HESAL Happenings
* A newsletter for the University of Northern Colorado’s Higher Education & Student Affairs Leadership program *
Welcome Tansi!
Tansi Hayes is the new Administrative Assistant for
the HESAL program and we are very happy to have her.
Tansi is coming to us from Colorado State University. Tansi
has two daughters. Her oldest daughter is 21 and is living
in Fort Collins. She will graduate from College America in
May as a Medical Assistant. Her youngest daughter is 16
and a junior in high school. She will start attending classes
at UNC this summer. Her goal is to eventually get accepted
and graduate from Harvard Law. Tansi lives with her Mom
and youngest daughter, as well as four horses, five dogs,
five cats, two goats, and a fish.
Tansi’s personal interests include life in general, reading, working on puzzles, cooking, gardening, and supporting things she believes in. Tansi’s ambitions are to live her
life to the best of her abilities. She supports her girls with
their goals in any way she can. One day Tansi would like to
be a part of a criminal forensics team. Tansi’s biggest challenge has been raising both of her girls on her own. It
seems that thus far she has done an excellent job as a rolemodel and provider for her daughters.
Tansi feels that the best thing about her job is the
people in general, because she loves to be social and interact with others. She is a very caring person who likes helping others. She feels very appreciated in her new job. She
also likes that she is closer to home, because family is very
important to her.
Tansi’s Motto: Be happy, stay happy, make people smile.
Tansi Hayes
Congratulations
to Michelle Tyson
who received the
Professional
Administrative
Employee of the
Year Award on
April 12th, 2010
at the PASC
employee
recognition event.
Michelle ranked
highest for her
job performance,
exceptional
service to the
university, and
direct impact to
the university
mission.
Recent Academic and Professional Accomplishments
of the HESAL Community
Patty Armfield: Presented at ACPA
on March 2010: Voices of Well Doctoral Students, Revolutionize Your
Life: Get Your Doctorate, Ready, Set,
Go: Get Your Conference Proposal
Accepted. She also successfully defended her dissertation, “Voices of
Well Doctoral Students: A Case Study
Exploration into the Possibilities of
Academic and Personal Success.”
Patty started a new job in November
at Colorado State University-Pueblo.
She is the Student Affairs Program
Manager, and is responsible for coordinating programs for ACPA’s Commission for Wellness.
Katie Mitchell: Will be going to Kuwait this summer at the American
university of Kuwait where she will be
doing an internship. We will look forward to her pictures in the fall. She
has also been elected to serve on the
executive board of the Colorado
Council on High School and College
Relations as the University Representative. Katie will represent the Universities in Colorado at the monthly
meetings.
Elias Quinonez: Has with others
completed the book “To The Top”,
which is a compilation of speakers
with many firsthand stories of struggles and achievements that have allowed them to rise to the top. The
book will be available through Amazon and other book sellers at the end
of February 2010.
Christine Braun: Is a small group
co-facilitator at UNC’s first annual
Catalyst Social Justice Retreat. She is
also co-teaching HESA 696: Student
& University Cultures with Dr. Katrina
Rodriguez.
Chris Linder: Presented a session at
NASPA, had a chapter in a book published this spring, and is facilitating a
Short Course of faculty on Inclusive
Classroom Management at the Institute for Teaching and Learning.
Linder, C. & Johnson, R. (2010).
Working with men in feminism. Paper
presented at NASPA. Linder, C.,
Harper, R., & Wilson, N. L. (2010).
Multiple marginalized identity development and depression. In R. Harper
& N. L. Wilson (Eds.). More than listening: A casebook for using counseling skills in student affairs work.
Washington, DC: NASPA. Linder, C.
(2010). Inclusive classroom management.
Russell Wartalski: “Michele Tyson,
Marianne Price and Russell Wartalski
recently submitted their collaborative
research project, Women in Student
Affairs: From Affirmative Action to
the Glass Ceiling, to The Qualitative
Report.”
Flo Guido: Publications: 2010 Evans, N. J., Forney, D. S., Guido, F.
M., Patton, L., Renn, K. A. Student
development in college: Theory, research, and practice, 2nd ed. San
Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 2010 Guido,
F.M., Chávez, A.F., & Lincoln, Y.S.
Underlying paradigms in student affairs research and practice. Student
Affairs Journal of Research and Practice, 47 (1). In press.Guido, F. M.
[Review of the book Ethnicity on college: Advancing theory and improving diversity practices on campus.]
