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PSU 317 |
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PSU 315 |
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PSU 313 |
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PSU 314 |
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Painting with a Full Palette: Freedom of Expression in
Student Union Operations and Activities |
PSU 312 |
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PSU 317 |
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Maximizing Strength-based Development for Your Staff, Students and Yourself |
PSU 315 |
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Collaborative Arts: Partnership between Food Service,
Student Activities, and Building Operations |
PSU 313 |
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PSU 314 |
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PSU 312 |
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PSU 317 |
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PSU 315 |
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PSU 314 |
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How to Recruit and Interview the Best Candidates for Your
Campus! |
PSU 312 |
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Paint it with Pictures? Get Interactive and Paint it with
Video |
PSU 317 |
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PSU 315 |
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PSU 314 |
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PSU 313 |
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PSU 312 |
Painting Your Moral Canvas (PSU
317)
Presented by
Beth Bailey, Assistant Director/ Program manager for Kansas State University
This interactive session
will get participants—particularly undergraduate, graduate students, and young
professionals—in the "hot seat" in order to work through real moral dilemmas to
see how they would manage difficult situations. More seasoned professionals can
assist as mentors and advisors when the young professionals need help.
The Art of Supervision (PSU 313)
Presented by Thomas Lane, Assistant to the Vice President of Student Affairs and Director of Plaster Student Union
Student Union/Activities professionals with supervisory responsibilities have the unique opportunity to not only positively impact their organization by developing supervisory competencies, but also have the rewarding experience of helping provide a meaningful work experience for those they supervise. This session will explore Winston and Creamer’s “Synergistic Supervision” model as well as provide an opportunity for participants to reflect on their own supervisory style and the role supervision has played in shaping their professional experience.
Get Your Game Face On (PSU 314)
Presented by Ed
Wirthwein, Assistant Director of Overman Student Center, Pittsburg State
University
This session is designed to help infuse new ideas to Programming Boards. This session will show them how they can successfully incorporate their favorite board games for leadership training, communication and teambuilding skills they will need to be an outstanding board.
Mentoring Student Managers (PSU
315)
Presented by
Julie Hill, Assistant Director of Building Services and Student training,
Missouri State University
Participants will be introduced to the processes used at Plaster Student Union to hire student managers and our student manager training plans. Participants will see how we have combined training and mentoring of student building managers with student area managers to create a supportive team.
Presented by
Mike Jungers, Dean of Students, Missouri State University
The First Amendment and the
rights that it affords are no more evident on a university campus than they are
in student union facilities and student
activities programs and services. The most vibrant programs and services
come about when student union staff and students are painting with a full
palette. This program explores the many shades of freedom of expression,
including freedom of speech, press, assembly, association, and belief, and how
they color our day-to-day practice. Watch Dog organizations and court decisions
help create contrasts between well-reasoned and questionable practices.
What’s This All About, Where Will You Be Tomorrow? (PSU
317)
Presented by
Charlie Francis, Director of Nebraska Union, University of Nebraska– Lincoln,
Beth Bailey, Assistant Director/Program Manager K-State Union, Kansas State
University,
Jeff Steinmiller, Director Overman Student Center, Pittsburg
State University,
Thomas Lane, Assistant to the Vice President of Student Affairs
and Director
of Plaster Student Center
Have you ever thought of being a Union/Student Activities Director? Are you interested in exploring this career option? Session participants will have the opportunity to talk with Union/Activities staff that are at different professional levels and stages in their careers.
Do You Slam? You Should! (PSU 314)
Presented by Joe Hayes, Assistant Director of Missouri Student Unions, University of Missourio
The presenter will run through a power point presentation on how to run a campus Poetry Slam tournament. He will go over program publicity, day of operations, and how to get their teams to the regionals. Following the presentation we'll watch a competition so the participants can get a feel for how an event runs.
Presented by Miriam Huffman, Associate Director of Student
Life, University ofspan Missouri– St. Louis
Presenters will share with participants two campus programs sponsored jointly between Student Life, the Student Center Building Operations, and the campus food service provider. These programs occur monthly and the objective of each is to merge food, facts, and fun in creative and engaging ways. Wednesday Noon Live is a program that provides meals, entertainment, and education centered around a new theme each month. A joint committee representing each of the departments plans and executes the events. Green Eggs and Ham is a monthly morning program that focuses on sustainable concepts including recycling and organic products. Both programs occur in the main dining facility in the student union. We will share with participants our strategies for building these programs and obstacles we had to overcome.
