Dear ACPA Colleagues: - ACPA 2014 Indianapolis Convention

Additional Presenters: Mary Ball, John
Carroll University; Mary Beth Javorek, John
Carroll University
The death of a college student can profoundly
impact a campus community and represents
one of the most challenging situations a
student affairs professional may face. Presenters
will talk candidly about lessons learned
on a small private campus that experienced
two student suicides during a six-week time
period. Best practices for responding to a
student death will be discussed including:
communication issues, the impact of social
media, and immediate as well as long-term
support for the campus community.
1068 Beyond Advice: Using
Nonviolent Communication to
Promote Self Authorship
Student Learning and Development;
Advising and Helping
Location: Baltimore Convention Center, 314
Program Presenter: Jennie Cisar Lawrence,
Ohio State University
Additional Presenters: Jennifer Robb, Ohio
State University
Founded on principles of increasing connection
and reducing conflict, nonviolent communication
(NVC) offers tools to help individuals
identify underlying needs that drive
their actions. NVC techniques have informed
many efforts for change, including negotiating
cease fires and reforming K-12 education.
Applicable to student development, NVC
teaches us to address student feelings and
needs, provide empathy, and help students
clarify their voices while journeying to self
authorship. This session will introduce NVC
and teach techniques to apply it to higher
education.
1069 When Racism and Sexism
Collide: Common Dynamics and
Lessons Learned
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Sponsored Program
Location: Baltimore Convention Center, 348
Program Presenter: Kathy Obear, Social
Justice Training Institute
Additional Presenters: Jamie Washington,
Social Justice Training Institute; Vernon Wall,
Social Justice Training Institute
Too often strategic plans for creating inclusive
campus communities fall short due to
interpersonal conflicts among key campus
leaders. A common place where misunderstanding
and triggering events occur is
between white women and men of color.
Come explore the predictable dynamics and
pitfalls while we identify crucial steps and
tools for creating true partnerships for creating
systemic, sustainable change.
1070 The Importance of
Energy Management for
Student Affairs Educators
Personal Foundations
Location: Baltimore Convention Center, 315
Program Presenter: Peter Athans, The
United States Military Academy at West Point
(Army)
Our abilities to manage and utilize our mental,
physical, and emotional energy greatly impacts
success in our personal and professional
lives. To live up to our potential, it is imperative
that we tend to both our mind and body.
For many of us, our energy is misguided
or lost due to a great disparity between our
intentions and actions. This session will
explore this disparity and provide tools and
techniques on how we can overcome our selfimposed
energy management obstacles.
1071 Parents as Partners:
Innovative Assessment to
Evaluate Parent Orientation
Programs
Evidence and Improvement;
Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
(AER)
Location: Baltimore Convention Center, 345
Program Presenter: Jaime Blanton,
University of North Texas
Additional Presenters: Stella Mulberry Antic,
University of North Texas
Parent involvement is an increasingly
important indicator of student success,
satisfaction, and retention. But incorporating
parents into the college transition is a delicate
balancing act. Gauging the effectiveness of
parent orientation efforts requires careful,
comprehensive assessment. This session will
share how the Division of Student Affairs at
a large, public university planned, executed,
and evaluated their 2010 parent orientation
evaluation. Survey results, instruments, and
analysis methodology will also be shared.
1072 Stop Running From
Statistics: Help for the
Statistically Challenged
be more
Evidence and Improvement;
Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
(AER)
Location: Baltimore Convention Center, 349
Program Presenter: Kimberly Yousey-
Elsener, StudentVoice
Do the words reliability, validity, statistical
differences, correlation, t-test, and others
cause you to want to run away? Have no
fear; statistical concepts are often easier to
understand than you may think. This session
focuses on helping you understand statistics
so that you may have an informed conversation
about your assessment results or the latest
research article you read. It will not focus
on how to run statistics, but provides with
you resources to help you take this next step.
1073 Using Assessment-Based
Training to Help RAs B’More
Evidence and Improvement;
Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
(AER)
Location: Baltimore Convention Center, 342
Program Presenter: Tim Cherney, Loyola
University Maryland
Additional Presenters: Ivan Ceballos, Jr.,
Loyola University Maryland
Too often assessment of RA training
programs is reduced to satisfaction surveys.
When developers establish a consistent set
of learning outcomes and assessment
techniques, training programs can be drastically
improved. Participants will leave this
session with a basic understanding of how to
write learning outcomes, use data to enhance
training components, and incorporate
creative approaches to assessment including
knowledge and confidence evaluation, technology,
observation of role-play scenarios,
and case studies.
1074 Tools for Student
Success: Integrating Social
Class in Counseling
Student Success; Equity, Diversity, and
Inclusion
Location: Baltimore Convention Center, 320
CEs: 1
Program Presenter: Joy Stephens, Towson
University
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Wednesday, March 30