A message from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs No Images? Click here March 2019Women's History MonthVisionary Women: Champions of Peace and Nonviolence Women’s History Month was established to commemorate and encourage ‘the study, observance and celebration of the vital role of women in American history.’ Events will ‘honor women who have led efforts to end war, violence, and injustice and pioneered the use of nonviolence to change society.’ (Nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org) We encourage you to take the time this month to participate in events that celebrate and explore the role of women in history. A good place to start is watching the WCU Diversity Dialogues - Women in Leadership video below. Other Women's History Month Resources: Diversity at WCU webpage & events calendar We Love WCU!We want to share our thanks to everyone who was able to support the I Love WCU campaign! We are pleased to share that our divisional participation in this event rose to 23.4%. We also received an award for the "Most Improved" Giving Champions. Your generosity makes a difference in the lives of our students and makes our community stronger. Thank you for sharing your love and support of WCU! Celebrate the Good NewsAll five proposals (four student and one professional) that New Student Orientation submitted to the Southern Regional Orientation Workshop (SROW) were selected for presentation at this year’s conference in Myrtle Beach, SC in March. Every returning student-staff member will be presenting during the conference. UNC System's Wellbeing Today, Prosperity Tomorrow recaps the System's Behavioral Health Conference and features Carol Barnao's artwork and the conference presentation given by Kim Gorman, Betsy Aspinwal and Paula DeMonet. The NY Times recently published, As Students Struggle with Stress and Depression, Colleges Act as Counselors, click on the link to the 2017 report from the Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors co-authored by Kim Gorman. Higher Education Student Affairs graduate student and Campus Recreation and Wellness Graduate Assistant, TJ Peck, has accepted the Assistant Director of Facilities in Campus Recreation position at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. Congratulations TJ! NEWS & UPDATESENROLLMENT
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DSA IT COMMITTEENew Printers are here! With new printers comes new opportunities. IT has recently identified that the drivers for our new printers will not work consistently with Windows 7, even though installation appears successful. LEADERSHIP MEETINGThe Student Affairs Leadership team met on February 5, 2019. The next meeting will be held on March 5, 2019. REQUEST FROM A COLLEAGUEHello Colleagues, I am writing to solicit your support in my research project. My research is on Emotional Support Animals (ESAs) and within the coming weeks you will receive an email from me asking you to participate in a survey. This survey will be testing your baseline knowledge on ESAs. I truly believe that the research I am doing will help our current understanding of ESAs at WCU and beyond. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you, SGA UPDATEThe Student Government Association (SGA) has had a busy year. They decided to increase membership in the legislative branch which brought the total membership in SGA to 65 – the largest in school history. Another exciting development this year is that they now have a senator who holds a state position with the UNC system Association of Student Governments. DEFINING AMERICA: |