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The Founding Mothers: The HIED Group
By Damon Kimak
 Liana (Left), Lauren (Center), and Meg (Right) |
The influential effect of personal and professional networking led to one of the major initiatives of the 2013 calendar year, which was to create the foundation needed to establish a HIED group to comprise both alumni and current students. The responsibility for handling this foundational work was taken up by Margaret (Meg) Sonstroem, Liana Carroll (both now graduates of the HIED M.Ed. program) with advice and assistance from Lauren Jaegar (the former associate director of advancement at EHHS). From this day forward these three ladies may be referred to as the "FOUNDING MOTHERS." Before describing where we are and where we are going with our HIED Group, it is only fitting to highlight who the founding mothers are and how they made this group possible.
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How to LinkedIn
By Damon Kimak
If you are not already a member of LinkedIn and its professional social media network, you really should consider joining, especially given that you are going into a field like Higher Education where social media has more than been embraced. It is widely known that employers will use social media to weed out applicants as well as to identify potential individuals for recruitment. You are also in a program that values, image, professionalism, and collaboration as much as independent achievements. The HIED Group, or whatever name the group decides upon, utilizes LinkedIn as a method to connect alumni, faculty, and current students. Moreover, the founding mothers held a LinkedIn workshop last school year to help current students set up their accounts and get professional photos. If you plan on working in administration, LinkedIn can give you the means to show what you can do and what you are professionally competent at doing through endorsements. The remainder of this article will discuss the basics of how to sign up for LinkedIn. Below there are links that may be of assistance to help you sign up and set up your account.
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The Practicum Fair
By Amber Weaver
This year's Practicum Fair is being held on Friday, November 7th from 2:30-5:00 in the Ballroom Balcony of the Student Center. It will be set up in a typical job fair style, with a table and representative available for each internship site that is able to attend. For those unable to attend, we set up a table where you can read position descriptions and submit resumes if you are interested. We tend to have around 30 internship hosts at the event. Currently there are 15 employers signed up, and with the deadline for registration one month away we are very likely to have a full room! We already have many institutions participating, including Kent State, Notre Dame College, Malone, Akron, Case Western, and John Carroll. There are also a variety of functional areas, including Athletics, Career Services, First Year Experience, Academic Advising, Student Activities, and more!
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Top Five Tips for the Practicum Fair
By Dr. Stephen Thomas
Although my comments below have a flair for the obvious, perhaps one or two will encourage you to slightly refine your approach while participating in the interview process. When you impress the on-site internship supervisors, you further enhance the HIED program's reputation and help ensure future interest in our students. So, in a way, we help each other. Although some sites will have only one applicant, others may have 5-10 (some of whom might be from Counseling, School Psychology, Special Education, Athletics, Business, and the like). From
our view, we want the on-site supervisor to be impressed with each of you. We want the supervisor's decision to be a difficult one, given all the highly qualified, upward mobile, higher education applicants for the position. Accordingly, I have provided a few suggestions below; these suggestions are based on comments provided by prior interviewers.
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New Face, Our Place: Pamela Freeman
Hi - I'm Pam Freeman, a new doctoral student in the Higher Education Administration program. I'm a public health sociologist, and I've been a researcher with the Research and Evaluation Bureau (Bureau) in the College of Education, Health, and Human Services since 2005. Currently I'm the Bureau's Director of External Client Services, where I have the best of all worlds--working in university-level research, while meeting the evaluation needs of external clients such as other academic institutions, health organizations, and non-profit groups. Some current Bureau clients include the Ohio Department of Education, Case Western Reserve University, the University of Akron, Cleveland Clinic, and the New York Life Foundation, just to name a few. The Bureau also provides complimentary research and evaluation assistance to graduate students at thesis or dissertation levels, in addition to a staffed statistics lab and qualitative data transcription services. If you would like to know more about the Bureau's services or we can help you in any way, please visit me in 507 White Hall.
Although I've lived in many places, I'm a native and current resident of Kent, Ohio. The slight twang you might hear in my voice on occasion comes from the twenty years I lived on a longhorn cattle ranch outside of Houston, Texas. My husband and I have six children--five now grown and our youngest is in 10th grade. Three of our children attended Kent State, one of whom is currently a senior in the College of Public Health. My family and my husband's family are both full of Kent State graduates, and I'm proud to say my mother is a graduate of EHHS (Class of '56)! I'm very excited to join the Higher Education Administration program, and I look forward to getting to know everyone.
