goals and missions while complying with the laws regarding confidentiality; and
  • improve communication between staff and Behavioral Intervention Teams/Threat Assessment Teams on campus, as well as other campus partners.

Featured Speaker:

W. Scott Lewis, JD
President, Association for Student Conduct Administration (ASCA)
Partner, National Center for Higher Education Risk Management
General Counsel, Saint Mary’s College

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A Life in Leadership: A Conversation with Warren Bennis

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Faye Cagle

Brought to you by Leadership and Community Involvement.

Date: Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Time: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm CST
Location: Hughes-Trigg Student Center Atrium C&D (view map)
RSVP: Please confirm your attendance prior to August 24, 2010 to Carol Clyde at cclyde@smu.edu

About the Webinar

Warren Bennis, a giant in the leadership field, has written his definitive autobiography; his last word on a career in leadership spanning more than fifty years. This memoir: entitled Still Surprised: A Memoir of a Life in Leadership (written with Patricia Ward Biederman, Jossey-Bass/Wiley) – provides insight into the compelling life that has paralleled the rapidly changing times in America over the last century.

A renaissance man in the then-nascent field, Bennis’ unparalleled perspective on leadership has been informed by successful careers as both scholar and practitioner and by key, formative experiences both at home and abroad. His tenure at MIT exposed him to a bevy of notable, forward thinking scholars, which prepared him well for his experience teaching abroad at IMEDE in Switzerland, one of Europe’s pioneers in executive education. Still “hungry to…lead with the passion and skills of a change agent,” Bennis then served as acting executive vice president at the State University of NY at Buffalo before becoming president of the University of Cincinnati in 1971. In his youth, Bennis served as a 19-year-old second lieutenant in Germany during the final days of World War II and participated in the early days of T-group sessions and befriended social psychologists Abraham Maslow and Erik Erikson.

Together, these experiences made the man who predicted the huge shift from hierarchical, top-down leadership to today’s more team-oriented approach and who helped move the field of leadership from obscurity in theory to a topic discussed daily by individuals in all professions and regions of the world.

In the last three decades, Bennis has continued to spearhead the evolution of good leadership practice through his work at USC (including founding The Leadership Institute), his consultation with CEOs of major companies (like Howard Schultz at Starbucks) and political figures (including former US Vice President Al Gore), and his numerous books and groundbreaking essays in major publications.

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Aligning Values with Resources & Assessment Results

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Faye Cagle

Date: Thursday, August 19, 2010
Time: 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm CST
Location: Hughes-Trigg Student Center Forum (view map)
RSVP: Please confirm your attendance prior to August 18, 2010 to Troy Behrens at tbehrens@smu.edu

Featured Higher Education Presenter:
Marilee J. Bresciani, Ph.D.

The pressure has never been greater to make the right decisions. As you consider allocating your resources, and as you review your outcomes-based assessments, you have to ask yourself: What does my organization value most?

Unfortunately, most administrators don’t understand how to make decisions based on their school’s true values. They have neither a firm understanding of the organization’s values, nor do they understand the methodology for making decisions in the context of those values.
In this online audio seminar, you can learn how to develop a “values-based framework” to make these key decisions. Led by your instructor, Dr. Marilee J. Bresciani, this seminar will help you in several critical areas:

  • Identifying and prioritizing values to make decisions.
  • Allocating resources within the context of quality and values.
  • Integrating outcomes-based assessments based on your overall values.
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