MCPA Fall Conference &

ACPA East Coast Graduate Fair

Friday, October 12th, 2012

Loyola University Maryland

Columbia Campus

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Program Table of Contents

Conference Schedule .................................................................................. 3

Keynote Speaker Biography ....................................................................... 4

Invited Guests Biographies ........................................................................ 4

Program Session One Descrip.ons ............................................................ 5

Program Session Two Descrip.ons ............................................................ 6

Graduate School Fair Informa.on ............................................................. 7

Program Session Three Descrip.ons ......................................................... 8

Program Session Four Descrip.ons ............................................................ 9

Conference Center Map ............................................................................. 10

MCPA Execu.ve Board ............................................................................... 11

Thanks ........................................................................................................ 12

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2012 MCPA Fall Conference Schedule

9:00am Registra.on & Con.nental Breakfast, Room 210/230

9:20am Welcome & Opening Remarks, Room 210/230

9:30am Keynote Address: Vernon Wall, Room 210/230

10:00am -

10:50am

The Secrets of

GeDng Hired for

a Job

Room: 269

10 Myths of

Social Jus.ce

Room: 270

Goucher College’s

Peer Media.on

Service: Conflicts,

Conundrums, &

‘ccomplishments!

Room: 272

Design &

Implementa.on of

a Tabletop Ac.vity

as a Student Staff

Training Tool

Room: 300

11:00am -

11:50am

iPad Uses, Apps

& the Power of

X(cel)

Room: 269

Effec.vely

Coordina.ng

Focus Groups

Room: 270

Appoin.ng Myself:

Star.ng a

Revolu.on from the

Bo<om to Increase

Comple.on

Room: 272

Let Your Voice Be

Heard: Building

Community

Through

Sharing Stories

Room: 330

11:50am -

12:30pm Graduate Fair , Room 261

11:50am -

12:50pm

Lunch

Lunch Address: Greg Roberts, ACPA Execu.ve Director

Room 210/230

1:00pm -

1:50pm

Oil and Water;

Shaking Up

Work Life

Balance

Room: 270

New Kids on the

Block

Room: 272

Intersec.ng

Parallel

Iden..es:

How Paren.ng

Toddlers &

Supervising Overlap

Room: 302

Mee.ng the

Needs of Campus:

Programming

Assessment Using

ID Scanners

Room: 330

2:00pm -

2:50pm

It’s All in the

Smile: Crea.ng

Customer

Service

Moments

Room: 269

Understanding

Student

Conduct

through a

Cri.cal

Framework

Room: 272

Cupcakes and the

College Search:

Revamping Your

Focus Groups

Room: 302

Engaging

Students with

Servant

Leadership

Room: 330

3:00pm MCPA President Address, Awards Ceremony, & Raffle, Room: 210/230

3:30pm Happy Hour Social at The Greene Turtle

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Keynote Speaker

Vernon A. Wall has accumulated over 25 years of

professional Student Affairs experience at Iowa State

University, the University of Georgia, UNC-Charlo<e, and

UNC-Chapel Hill and has experience in Greek life, new

student orienta.on, student ac.vi.es, leadership

development, global educa.on, and university housing.

Vernon currently lives in Washington DC and is the Director

for Business Development at LeaderShape, Inc. Prior to this

posi.on, Vernon served as the Senior Director for

Professional Development, Research & Scholarship for the

American College Personnel Associa.on (ACPA), College

Student Educators Interna.onal.

He received his B.A. in Poli.cal Science from North Carolina State University and his

M.S. degree in College Student Personnel Administra.on from Indiana University.

Vernon has received several awards for his contribu.ons to the quality of student life,

is a na.onally known speaker in the areas of social jus.ce and leadership, and is one of

the founders and facilitators of the Social Jus.ce Training Ins.tute.

h<p://www.vernonwall.org

h<p://www.SJTI.org

h<p://www.leadershape.org

Invited Guests

Gregory Roberts is the Execu.ve Director and Senior

Opera.ng Officer of ACPA: College Student Educators

Interna�onal. He earned his B.Sc. and M.S. from Indiana

University - Bloomington, Educa.onal Specialist degree from

the University of Missouri - Kansas City and cer.ficate in

educa.onal management from Harvard University's Graduate

School of Educa.on. Gregory previously worked as Vice

President for Student Affairs at the University of St. Thomas -

Minnesota, a posi.on he held for nearly eleven years. He

served as president of the American College Personnel

Associa.on and the Missouri College Personnel Associa.on.

