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Professional Development Committee

Committees

As Student Affairs employees, we all serve as positive role models for our students when we seek professional-development opportunities. The skills we learn through these opportunities benefit not just ourselves, but also the UNCW community.

Overview

In our shared goal of "Creating Experiences for Life," we all serve as living examples to our students in the ways we improve ourselves through professional development. The content you will find on this page offers a number of the professional development resources tailored to you, our colleagues. Please take the time to explore the options available and get involved in your development.

If you would like to add a training resource to this website, if you have difficulty accessing any information from the site, please contact the committee.

LEARN ABOUT DIVISION OF Student Affairs

Who We Are

Committee Chair: Lindsey Trione

Vice Chair: Lois Kubinak

Members: Caitlin Annas, Padriac "Chris" O'Gainey, Bridget Phillips, Amber Russ, Kari Schmitz

Workshop Resources

Reading. Listening. Watching

The Professional Development Committee (PDC) provides access to a range of opportunities for intellectual and professional development, as well as networking and community-building experiences within the Division of Student Affairs.

We would like to share what we are reading, watching, and listening to in higher education to further our own professional development.

Are you reading, watching, or listening to something great and want to share? Email a committee member and we will include it in our next list!

  • So About That, by Lindsey Perry.  Lindsey is a graduate student at UNCW and is interviewing professional staff in Campus Recreation.  It is a great listen!  
  • The Peter Attia Drive is a weekly, ultra-deep-dive podcast focusing on maximizing health, longevity, critical thinking…and a few other things. Topics include fasting, ketosis, Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, mental health, and much more.
  • Oprah’s SuperSoul Conversation
  • Civics 101 podcast through New Hampshire Public radio
  • “Make me Smart with Kai & Molly”
    • This weekly podcast explores the intersection of technology, culture and the economy. It introduces you to “hot topics” happening around the world and offers multiple, global perspectives on these issues. It’s informative, enlightening and entertaining.
  • The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish
  • The Hottest Take – podcast by The Ringer Podcast Network, on Spotify
    • Bill Simmons and his friends from The Ringer will debate, defend and parse a controversial opinion on a pressing topic of the day. The takes cover timely matters from the worlds of sports, movie, TV, food, music and the internet.
  • Left, Right, & Center – KCRW’s news podcast on NPR
    • Provocative, up-to-the-minute, alive and witty, KCRW's weekly confrontation over politics, policy and popular culture proves those with impeccable credentials needn't lack personality. Featuring four of the most insightful news analysts anywhere, this weekly love-hate relationship of the air reaches about 50,000 of the most influential radio listeners in Southern California.

Educational Resources

Campus Climate in the Post-Election Era with Dr. Shaun Harper (Nov. 2016)

UNCW's Dare to Learn Academy (D2LA) also provides more than 400 books related to the following "D2LA soar factors": leadership, service, resourcefulness, and growth. There are book club discussion guides available as well. To check out a book, stop by the HR Onboarding Center (at Friday Annex) to see all the available books.

Helping Students Develop Vision and Voice: The Role Creativity Plays, article by Michele Welkener (PDF; article begins on p. 13.)

Where Good Ideas Come From, four-minute video by Steven Johnson on the environmental patterns that enable creativity, and how ideas "happen."

Books and Journals

Inside Higher Ed newsletters. Daily updates of top news stories, opinion and careers in higher education, delivered free to your email inbox each weekday.

Shared Resources:

The follow individuals are making these resources available to division staff:

Jennie McNeilly, Office of the Dean of Students

  • Commuter Perspectives newsletter from the National Clearinghouse for Commuter Programs
  • Association of Fraternity Advisors Perspectives as a publication

Career Center

  • ACPA Journal of College Student Personnel
  • The Career Development Quarterly (NCDA)
  • Bulletin of Psychological Type (APTI)

Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs

  • ACPA: Journal of College Student Development
  • Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning
  • The Chronicle of Higher Education
  • GLBT Campus Matters
  • The Journal of Higher Education
  • Recruitment & Retention
  • Student Affairs Leader
  • Student Affairs Today

Mike Walker, Ed.D., Associate VC and Dean of Students

Dean Walker has an extensive collection of books available for staff to borrow. Complete list of titles here.

Professional Organizations

Academic Advising

Athletics, Rec Sports

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)

National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA)

Auxiliary Services, Food Service, College Stores

Campus Activities

Association for the Promotion of Campus Activities (APCA)

National Association for Campus Activities (NACA)

Career Development

College Media

College Unions

Association of College Unions International (ACUI)

Community Colleges

American Association of Community Colleges (AACC)

Conferences & Events

Association of Collegiate Conference and Events Directors-International (ACCED-I)

Counseling

Disability-Related Organizations

Enrollment (Admissions, Orientation, Registration)

Experiential, Developmental Education

Association for Experiential Education (AEE)

National Organization for Student Success (NOSS)

Financial Aid

National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA)

General

Fraternity & Sorority Life

Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors (AFA)

Health

Housing

International

Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE)

Judicial Affairs

Association for Student Conduct Administration (ASCA)

Research

Student Affairs, College Administration

Tutoring and Learning Centers

 

Fellowship Program

The Fellowship Program is postponed at this time.
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