Dear Division Colleagues,

I hope this finds you enjoying the summer.  While the Spring Quarter newsletter is a summary of the past quarter's accomplishments, I am pleased also to look to the future and report on a number of staffing updates within the Division. 

Brian Heilmeier was named the Coordinator for Campus Programming in the Campus Involvement Center on June 1st.  Brian has served the CIC for the past two years as a graduate assistant in campus programs, taking on many of the duties of the coordinator last year when the position was vacant.

Dr. Fred Weiner has been appointed as the Director of Counseling & Psychological Services.  As you know, Fred has been serving as acting director this past year, and has done an excellent job leading CPS in this interim period.  He will assume permanent responsibility immediately.

Megan Vogel has been named Special Assistant to the Vice President for Student Affairs.  As you know, Megan has served as the Office Administrator for the Vice President for the past two years.  She began her role as Special Assistant on July 5th.

Erin Perdue has been hired as the Administrative Coordinator in the Office of the Dean of Students.  Most of you know Erin through her most recent experience as a Residence Coordinator in Residential Housing, where she has served since 2008.  Erin began her position on July 1st.

Erin Edwards has been hired to be the Residential Coordinator for Jefferson Hall. Erin joins us from Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri where she was the Coordinator of Residence Life for the Office of Residential and Greek Life. Erin recently received her Masters of Education from the University of Missouri.

Willie Mickell is the Residential Coordinator of the Convocation Center.  Willie received a Master's of Science in Adult and Higher Education from Northern Illinois University where he also completed his undergrad. Willie is pursuing a Doctorate of Education in Adult and Higher Education through Northern Illinois University.

Rob Rennich is returning to Ohio to be the Residential Coordinator for Washington Hall. He recently served as a Residence Hall Director at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Rob received his Master's of Education in College Student Personnel from Ohio University in June of 2009. All of the new Residential Coordinators began their positions on July 1st.

Christopher Blackburn has been hired as the Associate Director of the Campus Involvement Center for Greek Life and Leadership.  Chris comes to us from the University of North Carolina - Pembroke, where he serves as the Director of Greek Life.  Chris will begin his position in the division on August 1st.

Meghan Kean has been hired as an Intern in Counseling and Psychological Services for next year.  The intern positions are full-time staff in CPS who spend a year in training while they are finishing up their doctoral degrees.  Meghan is coming most recently from Chicago, Illinois where she is finishing up her Psy.D. at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology.

Matthew Kellar is also joining CPS as an Intern.  Matthew has been working at the Woodlands Center, a community health center in Huntington West Virginia while he has been pursuing his Psy.D. from Marshall University.

And lastly, Anna Walton Stark will be also joining us as an Intern in CPS. Anna is coming from the furthest distance, as she will be coming to us from Pacific University School of Professional Psychology in Hillsboro, Oregon where she is also pursuing her Psy.D.  All three Interns will be starting on August 1st.

Please join me in congratulating these individuals on their new positions within our division.  I am confident they will each bring their passion and commitment to students to their roles.  

Sincerely,

 

Dashboard Indicators  

• 40+ work study eligible students were placed into positions with 20 different community-based student organizations.
• 24% increase in the number of students graduating from the Leadership Development Series.
• Planned and implemented the first "Convo" concert in 7 years featuring B.o.B. and the Far East Movement with the support of numerous student organizations.   
• The Women's Panhellenic Association cosponsored "Sisterhood of the Traveling Dresses."  Over 900 prom and party dresses were collected and distributed to local young women from four local high schools so they could have new fashions and attend their prom.
• Hosted "Consent", an educational theatrical performance on sexual assault written by Dustin Page, a Greek Life graduate assistant.   
• Implemented a protocol that mandated student organizations to register trips that require overnight accommodations and/or for day trips where the travel distance is over 30 miles one way.  
• Facilitated President McDavis' Recovery Community Task Force which resulted in an action plan for the establishment of a Collegiate Recovery Community at Ohio University.    

