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Spring Drive-In March 10, 2006
Administrative Professionals Conference
President's Pen
I hope each of you had a wonderful holiday season! I know I enjoyed the opportunity to spend time with family and friends.
For most of us, the semester has already begun, and I’m sure many of you are looking forward to a great spring. In addition to our daily work across the state, we have much to look forward to in our professional development lives. The SCCPA Administrative Professionals Workshop will be held on Friday, March 10, 2006 at the University of South Carolina-Aiken. And, our annual SCCPA Spring Conference will be held April 20-22, 2006 at the Francis-Marion Hotel in Charleston. I appreciate the tremendous amount of work that our conference chairs-Tiffany Coleman, Lynn Way, Eric Fisher, and Mac McArthur-are doing to provide excellent development and networking opportunities for each of us. Please take the time to carefully read the information about registration, lodging, and program submissions. We need your support of and attendance at these events to make them successful!
I also want to call your attention to the 2006-2007 SCCPA Board elections and appointments that will take place this spring. I encourage you to nominate yourself and/or your colleagues for these positions. Jason Cassidy, our Past-President, is coordinating the elections process, so please be in touch with him (jason.cassidy@furman.edu) with questions or nominations. I will be making appointments to numerous positions on the 2006-2007 board, so please let me know (bseagrav@presby.edu) if you are interested in serving. Our organization is only as strong as those people who choose to get involved. Please consider serving in the upcoming year.
I look forward to an exciting spring, where many of us will gather in Aiken and Charleston. In the meantime, consider your involvement in SCCPA and don’t hesitate to ask questions or offer feedback about your organization.
Sincerely,
Beau Seagraves
SCCPA President-Elect
Presbyterian College
Deadline for SCCPA Executive Board
Nominations February 17, 2006
Dear SCCPA Member:
It is time to nominate yourself and/or your colleague(s) for an SCCPA Executive Board position for 2006-07. Please e-mail your nomination(s) to jason.cassidy@furman.edu by February 17, 2006. The nominees must be current members of SCCPA.
Please include the name, institution, position, e-mail address, and the position which you are nominating the individual(s). The six positions to be filled are marked with an asterisk below:
President (filled-Beau Seagraves) *Two-Year Institution Representative
You may find more information about these positions on pages 11-26 at http://www.sccpaweb.org/policiesandprocedures.pdf. Elections will occur March 10-24 and the elected individuals will take office on April 22, 2006 at the spring conference. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Jason Cassidy, Ph.D.
SCCPA Past President
SCCPA Nominations and Elections Committee Chair
(864) 294-2092
jason.cassidy@furman.edu
When: Friday, March 10, 2006
Where: University of South Carolina, Aiken
Registration information available at AP Conference or contact Tiffany Coleman at tiffanyc@usca.edu for a registration form.
Reflect, Relax, & Rejuvenate
Getting Back to the 3R’s
Do you have a great programming idea for
Administrative Professionals?
We need programs for the Administrative Professionals Conference on March 10, 2006 at USC Aiken.
Update: News and Current Events in Higher Education
For current happenings in South Carolina and to view the latest South Carolina Commission on Higher Education meeting agendas and minutes visit: http://www.che400.state.sc.us/
For current information on the latest happenings for South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities visit: http://www.scicu.org
To take action on public policy related to the Southeast region contact the NASPA Region III Public Policy Advisory Board representative listed below:
Thomas Miller
Dean of Students
University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Avenue
ADM 151
Tampa, FL 33620-6250
E-mail: tmiller@sa.usf.edu
Tel: (813) 974-4934
Fax: (813) 974-7436
*Submitted by Rhonda Mingo, Converse College, Advocacy Committee Chair
Study Abroad in
Scotland
With Clems n University
Dates of Travel: July 17-28, 2006
General Information
Scotland will be the location for the 2006 study abroad program brought to you by Clemson University's Department of Leadership, Counselor Education, Human and Organizational Development and the Division of Student Affairs.
The program offers a credit-based track for graduate students majoring in student affairs or a related field. Professionals and faculty members in higher education and student affairs are also invited to participate in a professional development track offered for graduate credit.
This program is experiential and the participants will partake in a great deal of walking in rugged, historic venues.
Goals of the Study Tour:
To provide an opportunity to compare educational systems
To learn about higher education in another country
To learn about culture, people, history, politics, and literature of another country
To gain exposure to economics of another country and current issues related to higher education
To exchange ideas with colleagues and students from another country
Registration Information
For complete information and to register for the Scotland Study Aboard program, visit our website at: http://stuaff.clemson.edu/sds/studyAbroad. Space is limited, reserve your space quickly by downloading the registration form and returning it with your deposit as soon as possible.
AWARDS UPDATE
As of January 10, I have received 11 nominations for 6 different awards, along with 2 submissions for the Graduate paper category. The deadline for nominations was extended to January 15, 2006. Votes are being tallied and will be reported to ACPA by Friday, Jan. 20.
Thanks to Linda Reece, Jon Driggers, Rachel Ott, Browen Bares and Melissa Dubuque for their help with voting. Also to Pam Havice, Tony Cawthon and Scott Lewis, who voted on the Graduate Paper submissions.
Letters have been mailed to all nominees as well as their supervisors. Good luck to all nominees.
Clemson University’s Student Affairs Division presented its Annual Employee of the Year Awards at their Holiday Luncheon in December. SCCPA members Karen Gibson and Darlene Mahaffey were among the winners. Congratulations to both of them
*Submitted by Darlene Mahaffey, Clemson University, Awards Committee Chair
Dear Fellow Student Affairs Professional:
As co-editors of the SCCPA on-line, refereed journal The Palmetto Practitioner, we would like to encourage you to submit some of your writings for the upcoming edition of this journal. The Practitioner provides an excellent avenue for publishing not only the traditional research article, but creative works and opinion pieces, too.
You can find the submission guidelines for The Palmetto Practitioner on the SCCPA Web site at http://www.sccpaweb.org/. The submission deadline for the next issue is May 30, 2006. Please let us know how we can help you with your Palmetto Practitioner submission.
The Source, and The Source.Net is our resource to share information with one another. The Source is interested in your success stories, lessons learned, progress reports. If you haven’t already, please consider submitting information for the next or future issues.
Please submit articles for the next edition by Friday, February 10, 2006.
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