From the Chair

   Research and Writing Awards

   Research Grants Program

   CAS Standards

   2002 Commission XII Sponsored Programs

   Special Edition of JCSD

   Updates for Directory of Graduate Preparation Programs

   Good News

A date we will forever remember. I don’t remember the date of the first bombing of the World Trade Center. I don’t remember the date of the embassy bombings in Africa. I will, however, remember September 11. Not only due to the immensity of the tragedy, but also because I witnessed it. I saw the first explosion as I exited my train across the river in Hoboken, NJ. I was on my way to work at NYU. It was a remarkable day. The explosions. The towers coming down. Knowing that this was timed to cause the maximum loss of life. The horror was unimaginable. Yet, even before the last of the buildings came down that evening, the heroic nature of our fellow citizens and our leaders was becoming evident. (I was going to say “Even before the smoke cleared” except that it hasn’t. Two and half weeks later, it is still burning.)  The actions of the many heroes obviously cannot make us forget the tragedy, but they can give us hope and optimism about the future.

It is hard to imagine the day in the future when I will not close my eyes and see the explosion, or replay the destruction of the towers. I still pause and look into the sky when I hear an airplane. Loud noises make me more jumpy than they did before September 11. Yet, I know that day will come. However, I don’t wish for a rush back to normality. I am using, and I encourage you to use, this time of anxiety and uncertainty to reflect on the events of September 11 and what they mean personally. I am looking at my work, how I spend my time, and where I focus my energies both in my professional life and in my personal life. I want more confidence that what I am doing is contributing to the creation of a better world. I want to challenge my students more to reflect on what they are doing and why. I want to consider how I and the work I do can better connect to global issues. I want to figure out ways for all of us to feel more like global citizens than just American citizens. In many ways this tragedy has done that. So many people who live on other parts of our planet live with the uncertainty and lack of security we are experiencing now. Since September 11, we can better empathize with our fellow world citizens.

I invite you to reflect as well. I also invite ideas as to how the Professional Preparation Commission can shape its work to meet the needs of this new world in which we live. I wish you all the best. I wish you peace.

Sincerely,

Patrick Love

Chair

Professional Preparation Commission

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Submitted by Jan Arminio, Shippensburg University and

Susan Jones, Ohio State University

Each year, Commission XII acknowledges the outstanding scholarship of graduate students in higher education and student affairs programs through the presentation of research and writing awards.  We are pleased to announce the criteria, application process, and deadline for this year’s awards process.  Recipients will be recognized at the 2002 ACPA Convention in Long Beach, California, March 16-20, 2002.

The purpose of these awards is to honor the writing and research of students enrolled (and those who earned their degrees between March 2001-March 2002) in graduate preparation programs in student affairs or higher education.  Please send four copies of each entry, accompanied by a letter clearly specifying for which award the entry is to be judged. The due date for the following Commission XII research and writing award is December 1, 2001.  Entries should be sent directly to:

Dr. Jan Arminio

Associate Professor

Department of Counseling

1871 Old Main Drive

Shippensburg University

Shippensburg, PA 17257

Please place the author's name on the cover sheet ONLY. Submissions will be judged anonymously.

Burns B. Crookston Doctoral Award

This awards recognizes research by a doctoral student or students that must be original, journal quality research that brings greater understanding to student development or the organization and administration of student affairs. The award is $400.

Submissions must not exceed 15 double-spaced pages, including references, tables, and figures. All writing must strictly conform to the American Psychological Association 5th edition style manual. Content and style should be appropriate for a professional journal in higher education. Entries must include a cover sheet that includes the name, address, phone number, and e-mail address of the author/s.

Gerald Saddlemire Masters Research Award

Submissions must be from students in a masters student affairs graduate preparation program (or a someone who graduated December 2000 or the Spring 2001). Submissions must entail original, journal-quality research that gives insight into the learning or development of students or the organization and administration or students affairs practice. The amount of the award is $400.

Submissions must not exceed 15 double-spaced pages, including references, tables, and figures. All writing must strictly conform to the American Psychological Association 5th edition style manual. Content and style should be appropriate for a professional journal in higher education. Entries must include a cover sheet that includes the name, address, phone number, and e-mail address of the author/s.

Roberta Christie Award

This award is presented to a current graduate student for writing an essay that best captures the theme of the conference. This year's conference theme is "Voices of Wisdom: Stories of Inclusion, Practice, & Scholarship."  The award is $200.

Submissions must not exceed 15 double-spaced pages, including references, tables, and figures. All writing must strictly conform to the American Psychological Association 5th edition style manual. Content and style should be appropriate for a professional journal in higher education. Entries must include a cover sheet that includes the name, address, phone number, and e-mail address of the author/s.

Nevitt Sanford Award

The purpose of the award is to provide financial assistance for research within student affairs. The award may be used to help support dissertations, theses, or specific research projects. The amount of the award is $400.

