Message from International Association of Student Affairs and Services

See below for a message from the International Association of Student Affairs and Services. Graduate students interested in international affairs are encouraged to join.

Fellow IASAS Members,

I am excited to inform you that we have reached another significant impact on the week of our Chartering. We have surpassed 850 members which represent over 67 countries around the world.

IASAS is not only the first, but truly an international association for student affairs and services. In less than 3.5 years, we have grown and gone far, but we are just starting as we received our charter.

I challenge each and every one of you to recruit new members into IASAS over the month of August. Imagine, reaching over 1000 members, institutions, and organizations on our listserv, and even more if we all recruit! This would truly be a significant achievement and will only allow for more sharing of information around the world to better our institutions and thus enriching the students we serve.

Please forward our website:

www.iasasonline.org 

and direct them to our membership section to sign up.

Thank You and I look forward in providing another update when we reach 1000 Members! Hopefully Soon!

-Damian Medina-

IASAS Membership and Website Coordinator

University of Southern Utah Orientation Staff

Kol and his OLs posing for a photo at their last Orientation session.

Job Announcement: Congratulations, Danny!

Please join us in congratulating Danny Malave who recently accepted a position at 

Rutgers University - New Brunswick as a Community Standards Coordiantor!

Job Announcement: Congratulations, Kenny!

Please join us in congratulating Kenny Kolanko who recently accepted a position at 

Rutgers University - Newark as an Area Director!

Job Announcement: Congratulations, Matthew!

Please join us in congratulating Matthew Thomas who recently accepted a position at 

Endicott College as a Residence Director!

Blog Entry from Heidi the JWU NODA Intern

Since I completed my undergraduate degree at Rutgers, Rutgers is all I really know and am familiar with in regards to attending and working at a university.  For my NODA internship, I really wanted a completely different experience.  I most certainly got what I wished for.

How is Johnson and Wales Charlotte different from Rutgers?  Let me count the ways…

It’s a small school:  There are only about 2,000 students on the Charlotte campus and they do not have graduate students.  (JWU has four campuses:  The first and largest campus is Providence and the other two at Denver and North Miami are smaller than Charlotte).  Rutgers New Brunswick has over 40,000 students and we have multiple campuses within our New Brunswick campus (an obvious need for our wonderful bus system).  Also, I would argue that JWU feels more urban since it is comprised of just a few buildings in the middle of Uptown Charlotte.

It’s a private institution:  Yes, it’s more expensive, but more importantly I have noticed differences in some policies (such as what the Res Life staff can do here, for example).

It’s a new campus:  The Charlotte campus was established in 2004 which makes it almost one decade old.  The university as a whole will be reaching its centennial at that same milestone.  Given how young the Charlotte campus is, I’ve heard a lot of my colleagues and students discussing how they can get some traditions started here because they don’t really have any.  Rutgers, however, is full of traditions and is even older than the Queen City itself (est. 1769).

It’s very professional/business oriented:  There is a professional dress code for students and signs denoting proper attire are posted in all the classrooms.  There are several headquarters located in Uptown Charlotte (such as the headquarters for Bank of America) which means you always want to be looking your best in case you meet someone important!  They also wear nametags here that are color coded based on whether you are faculty/staff, student leadership, or regular students.

It’s mostly a culinary school:  More importantly…I know lots of people who can make me really great food!  It really is interesting to hear about their lab classes and I’ve never heard people talk about food for so long.  Although there are tons of majors at Rutgers…culinary or baking & pastry aren’t on the list.

Needless to say all of the differences between JWU and Rutgers make this summer such a truly enriching experience!  I have learned so much already and am so thankful for the opportunity to work with such outstanding people.

By Heidi Nicklaus

NODA Intern at Johnson and Wales Charlotte

Were you wondering who the wild cat was? It was Heidi Nicklaus! She is a NODA Intern at Johnson and Wales in Charlotte, North Carolina. She is posing here with her OLs.

Who is the wild cat?

One of the CSA Grads sent in a picture of themselves wearing the wild cat mascot head. Do you know who it is?

NODA Intern at the University of Southern Utah

Kol Greathouse is spending his summer at the University of Southern Utah as their NODA Intern. 

Yankee Doodle Canyon for our Adventure Orientation training. 

Yankee Doodle Canyon. Going down the 70 ft repel with the group below him.

Halfway up Angels Landing in Zion National Park during Adventure Orientation training.

Angels Landing in Zion National Park. 

Rock Canyon.

Photography credit: Keith Howells

CSA Grad at Emory University

This summer, Benito Nieves is working in the

 Office of LGBT Life at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.

Where is Fourhort this summer?

SAS Transfer Center Part Time Positions Available

The SAS Transfer Center has an opening for 1 or 2 part time positions (10-30 hours per week) beginning Fall 2013. This is not a field experience, because much of the work is administrative and there will not be much direct student contact. However, the position will expose the employee to the wide range of functions in the Transfer Center and professional development opportunities will exist on a limited scale. Second year or post grad students are welcome to apply. Send an email expressing interest and a resume to Dr. Robin Diamond rdiamond@sas.rutgers.edu

Congratulations, Sue McNeilly!