Journal of College Student Development. Professional
Presentations: Juried (National):
2010 Guido, F. M., Wallace,
J.A., Parish-Diaz, E. , Blount,I. Social
and ethnic identity literature: Applying revolutionary views to students.
2010 American College Personnel
Association National Convention, Boston, MA. 2010 Birnbaum, M., &
Guido, F.M. 21st century method:
Photography and student affairs.
2010 NASPA National Convention,
Chicago, IL. 2010 Romano, R., &
Guido, F. Ethical Leadership. NUPF
Pre-Conference. 2010 NASPA National Conference, Chcago, IL. 2010
Chávez, A.F., Donovan, J.A., Guido,
F. M., Hong, L., Pope, R., Englin, P.,
Roper, L., & Sanlo, R. Identity movements and leadership: A legacyof
transformation. 2010 NASPA National
Convention, Chicago, IL. 2010
Chávez, A. F., & Guido, F. M. Leadership and identity. 2010 American
Educational Research Association,
Denver, CO. Juried (Regional): 2009
Chávez, A. F., Guido, F. M., Donovan,
J.A., & Gonzalez, A.. Identity and
leadership: The artistry of leading
from the authentic self. National Association of Student Personnel Administrators IV-West Conference,
Santa Fe, NM. Flo also received the
ACPA Standing Committee for
Women’s Wise Woman Award at the
2010 ACPA Convention.
Katrina Rodriguez: Juried Publications: Lahman, M. K. E., Geist, M.
R., Rodriguez, K. L., Graglia, P. E.,
Richard, V. M., & Schendel, R. K.
(2009). Poking around poetically:
Research, poetry, and trustworthiness. Journal of Qualitative Inquiry,
16(39), 1-10.
doi:10.1177/1077800409350061.
Lahman, M. K. E., Geist, M., Rodriguez, K. L., Graglia, P., & DeRoche,
K. (in press).Culturallyresponsive relational reflexive ethics in research: The three Rs. Journal of
Quality and Quantity. Linder, C., &
Rodriguez, K. L. (in press). Learning
from the experiences of self-identified
women of color activists. Journal of
College Student Development. Juried Presentation: 2009 Helm, H.,
Murdock, J., Rodriguez, K. L.,
Kushmider, K. Exploring the postdissertation defense experiences of
doctoral students. ACES Conference,
San Diego, California.
Laura Beer: Published work: Contemplative Administration: Transforming the workplace culture of
higher education. Published in the
Journal of Innovative Higher Education.
Alumni Updates and Economic Thoughts
Updates:
Kim Black: Has one conference presentation upcoming: Kim Black, Karen
Raymond, and Stephanie Torrez.
(May 2010). Using data mining to
predict persistence among undecided
first year students: combining institutional, CIRP survey, and National
Clearinghouse data. Paper presented
at 50th annual forum of the Association for Institutional Research, Chicago, IL. Kim was
also selected to participate in a white
paper discussion
group organized by
the AIR Forum. She
will participate in a
group led by Trudy
Banta, Alexis Collier,
and Patrick Terenzini
on IR’s role in new
models of teaching
and learning.
Daniel Carey: Madison Edgewood College President, has
been elected vice
chair of the association’s board of directors. The National
Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NA
(CU) is the leading national association representing private higher education. It serves as the unified voice
of more than 1,000 independent colleges, universities and associations.
Economic Thoughts:
Matt Hecker: (Dean of Students) As
with almost every institution, heavy
budget cuts have hit the University of
Nebraska. At a land grant institution
in an agricultural state, I’ve learned
there’s wisdom in the old adage: “Pigs
get fat but hogs get slaughtered.” It’s
been my observation that, those offices and departments which, in the
good times, beefed up their budgets
and loaded up on equipment, staffing
and travel are now suffering some of
the heaviest cuts. On the other hand,
the folks who, in better years, remained modest in their budgets and
maintained a steady reputation for
providing competent, professional
service are now, generally, less likely
to experience significant reductions.
There’s a lot to be said for professional modesty.
Jim Utterback: (President - Seminole State College) At my institution,
we always put our people first. More
than facilities, programs, or history,
we believe that our institution is our
people. With that in mind, we have
not furloughed anyone or dismissed
anyone due to budget issues. We
budget very conservatively and maintain a good cash reserve as a rainy
day fund. We believe that we can
weather this storm and that we will
come out better on the other side. In
short, we know that there is a recession. We are just choosing not to participate. Attitude is everything.