He currently serves as a member of the Washington Higher Educa.on Secretariat

(WHES), the Council of Higher Educa.on Management Associa.ons (CHEMA) and is a

founding member of the Higher Educa.on Associa.ons Sustainability Consor.um

(HEASC). He is on the Board of Directors of the Bacchus Network and the Washington

Internship Ins.tute (WII) serving as chair, and an ac.ve member of One World

Educa.on and the Rotary Club of Capitol Hill serving as a member at large on their

Execu.ve Commi<ee.

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Program Session One

10 Myths of Social Jus5ce

Vernon Wall, Director for Business Development at LeaderShape, Inc.

Room: 270

The term “social jus.ce” is being used (and misused) on college and university

campuses more and more these days. What exactly is social jus.ce? What is a socially

just community? What are the characteris.cs of a campus community commi<ed to

social jus.ce? In this program, the 10 myths of social jus.ce will be shared as well as

an assessment that can be used to measure your campus’ commitment to inclusion,

equity and social jus.ce.

Goucher College’s Peer Media5on Service: Conflicts, Conundrums, and

‘ccomplishments!

Kasey Quinn, Community Living Coordinator, Goucher College

Mary Wahl, Community Living Coordinator, Goucher College

Room: 272

When engaging conflict, it is no easy feat to honor self-determina.on and find

collabora.ve win-win solu.ons for everyone involved. Launching a peer media.on

service at a small college with limited resources is even more challenging although the

rewards are highly restora.ve and extremely worthwhile. Community Living

Coordinators Mary Wahl and Kasey Quinn will examine the conflicts, conundrums, and

accomplishments of ins.tu.onalizing a peer media.on service at Goucher College.

Design and Implementa5on of a Tabletop Ac5vity as a Student Staff Training Tool

Mary Ellen Wade, Assistant Director of Student Life, Loyola University Maryland

Room: 330

We are charged to keep student staff engaged and able to retain informa.on during

training to prepare them for their posi.ons. In Fall 2012, Loyola u.lized a tabletop

ac.vity as a method of teaching Resident Assistants about conflict coaching and

managing student and staff crisis. This program highlights how to effec.vely design and

implement a tabletop ac.vity as a method of team problem solving.

The Secrets of Ge;ng Hired for a Job

David Clurman, Assistant Director of Residen.al Educa.on, University of Maryland,

Bal.more County

Room: 269

Searching for a job can be a very overwhelming and .me consuming process. It o=en

may seem as if you apply for mul.ple posi.ons and then keep your fingers crossed to

see what happens. Specially designed for graduate and entry-level staff, this session

is presented by a seasoned recruiter who will share his knowledge and tell you all the

things that you should do (as well as the things that you shouldn't) that will help you

stand out in your next job search!

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Program Session Two

iPad Uses, Apps & the Power of X(cel)

Karol Y. Mar.nez, Director of Student Ac.vi.es, MICA

Room: 269

iPads can be a great resource in student affairs—everything from event check-in to

assessing student learning outcomes. The purpose of this session is to share uses for

iPads and helpful apps in the context of student affairs. In addi.on, it will also create

an open forum for a<endees to share their own recommenda.ons of iPad uses/apps.

Lastly, this session will also review other useful tools, such as the use of Pivot Tables

in Excel to help with assessment analysis.

Let Your Voice Be Heard: Building Community Through Sharing Stories

Hayley Haywood, Assistant Director of Student Ac.vi.es, MICA

Room: 330

This session will highlight pedagogies and programs that enable students to learn from

one another’s experiences. Monologue programs, digital storytelling, and poems can

be transforma.ve tools for student learning with regard to diversity, intersec.onality

and self-reflec.on. Come hear about how these programs have promoted

mul.culturalism, cri.cal thinking and enhanced the community on mul.ple college

campuses.

Effec5vely Coordina5ng Focus Groups

Tim Cherney , Associate Director of Student Life, Loyola University Maryland

Mary Ellen Wade, Assistant Director of Student Life, Loyola University Maryland

Jason Parcover, Ph.D., Associate Director for Public Health, Research, & Informa.on

Systems, Loyola University Maryland

Sally Mays, Ph.D. , Psychologist, Loyola University Maryland

Room: 270

Branch out from the survey, and increase your familiarity with planning and imple-

men.ng focus groups. Par.cipants will gain an understanding of the basic compo-

nents of a focus group as well as best prac.ces for encouraging and dissemina.ng rich

qualita.ve data. Par.cipants will also engage in a live focus group based on the chal-

lenges of working in student affairs.

