Professional Activities

Jen Ferrell (Student Center) was recently elected to serve a three-year term on the directorate for the American College Personnel Association’s (ACPA) Standing Committee for Women. As a committee of ACPA, a comprehensive student affairs association, the Standing Committee for Women works to transform the culture of higher education and student affairs to empower women, provide education and resources, and promote and recognize research and scholarship. Jen’s role will be to provide shared leadership for the committee, contribute to research, publications, convention and event planning, and most generally be an advocate for women involved in ACPA.

Tom Bassarear (Education) presented a paper on his course “Opening to Other Ways of Knowing and Being” at the first annual conference of the Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education in Amherst, Mass. from April 24–26.