Higher Education Administration Student Professional Association

Happy Fall everyone!  It’s been a long month, but we’re nearly a third of the way through the fall semester!  Here’s what has been going on while we have been terrible bloggers:

HEASPA Fundraiser Success! Thanks to all of you coming out to Austin’s Pizza, we managed to raise $108 to spend on professional development events for the rest of the year.  Thank you all so much for your time and generosity, and thanks again to Austin’s Pizza!

This Thursday (September 27), find out more about the inner workings of UT and its plans for the year at President Powers’ State of the University Address.  The speech will be held in the B. Iden Payne Theater (in the Winship Building) at 4pm.

Register for the annual Texas Association of College and University Personnel Administrators 2012 Conference!  The conference will be held October 14-16 in San Antonio.  Click http://tacuspa.camp8.org/registration for more details about registration and events.

And finally, let off some steam with our HEASPA crew at karaoke this Thursday!  We’ll be at Rusty’s on 7th street starting at around 9:30 pm.  Hope to see you there!

And we promise to do a better job of keeping this dang thing updated!

A HUGE thank you to everyone who came out to support us at Austin’s Pizza last Saturday!  Members of HEASPA both old and new were able to meet and mingle, all while helping us raise money for future professional development and other events!  We’ll update you all with the final numbers from Austin’s Pizza next week

And now, for the main event!  UT Football starts this Saturday with a home game against Wyoming!  Hook ‘em horns!  We hope all of you were able to attend Gone to Texas, if only to learn some of the more popular cheers and fight songs.  Before the game, we invite you to join us at a tailgate thrown by the LBJ School’s Great Tailgate Society.  Entrance is $10 and they’ll have food and drinks (of all persuasions) for you to enjoy.  The tailgate starts at 4:30pm, with food served at 5:15pm.  Just FYI, we hear the food goes fast!

See you all on Saturday!  TEXAS!  FIGHT! \m/

Orientation is nearly upon us!  Join the HEASPA officers and faculty for orientation to the Higher Education Administration program on Saturday, August 25th!  Check out the schedule below:

12:45pm     Check-In

1:00pm      Welcome & Introductions

2:00pm      HEASPA & GSA Introductions

2:30pm      Guided Tour of the Sanchez Building

3:00pm      Academic Requirements & Student/Faculty Panel

4:00pm      Wrap-Up

After the orientation, please join us for some socializing at Austin’s Pizza on Guadalupe!  We’ll be holding a fundraiser there, and 15% of each order will go to HEASPA so that we can hold professional development events and other gatherings throughout the year.  If you can’t stay, that’s okay!  The profit-sharing counts for carry-out orders too.  So come in, sit down and get to know the new cohort, or at the very least stop by and get some yummy pizza for dinner!  It’s a win-win!  See you Saturday!

This upcoming February, Student Affairs Socials are being coordinated around the country through NASPA as an opportunity to network and come together with colleagues from the area. These events are open to all interested in student affairs, current professionals, graduate students, and undergraduate students interested in the field. Please note that NASPA membership is not needed to attend.

SAVE THE DATE
Austin area NASPA Student Affairs Social
February 9, 2012 | 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Icenhauer’s
83 Rainey Street | Austin, TX
(carpooling encouraged)

Please click here to RSVP

To learn more about the NASPA Student Affairs Socials, please visit: http://www.naspa.org/about/sasocial/

Please feel free to share with other list servs and colleagues in the area!

You are invited to the upcoming HEASPA and Graduate Student Assembly Super Bowl Gathering! Join your colleagues, friends, and fellow grad students at The Tavern (12th & Lamar) on Sunday, Feb. 5th at 5pm. Enjoy delicious food and drink while you cheer on your favorite team – or just watch and have fun! The downstairs dining area will be reserved specifically for our party, and there will be a special $2 off on Steins. For more information, click here to find the event on Facebook.

We hope to see you all there!

On Friday, November 11th we’ll be having a HEASPA Social Hour at The Local Pub and Patio! This is a wonderful opportunity to unwind with colleagues, hang out with friends, and network before the hectic end of the semester.

On that same day, our colleagues in The Office of the Dean of Students will proudly be celebrating the grand opening of UT’s new Student Veteran Center! In order to to commemorate the occasion, DoS will hold 3 events throughout the day for the opening. Let’s make sure to support our colleagues in this exciting new endeavor! You can find more information on both the HEASPA Social Hour and the Student Veteran Center Grand Opening below. Hope to see you all there!

