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Entries from January 2011

Feb 18 – Potluck Chili Cook Off

January 31st, 2011 · No Comments

Chili Cookoff Feb 18 - 6PM-9PM
Dr. Gonzalez’s House (2309 S. 2nd St, Austin TX 78704)
Carpooling is recommended!
Potluck Dinner – guests are welcome to bring chili, sides, drinks etc.
RSVP Online:  https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?hl=en&key=t1pG-woUpsDpYJNCl8j7_1A&hl=en#gid=0

Tags: Professional Development

LeaderShape Institute

January 30th, 2011 · No Comments

Members of HEASPA had the wonderful opportunity to work with students in the McCombs School of Business for the LeaderShape Institute. During winter break, 65 undergraduates learned the LeaderShape principles of leadership including Leading with Integrity and Disregard the Impossible.

Current HEASPA students served as cluster facilitators, graduate intern and lead facilitator.  Many thanks to the McCombs School of Business for this excellent learning opportunity!

Lead Facilitator – CeCe Ridder (May 2011 Doctoral Candidate)

Cluster Facilitators:

  • Katie Pritchett (Doctoral 1st year Student)
  • John Rans (Master’s 2nd Year Student)
  • Evelyn Meisell (Master’s 2nd Year Student)
  • Jennifer Estrada (Master’s 1st Year Student)
  • Mykel Estes (Master’s 1st Year Student)

Graduate Intern – Emily Lindquist (Master’s 1st Year Student)

Tags: Professional Development

“When I Rise” – The Story of Barbara Smith Conrad

January 24th, 2011 · No Comments

Description: Join Barbara Smith Conrad for a screening of “When I Rise,” the uplifting story of her experience as a gifted university music student who finds herself at the epicenter of racial controversy, struggling against the odds and ultimately ascending to the heights of international opera. The screening will be followed by a performance by Conrad and soprano Icy Simpson. Conrad is an internationally celebrated mezzo-soprano and headlines on stages around the world. Simpson is completing an artist diploma in opera performance at the university.

Date:  Thursday, February 3
Time: 6:30-8 p.m.
Location: Lyndon B. Johnson Auditorium
Admission: Free
URL: http://www.utexas.edu/ogs/alumni/events/whenirise.html

Tags: Professional Development

APSA Meeting: Sharon Justice 1/20

January 18th, 2011 · No Comments

Please join the Association of Professionals in Student Affairs (APSA) on January 20th for a presentation by our own Dr. Sharon Justice!

http://www.utexas.edu/staff/apsa/go.apsa.events.html

Tags: Professional Development