State of CSI Webcast

Presenters:Darren Pierre, ChairSarah Hermsmeier, Vice ChairMark Torrez, Leadership Education ChairKeegan Mills, Directorate Chair

Agenda

• Overview of the Commission for Student Involvement

• Call to Action (CSI Task Force Report to Mid-Year Meeting)

• The Commission Directorate

• Current Initiatives of the Commission

• Highlights from the Four Functional Areas

• Announcements

• Question & Answer

Purpose

The focus of the Commission is students in colleges and universities and their environments. Efforts of the Commission are directed toward a deeper understanding of the students, their characteristics, purposes, attitudes, behavior, mores, campus activities and community life as a basis for more effective planning of relevant programs for students. A major emphasis of the Commission’s work is on the integration of out of class activities of students on the campus and in the larger community with the formal academic curriculum.

The college student’s total educational experience is seen as a potent force for student development. The Commission fulfills its function not only through convention programming but also through research and ongoing task force efforts aimed at advancing and advocating the development of more visible student organizations and activities programs. Within the Association, the Commission provides an avenue for involvement of anyone working with and/or interested in student activities at post secondary institutions.

Core Values

1. Education and development of the total student

2. Diversity, multicultural competence and human dignity

3. Inclusiveness in and access to Association-wide involvement and decision-making

4. Free and open exchange of ideas in a context of mutual respect

5. Advancement and dissemination of knowledge relevant to college students and their learning, and the effectiveness of student affairs professionals and their institutions.

6. Continuous professional development and personal growth of student affairs professionals

7. Outreach and advocacy on issues of concern to students, student affairs professionals and the higher education community, including affirmative action and other policy issues

Overview of CSI Leadership

Chair

Functional Area Chairs

(4)

Committees

Vice Chair for CSI

Vice Chairs

(5)

Committees

Directorate

Mid-Year Meeting

• Intersectionality

• Accountability

• Engagement

• Innovative Practice

Directorate Background

• 19 of 27 members of Directorate met during the ACPA 12 Convention to review initial findings from taskforce survey. Identified two major action items: • Develop strategic plan to provide

“roadmap” for CSI Leadership Team • Clarify/Re-define role and identity of

Directorate

• Directorate met three times to discuss strategic priorities for Commission

Current State

• Identified need to place priority on Directorate role and identity

• An "Identity Workgroup” has been established to identify criteria for serving on Directorate as well as function and role of Directorate

• Identity Workgroup will put proposal forward in September

• Proposal will include: • Revised title of Directorate• Criteria for serving• Selection of Directorate members• Directorate function and role defined

CSI Vice Chair Initiatives

“We are fundamentally in a state of becoming” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

• This year, we are…

• …connecting around our intersecting identities as vice chairs

• …considering new and innovative ways of being and doing

• …creating opportunities to engage our members year-round

• …communicating to maintain accountability to our members

Connecting Around the Intersections

• cohort now supported by the Vice Chair of the CSI

• a connection with one another and Functional Area Chairs

Considering Innovative Ways of Being

• evolving positions to be year-round role (June-June)

• transition toward working job descriptions

• development of finance & development position

• expansion of research & assessment initiatives

Creating Opportunities to Engage Our Members

• open dialogue between members and Commission• member education• suggestion box

Creating Opportunities to Engage Our Members

establishment of volunteer roles and committees

• allocations (by appointment only) elections (shermsmeier@uky.edu)

• membership (tkermiet@vt.edu) programs (mgilsbac@uvm.edu)

• publications (nlaird@uky.edu) research (matt.garrett@emory.edu)

• technology (justin.m.sipes@gmail.com)

tracking volunteers through new technologies

• Plug Me In Form

• volunteer tracking

Communicating to Maintain Accountability

• new financial procedures increase transparency

• new strategies streamline communications• Happenings, Newsletter, Interchange

• implementing new technologies as a team• Google+, MailChimp, Webcasts• exploring a new resource management system

 CSI Functional Area Priorities

• Book Club• Student Involvement Book Club • Bi-monthly rotation • Launch in early fall

• E-Series• Monthly webcast • Emphasis on leadership, social justice, and CAS

Standards• Launch in August

For more information email mark.torrez@emory.edu

Functional Area Committee Development

• Book Club Committee: mark.torrez@emory.edu

• Convention Committee: jdean15@lsu.edu

• Research & Resources Committee: jtabacchi@pointpark.edu & D.BushScott@neu.edu

Functional Area Happenings

Student Act. & Orgs. jtabacchi@pointpark.edu

Fraternity & Sorority Life D.BushScott@neu.edu

Leadership Education mark.torrez@emory.edu

Comm. Service/Service-Learningjdean15@lsu.edu

Announcements

• Service-Learning Symposium: December 5-7, 2012 – more information forthcoming.

• Leadership Educators Institute: December 9-11, 2012. Registration is now open: http://www.naspa.org/programs/lei/registration.cfm

• Be a Convention program reviewer mgilsbac@uvm.edu

• Publications editor nlaird@uga.edu

QuestionsDarren Pierre –depierre@uga.eduSarah Hermsmeier –shermsmerier@uky.eduMark Torrez –mark.torrez@emory.eduKeegan Mills- kcmills@usfca.edu