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Table of Contents 1. The VP’s Pen: The Future of Student Affairs 2. Veterans Symposium Continues to Grow 3. New “Digs” for DRC! 4. Speaker Gives a Powerful Presentation 5. Job Expo Draws Over 70 Employers 6. Kentucky Student Leadership Conference 2011 7. 9th Annual International Fashion Show 8. New Fraternity on Campus 9. New Sorority on Campus 10. Bringing Student Organizations Together 11. PDC Web Design Session Has Good Turn Out 12. Code of Conduct Revisions Endorsed 13. Mr. and Mrs. Cardinal 2011 14. Greeks Host Their 74th Annual Fryberger Sing 15. Zumba’ing It Up! 16. Welcome to Our New Staff Members 17. Newest Member of the UofL Family 18. Have You Given a High-Five Today? 19. Save the Dates 20. Sign Up for the Quote of the Day
1. The VP’s Pen: The Future of Student Affairs If one is employed in higher education long enough, the opportunity to see shifts that impact the work we do with students is often seen. The obvious and noticeable changes are many times linked to changes in resource allocation. There are periods in which departments have seen “good” times with increased funding to provide improved services
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or programs for students. There are also times of increased growth, where increases in students, faculty, and staff have created a renewed synergy in the work of a university. There are also the generational changes. These sneak up on a person. These start with a person saying, “My, the students are looking younger.” A few years go by and the statement becomes, “My, look how young the faculty are these days.” Somewhere along the way we have the, “We have done that before,” which later becomes, “We did that back in 19xx.” Yes, if one is employed long enough in higher education we can see these shifts. Higher education is facing one of its greatest shifts in decades. It is possible we are not prepared for it. Higher education is indirectly being asked to fundamentally change how it delivers knowledge and information to students and society. For centuries the academy has relied upon a professor, a student, a classroom, and a discipline. When combined over time a new scholar emerged – one we now call a college graduate. Along the way the academy discovered it wasn’t so much the message that mattered, but what was learned that mattered. Thus, student learning emerged. Throughout all of this, the academy learned to appreciate the out-of-classroom experiences and their direct impact on student learning, student success, and life-long learning. For decades we have enjoyed this synergy in philosophies. Today, 2011, the message is changing. Possibly spurred on by economic challenges, universities have grown reliant on a funding and