LifeNet Newsletter, Fall 2019

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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR

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LIFENET what's inside this issue

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Letter from the Director

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Upcoming Events

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2019 Hooding Ceremony

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Hardee Fellowship Induction Ceremony

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Join us! Online & IRL

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Hardee connect Program

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LifeNet Conference Gathering Info

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30th Annual Dalton Institute Info

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LifeNet Celebrations!

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note from the director The Hardee Center for Leadership and Ethics in Higher Education is committed to continuing the tremendous legacy of Dr. Melvene Draheim Hardee. The Hardee Center's purpose is two-fold. The Center supports the Higher Education program at Florida State University and the students, faculty, staff, and friends of the program. The Center also coordinates all alumni engagement and advancement initiatives, while promoting the "LifeNet." As we move through the 2019-2020 academic year, the Hardee Center has continued our support of our students, faculty, staff, and LifeNet in a number of ways including our celebrating our Hardee Fellowships, launching our LifeNet Connection Program, as well as extending our LifeNet conference gatherings to include NASPA, ACPA, and ASHE. The Hardee Center appreciates the constant support we recieve fromt he LifeNet. The Center and the LifeNet would not exist without YOU! As we move forward, we would love for you to be involved! If you are interested, please use one of the many links throughout the newsletter to express your interest in a particular project, or update your contact information. You are also welcome to email us at coe-Hardee@admin.fsu.edu

-kathy l. guthrie

UPCOMING

EVENTS

florida state university homecoming week october 20-27, 2019 information can be found at homecoming.fsu.edu

florida state university homecoming game saturday, october 26, 2019 information & tickets can be found at seminoles.com

hardee board weekend thursday, november 11 - saturday, november 14, 2019

ashe & lifenet breakfast thursday, november 11 - saturday, november 14, 2019 portland, organ

lifenet breakfast gathering information can be found on page 17

deadline to apply to higher education programs sunday, december 1, 2019 at 11:59 p.m. information can be found at education.fsu.edu and on page 19

publication of 2020 lifenet resume book monday, december 2, 2019

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30th annual dalton insitute wednesday, january 29 - friday, january 31, 2019 more information can be found on page 20 & 21 or online at studentvalues.fsu.edu

doctoral preliminary examinations saturday, january 11 - sunday, january 19, 2020 send our future doctoral candidates some positive thoughts

program visiting days sunday, february 9 - tuesday, february 11, 2020 tallahassee, florida

acpa & lifenet gathering monday, march 2 - thursday, march 5, 2020 nasheville, tennessee

lifenet gathering information can be found on page 17

naspa & florida state and friends reception friday, march 27 - wednesday, april 1, 2020 austin, texas

florida state and friends reception information can be found on page 17

hardee center hooding ceremony friday, may 1, 2020 tallahassee, florida

BEST WISHES TO OUR 2019 GRADUATES The Hardee Center Hooding Ceremony

Friday, May 3, 2019 | 2:00pm | Askew Student Life Theatre

Our master's Graduates: Carson Brinkley Banks Danielle Blackfield Jordyn Leigh Chew Shannon Keanna Cochran Esther Catharena DeClerck Tory E. Dellafiora Brittany Devies Briana Christina Edwards Jacob Jeffrey Ellis Jessica Leighann Gilbert Beatriz Suzette Gutiérrez-Malagón Anurunjitha Kashmira Hiremath Ryan Hopely Ryan Robert Hopkins Joshua Houtkooper Alex Lassard Valerie Luutran Ashley Dawn Milton Madeline SueAnne Peña Destiny Nicole Washington Dillon Shane Yonker

Hardee awards: Sherrill W. Ragans Leadership & Service Award: Valerie Luutran Peer Leadership Awards: Destiny Washington & Jesse Ford Supervisor & Mentor Awards: Myrna Hoover & Dr. Jillian Volpe White Dr. Barbara Mann Awards: Ryan Hopkins & Dr. Maritza Torres

A special thank you Dr. Ann Bailey donned her FSU academic robes to provide our graduates with well wishes and wisdom from the LifeNet. Thank you for joining us for this celebration, Dr. Bailey.

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OUR DOCTORAL GRADUATES doctor of education: Tadarrayl Martez Starke Aid and College Success: The Effect of a Grant-Filled Financial Aid Package on the Academic Performance and Persistence of Traditionally Underrepresented Students in an Academic Support Program

doctor of philosophy: Marshall Cedric Anthony Jr. Bridge Inspection: Predicting the Retention of Academically Prepared First-generation, Low-income Students Participating in a Summer Bridge Program

Jason Paul Guilbeau Student Diversity in Higher Education: Are Alumni Part of the Equation?

