About You know it's important to effectively manage people who report to you, but did you know you can also manage up to the people who manage you? Someone might occupy a higher position on the organizational chart than you do, but you can still make both their and your lives easier by learning to […]
About Join us for a bi-monthly social hour specifically designed for graduate students and new professionals. We are hosting an emPOWER hour to discuss current hot topics in higher education/student affairs. This month's topic is "Who's on your ship? Mentorship, allyship, & relationships." We will talk about the importance of these relationships and how to […]
Please join us for the SCCPA 2021 Fall Drive-In Conference. The theme for the 2021 Fall Drive-In Conference is “Mind Your Mental Health: Navigating Higher Ed in the 21st Century”. The statistics on this issue are alarming and there is such an urgent need to educate people on the issues of mental health. The purpose of this conference is to support, advocate, and care for the importance of mental health during a pandemic and navigating a new normal. Participants will have the opportunity to join various breakout sessions on topics impacting higher education, engage in various mindfulness activities, and hear from Dr. Kimberly Poole, Senior Associate Dean of Students at Clemson University, who has over a decade of experience in being a license professional counselor.
About Have you recently committed to move to a new city for a job? Are you new to a city and still trying to figure out how to find your footing? Then come to this discussion around how you both transition to a new city and, upon arriving, how you make it your new home. […]
The Pan African Network (PAN) is deeply committed to investing in our members and community by providing financial assistance toward convention attendance through our #PANItForward campaign. This year's convention theme of "Access Granted" charges our network to continue creating access for current and future Black student affairs professionals, and we believe the PANItForward campaign plays […]
During the 2020-21 academic year institutions moved fully online as a response to COVID-19. This created challenges for those who were not familiar with technology. If one was unfamiliar with technology they only had one choice, figure it out. COVID-19 exacerbated the digital divide. In this interactive session, we will discuss ways to address the digital divide, recommended trainings, helpful tips and a live technology demonstration to support those impacted by the digital divide.
Increased activism, student demands for more inclusive environments and systemic structures of oppression require 21stcentury university leaders to be more emotionally intelligent and responsive to emergent campus issues. The times demand courageous leaders. Join other senior leaders engaged in this important work to build your capacity so that you can comfortably engage racial justice and decolonization, confident in your knowing and competent in your engagement, and ready to continue leading your campus, staff, and students through these challenging times.
Join The Leadership and Training Studio and Erin Fischer for a two-day, hands-on, engaging and entertaining seminar. Erin will share how she wrote 90 programs in four and a half years and still has more ideas. (As a matter of fact, she has written eight new courses in three months.) You will learn how to write participant guides, facilitator guides, identify 40 learning methods and understand why you can’t write learning objectives until the end of your course! By the end of the two days, you will have a template for writing consistently and engaging material with ease. We are excited to continue to offer this outstanding professional development opportunity in a live virtual format using Zoom Video Conferencing.
About Join the Graduate Student & New Professional Community of Practice for another installment of emPOWER Hour. Where student affairs professionals can discuss current events and hot topics in student affairs. This month's topic is "Holiday Breaks in Student Affairs". We will be discussing how universities support students during holiday breaks and furthermore how universities […]
During the 2020-21 academic year institutions moved fully online as a response to COVID-19. This created challenges for those who were not familiar with technology. If one was unfamiliar with technology they only had one choice, figure it out. COVID-19 exacerbated the digital divide. In this interactive session, we will discuss ways to address the digital divide, recommended trainings, helpful tips and a live technology demonstration to support those impacted by the digital divide.
Uncovering the Student Affairs Literature on White Supremacy and Privilege 17 February 2022 // 3:00PM - 4:00PM Eastern Time Equity and inclusion are mostly illusive in student affairs as we have barely begun (some would argue not at all) to dismantle white supremacy and systemic racism embedded in higher education. The purpose of this session […]
About Join the Graduate Student & New Professional Community of Practice for emPOWER Hour; a space for student affairs professionals to discuss current events and hot topics in student affairs. During the month of February, we will be hosting two different emPOWER Hours. The first topic is "Understanding the Job Search Lingo". A panel of […]