Finding
Hidden Gems in Your Recreation Facility
(PSU 312)
Presented by Tim Fields, Recreation Coordinator, and Trent Overbey, Assistantspan Recreation Coordinator, Kansas Memorial Unions
Is your recreation center caught in a rut? Are you looking for new ideas to help bring new life into your bowling center? Join us for an upbeat discussion on some ideas that can aid you to improve the quality of your recreation facility. Some of the topics that will be discussed are: implementation of classes, creating/ improving birthday parties, programming, and many more.
Maximizing Strengths-based Development for Your Staff, Students and Yourself
(PSU 315)
Presented by Marissa LeClaire, Associate Director of Student Activities-Leadership, Missouri State University, and Alina Lehnert, Assistant Professor of Organizational leadership, Evangel University
Have you ever wondered how you can get the best from those around you? To help people find their strengths and those around them, the Gallup Organization created a program called Strengths Finder. This session will give a brief overview about this assessment tool and will highlight how two very different universities have implemented it on their campuses with both their students and staff.
Presented by Teri Atkinson, Activities Advisor, Wichita State University
Have you ever wondered, "What the heck is CAS?" Join us for a step-by-step tutorial of doing a CAS assessment, including: who to put on the committee; how to organize the materials and create a realistict timeline; and how to create and implement a strategy.
How to Recruit and Interview the Best Candidates for Your Campus!
(PSU 312)
Presented by Marissa LeClaire, Associate Director of Student Activities– Leadership, and Andrea Weber, Assistant Director of Student Activities-Greek Life, Missouri State University
There is a vacant position in your office, you need someone really good, and how are you going to attract them to YOUR campus? It is not as simple as you may think. Come here some tricks of the trade for both recruiting and interviewing candidates in student affairs. Don’t miss out on this program; it may cost you missing out on the next great candidate!
Current
Issues Facing Auxiliary Units on Campus
(PSU 314)
Presented by Jeremy Schenk, Auxiliary Ed. Council Chairman, Region 11
This roundtable discussion will feature a panel of auxiliary unit directors from housing, dining, performing arts, bookstores, and the campus union. The panel will reflect on issues facing auxiliary units ranging from facilities management, fiscal management, human resources, technology, and student learning, to name a few.
Let’s Play!
Game Room Programming for All!
(PSU 315)
Presented by Joe Hayes, Assistant Director of Missouri Student Unions, University of Missourio
The presenter will run
through a PowerPoint presentation on how to run a campus tournament in various
leisure activity events including billiards, table tennis, poker, etc. This session will include information about
program publicity, day-of operations and how to get your team to regionals. Following the presentation, we'll play a few games so the
participants can get a feel for game play.
Painting Your College Campus through Universal Design (PSU 315)
Presented by Kathryne Staeger-Wilson, Director of Disability Services, Missouri State University
Universal design is the
design of products and environments to be usable by all people, to the greatest
extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design. As
design professionals take note that accessibility and usability features benefit
all users, higher education professionals are beginning to think about how
applying these same principles will create a more welcoming, diverse environment
for everyone, including those with disabilities. This session will explore the
principles of universal design and how they can be incorporated into learning
environments, programming, and union construction projects. Learn how adopting
universal design can increase diversity, improve campus climate and reduce
potential costs associated with retrofitting traditional designs. Paint a new picture on your
campus through this new paradigm shift in post-secondary education.
Juggling
War: How to Balance Your Time and Stress (PSU 314)
Presented by Sarah Gunion, SAC Graduate Assistant, Missouri State University
The group will come together to play a juggling game. After the game is finished we will discuss what we can take away from that game in regards to stress or time management and how we can apply that to our given positions.
Presented by Jennifer Violett, Assistant Director of University Center and Student Activities, Webster University
I-Lead (Institute for
Leadership Education and Development) is ACUIs premier student leadership institute held each summer in Bloomington, Indiana. Come
to meet former student participants and facilitators to learn about the program
and how you can get involved as a student or as a professional. I-Lead is an
experience you will never forget!
Evaluating and Reworking a Student Employee
Program (PSU
31)
Presented by Julie Hill, Assistant Director for Building Services and Student Training, Missouri State University
The Plaster Student
Union Student Employee Vision Team was created to evaluate our past and current
practices with student employees, to determine our vision of the ideal PSU
student employee experience, and plan ways to make that vision a reality.
Representatives of each department within the PSU met weekly for four months to
complete the project.
Paint It with Pictures? Get Interactive and Paint It with a Video! (PSU 317)
Presented by Noah House, Student Affairs Graduate Assistant, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Video. Can it actually be interactive? Yes! This session provides an introductory crash course to how video can be utilized, even in an interactive way, on a video-sharing site such as YouTube. The layperson, without a lot of fancy equipment or expensive software, can put together a quality video presentation highlighting practically any aspect of their organization. Don’t be afraid of it!