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Summer 2024 Professional Development and Staff Well-being Opportunities

Here in the Division of Student Affairs we offer opportunities for professional/personal development for our staff and graduate students. Here are some of the categories these opportunities fall in:

Women in Leadership: Ongoing workshops and events that surround discussion for women in leadership. 

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

Staff Well-being: 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.  This also includes our Divisional monthly meetups.

Graduate Assistants Professional Development: Graduate Assistants can attend any of the opportunities below.  Additionally, invitations will also be sent throughout the semester for special programming.

Taste of Dialogue: We will offer a series of "Taste of Dialogue" events, in partnership with the Office of Community-Engaged Leadership's Sustained Dialogue initiative. These Taste of Dialogue events will begin with a brief educational speaker or video, and then transition to structured small-group dialogue, over provided lunch. We hope to see you all there.

Also, included are important dates and events.  We encourage you to take advantage of these workshops, events and discussions. 

This page will be updated on a regular basis to add additonal experiences. Mark your calendars NOW!

 
In-Person/Virtual Schedule
Date Text/Topic Location Time Presenters/Facilitators
Tuesday, May 28th-July 23rd ACPA's Summer 2024 Supervisor Strengths Institute Online 12:00pm-1:00pm every Tuesday Strength's Institute
Wednesday, June 5th Breathing and Meditation Practice Online 9:00am-9:45am Matthew Cooper
Wednesday, June 5th 10 Roadblocks to Supervision Online 1:00pm-2:30pm Brandon Hrovat
Friday, June 7th Onboarding, Why it Matters Online 11:00am-12:00pm Tina Chaffin/Courtney Hay
Wednesday, June 12th Mental Health First Aid-Blended Session Virtual Intro Required Online 10:00am-2:30pm Katie Lail
Thursday, June 13th Mental Health First Aid-Blended Session Virtual Intro Required Anne Belk Hall, CETLSS Classroom 222 9:00am-12:00pm Katie Lail
Monday, June 17th Breathing and Meditation Practice Online 3:00pm-3:45pm Matthew Cooper
Wednesday, June 19th Breathing and Meditation Practice Online 9:00am-9:45am Matthew Cooper
Wednesday, June 19th Google Drive Essentials Online 11:00am-11:30am Suzanne Edmonds
Wednesday, June 19th SA Monthly Meetup TBD 11:45am-1:00pm Traci Royster
Friday, June 21st Basic CMS Administration Online 10:00am-11:00am Heather Brandon
Friday, June 21st SEANC Lunch and Learn Jimmy Smith Faculty/Staff Dining room in Roess Dining Hall 12:00pm-1:00pm SEANC
Monday, June 24th Breathing and Meditation Practice Online 3:00pm-3:45pm Matthew Cooper
Tuesday, June 25th Master Digital Tools: Gmail, Google and Zoom Leon Levine, room 250 10:00am-11:30am or 2:30pm-4:00pm Suzanne Edmonds/Brandon Hrovat
Wednesday, June 26th Breathing and Meditation Practice Online 9:00am-9:45am Matthew Cooper
Thursday, July 11th 10 Roadblocks to Supervision Leon Levine, room 250 9:30am-11:00am Brandon Hrovat
Friday, July 12th Onboarding, Why it Matters TBD 1:00pm-2:00pm Tina Chaffin
Friday, July 12th Intro to Scala: Media Design Online 2:00pm-3:00pm Heather Brandon
Thursday, July 18th SA July Meetup TBD 12:00pm-1:15pm Traci Royster
Wednesday, July 24th Basic CMS Administration 218 Anne Belk Hall, room 222 3:00pm-4:00pm Heather Brandon