Amber Holton-Thomas (Hampton) Education as Feminism for Nontraditional Aged Women Receiving Pell Grants

Esteebaliz Hernández Embodied Scholar-Activism: Testimonios from Chicana Doctoral Students

Shermin Murji Developing strategy: An examination of strategic planning processes of Divisions of Student Affairs in Canadian Higher Education Institutions

Allison Black Peters Doctoral students in the virtual world: Online EdD students' program experiences and outcomes

Sophia Glenyse Wilson Rahming Black Women in White Coats: Science Identity Construction in Afro-Caribbean Women

Dorsey Spencer Jr. Like a unicorn: A narrative inquiry exploring the leadership experiences of undergraduate Black men

Trisha Teig Higher Education/Student Affairs Master's Students' Preparation and Development as Leadership Educators

Maritza Torres Ella creyó que podía, así que lo hizo: Exploring Latina leader identity development through testimonio

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CONGRATULATIONS HARDEE FELLOWS Hardee fellowship induction ceremony Friday, September 20Â | 11:00am | The Globe Auditorium

Our 2019 Hardee Fellowship Inductees

To earn this distinction, students must achieve a 3.8 overall grade point average after completing at least 18 hours of graduate-level work at Florida State University.

MASTER'S HARDEE FELLOWS:

Satcha Sanon & Dr. Guthrie

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Kiah Albritton Sarah Michael Anderson Christina Archipolo Maya Azar Dylan Bateman Jamie Clinton Samantha Cole-Reardon Catherine DeWall Frankie DiFranco Ashley Doehling Daniel Dominguez Kelly Gallavan Lynn Grasso Cameron Jernigan Erin Jones London Judge

Jennifer Lee Johnni Logue Kelsey Mills Hannah Mizell Kimberly Pack Brianna Ray Rosanna Rizo Antonio Ruiz Ezquerro Satcha Sanon David Schieler Brooke Schmalhorst Jada Toledo Tyler Treese Talia Varone Jessica Webber

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DOCTORAL HARDEE FELLOWS: Anthony Archer* Jennifer Batchelder Craig Beebe Brittany Brewster* Robyn Brock Trevor Bryan Kendra Bumpus* Nicole DiBartolo* Heather Epstein* Jennifer Farinella Jesse Ford Kenneth Gloeckner Eric Godin Debbie Hanson Jamaal Harrison

Pei Hu* Xinye Hu Julie LeBlanc* Daniel Marshall Dawn Matthews LaFarin Meriweather Jason Montalvo Chandra Myrick Pearson* Erin Sylvester-Philpot Rose Rezaei* Daniel Sheets Hayley Spencer Erica Wilborg Teng Zhao

*designates doctoral students and doctoral candidates, who are reciving the Hardee Fellow designation for the first time

CARRIE G. HALL SCHOLARSHIP: Julie LeBlanc Doctoral Student

Julie LeBlanc & Dr. Guthrie

Pei Hu & Dr. Guthrie

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JOIN US

FACEBOOK, TWITTER & IN REAL LIFE

LIFENET On the following pages, you will find a number of ways to get involved with the LifeNet!

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our social media

join our facebook group:

facebook.com/groups/FSULifeNet

follow us on twitter:

@HardeeCenter

contact us via email:

coe-Hardee@admin.fsu.edu

"[Dr. Hardee] believed that if you got the opportunity to help someone else; that is was your responsibility. She often talked about tossing out the 'LifeNet' and helping everyone who came into her sphere."

-R. Johnson

CONNECT

SUPPORT | FRIENDSHIP | CONNECTION The Hardee Center is incredibly excited to be rolling out

The focus of

Connect this semester!

Connect is to bring together alumni who are willing to encourage growth in

our current students with students looking for support and encouragement. Within this program, we recognize the tendency of mentorship programs to focus solely on our lives within higher education, but our students and LifeNet members are so much more than that! As such, we hope to connect folks over interests both inside and outside the academy for a genuine and long lasting relationship.

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CONNECT

HOW IT WORKS | WHAT TO EXPECT

HOW WE WILL CONNECT FOLKS:

EXPECTATIONS OF ALUMNI CONNECT MEMBERS:

If you are a LifeNet member willing and interested

As an alumni Connect member, you will be

in connecting with a student or two, please fill out

provided with a calendar of important dates for

the qualtrics form via the button/link below, to

your student(s), this may include important exam

create a Connect profile. We are asking for all

dates, times of the year that the faculty

profiles to be completed by

notice/expect student stress levels to be rising,

Monday, November 18.

and overall good dates to check in.

