Emily Daher facilitated and presented a workshop at the National Impact Conference at Washington University in Saint Louis, MO. Topic: Pitching Impact: Sharing Your Social Enterprise Ideas. “The IMPACT Conference is historically the largest annual conference focused on the civic engagement of college students in community service, service-learning, community-based research, advocacy and other forms of social action.” Source: https://www.impactconference.org/about-the-conference/
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HESAs at the IMPACT retreat for UConn Greek student leaders
The Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life hosted the IMPACT retreat for UConn Greek student leaders, and while Garret Zastoupil and Rebecca Weintraub helped run the event, Julia Anderson and Alex Vann facilitated small groups! http://nicindy.org/programs/impact/
Lexy Parrill (’17) awarded Gretchen Laatsch Grant and Scholarship at the 2017 ACUI Annual Conference
Congrats to Lexy Parrill being awarded the Gretchen Laatsch Grant and Scholarship at the 2017 ACUI (Association of College Unions International) Annual Conference in March. The work being recognized was part of her Fall 2017 practicum in the UConn Programs Office.
Alyssa Paquin’s (’17) Poster presentation accepted for Postsecondary Disability Training Institute Conference
The poster is titled, “Concentration and Memory: How Disability Offices Can Serve Students with Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injuries”
PTI Program [2017]
29th Annual Postsecondary Disability
Training Institute (PTI)
Sponsored by the Center on Postsecondary Education and Disability, Neag School of Education, University of Connecticut
Tuesday, May 30th, Wednesday, May 31th – Friday, June 2nd, 2017
The Boston Park Plaza Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts
http://pti.education.uconn.edu/program-2017/
Alyssa Paquin (’17) & Jordan Walsh (’17) @ Greek Emerging Leaders Conference
Alyssa Paquin & Jordan Walsh recently presented “Leading Up, Down and Across- A 360 Degree View Of Leadership” at the Greek Emerging Leaders Conference on Saturday, February 4th.
Abigail Smith’s (’17) Blog post with NASPA
In order for me to gain experience and commit to being the international leader that I strive to be, studying abroad in the summer was the right decision for me. While my program does great work on educating us about student affairs in the US, we don’t do much of comparing and contrasting to other Higher Ed systems abroad. For my experience abroad, I was able to travel to Glasgow, Scotland and do a three week assessment project at the University of Glasgow with two of my cohort mates.
Read more here: https://www.naspa.org/constituent-groups/posts/travel-noir-sa-grad-summer-abroad
Danielle Berkman (’18) -National Residence Hall Honorary (NRHH) December Of The Month (also known as OTM) Campus Winner
Danielle has been an outstanding source of support and guidance for her staff since the first day of the semester. She has been devoted to checking-in with each RA regularly ever since. Before she even met the Hilltop Halls staff, Danielle wrote a welcome note to each RA, and continued to hand-write thoughtful messages throughout the semester as she learned more about each RA. Additionally, Danielle has made snacks and baked desserts to give staff members for the sake of making others cheerful. The notes and random snacks are just a couple out of many ways Danielle has made the Hilltop Halls staff smile and feel supported. These actions demonstrate Danielle’s dedication to fostering a happy staff. Danielle also cares for her residents. She led a planning committee of RAs to organize a Fall Festival in Hilltop Halls to give residents a fun way to get involved with their community. Danielle offered great advice during the planning phase of Fall Festival that resulted in a very successful area-wide social program. Outside of organizing programs, Danielle is very accessible to the community should any community members need help with a roommate conflict, or just want to chat about what’s going on in their lives. Danielle’s accessibility provides the Hilltop Halls community with another level of support that we all appreciate greatly.
https://otms.nrhh.org/otm_general.php3?otmid=339890&uid=52334&vid=q7mgrqfnm6k7t15p
HESA first year students’ art display through January 15th
The HESA first year students have art displayed in the Student Union Art Gallery! This gallery display is a culmination of students’ work for a project in EDLR 5105: Structured Group Dialogue in Student Affairs course. This artwork is just a small component of their continued dialogue regarding allyship, intersectionality and their personal identities.
Through creation of their visual representations students worked across social identities in order to create an expression of allyship. In addition, they were asked to work together to consider how allyship appears in their work as a practitioner as well as an individual.
HESA International Experience: Glasgow 3 Presentations Thursday, November 17, 2016 from noon—2:00 in the H. Babbidge Class of 1947
Please join us on Thursday, November 17, 2016 from noon—2:00 in the H. Babbidge Class of 1947 Conference Room for the HESA Glasgow 3 International Experience presentations.
Over the summer, rising second year HESA graduate students Emily Pear-son, Lauren Hennes, and Abigail Smith traveled to the University of Glasgow, Scotland, where they conducted a three-week assessment project. Hear their findings and the recommendations they gave to the University Senate regarding assessment and feedback policies.
This is a brown-bag event. Please feel free to bring and enjoy your lunch as you listen to the presentations.
http://hesa.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/505/2016/11/Glasgow-3.pdf