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New Face, Our Place: Married Couple--Carole Goddard and Roberto Oliveira
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Hello, my name is Carole Goddard. I am a new doctoral student in the HIED Administration program. My background is in psychology and TESL (Teaching English as a Second Language). I am currently an adjunct instructor in the KSU ESL Center, and will be assisting Dr. Lara in the fall. I enjoy teaching and working with international students, and learning about their cultures and languages. I live in Akron with my husband, Beto, who will also be studying in the HIED program. I am interested in learning more about the internationalization of higher education, and the advancement and social positions of women in higher education. I look forward to meeting and working with everyone.
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Carole (left) and Roberto (Right) |
I'm Roberto Oliveira, a new student in the Higher Education Administration program. Since I arrived here from Brazil, I've been involved in higher education both as a student and educator. I currently work at Case Western Reserve University's Educational Services for Students (ESS), where I hold the position of Assistant Director for Programming. I work closely with the Spoken English Program, which offers support for international students not only in areas that involve spoken English, but also with adapting to CWRU's academic culture. I am very interested in the development of international students and the impact they have on the university and community.
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Old Face, New Place: Stina Olafsdottir
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My name is Stina Olafsdottir and I am a third-year doctoral student. I have had a long and successful relationship with Kent State University both as a student and staff member. I came to KSU from Iceland in 1994 to pursue an undergraduate degree in International Relations. My career plan, at the time, was to finish my undergraduate degree and secure a job with the United Nations in New York City. However, love and children changed those plans and, instead of moving to New Your City after graduation, I joined KSU's Masters of Public Administration program in 1997. The MPA program was a perfect fit for me as it solidified my belief and commitment to public service. I was fortunate to secure a graduate assistantship in the Center for Public Administration and Public Policy. Under the leadership of Dr. James Tinnin, I received in-depth exposure to the various aspects of both local and regional governments in NE Ohio. I was also very fortunate to receive guidance and mentorship from Dr. Joe Drew. His impact on my professional and academic career is unmatched by any other person I know. Under his guidance, I secured an internship in the Budget Department for the Portage County Board of Commissioners. This internship led to my first job as a Budget Analyst. I would spend the next eight years of my life at Portage County, including two years as a Financial Coordinator for the Clerk of Courts.
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Successful Dissertation Defenses
The HIED faculty would like to recognize and congratulate three, now former, Ph.D. students who have successfully defended their dissertations.
- Holly L. Craider successfully defended her dissertation this summer 2014 and graduated in August. Her topic was titled, "A Narrative Study of First-Generation Community College Students' Success in an Unfamiliar Environment-College." Her director was Dr. Susan Iverson.
- Talea Drummer successfully defended her dissertation this summer 2014 and graduated in August. Her topic was titled, "Getting in the Game: A Quantitative Study of the Second-Year Student-Athletes' Experiences Utilizing Existing Data of the 2010 Sophomore Experience National Survey." Her director was Dr. Stephen Thomas.
- Eboni Pringle successfully defended her dissertation this fall 2014 and will graduate in December. Her topic was titled, "The Unintended and Unexpected Outcomes of a Major Selection Policy." Her director was Dr. Stephen Thomas.
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Winner 2014 Luncheon Best Dish for the Second Year in a Row: Ai Lan Lin
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My name is Ai Lan Lin and I am a full-time Chinese Language Teacher at Beachwood High School. I teach level 1 Chinese through AP. I am married to Damon Kimak, a second year Ph.D. student in HIED at Kent State University. Together, we have two wonderful sons, Ian (4) and Gavin (almost 3). I am originally from Keelung, Taiwan, but I grew up in Taipei. I came to the United States 12 years ago to pursue my Master's in TESL. Upon completion of my Master's in TESL, I enrolled in the Core Program at Cleveland State University and received my teaching licensure. Finally, I earned my M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction from Cleveland State University. I enjoy cooking and baking foods from multiple Asian countries and spending time with my lovely family. I feel happy that for the second year in a row that I could make food for this luncheon that people enjoyed eating. This joy is reward enough.
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