Once completed, interested students will be able

We ask that you have communication at least once

to see your profile and can request to be matched

a month with your Connect student. You have the

with you.

flexibility to determine when within the month communication takes place (hopefully, the

The Hardee Center will be providing interested students with your profile on

November 20;

Students will have a deadline to submit connection requests of

this), as well as what form you would like to communicate (phone, text, email, skype, etc).

December 4;

And initial connection emails being sent from the Hardee Center by

important dates calendar can help guide you in

December 9.

Additionally, we will be sending you a guide with conversation ideas, curriculum insight, and general tips/tricks in supporting our students. We know you support TONS of students in different capacities

SOME QUESTIONS ON THE PROFILE:

through your work, but a cheat sheet is always lovely.

Questions for our alumni members of Connect include: Hobbies/interests; Areas of interest/involvement within HE; Preferred means of distressing; Current "for fun" book/tv show/podcast in progress;

And finally once a semester, the Hardee Center will send out a check-in email for you to provide feedback on the program as well as how your connection with your student is going. This allows for us to adjust pairings and generally grow and improve Connect.

Salient identities you are willing to share

READY TO CONNECT? To complete our interest form, click here or visit: tinyurl.com/LifeNetConnect

Please complete your profile form no later than Monday, November 18!

CONFERENCE SEASON Mark your calendar and join us at one of our LifeNet Conference Get-Togethers!

ASHE

ACPA

NASPA

Association for the Study of Higher Education

American College Personnel Association

National Association of Student Personnel Administrators

Portland, Oregon

Nasheville, Tennessee

Austin, Texas

November 14-16, 2019

March 2-5, 2020

March 27 - April 1, 2020

LifeNet Newsletter Fall • 2019

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OUR CURRENTLY PLANNED CONFERENCE GATHERINGS:

ASHE LIFENET BREAKFAST GATHERING Friday, November 15, 2019 6:30am - 8:00am

Space is limited, please RSVP to receive a first-come-first-serve invitation.

ACPA OFF-SITE GATHERING Date & Time TBD

Let us know if you'll be at ACPA during the conference RSVP, and help us select an evening to meet!

NASPA FLORIDA STATE & FRIENDS RECEPTION Date & Time TBD

We are currently working with Florida State's Department of Student Affairs to set the date and time.

Please let us know to expect to see you during the conference season!

CLICK HERE TO RSVP or visit: tinyurl.com/LifeNetCon19-20

SHARE

YOUR FLORIDA

STATE

STORIES

& EXPERIENCES

WITH THE

HARDEE CENTER

HARDEE ORAL HISTORY PROJECT We are still working to collect and preserve your stories, experiences, and memories from your time at Florida State University. Oral histories from this project will be included in the Florida State University Archives as well as provide research and interview experience for master's and undergraduate students.

Interested in joining the project?

Click here or visit: tinyurl.com/HardeeOralHistory

HELP US EXPAND THE LIFENET APPLICATIONS DUE DECEMBER 1, 2019

Established in 1957, the Florida State University Higher Education program boasts a long tradition of preparing students for successful careers.

Faculty members and students regularly disseminate research on higher education policy issues at the national, state, and institutional level.

Our program focuses on three central pillars:

student success, leadership, and social justice.

As they progress through the program, students will gain opportunities for advancement and career mobility. They can also expect to enhance expertise and renew motivation. Florida State offers

M.S., Ed.D. and Ph.D. higher education

programs.

KNOW SOMEONE INTERESTED IN HIGHER ED? Send them our way!

Information regarding the application process can be found at education.fsu.edu

Interested parties can also reach out to

Kendra

Bumpus at kbumpus@admin.fsu.edu

CONSIDERING CONTINUING YOUR EDUCATION? We would

love to have you

come back to Tallahassee and Florida State.

You know... just incase you're wondering...

LIFENET

CELEBRATIONS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

Join us in celebrating the achievements and happiness of our fellow LifeNet members!

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DR. SUSAN KOMIVES LIFENET CLASS OF 1969 PROFESSOR EMERITA UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND

Dr. Komives is the recipient of The 2019 John L. Blackburn Distinguished Pillar of the Profession Award. Additiionally Dr. Komives has worked on a number of publications, including: NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education Komives, S. R. (2019). Foreword: It is not magic. In K. Branch, J. Hart-Steffes, & C. Wilson (Eds.). Applying Student development theories holistically: Perspectives of scholar-practitioners (pp. vii-xii).