HEASPA Social Hour
Friday, November 11th
5pm-7pm
The Local Pub and Patio (2610 Guadalupe St – next to Kerbey Lane Cafe)

Student Veteran Center Grand Opening
Friday, November 11th

GRAND OPENING CEREMONY AND REMARKS
When: 11 – 11:45 a.m.
Where: Student Services Building, Fourth Floor, 100 West Dean Keeton Street

RECEPTION with Light Refreshments
When: Noon – 2 p.m.
Where: Glenn Maloney Room, Student Services Building, G1.310 (Ground Floor)

OPEN HOUSE
When: 2 – 4 p.m.
Where: Student Services Building, Fourth Floor, 100 West Dean Keeton Street

RSVP: Please RSVP via e-mail to UTVeterans@austin.utexas.edu by Friday, November 4, 2011

If you have any questions, please feel free to email HEASPA. Thanks and we look forward to seeing you at these events!

It’s time again to tailgate – CUSPA style! The set-up is a complete pot-luck. Everyone is responsible for their own food and drink, as well as food and drink for any friends of family you invite. You’re welcome to bring extras to share, but that’s your own call.

We’ll set up in the usual spot located on the Heman Sweatt Campus, so look for the gang out there around 9:15AM. Also, make sure that you bring your own chairs and/or blankets along w/any utensils, cups, and/or napkins you need.

Your things will be safe at the tailgate if you are attending the game so no worries about that. It’s easiest to park on the east side of I-35 by the baseball field or any of the surrounding neighborhoods.

Three cheers for the cooler temps, good eats, and good peeps… and Hook ‘Em Horns!

As many of you know, thousands of Bastrop County residents have lost their homes or been temporarily displaced due to wildfires. The Student Association of School Psychology and the Counseling Psychology Student Association invite you to join us in collecting needed supplies and goods for children and their families in Bastrop County.

We will be collecting the below items and start delivering them to Bastrop at the end of this week. Please bring your donation to the School Psychology Suite on the second floor of the Sanchez Building (SZB 254) and drop them off in one of the boxes. Current needs reported by Bastrop residents and volunteers include:
• Toiletries (soap, shampoo, shaving cream, hand sanitizer, wipes, etc.)
• Feminine Products
• Towels and linens
• Walmart Gift Cards (Walmart has agreed to take 20% off of every purchase made with a gift card by Bastrop residents)
• HEB Gift Cards
• Toys, coloring books and crayons, children’s books
• Can openers
• Suitcases and duffel bags
• Non-perishable milk

Please contact Kiara Alvarez at kiara.alvarez@gmail.com or Kristen Highley at kristenhighley@gmail.com with questions, or ask a student in the suite and we will do our best to help! Thank you in advance for your generosity!

Our HEASPA Welcome Potluck will be this Friday, September 9th. The event will take place at the lovely home of Dr. Juan Gonzalez, our current Vice President for Student Affairs who teaches several courses in our department. The potluck is a wonderful opportunity to meet new people, network, and catch up with old friends. All students, faculty, staff, alumni and families of the Higher Education Administration department are invited to attend. You can find all of the event information below!

Potluck Dinner
Friday, September 9th – 6:30PM to 9:30PM

Items you can bring for the dinner include: Appetizers, Main Dish, Fruit/Vegetables, Dessert, Drinks

Please RSVP Online through the Google Document

On behalf of Dr. Gonzalez we would also like to strongly encourage carpooling with a designated driver if you’re planning to drink at the potluck. Please feel free to use the HEASPA listserv to coordinate ridesharing for the event.
If you do not have the address to the event or if you have any other questions, you can contact our HEASPA Social Chairs, Jennifer or Charles.

Jenn Estrada & Charles Lu
Social Co-Chairs
Jennifer.Estrada86@gmail.com
charleslu2002@gmail.com

We hope to see you there!

Howdy and welcome back to what looks like another exciting year on the Forty-Acres! Below are some things that you should check out as we get back into the swing of things:

Gone To Texas
Gone to Texas is a Texas-sized welcome for new students and will take place tonight, Tuesday August 23rd at 8:30 p.m. on the Main Mall (South of the Tower). The event’s theme is inspired by a chapter of Texas history. More than 200 years ago, as adventurers pulled up stakes seeking a fresh start, three letters etched on homestead doors revealed their destination. “GTT” was written on the doors of people indicating they had “Gone to Texas.”

This is a really cool event to attend especially if you are new to the University community; for those HEASPA members that did not attend last year — try to head out tonight, it’s a really unique experience.

The Big Yell
The Big Yell is a celebration of university traditions, songs and long-forgotten cheers and yells. Learn why Longhorns sing “The Eyes of Texas” and how Texas got to be the number one school for student spirit and sport fans.

Recordings of the event will be posted to Web sites and shared with the university community. Along the way there will be Texas tales, T-shirt give-aways, UT fun facts and door prizes. Arrive on time for the organization fair to meet the spirit organizations, who will also be performing skits during the program.

Beloit College’s Mindset List: 2015
This is always a fun way to peek inside the minds of our incoming undergraduates courtesy of Beloit College: http://www.beloit.edu/mindset/2015/

Again, welcome back and best of luck for the upcoming semester!
(post courtesy of Mykel Estes)