Appoin5ng myself: Star5ng a Revolu5on From the Bo�om to Increase Comple5on

Johnika Dreher, Coordinator, Owl Success Track, Prince George's Community College

Brandon Bellamy, Academic Advising, Prince George's Community College

Room: 272

To combat the reten.on issues of our ins.tu.ons, individuals from every level will

need to play a role in the change. To change the culture of success and comple.on at

Prince George’s Community College, one Coordinator engaged in coali.on building

across campus. This workshop will incorporate diverse learning methods to share how

one program was used to build a transfer development plan from the bo<om up

inspired by the Comple.on Agenda from planning and implementa.on, to solicita.on

and assessment.

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ACPA East Coast Graduate Fair

Are you thinking about a masters degree in College Student Personnel/Higher

Educa5on? Have you been toying with the idea of ge;ng your Ph.D.? Come to the

ACPA East Coast Graduate Fair to talk with representa5ves from a number of

different programs and pick up some valuable informa5on.

For a full list of student affairs graduate programs, please visit the ACPA website at

h�p://www2.myacpa.org/comm/profprep/directory/

Appalachian State University Shepherd University

Baylor University Shippensburg University

Bridgewater State College Taylor University

Bucknell University Texas A & M University

Canisius College The George Washington University

Clemson University The University of Iowa

College of William and Mary University of Connec.cut

Colorado State University University of Denver

Illinois State University University of Kansas

Indiana University University of Maine

Indiana University of Pennsylvania University of Maryland, College Park

Iowa State University University of Missouri-Columbia

Marque<e University University of Nebraska at Omaha

Michigan State University University of Oklahoma

Monmouth University University of Rhode Island

Morgan State University University of San Diego

Nova Southeastern University University of Southern California

Ohio State University University of St. Thomas

Old Dominion University University of Vermont

Pennsylvania State University Virginia Tech

Rutgers University Western Michigan University

Early Registra5on ends January 23, 2013

h�p://conven5on.myacpa.org

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Program Session Three

Oil and Water: Shaking Up Work Life Balance

Aaron Roppolo, Fitness Director, MICA

Room: 270

Challenging the norms of work life balance, this presenta.on seeks to shake up your

way of thinking about healthy habits. We will together dismiss the no.on that health

and work cannot mix through discussion, research and demonstra.on and explore

strategies to successfully implement a more balanced lifestyle.

New Kids on the Block

Karol Y. Mar.nez, Director of Student Ac.vi.es, MICA

Room: 272

Star.ng a new job and moving to a new city can be a very exci.ng .me in a person’s

life. On the flip side, being the new kid on the block comes with the added stress of

figuring out a new support network. Mee.ng new people and developing meaningful

rela.onships may not always be easy. This session, which includes a panel of new and

experienced professionals, will share some strategies of how to build that support

network.

Intersec5ng Parallel Iden55es: How Paren5ng Toddlers and Supervising Overlap

Dell Hagan Rhodes, Director of Student Life

The Community College of Bal.more County

Room: 302

We all carry mul.ple iden.ty markers, whether that be as an educator, a parent, a

partner, a friend, etc. O=en, the intersec.on of our iden..es causes conflict as

different pieces of who we are struggle for primacy. For me, this peaked a=er I start-

ed a new job supervising a college-wide department and became a mother at the

same .me. Thankfully, a=er devouring paren.ng books, I came to the realiza.on

that many of the skills I was trying out as a parent, were perfect for my supervising

challenges as well. Come hear my story and let me learn from yours, too.

Mee5ng the Needs of Campus: Programming Assessment Using ID Scanners

Samuel Frushour, Ac.vi.es Management Program Student Leader

Mount St. Mary's University

Room: 330

Quality control measurements are in place to make sure each office is mee.ng the

needs of campus. These measurements, however, lack any argumenta.ve data to be

used for budget enhancements, promo.ons, or as a developmental tool for the office

to learn the actual needs of students. By implemen.ng an ID scanner system into our

events, Mount St. Mary’s University Campus Ac.vi.es can now track par.cipant re-

ten.on, correla.ons to policy viola.ons, demographic data of par.cipants at each

event, and much more.

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Program Session Four

It’s All in the Smile: Crea5ng Customer Service Moments

Edward Wright, Associate Director of Admissions, Mount St. Mary's University

Jeffrey Griffith, Joanna Hale, Melissa Hilleary, Ma<hew Mastroma<eo

Mount Ambassador Coordinators Mount St. Mary's University

Room: 269

We have interac.ons with people at many different levels. Regardless of whether the

situa.ons we encounter are full of excitement or frustra.on, the people involved are

the customers of our profession. This presenta.on will provide simple strategies on

incorpora.ng the basics of customer service and how using such strategies can turn

any situa.on into a posi.ve experience.

