NASPA Professional Development Series
Spring 2025
The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs is pleased to host a series of webinars through NASPA (Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education).
We invite Student Affairs staff, Higher Education & Student Affairs students, and campus partners to attend. Webinar descriptions are included below along with the focus area and target audience for attendees. The focus area and suggested audience are listed with the intention of helping you decide which sessions you may want to select, but not intended to exclude you from any session. You are welcome to attend any of the below sessions that may be of interest. Please note, these are on-demand webinar recordings.
Maximizing Your Retention Efforts: A Cross-Functional Approach to Student Success
January 30 | 3-4:30 p.m. | University Club Room, 2nd floor, Morris University Center (MUC)
Description: We frequently hear “retention is everyone’s job,” but often, we have a small office or group of professionals championing these efforts. Presenters will explore the successes and challenges of instituting retention based practices between academic and student affairs. Participants are encouraged to attend this presentation and learn about the efforts at Kennesaw State University while engaging in conversation about the retention climate at their institution.
Focus Area: Student Success
Target Audience: All campus constituents
Recruiting, Hiring and Retaining Persons of Color and LGBT Individuals in Higher Education
February 20 | 3-4:30 p.m. | Kimmel Belonging and Engagement Hub (KHub) Conference Room
Description: This program focuses on how to improve institutional recruitment strategies, establish or advance an inclusive hiring process, create a retention plan for diverse employees in institutions of higher education, and share inclusive programs and support that underrepresented groups who are job seekers should look for during their employment search.
Focus Area: Supervision/Structural Belonging
Target Audience: Student Affairs
Action-Oriented Assessment: Strategies for Collecting Data by Engaging Participants
March 27 | 3-4:30 p.m. | University Club Room, 2nd floor, Morris University Center (MUC)
Description: By participating in this program, attendees will identify and select interesting and engaging assessment techniques for assessing programs, events, and other educational opportunities; design assessment techniques for assessing programs, events, and other educational opportunities; and plan for using the data from non-traditional assessment methods in supporting unit or institutional assessment processes.
Focus Area: Assessment
Target Audience: Student Affairs/Assessment Committee
Promising Policies and Practices for Supporting Trans and Nonbinary Students
April 10 | 3-4:30 p.m. | University Club Room, 2nd floor, Morris University Center (MUC)
Description: Student affairs practitioners must have clear guidance to meet the needs of trans and nonbinary students and provide them with support in today's hostile political climate. Participants in this session will learn about the updated and expanded Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals - Promising Policies and Practices for Supporting Trans and Nonbinary Students. Attendees will be provided with concrete actions ranging from day-to-day practices to departmental and institutional policies to enact campus-wide change.
Focus Area: Structural Belonging
Target Audience: All campus constituents