Dashboard Indicators

• 894 student athletes participated in 33 club sports
• 3,293 students participated in intramural sports
• 15,370 individual students (or 84% of students) used our facilities
• 72 KWH of power generated through the Ping ReRev power log by elliptical exercise machines

Achievements/Presentations

• Bobcat Swim Club Spring Classic was attended by over 300 swimmers. 
• In Club Sports National Tournaments/Championships
• Gymnastics placed 6^th and 7^th at the national tournament.  
• Women's Volleyball finished in the top 40 at their national championships.
• Paintball finished 9^th in the nation.  
• Men's Ultimate won their sectional tournament and placed 7^th at regionals.  
• Tennis finished 10^th in the bronze bracket at the national tournament.  
• Women's Crew finished 5^th at nationals.  
• Women's Ultimate finished 8^th at their national tournament.  
• Equestrian Western had one rider (Alissa Trucco) place 3^rd at nationals and Equestrian Hunt had three riders place at nationals. 
• The Golf and Tennis Center hosted 14 golf outings, despite 15 inches of rain in April (compared with 1.5 inches of rain in April 2010).   

Dashboard Indicators

• 59 academic/student outreach programs reached 1,303 students
• 31 school systems registered for the Teacher Recruitment Consortium and over 225 students attended, resulting in 494 interviews 
• 303 students utilized the Career Resource Center
• 311 walk-in career counseling appointments were facilitated
• 22 employers conducted 191 interviews during on-campus recruiting 
• 256 students scheduled appointments for career counseling

• Experienced a 50% increase in the number of organizations who recruited on campus this quarter compared to 2010.
• Kristine M. Hoke was awarded a NACE Foundation Scholarship to attend the NACE National Conference in Dallas, Texas, May 31 - June 2.
• Staff received StrengthsQuest training as part of our new career development program to be implemented in Fall 2011.
• Completed student marketing video in collaboration with University Communication and Marketing to more effectively market programs and services offered by the Office of Career Services.      
• Collaborated with University Registrar to import all students into Career Services database management system, Bobcat CareerLink.
• 100% of employer respondents rated their on campus recruiting experience relative to office efficiency and professional environment as excellent.      

Dashboard Indicators

• 277 students had an "initial contact and referral" appointment during Spring Quarter, 2011. In addition, there were 245 individual emergency consults during our walk-in hours over this period.
• In addition to these appointments, 389 students had a total of 1673 individual counseling appointments during the Spring Quarter for an average of 4.3 appointments per student. The number of individual appointments represented an increase of 13% from the Winter Quarter and 30% over the number of individual appointments in the Fall.
• 28% more students participated in group therapy in the Spring Quarter than in the Fall.
• For the Spring Quarter, over 3,500 hours were spent in delivering individual, group, and couples counseling, providing psychiatric services, performing case management tasks, and meeting with Basics clients. This represents an increase of more than 700 hours or approximately 20% more time than was spent in these activities in the Fall Quarter.
• Our psychiatrists had a total of 389 Intake, Follow-up, and Emergency consults during the Spring Quarter compared to 312 appointments in the Fall Quarter. This represented a 26% increase in the number of such appointments. 

Dashboard Indicators     

• Faciliated over 11,000 events and reservations 
• 2,561 reservations were facilitated in Baker University Center
• 70 reservations were facilitated in the Helen Mauck Galbreath Memorial Chapel
• 71 reservations were facilitated in the Margaret M. Walter Hall Rotunda
• 53 reservations were facilitated in the Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium

• The Event Services team coordinated the 2011 Commencement Activities for Ohio University. We had approximately 4300 graduating students this year! For more information about the Commencement ceremonies, please visit www.ohio.edu/commencement.  A time-lapse of both Saturday Ceremonies is available here: http://vimeo.com/24997296.
• In the upcoming year, we will begin piloting online reservations and will be establishing a reservation prioritization for Baker University Center. You can access the current feature online here: https://oit-eventmgt.ohio.edu/VirtualEMS/BrowseEvents.aspx.
• We will also be adding a newly remodeled space to the university center. The lower level lounge in Baker University Center will be redesigned with flexibility in mind. It will also be created and furnished to be an exciting destination for our university community. Please take the opportunity to visit this new area in the Fall of 2011.
• Event Services participated in a national benchmarking survey. 3500 randomly selected students were invited to participate. We achieved a response rate of 17.6%. The results will allow the team of Event Services to focus our efforts and efficiently meet the needs of our students.