Understanding Student Conduct through a Cri5cal Framework

Daviree Velazquez , Assistant Director of Student Life, Loyola University Maryland

Alexis Phipps, Assistant Director of Student Life, Loyola University Maryland

Room: 272

When students arrive to college, they face many crossroads and develop in mul.ple

ways. Educa.onal theorists and psychologists created tools to help educators under-

stand how students undergo transi.ons and make meaning of their experiences

(Adams, Bell, & Griffin, 2007). This body of theory failed to illuminate the inequali.es

of social status or social posi.on, differences in cultural contexts, and the ways in

which oppression shape students’ experiences. We do a disservice by neglec.ng the

fact that students’ iden..es, as well as our own iden..es, are present in the conduct

process. In this presenta.on, we will use a cri.cal framework to iden.fy how iden.-

.es and a systemic culture of oppression and bias affect the conduct process.

Cupcakes and the College Search: Revamping Your Focus Groups

Michelle O'Donnell, Associate Director of Admissions, Mount St. Mary's University

Murphy Alafoginis, Admissions Counselor, Mount St. Mary's University

Room: 302

S.ll ordering pizza to try to get students to your focus group? Looking for a new and

crea.ve strategy? Come to this session to learn how Mount St. Mary’s University took

a new approach to focus groups. You’ll learn how three members of the Admissions

staff gathered nearly 450 responses in just 3 days with improved data collec.on efforts

and one sweet surprise.

Engaging Students with Servant Leadership

Brian Beccue, Associate Director of Residence Life for Student Conduct, Mount St.

Mary's University

Kate Wyvill, Mount St. Mary's University

Room: 330

This session will provide an overview of the Servant Leadership theory and then fur-

ther explore the aspects of Servant Leadership and how it relates to Student Affairs

work. The primary goal of this program will be to set a framework for Student Affairs

Professionals to educate their students on the Servant Leadership theory and to help

them prac.ce it on a daily basis.

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Conference Center Map

Fill out the MCPA Board Nomina5on form found

in your conference folder!

Nominate yourself or a colleague TODAY!

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MCPA Execu5ve Board

President

Megan Rowe

Loyola University Maryland

Past President

Karol Mar.nez

Maryland Ins.tute College of Art

President Elect

Edward P. Wright

Mount St. Mary’s University

Secretary

Brian Beccue

Mount St. Mary’s University

Membership Coordinator

Tim Cherney

Loyola University Maryland

Communica5ons Coordinator

Candace Doane

Goucher College

Treasurer

Joshua Hiscock

The George Washington University

Member at Large

Lorrie Budd

Community College of Bal.more County

Member at Large

Amy Fynes

Frostburg State University

Member at Large

Hayley Haywood

Maryland Ins.tute College of Art

Member at Large

Chris.ne Krieger

Goucher College

Member at Large

Rachel Morales

Habitat for Humanity, Chesapeake

Member at Large

Daniel Sym

University of Maryland, Bal.more County

MCPA Fall Conference Planning Commi�ee

Conference Co-Chair: Lorrie Budd, Community College of Bal.more County

Conference Co-Chair: Chris.ne Krieger, Goucher College

Conference Co-Chair: Dan Sym, University of Maryland, Bal.more County

Candace Doane, Goucher College

Timothy Chin, Goucher College

Karol Mar.nez, Maryland Ins.tute College of Art

Brian Beccue, Mount St. Mary’s University

Rachel Morales, Habitat for Humanity, Chesapeake

Tim Cherney, Loyola University Maryland

Hayley Haywood, Maryland Ins.tute College of Art

Megan Rowe, Loyola University Maryland

Edward Wright, Mount St. Mary’s University

Aaron Roppolo, Maryland Ins.tute College of Art

Amy Fynes, Frostburg State University

Aisha Rivers, Goucher College

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Special Thanks To:

Vernon Wall, Director for Business Development at LeaderShape, Inc.

Greg Roberts, ACPA Execu.ve Director

Aleasha Mayo, ACPA Coordinator of Cons.tuent Rela.ons

ACPA College Student Educators Interna5onal

Maryland College Personnel Associa5on Execu5ve Board

Loyola University Maryland Columbia Campus

Loyola University Maryland Office of Student Life

MCPA Fall Conference and Graduate Fair Planning Commi�ee