Higher Education Administration Student Professional Association

Each year, the Graduate Student Development Committee in the Office of the Dean of Students facilitates a resume review. If you would like to have your resume reviewed by a professional staff member please send a current copy of your resume to susan@austin.utexas.edu no later than December 14, 2011. One or more professional staff members will review your resume and give you personal feedback at the January, 2012 Graduate Student Development lunch.

Also, for the FIRST TIME, the Office of the Dean of Students will be offering a Reverse Review! Participating graduate students can review and critique the resume of a professional staff member. Additionally, the committee will make every effort to provide you with the resume of a staff member currently working in a student affairs area in which you are interested. To participate in the Reverse Resume Review, please sign up here.

Please contact Susan at susan@austin.utexas.edu if you have any questions about either of these programs.

We are excited to announce that the APSA/HEASPA Mentor Program is ready for take-off! Members of APSA (Association of Professionals in Student Affairs ) have volunteered to serve as mentors to graduate students in HEASPA. If you’re a currently enrolled Higher Ed. graduate student interested in connecting with a student affairs professional from APSA and establishing a mentorship to talk about professional development, career paths, education, or even work-life balance, please complete the form at the link below.

Benefits:
• Students can select their own mentors, or submit their interests and we will pair you with a mentor.
• Mentors and graduate students can meet as frequently as their schedule allows
• Great opportunity to learn about areas of campus
• Gain insight into professional life at UT
If you are interested in participating in the Mentor Program, please Sign up here! by Wednesday, October 26.

Once everyone has been matched we’ll host a brown-bag lunch from 12- 1 to initiate your first meetings on Wednesday, November 2 (location TBD). Please save the date!

Just updated on the NASPA Website:
In conjunction with Careers in Student Affairs Month, NASPA is launching Investing in our Future: “Basic Level” Professional Competencies for Students Interested in Student Affairs, a free webinar series for student members of NASPA. Based on the Professional Competency Areas for Student Affairs Practitioners, these webinars address the broad professional knowledge, skills, and, in some cases, attitudes expected of student affairs professionals regardless of their area of specialization or positional role within the field.

Each webinar will address the “basic level” of one of the professional competency areas for student affairs practitioners. All webinars will occur from 4-5pm (eastern time zone). It is expected that all individuals viewing the webinar are NASPA members, and thus, we are requiring each individual viewing the webinar register through our membership database. Please continue reading for more information on each webinar.

The full schedule can be found on NASPA’s website, with an overview below:

October 19 – Understanding How Students Grow During College and How We Can Help
October 26 – Finding and Nurturing Purpose and Joy
November 2 – Making Them Your Own: Understanding Student Affairs Values
November 30 – Serving the Historically Underserved: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Cultivating Student
December 6 – Building Leaders, Coaching for Success, and Advising and Guiding Student Organizations
February 2 – Me, You, and Us: Understanding Relational Leadership
February 9 – Ethical Practice in Student Affairs: Your Values in Action
February 23 – Fundamental Supervision Competencies for Student Affairs Professionals
March 1 – Creating Possibilities for your Future
April 4 – Student Affairs Law 101: What Every Student Affairs Professional Should Know
April 11 – Law, Policy, and Governance in Higher Education
April 18 – The ABC’s of Assessment

October is Careers in Student Affairs Month! This is an opportunity for the celebration of student affairs as well as an opportunity to raise awareness about the field. There are local and national resources available through NASPA that offer ways to get connected to the field, whether you are an undergraduate exploring student affairs as a possible career or if you are a graduate student in the field.

You can check out the NASPA CASM website, which is being periodically updated throughout the moth with more ways to get connected and spread the word about student affairs. They are celebrating this month by focusing on four angles: what is student affairs, how the month is being celebrated, an insider’s look into the field, and great resources for aspiring or current members of the community.

At UT, we are lucky to have one of our own Higher Ed students serving as the UT NASPA Graduate Associate, Cecilia Lopez! She is working specifically to document updates and resources about Careers in Student Affairs Month on her blog, which you can access here. She will continue to update after this month on other NASPA-related initiatives that benefit or can be participated in by UT students, administrators, or alumni. Thanks, Cecilia, for being a great ambassador for UT!