2011 ASCA Conference - Senior Student Affairs Officer (SSAO) Program

 
Senior Student Affairs Officer Program
Tentative Schedule and Presenters
 
Cost of Program: $130
 

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Senior Student Affairs Officer Track

February 2 – 5, 2011

 

The ASCA Senior Student Affairs (SSAO) Track will offer a variety of timely and critical topics for our participants over a four-day schedule. While we will retain the traditional full-day program on the opening Wednesday of the conference, we have added an SSAO-only concurrent on each following day of the conference. This will allow our SSAO’s to continue to build relationships and dialogue with their peers throughout the entire conference, while also allowing time to take advantage of additional program sessions of interest.

 

What is an SSAO? Senior Student Affairs Officers (SSAOs) are persons with ultimate or substantial responsibility for policy development. Their role goes well beyond only the direct implementation of the student conduct process. We also welcome faculty involved in the preparation of future student conduct administrators. Members who are not the chief student affairs officer by title maybe reviewed by the program committee for participation in the SSAO track.

 

Check back to this site for additional details as they become available.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011
8:30 – 5:00 pm Full-day SSAO Track Program
Supporting and Addressing Veterans Returning to Campus.
Supporting and Working with our Wounded Warriors.

Speakers:
Dr. Gwen Dungy, Executive Director of NASPA
Mr. Paul Grossman, Chief Regional Attorney for US Dept of Education Office of Civil Rights & Adjunct Professor of Disability Law - University of California's Hastings College of Law|
Dr. David DiRamio, Assistant Professor of Higher Education Administration, Auburn University
Dr. Mary Lee Vance, Director, Disability Services for Students, University of Montana

Join this team of national experts in the field of veteran's issues to gain valuable information on a range of topics, including:
* creating environments that support veterans adjusting to campus life,
* the ever-changing legal landscape in relation to veteran's affairs and higher education,
* recognizing and addressing challenges presented by PTSD and other mental health issues accompanying this increasing student population,
* appropriately assessing the learning outcomes for these programs and services

In addition, these programs have been exclusively scheduled for SSAO Track participants only

Thursday, February 3, 2011
10:15 – 11:30 am
SSAO Special Interest Session on Academic Integrity

Speakers:
Dr. Jennifer N. Buchanan, Associate Dean of the Faculties, Florida State University
Dr. Jim Lancaster, Assoc. Professor of Human Development and Psychological Counseling, Appalachian State University
Gary Pavela, J.D., Editor of ASCA Law and Policy Report; past President of Center for Academic Integrity
Dr. John Zacker, Director of Student Conduct, University of Maryland, College Park

Moderator: Dr. Marc Shook, J.D., Assistant Dean of Students, The University of Texas at Austin

Join this group of national experts, with established experience both as a faculty member and student affairs practitioner, in a facilitated discussion on how Senior Student Affairs Officers can effectively advocate for student affairs collaboration in both promoting academic integrity as well as adjudicating instances of academic misconduct.

Friday, February 4, 2011
3:30 – 5:00 pm
SSAO Special Interest Session - Roundtable of National Organization Executive Directors/Representatives
We're pleased to create an assembly of National Organization Executive Directors and like-representatives in order to create an opportunity for our SSAO's to have specific dialogue addressing how to best utilize each organization from the SSAO perspective.

Saturday, February 5, 2011
2:00 – 3:15 pm
SSAO Special Interest Session with Dr. Larry Roper
Dr. Larry Roper, Vice President for Student Affairs at Oregon State University will be honoring our conference as Closing Speaker, but first, our SSAOs will have an opportunity to dialogue addressing the topics of Politics in Higher Education and preparing your campus for CAS and Accreditation reviews.   
 
·         Before your arrival to the 2011 ASCA Conference and SSAO Track, you will receive additional information to prepare yourself for optimal participation in these sessions, including but not limited to targeted readings or directions to specific website resources.
·         In addition, you will receive information on a mentoring program designed to provide SSAOs the opportunity to share their experiences (as well as simply developing a new friendship with a colleague!) with professionals aspiring to similar positions.
·         As past participants of ASCA conferences already know, one of our association’s strengths is the environment that promotes strong networking amongst our members. In addition to the many conference-wide social events, our SSAO participants can also expect a few opportunities developed specifically with them in mind!
 
 
If you have SSAO Track questions that are not answered on this page, please contact Phil Burns at phillip.burns@unlv.edu
 
 

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