The 2010-2011 TACUSPA Blog Topics!!!

Readers - Thank you for voting on next year's topics! As a result of your survey responses, here are the topics for the next year:

• September 2010 - Student Affairs and Technology (and Social Media)
• October 2010 - Assessment and Evaluation in Student Affairs
• November 2010 - Legislative Issues Affecting Student Affairs
• December 2010 - Student Conduct
• January 2010 - Interviews with Student Affairs Professionals
• February 2010 - Programming Ideas
• March 2010 - Student Affairs and Development
• April 2010 - Student Affairs/Academic Affairs (Collaboration Ideas)
• May 2010 - How to Get Published in Scholarly Journals
• June 2010 - Financial Literacy
• July 2010 - Former Foster Youth
• August 2010 - A Year in Review

- Have a comment? Please post a response. 
Dr. Jennifer T. Edwards
Dr. Sandi Osters
TACUSPA Graduate Education and Research Co-Chairs

Fall 2010 TACUSPA Conference - Fort Worth, TX

TACUSPA Readers,

We hope your summer is going well! This is just a reminder of the FALL CONFERENCE! It is going to be a WONDERFUL conference in Cowtown (Fort Worth, TX)!

- If you have ANY questions, please contact the Fall Conference Chair:


Fall 2010 Conference Chair
Lisa Nagy
University of Texas at Arlington
Phone: (817) 272-6080
nagy@uta.edu


-  Have a comment? Please post a response. 
Dr. Jennifer T. Edwards and Dr. Sandi Osters
TACUSPA Graduate Education and Research Co-Chairs

GRANT OPPORTUNITY - Centers of Excellence for Veteran Student Success CFDA Number 84.116G

- Have a comment? Please post a response. 
Readers,

We hope you are having a great summer! To extend the May 2010 topic Veteran Affairs, we would like to provide you with a link to a great federal grant opportunity:

Office of Postsecondary Education: Centers of Excellence for Veteran Student Success CFDA Number 84.116G
http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&oppId=55562

The deadline is July 30, 2010. The opportunity would be a great opportunity for our TACUSPA member institutions.

Dr. Jennifer T. Edwards and Dr. Sandi Osters TACUSPA Graduate Education and Research Co-Chairs

Results of the 2010-2011 TACUSPA Blog Topic Survey

Hello TACUSPA Readers!


THANK YOU for responding to the TACUSPA poll - "TACUSPA Blog Poll - "Hot Topics in Student Affairs: Which topics would you like to see on the blog?"! Thirty-one people responded to the poll and here are the results:

Student Affairs and Technology (& Social Media)		12	39%
Assessment and Evaluation in Student Affairs		14	45%
Health Education in Student Affairs		4	13%
GLBTQ Student Issues/Concerns		3	10%
Minority Student Issues/Concerns		5	16%
Legislative Issues Affecting Student Affairs		13	42%
Interviews with Student Affairs Professionals		10	32%
Programming Ideas		8	26%
Graduate Student and New Professionals' Concerns		4	13%
Graduate Programs in Texas		5	16%
Mental Health Issues		5	16%
Student Affairs and Development		9	29%
Student Affairs/Academic Affairs - Collaboration Ideas		15	48%
How to Get Published in Scholarly Journals		9	29%
Community College Issues		5	16%
HBCUs and HSIs - Issues		5	16%
Veteran Affairs and Higher Education		8	26%
Financial Literacy		7	23%

People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.

- Have a comment or an additional topic? Please post a response. 


Dr. Jennifer T. Edwards and Dr. Sandi Osters
TACUSPA Graduate Education and Research Co-Chairs

May 2010 - Veteran Student Services (Tweets from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)

Readers,


Stay abreast of the news focused on veterans. The U.S. Department of Veterans Services updates their twitter feed on a daily basis. Add their feed to your twitter list OR read the tweets below!


The TACUSPA Graduate Education and Research Commission.