Thursday, September 2, 2010

Two Great Opportunities from the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE)

Readers,


Here's a great opportunity for some TACUSPA members (found on the AERA listserv)! We will try to post opportunities and CFPs (Call for Proposals) for higher education/student affairs journals, etc. on our blog (in addition to our regular posts).


The American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE), Inc., is now accepting applications for two fellowship programs: (1) The AAHHE Graduate Student Fellows Program (GSFP) and (2) The AAHHE Junior Faculty Fellows Program. Applications are due October 1, 2010.

Graduate and Faculty Fellows will attend the 2011 AAHHE National Conference: "Creative Solutions for Challenging Times in Higher Education," which will be held March 3-5, 2011, at the Hyatt Regency Riverwalk Hotel in San Antonio, TX. Participation in both fellowship programs will begin on Tuesday March 1st, continue throughout the conference, and end on the evening of Saturday March 5th. For more information, please refer to the attached pdf or visit the AAHHE website, at: 
http://www.aahhe.org/

The deadline to submit an application for the 2011 AAHHE/ETS Outstanding Dissertation Competition is September 7th. Please refer all to the AAHHE web site, 
www.aahhe.org, for additional details regarding the competition and to access the the required application forms.

The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans supports green card holders, naturalized citizens, or the child of at least one naturalized parent for up to two years of graduate study in any subject at any US higher education institution. A first year graduate student would be eligible. The fellowship provides $25,000 plus 1/2 tuition (up to $20,000 per academic year). The deadline is November 1st, 2010. For more information, please visit: 
http://www.pdsoros.org/



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

Sunday, August 22, 2010

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



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

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

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)!

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- 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


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

Monday, July 5, 2010

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

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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

Monday, June 7, 2010

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)1239%
Assessment and Evaluation in Student Affairs1445%
Health Education in Student Affairs413%
GLBTQ Student Issues/Concerns310%
Minority Student Issues/Concerns516%
Legislative Issues Affecting Student Affairs1342%
Interviews with Student Affairs Professionals1032%
Programming Ideas826%
Graduate Student and New Professionals' Concerns413%
Graduate Programs in Texas516%
Mental Health Issues516%
Student Affairs and Development929%
Student Affairs/Academic Affairs - Collaboration Ideas1548%
How to Get Published in Scholarly Journals929%
Community College Issues516%
HBCUs and HSIs - Issues516%
Veteran Affairs and Higher Education826%
Financial Literacy723%

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