Student Affairs

Here in the Division of Student Affairs we offer opportunities for professional/personal development for our staff and graduate students. We have a few themes for this year:

• Administrative Professionals: This is a four-part series (90 minutes each) dedicated to ALL current Student Affairs supervisors who want to gain more knowledge around supervision. Some of the topics will include: being an effective supervisor, performance management, employee motivation and morale and building campus partnerships.
• Taste of Dialogue: In partnership with the Office of Community-Engaged Leadership's Sustained Dialogue initiative, Taste of Dialogue events will begin with a brief educational speaker or video, and then transition to structured small-group dialogue, over provided lunch. 
• Staff Wellbeing: These opportunities help to develop space for staff to engage in wellness opportunities that can help with relationship/community building in the Division. They also create a series of social and team-building opportunities during and after work hours for SA staff to gather. Staff Wellbeing will also include topics that will increase the knowledge of certain topics related to higher education and Appalachian State University.
  • SA Spring Meetups: This opportunity is for all SA staff to meet every three weeks to fellowship at a designated location.
• Human Resources Learning & Organizational Development (Workshops/Classes): "Learning and organizational development is an ongoing process that shapes the future of our university and provides individual employees and teams with the knowledge, skills, and empowerment to further their career."-Office of Human Resources
• LinkedIn Learning: As a Division, we will use LinkedIn as a learning tool to grow together in different areas.

We encourage you to take advantage of these workshops and discussions. Rooms and times (if not listed) will be updated. Also, this page will be updated on a regular basis to add additonal experiences. Mark your calendars NOW!

In-Person Schedule