New York, NY: Routledge. Komives, S. R. (2019). Engagement with campus activities matters: Toward a new era of educationally purposeful activities. Journal of Campus Activities Practice & Scholarship. 1, 14-25. Komives, S. R. (2019). Educating the whole student: Moving beyond the silos. NASPA’s Leadership Exchange, Special 100th Anniversary Issue, 38-40, 42-23.

DR. LAURENCE HEWICK LIFENET CLASS OF 1979 PRESIDENT GLOBAL FAMILY BUSINESS INSTITUTE

Laurence will give the keynote address at the 2019 Slovenian World Congress in Ljubljana on the topic of Global Economics, Innovation and Collaboration. His article on Jules Verne, Innovation and Collaboration will be published in the fall issue of ERENet (Entrepreneurial Research and Education Network for Central and Eastern European Universities).

DR. MICHAEL SCHULTZ LIFENET CLASS OF 1984 VICE PRESIDENT HIGHER EDUCATION, PROJECT MANAGEMENT ADVISORS

Dr. Schultz retired from the Director of Housing position at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville after 30 years of service In July 2019, and began a second career as Vice President Higher Education at Project Management Advisors. Dr. Schultz and his family is excitedly expecting the birth of their first grandchild in December 2019

DR. TERRENCE LEAS LIFENET CLASS OF 1989 PRESIDENT BIG BEND COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Dr. Leas has announced his retirement as President of Big Bend Community College effective June 30, 2020.

DR. FRANK CUEVAS

LIFENET CLASS OF 1993 & 2010 ASSOCIATE VICE CHANCELLOR, STUDENT LIFE THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, KNOXVILLE The UT Executive Leadership Institute graduated its inaugural class in August 2019. Dr. Cuevas was one of 17 faculty and staff members representing each University of Tennessee campus and institute across the state. The 12month training program is designed to prepare internal candidates for senior leadership roles within the University.

Candidates were nominated by their supervisors and competitively selected by campus and institute leaders. The class met six times throughout the year at various locations in the state for multi-day leadership sessions.

DR. LAUREY STRYKER LIFENET CLASS OF 1993 PRINCIPAL, STRYKER CONSULTING

Dr. Stryker is proud to announce the crossing of the 10 year milestone for Stryker Consulting. Stryker Consulting works with foundations on innovative education initiatives.

Projects include: $9 M STEM investment, $5 M experiential learning, development of a 5 member higher education alliance, scholarship revamp of $1 M annual foundation program and creation of foundation Fellows program. Prior to consulting, Dr. Stryker enjoyed 30 years in education most notably as President of USF Sarasota Campus and Assistant Commissioner of Florida’s Department of Education.

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DR. P. DANIEL CHEN

LIFENET CLASS OF 2005 DIRECTOR, HIGHER EDUCATION PROGRAM GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY P. Daniel Chen joined George Mason University in Fall 2019 as an Associate Professor and Director of the Higher Education Program. Previously, he was an Associate Professor and the Higher Education Program Coordinator at the University of North Texas.

ANDREW ROBERTS

LIFENET CLASS OF 2006 DIRECTOR, ADMISSIONS AND ENROLLMENT RELAY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Andrew Roberts has been promoted to the role of Director of Admissions and Enrollment at Relay Graduate School of Education.

DR. JERRID KALAKAY

LIFENET CLASS OF 2007 PROFESSOR OF BUSINESS & ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP VALENCIA COLLEGE Dr. Kalakay has been promoted to Professor of Business and Organizational Leadership in the Bachelors of Applied Science in Business and Organizational Leadership.

MS. STEPHANIE KNIGHT LIFENET CLASS OFÂ 2008 DIRECTOR, LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS PURDUE UNIVERSITY

In December 2018, Stephane started her new role as Director of Leadership Programs at Purdue University. In the role, Stephanie oversees Purdue's academic leadership initiatives, civic engagement programs, and serves as a part of the campus student resiliency efforts.

ABBIE DAY

LIFENET CLASS OF 2009 ASSISTANT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, ACADEMIC SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE COUNTY Abbie was appointed to a 4 year term on the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Track and Field and Cross Country Committee beginning in September of 2019 running through August of 2023

DR. MARK PONTIOUS

LIFENET CLASS OF 2009 DIRECTOR, PARENT & FAMILY PROGRAMS MIAMI UNIVERSITY Dr. Pontious completed his Ph.D. in Educational Leadership, Student Affairs in Higher Education.

