Whoo We Spotted
É«ÀÇÉçÇø Celebrates First-Gen Students
Thank you to our all our first-generation students, staff, and faculty - and allies! - for participating in our first annual Flying First Week! Our Check out photos from the week below. (click on any image to enter the photo gallery) // $(document).on('click', '[data-toggle="lightbox"]', function(event) { event.preventDefault(); $(this).ekkoLightbox(); ...
Photos from 2019 Homecoming
Thank you to all who painted, planned, and volunteered to help make our presence at Homecoming a success! This year's Student Affairs Homecoming tent featured games, prizes, origami, coloring, and a basket raffle. We also offered a photo opportunity in front of our hand-painted Student Affairs backdrop! In total, roughly 500 faculty, staff, students, alumni, and community members stopped by to learn more about the hard work going on across the Division. Check out photos from the day...
Photos from the Fall 2019 Student Affairs Summit
Thank you to our Student Affairs colleagues! Our Check out photos from the day below. (click on any image to enter the photo gallery) Want a recap of the Summit, including answers from leadership? Click here! // $(document).on('click', '[data-toggle="lightbox"]', function(event) { event.preventDefault(); $(this).ekkoLightbox(); }); //
A Fun Day at Live. Learn. PLAY!
Thank you to our Campus Rec colleagues! Our 8th annual live.learn.PLAY! day was a huge success, thanks to the hard work of Campus Recreation. The day featured events and activities that aimed to foster camaraderie throughout our Division. We had a blast playing basketball, tackling an obstacle course, building a Jenga tower, painting brown-eyed Susans, playing bingo and competing in one intense tug-of-war tournament! It was great to step away from our desks and get to know each other...
Thank you to our 2019 Commencement volunteers
Our 2019 Commencement Week was amazing! Thank you to all the faculty and staff who volunteered to help our graduates and their loved ones navigate campus during the festivities! Check out some of our Student Affairs family members in action below - your service and dedication to our students is greatly appreciated! (click on any image to enter the photo gallery) // ...
Residential Learning Coordinator Jennifer Azevedo Wins March Trivia
Congratulations to our March trivia winner, Jennifer Azevedo, who correctly identified that Beth Sosnoski been in her position with Military Services since August 2012. Jenn, a residential learning coordinator within the Department of Residential Learning & University Housing, focuses on the residents of Chestnut, Magnolia, Mimosa and Willow Halls. When asked to share one communication tip she has for communicating with parents, Jenn says: "My tip would be under promise and over...
February Trivia Winner, Advising's Carol Eigenbrot
Congratulations to our February trivia winner, associate director of University Advising Services Carol Eigenbrot! Carol correctly identified that the University recognized Maria Arbizo and the PROS and PROF of the Month for the month of January. Enjoy your new #É«ÀÇÉçÇøPROUD t-shirt, Carol! When asked for her top tip for communicating with students, Carol shared: "Regarding communication – my favorite way to communicate general advising information to students is to visit the appropriate...
Francesca Pugh-Opher Wins January Trivia
Congratulations to Francesca Pugh-Opher, advising specialist, adult and experiential learning center with É«ÀÇÉçÇø Global Learning & Partnerships, for winning our January trivia. Francesca correctly identified that Tina Pinocci, associate vice president of Campus Recreation, Student Center and Campus Activities will retire on March 1. When asked to share advice on professional development, Francesca said, "My advice on professional development to those new to student affairs is to ensure...
Charlie Kuski Wins December Trivia
Kudos to Charlie Kuski, coordinator of Orientation & Student Leadership programs for winning our December trivia. Charlie corectly identified that Veterans Affairs serves 500+ student-veterans and their dependents. Sharing his thoughts about the importance of professional development, Charlie says, "I think our professional development sessions are some great ways to learn about new topics, but also to learn about new people. We become closer as a Division when we all come together to...
New Little Free Library in Savitz
Readers, rejoice! Housed on the third floor, just outside of Testing Services, is our own Little Free Library. The brainchild of Lara Roberts LeBeau, coordinator of Testing Services, the Little Free Library has welcomed readers to donate and take books since July. The library is wildly popular, with books flying off the shelves and new books arriving on a regular basis. One of Lara’s favorite parts of being the Little Free Library’s official steward is watching the library morph...
Advising Services' Beth Rey Wins November Trivia
Congratulations to Associate Director of Advising Services Beth Rey for winning our random trivia drawning in November, for correctly identifying that Anne Lundquist, Ph.D. will be the guest speaker to welcome the crowd at January's Student Affairs winter retreat. When asked what professional development means to her, Beth shared: "Professional development provides a venue to remain progressive and competitive within one’s career path. However, professional development extends...
Division Supports Adopt-A-Family Thanksgiving Food Drive
145 families. That's approximately how many families the University community will sponsor through this month's Adopt-A-Family Thanksgiving program, organized by our Division's Office of Volunteerism, Community Engagement & Commuter Services. Departments across the Division of Student Affairs have commited to support families across our community. Lorri Brewer of Admissions says, "This is my favorite service project that we do." This is Admissions' first year officially sponsoring a...
Global's Chare Powell Wins Trivia T-Shirt
We have a winner! Congratulations to Chare Powell of Global Student Information Services, our random trivia winner who correctly identified last month that Testing Services administered an astonishing 2,454 tests between their 995 placement tests and 1,459 placement test vouchers. Thank you for participating, Chare, and we hope you enjoy your t-shirt!
Sergio Pagan Wins Trivia T-shirt
Way to go, Sergio Pagan! A program assistant with Financial Aid, Sergio correctly identified that É«ÀÇÉçÇø Global has 55 employees. Interested in winning your own #É«ÀÇÉçÇøPROUD t-shirt? Respond to our trivia questions each month!