Best Wishes to Sue McNeilly who will be taking a position as Associate Director of Residence Life at St. John’s University. Thank you for supporting the CSA Ed.M. Program throughout the years. We will miss you!

Call for Papers: Scholarship on Character Development in College

Please see below for a message from the Journal of College & Character.

Call for Papers:

Scholarship on Character Development in College

We are pleased to invite submissions of manuscripts for peer review to the Journal of College and Character, an international, professional journal of NASPA–Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education.

The Journal of College and Character is a double-blind, refereed journal that publishes scholarly articles and applied research on issues related to ethics, values, and character development in the higher education setting. Published quarterly, the journal includes resources and information designed to encourage discussion, research, and innovative educational practices. The editors welcome research and analysis relating to topics such as the following:

• Technology and values
• Civic engagement and political action
• Moral influences of diversity
• Interfaith contact and dialogue
• Changing college peer culture and its impact on student values
• Mental health and wellness
• Integration of academic and co-curriculum
• International perspectives on ethics and values in student learning and development
• Economic future outlook for today's college students
• Leadership and ethics
• Future forms of college student life
• MOOCs (open online courses) and their influence on student values and beliefs

Manuscript guidelines and submission instructions may be found here.

To contact the editors, please e-mail jcc@naspa.org.

Job Announcement: Congratulations, Michael!

Please join us in congratulating Mike McCormack who recently accepted a position at 

Fordham University as a Resident Director!

Job Announcement: Congratulations, Charles!

Please join us in congratulating Charles Kuski who recently accepted a position at 

SUNY Brockport as a Resident Director!

A message from Journal of Student Affairs

Please see below for a message from the Journal of Student Affairs

Hello and Greetings from Colorado State University!

We hope this message finds you enjoying a pleasant summer!  The Editorial Board of the Journal of Student Affairs is delighted to announce we are now collecting submissions for the 23rd Edition of our publication. As this time of year occasionally leaves room for an added project, we would like to encourage you to consider using it to begin to draft and/or submit articles for publication.  As one of the few graduate student-run publications in the nation, we are committed to engaging a variety of authors and audiences through the publication of the Journal.  This year we are again inviting submissions on an assortment of topics within the field of higher education and student affairs, with a focus on emerging trends and current issues, as we hope to continue to diversify the articles we publish.
If you are interested in publishing during the next year, we encourage you to begin assembling your article now.  Our desire for this year is to receive submissions from local, national, and international professionals and students working and studying in higher education and the field of student affairs.  Please direct submissions and questions to journal@colostate.edu.

The 2013 submission deadline is October 18, 2013 (5pm MDT).  Manuscripts should not exceed 3,000 words (approximately 12 pages of double-spaced, typewritten copy, including references, tables, and figures) and should not be fewer than 1,000 words (approximately four pages).  Exceptions should be discussed with the editors at the time of submission.  Manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth Edition.  For more information on publication guidelines and procedures, please visit our website at: http://www.sahe.colostate.edu/journal.

We would greatly appreciate if you would consider forwarding this e-mail to colleagues, students, and fellow professionals within your program and/or division, or others you know may have an interest in publishing an article.

We thank you for your time, and look forward to answering your questions and reviewing your articles.

Sincerely,
Maria R. Marinucci, Managing Editor for Marketing and Outreach
On Behalf of the Journal of Student Affairs Editorial Board of Colorado State University
journal@colostate.edu

NASPA Spirituality & Religion in Higher Education Knowledge Community

Please see below for a message from the 

NASPA Spirituality & Religion in Higher Education Knowledge Community

My name is Alexandra Froehlich and I currently serve in the role of NASPA Region VI Representative for Spirituality & Religion in Higher Education Knowledge Community. The mission of the Spirituality and Religion in Higher Education Knowledge Community is to enhance and contribute to the conversations about spirituality in higher education across all types of post-secondary institutions. We specifically accomplish this mission through newsletters, webinars, and sponsoring sessions at the National & Regional NASPA Conferences.

In a recent Spirituality and Religion in Higher Education Knowledge Community conference call, we discussed ways to encourage newsletters, webinars, and session submissions around topics of Spirituality and/or Religion in Higher Education. Our immediate thought was to engage graduate students in the field of Student Affairs who are doing research on Spirituality and religion.

Given your role as Program Coordinator for the College Student Affairs at Rutgers the State University of New Jersey I was hoping you could facilitate a connection with any master’s or doctoral students currently doing research about Spirituality and/or Religion in Higher Education on your campus. Our goal is two-fold: to help graduate students in the field of Student Affairs promote themselves and their work as well as gathering additional research and knowledge for the Spirituality and Religion in Higher Education Knowledge Community. The opportunities would be through articles for our national newsletter, facilitators for national webinar, and/or presentations at the National and/or Regional NASPA Conferences.

I am available for any additional questions you may have. Thank you in advance for any connections you can provide.

All the Best,

Alex
Alexandra D. Froehlich, M.A.
NASPA Region VI Representative for Spirituality & Religion in Higher Education Knowledge Community
Alexandra.Froehlich@lmu.edu