Dissertation title is "Race through class: Antiracist white identity formation of lower-classed students at a historically white institution with a wealthy student population."

MR. MARK GREEN

LIFENET CLASS OF 2010 DIRECTOR, INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH HOLY FAMILY UNIVERSITY Mark Green recently accepted the role of Director of Institutional Research at Holy Family Unversity. He also presented at the Drexel Assessment Conference in September on Effectively Visualizing your Data. This past June he led a workshop for the Mandela Fellows through the Goodwin College (Drexel University) on Visualizing Data for Leaders.

MR. TROY MAHLER

LIFENET CLASS OF 2013 DIRECTOR, STUDENT RECORDS TALLAHASSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE In July 2019, Troy was promoted to his new position, Director of Student Records at Tallahassee Community College.

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DR. JESSICA OWENS

LIFENET CLASS OF 2013 ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, ACADEMIC SUCCESS CENTER CLEMSON UNIVERSITY Dr. Owens earned her Ph.D. in Educational Leadership at Clemson University in May 2019.

Dr. Owen's dissertation explored how doctoral students perceived the influence of social media engagement, through Twitter, on their socialization and sense of belonging within academia. Dr. Owen's doctoral committee included Dr. Pamela Havice (chair), Dr. Tony Cawthon, Dr. Robin Phelps-Ward, and Dr. Joseph Mazer.

MR. EDDIE HIGGINBOTHAM, IV

LIFENET CLASS OF 2014 ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, NEW STUDENT & FAMILY PROGRAMS THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, KNOXVILLE Eddie co-authored a chapter titled Leveraging Extended Orientation Programming to Enhance the Student Transition Experience in the book, Building Successful Foundations: Best Practices in Orientation, Transition, and Retention , which was published by NODA: the Association for Orientation, Transition, & Retention in Higher Education.

ELAINE GILES

LIFENET CLASS OF 2015 ACADEMIC ADVISOR II UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, SARASOTA-MANATEE Elaine Giles got engaged to her fiancée, Jeffrey, in May 2019. They will be married in May 2020. Elaine also accepted a new position as an Academic Advisor II at the University of South Florida, Sarasota-Manatee.

BEN CECIL

LIFENET CLASS OF 2015 ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL STUDENT LIFE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA Ben is in his second year in serving as the Director of NASPA's International Symposium pre-conference event. Additionally, Ben will be presenting his research, a pilot study looking at experiential learning at the University of Georgia, during the ASHE Conference in November 2019.

JACQUELINE CHIARI

LIFENET CLASS OF 2018 RESIDENT SUCCESS SPECIALIST, UNIVERSITY HOUSING COASTAL CAROLINA UNIVERSITY Jacqueline has moved to Myrtle Beach and is happily living with partner and fellow LifeNetter, Daniel McBurney, with our dog, Kona. Jacqueline has started a new job at Coastal Carolina University as well as her own business as a personal organizer.

KAITLYN GORE & MICHAELA SHENBERGER LIFENET CLASS OFÂ 2018 PROGRAM COORDINATOR, OFFICE OF FRATERNITY & SORORITY LIFE & DOCTORAL STUDENT, HIGHER EDUCATION PROGRAM FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY

Kaitlyn and Michaela proudly presented at the 10th annual LeakyCon, a Harry Potter themed conference. Their presentation was entitled "Harry Potter in the Age of Activism: Why S.P.E.W. Failed and Dumbledore's Army Succeeded" and was attended by 60+ attendees ranging from middle school students to tenured professors. They plan to join several of these professors on a panel during next year's conference, as well as submit several more presentation proposals focused on student development, leadership, activism, and identity development.

DR. MARSHALL ANTHONY JR. LIFENET CLASS OF 2019 HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH ANALYST THE EDUCATION TRUST

After graduation, Dr. Anthony Jr. accepted a Higher Education Research Analyst position at The Education Trust in Washington, DC!

thank you so much for: checking out our fall 2019 LifeNet Newsletter; being an active member of the LifeNet; supporting our students, faculty, staff, and programs; & bringing the next generation of LifeNet members into the fold.

We truly would not be here without your support.

Thank you.

michaela shenberger

FALL 2019 LIFENET NEWSLETTER Published on October 23, 2019 Created by Michaela Shenberger