Dashboard Indicators

• Resident Assistants facilitated over 1,400 programs during the spring quarter.   
• 35 of these programs involved faculty members or were in support of the Common Experience Project.
• Processed 175 new spring quarter assignments.
• 143 students were housed during spring break.

Achievements/Presentations

• Michelle Adams-Manning & Meghan Britt presented, "Supervision with a Smile: Educating and Redirecting Student Staff" at ACPA and 3 Resident Assistants attended the Next Gen conference
• Student leaders from tRAC and NRHH attended the annual NACURH conference 
• 15 paraprofessional development sessions were offered throughout the quarter including sessions on SAFE Zone training, common mental health issues in college students, and spiritual development model. Continued to collaborate with the Residence Life program at Hocking College.
• Community Assistants participated in the spring Athens Town Hall Meeting. 

Dashboard Indicators

Top Five Code of Conduct Violations Spring 2011

1. Unauthorized Use of Alcoholic Beverages (B-7) - 195 
2. Mental or Bodily Harm to Self (A-3) - 102
3. Violation of Disciplinary Probation (A-18) - 101
4. Violation of Rules Regarding Residence Halls and Dining Facilities (B-8) - 60 
5. Possession or Use of Marijuana (B-6) - 50  

Assessment Committee

The Assessment Committee presented and received approval to improve the assessment web page.  The new web page will provide resources, and examples of assessment projects as well as links to assessment activities throughout the division and institution.  Progress has been made on the student employee learning outcomes assessment project.  The project has been submitted for presentation at the Ohio State Student Affairs Assessment Conference to be held July 8, 2011.

Marketing and 5C Committee

The Marketing and Five C's Committee has devoted most of the year to finalizing the "Division Handbook" and the details associated with this project.  The handbook has been finalized and can be found through the Marketing and 5C website here.   The Handbook is a compilation of important Division related information including the Division mission and strategic plan, organizational chart, staff expectations, policies and procedures, calendar, etc. The Marketing and 5C Committee plans to move forward with the remainder of the Marketing Plan including: marketing the 5 C's, completing a student survey and print audit, and updating the Division web pages.

If you have any questions or would like to participate in an upcoming meeting, please contact either Megan Vogel (vogelm@ohio.edu) or Josh Bodnar (bodnar@ohio.edu).

Professional Development Committee

This past spring quarter, the Professional Development Committee hosted 4 Hot Topic Tuesdays in April and May.  The committee collaborated with OU ROTC and the Athens Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness to present speaker Jim McGarrity who spoke on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder on April 28 and also sponsored the "Emerging Identity Theories in Student Affairs" webinar.  Thank you to everyone who presented and was actively involved with the Professional Development Committee.     

Well-Being Committee

Achievements of the Well-Being Committee include:  

• Administered a Well-Being Survey to the Division of Student Affairs
• We received 40 responses to the survey
• Data indicates that people want to have activities that they can participant in during working hours
• Employees feel that they do not have to time participate in well being activities due to their level of work 
• Working with WellWorks to collaborate on employee wellness efforts
• Continue to send out bi-weekly emails to promote overall health and wellness
• Working to develop a mission statement for the committee
• Working to develop a strategic working plan for the committee
• Encouraged wellness for 15 minutes of each day by distributing activity charts to offices
• Hosted year-end social at the Ping Center to recognize employee anniversaries