Aly Wedell Wins
Congrats to last month's trivia winner, academic advisor Aly Wedell! Aly correctly identified that it was Lindsay Rosato who successfully moved the tricky Jenga piece in our live.learn.PLAY! video [check it out!].
Puppy Chico Dozes In a Meeting With Fur-Mom
All eyes were on this unexpected visitor to an afternoon meeting. This sleepy pup, named Chico, was spotted with his fur-mom, Sasha Ivanic, program assistant within the Office of Admissions. Sasha manages budgets, reports and administrative duties for Admissions and É«ÀÇÉçÇø Creative. She may have also been known to moonlight as our mascot, Whoo RU, when needed for creative content for É«ÀÇÉçÇø social media ... but we'd never reveal the secret identity of The Prof.
Esther Mummert WOWs Colleagues
Academic advisor for the College of Communication & Creative Arts Esther Mummert "is not only student-centered, but also a highly efficient team player. If I ever need to be out of the office whether for a day or two for a conference, vacation or medical reasons, she is there to assist and do whatever needs to be done to help the students. She is a great colleague AND student advocate!" says senior academic advisor Lori Block. Thank you for WOWing your Division colleagues and...
March Trivia Winner
Congrats to Amanda Ciavarella, digital content strategist with Strategic Planning & Management, who dedicates her to time to the School of Osteopathic Medicine and works in Bunce Hall. Amanda won a t-shirt for correctly identifying that last month's OCA career fair attracted over 100 employers. A newly hired employee, Amanda was thrilled to add a É«ÀÇÉçÇø t-shirt to her wardrobe!
March Trivia Winner
Congrats to Amanda Ciavarella, digital content strategist with Strategic Planning & Management, who dedicates her to time to the School of Osteopathic Medicine and works in Bunce Hall. Amanda won a t-shirt for correctly identifying that last month's OCA career fair attracted over 100 employers. A newly hired employee, Amanda was thrilled to add a É«ÀÇÉçÇø t-shirt to her wardrobe!
After Work Fun
Work hard, bowl hard! This bowling outing was planned by our Professional Development and Recognition group in the Student Success Team within Academic Advising. Pictured (L-R):Top row: Marren Magee, Esther Mummert, Lori Block, Carol Eigenbrot, Shane Karolyi, Ivelisse Silva, Nadia Rahin. Bottom row: Cindy Finer, Kim Vogt, Aly Wedell
February Trivia Winner JC Caulfield
Congrats to admissions counselor JC Caulfield, our February trivia winner. JC correctly identified that McKenzie Suber Robinson's mother left him with this nugget of wisdom that changed the course of his career: "Well, if this doesn't work out, you could come work at the factory with me."
Academic Advisor James Rodia Wins T-Shirt
Congrats to academic advisor James Rodia, our January trivia winner! James correctly answered that over 150 Division employees attended the professional development committee kick-off event. James works in Robinson Hall, one of three advisors for psychology majors.
Academic Advisor James Rodia Wins T-Shirt
Congrats to academic advisor James Rodia, our January trivia winner! James correctly answered that over 150 Division employees attended the professional development committee kick-off event. James works in Robinson Hall, one of three advisors for psychology majors.
Lee Plenn, December Trivia Winner
Congratulations to Assistant Director of the Academic Success Center Lee Plenn who won a t-shirt in our second trivia contest for correctly identifying the time, date and location for our Division's Professional Development Committee kick-off event. We would also like to give a special shout-out to all of our trivia participants this month - thank you for participating!
Division Supports The SHOP
While many of us are figuring out what to do with those last holiday leftovers, others are not as fortunate. É«ÀÇÉçÇø’s student food pantry, The SHOP (Students Helping Other Profs) is open and accepting donations through the winter break. A few hundred students applied through University Housing to live on campus over break, and with many on-campus food sources closed some of the students who are a part of our community may be struggling right now as they figure out where their...
Amanda Cox, November Trivia Winner
Congratulations to academic advisor Amanda Cox who won a t-shirt in our first trivia contest for correctly identifying "13 Reasons Why" as the show that inspired the Wellness Center's Allie Pearce and Lindsay Mason to create a new suicide prevention initiative this year. Many thanks to ASCEND's administrative assistant Michelle Santiago-Cruz for surprising Amanda with her gift. We would also like to give a special shout-out to all of our trivia participants this month: Regina Gligor,...
Five Dollar Friday
Whoo knew that the Student Center Marketplace was the place to be on a Friday afternoon? Apparently these Division of Student Affairs employees knew. Enjoying a buffet lunch with colleagues for the flat fee of $5 are, from left: Assistant Supervisor of University Scheduling Chris Fields, É«ÀÇÉçÇøCard coordinator Ashley Payne, Assistant Director of University Scheduling McKenzie Suber-Robinson, and Assistant Director of University Scheduling Jessica Porch.
Kellie McKinney
Kellie McKinney, Director for Housing & Administrative Services, within Residential Learning & University Housing, visits her son Graycen for lunch at É«ÀÇÉçÇø Preschool in James Hall. Graycen happily reports that his mom packs the best lunches, giving him plenty of snacks to choose from. (The other kids report that they are jealous.)
Rory Grossman
IA/UX (Information Architecture and User Experience) Designer Rory Grossman of the Office of Strategic Planning & Management grabs a cup of coffee from Peet's in the Student Center before heading to class. Rory began teaching as an adjunct this semester, leading a class on Human-Computer Interaction for the Computer Science Department.