UK Faculty and Staff are Invited to the 2015 ACPA Presidential Symposium

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 18, 2015) — The Student Affairs Staff Development team in partnership with the Office of Student Involvement invites University of Kentucky faculty and staff to the 2015 ACPA Presidential Symposium, "Fulfilling Our Promises to Students: Fostering and Demonstrating Student Success," from 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29. 

The 2015 Presidential Symposium is a live, virtual event that brings higher education thought leaders and professionals together, using online technology and local in-person discussion groups, to discuss the ways student affairs professionals foster student learning and success and how we can all do a better job demonstrating this impact.

This live-streamed event will be held on campus in the King Alumni House Ballroom and Lounge. Light Refreshments will be provided.  To RSVP, click here.

Speakers for the event include the following:

·      Deborah Garrett, vice chancellor for Student Services at Arkansas State University-Beebe and president for the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education

·      Shaun Harper, associate professor in the Graduate School of Education, Gender Studies, and Africana Studies at Penn and Education Week’s 50 Most Influential Professors in the field of education

·      Jillian Kinzie, associate director for the Center of Postsecondary Research and the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) Institute at Indiana University Bloomington

For a detailed schedule of the event, Click Here.

For more information, contact Sarah Hermsmeier, program director for Civic Engagement in the Office of Student Involvement at shermsmeier@uky.edu or visit http://www.myacpa.org/events/2015-presidential-symposium. 

MEDIA CONTACT: Katy Bennett, (859) 257-1909; katy.bennett@uky.edu; Rebecca Stratton, (859) 323-2395; rebecca.stratton@uky.edu