#73 - Submit a Proposal to Present at a Conference

I assumed this one would be a NIRSA (Leaders in Collegiate Recreation) conference or even something for the Depression on College Campuses conference.  I have attended NIRSA 8 times and DOCC 2 times.  But thanks to some wonderful encouragement and support from Dr. Christopher Newman, Grace Bagunu, and Kenyon Whitman, I submitted a proposal for a roundtable at ASHE (Association for the Study of Higher Education).

I submitted a proposal for a roundtable to discuss connections between mental health research and practice on campuses.  Here is the abstract: 

The purpose of this roundtable is to discuss connections between campus mental health research and practice.  Practitioners and researchers have examined mental illnesses in college communities and how they are affecting campuses.  The roundtable would discuss how practices are, or could be, supported by research and suggestions for future research.

I am so thankful to have professors and colleagues who inspire and challenge me.  In submitting to ASHE I submitted a my first proposal for both an academic conference as well as a national conference.  

Thank you to Kenyon for planting the ASHE seed in my head.  Thank you to Dr. Newman for sitting down with me to discuss ASHE -- more than once -- and insisting I submit to present... and then taking time for a follow up call to make sure I met the deadline.  Thank you to Grace Bagunu for being the main member of my professional/academic/writing growth group.  I am so thankful for our Sundays  dedicated to our professional and academic intentions.  Love you!

UPDATE:

I also submitted 3 presentations to the NIRSA Region VI conference and 3 to the NIRSA Annual Conference, one jointly with Nicole Green, and all were accepted!

NIRSA Annual Conference

• (accepted) “Developing a Learning Culture: Professional Practices for Social Sustainability,” Nashville, TN, April 2014
• accepted) “Fostering a Learning Culture with Your Student Staff,” Nashville, TN, April 2014
• (accepted) “What I Wish I Would Have Known When I Was a New Professional,” co-presenter, Nashville, TN, April 2014

NIRSA Region VI Student Lead On

• “Fostering a Learning Culture with Your Student Staff,” Los Angeles, CA, November 2013

NIRSA Region VI Conference

• “Review of the NIRSA Sustainability Model,” microsession, Los Angeles, CA, November 2013
• “Fostering an Office Learning Culture,” Los Angeles, CA, November 2013