Vance Valerio: (Vice President for
Student Development - Midland Lutheran College) It may seem obvious,
but if you’re at a small private institution without a big endowment, the
economic downturn and the aftermath have been quite difficult. Chal-
lenges abound on all fronts. Its time
like these that can test our best efforts.
Lois Flagstad: (Vice President for
Student Life) At Black Hills State University we have focused on staff morale as we enter the second year of
no pay increases. Lesson Learned:
Small celebrations and award presentations are powerful in terms of recognizing and respecting individuals
and their amazing level of
commitment to BHSU students. Human beings desire
and need to know they are
appreciated and valued and
not always via a paycheck. No
travel out of state and limited
travel in state. Since I told my
staff they could not travel this
year, I stayed home too. Lesson Learned: Practice what
you preach and walk the talk.
Simple, but again powerful.
Not something that I wanted
to do, but I could not ask
staff to comply with a recommendation that I would not
also follow. The Division of
Student Life is undergoing a
budget review from the top
down. Lesson Learned: When
I ask difficult questions about budget
allocations and challenges staff to
think beyond their areas of service
delivery, I have to be ready to answer
the difficult questions too. The budget
constraints are nudging us to work
smarter and sometimes harder.
Daniel Carey: (President) Issues at
state and federal level have an impact
on Edgewood College during these
economic times. Some of the issues
are: students and families requiring
additional financial aid, approaching
on cap on tuition increases, endowments have not returned, fundraising
is down 12%, and declining high
school graduation rates. During these
times it is even more important that
we stay focused on our Mission, our
Values and our Strategic Plan.
HESAL Student Baby Photos
Alethea Stovall family. Baby named Aziza
Sheree Stoval Abloa, born 10/14/, 5lbs 4 oz
Erin Dewese family. Baby named Owen
David Dewese, born 3/4/10, 7lbs 15 oz
Sara Miller’s daughter. Baby named Lillian
Sue Miller, born 5/16/09, 8 lbs 11 oz
Outstanding HESAL Dissertations
Dr. Jana Schwartz and Patrick Clarke both received UNC outstanding dissertation awards at
last May’s commencement. Therese Lask had a video produced for AIMS Community College based
on the findings of her dissertation. The topic of Therese’s dissertation is First Generation Students:
Stories of Hope and Resilience. After she completed her findings the Dean scheduled a workshop
with all directors, assistant directors and coordinators to present her findings. Since that time, the
Media Services Department captured the stories of five of the students she interviewed for her dissertation. The same students agreed to take the Strengths Finder Inventory, so she could do additional research looking at the student’s individual strengths and their life story. After conducting
additional research, she has been working with the Gallup Organization, presenting her findings at
the First Year Experience, ASPIRE, Gallup’s Building Strengths Based Campus conference among
others. She is currently working on a book, looking at student’ s life journey from a strengths perspective
University of Northern
Colorado
Higher Education and Student Affairs
Leadership
University of Northern Colorado
418 McKee Hall, Campus Box 103
Greeley, CO 80639
Phone: 970-351-1682
E-mail: HESAL@unco.edu
You’re invited to the
HESAL End of the Year Celebration!
Wednesday, May 5th, 2010
6:45-8pm
South Hall Lounge
New Residence Hall (South of McKee)
Dinner will be provided , we will recognize student
accomplishments and present the Jean Schober Morrell
Award.
HESAL Student Organization
Purpose: HESAL provides involvement opportunities for students, as well as opportunities to network and socialize outside the classroom. We also work hard to collaborate with related organizations on campus to provide professional development opportunities for our students. Recently, our
organization has also been finding new ways to represent HESAL students. The organization is
chartered through the University Clubs.
Current Officers: Professional Development Chair– Nancy Hyde, Administration and Communication Chair– Steven Zeeh, Finance Chair– Fabiola Mora, Recruitment Chair– Ivan Diaz, Social Chair–
Aubreena Winegarner.
HESAL Events: Professional Development Seminar Wednesday, April 14 at 12pm in the Women’s
Resource Center. Presenters: Rachel King, Assistant Dean of Students and Jana Schwartz,
Director oBordas, J. (2007).
Salsa, soul, and spirit: Leadership for a multicultural age. San
HESALNOMINATIONS
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perspectives and practical approaches for diverse populations. New York: Routledge.
Twenge, J. M. (2007). Generation me: Why today's young Americans are more confident,
assertive, entitled – and more miserable than ever before. New York: Free Press.
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