Entries must not exceed three double spaced, typewritten pages (excluding references). Entries must address the purpose, methodology, and significance of the research and how the award money would be spent. Include a cover page with the name, address, phone number, and e-mail address of the author(s).

All entries must be postmarked no later than December 1, 2001 (no electronic or faxed entries will be accepted).  An e-mail confirmation will be sent to all applicants.

The judges reserve the right to make no award in any category if only a few entries are submitted in a category.

Direct questions to Dr. Jan Arminio at 717-477-1676, jlarmi@ark.ship.edu or Dr. Susan R. Jones 614-688-3095, jones.1302@osu.edu.

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Submitted by Debora Liddell, University of Iowa

CALL FOR GRANT PROPOSALS:

Commission XII Research Grants Program

Purpose:    To provide funding for research projects directed by faculty and related to issues in student affairs and higher education.

Terms:       Typical awards will not exceed $500, though requests for higher levels of funding will be reviewed on their individual merits. The awards will be made for a one-year period, beginning November 1, 2001.

Deadline:   November 15, 2001

The Commission will support research projects on a wide variety of topics. Applicants are encouraged to submit proposals on any topic related to a current issue in student affairs or higher education administration. Proposals may be submitted by individual faculty members or by teams of researchers. Both full-time faculty and those who serve in adjunct roles are eligible to apply. The deadline for proposals under the current round of funding is October 15, 2001. (Awards made November 1, 2001.)

The proposal protocol is available at: resgrant.htm

Or by contacting Debora Liddell at  debora-liddell@uiowa.edu

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Submitted by Ted Miller, University of Georgia

NEW CAS PUBLICATIONS ANNOUNCED

The Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS) is pleased to announce that the 2001 edition of The CAS Book of Professional Standards for Higher Education is now available. The 2001 "Blue Book" includes four new standards including (1) Campus Information and Visitor Services, (2) College Health Programs, (3) Educational Services for Distance Learners, and (4) Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Programs as well as a revision of the Career Services standards.

The new CAS "Blue Books" are available from CAS, One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20036-1188 [CAS Federal ID # 52-122-8597] at a cost of $35.00 each including postage and handling or $30.00 per copy when ordering 10 or more books (International addresses $40.00 per book or $35.00 each for 10 or more copies). AMEX, VISA, or MasterCard orders accepted via (202) 835-2272

CAS also has created a CD-ROM version of the CAS Self-Assessment Guides (SAG). The CD is available in PC or Macintosh format and for $125.00 per CD. Faculty members who use CAS SAGs for training purposes receive a $50.00 discount when ordering if they indicate that they are ordering the CD for graduate level educational purposes.  Hard copies of individual functional area standards are also available at a cost of $15.00 each.  Sorry, but CAS cannot accept institutional purchase orders.

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Submitted by Katie Branch, University of Rhode Island

Commission XII received 19 educational program proposals that requested consideration for our sponsorship or co-sponsorship at the Long Beach convention. These proposals are under review by the following individuals:

Tony W. Cawthon, Clemson University
Florence A. Hamrick, Iowa State University
Michael G. Ignelzi, Slippery Rock University
Susan R. Jones, The Ohio State University
Jillian Kinzie, Indiana University
Debora L. Liddell, The University of Iowa
Patrick G. Love, New York University

Raechele L. Pope, University at Buffalo
C. Carney Strange, Bowling Green State University
Melora Sundt, University of Southern California
Deborah J. Taub, Purdue University
Lemuel W. Watson, Clemson University
Maureen E. Wilson, Bowling Green State University

Thank you all for your service to the commission.

Coordinating presenters can expect to hear via e-mail on, or just after, November 15 as to the status of their proposals.

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Submitted by Susan Jones, Ohio State University

Call for Manuscripts

Submitted by Michael Coomes and Janice Gerda, Bowling Green State University

As the recruitment season reaches its zenith, you might want to consider updating your program entry in the Directory of Graduate Programs Preparing Student Affairs Professionals.  Some categories of information change frequently (tuition and fees, student demographics, faculty lists) and prospective students will notice and appreciate updated information.  If you are already listed in the directory, your updates are FREE.  Information submitted by January 31 is guaranteed to be on-line by the ACPA conference, but we are able to update most pages much sooner.  Please send updated information to webmaster Janice Gerda, gerdaj@bgnet.bgsu.edu.

If your program is not currently listed in the Directory, please consider adding it.  The cost is $50 for unlimited updates.  Please e-mail Michael Coomes at mcoomes@bgnet.bgsu.edu. He will reply by e-mail and attach a template or questionnaire to be completed and returned electronically. After completing and forwarding the template, the institution requesting inclusion in this directory will need to also fax or mail a hard copy of the completed template with a check for $50.00 (payable to ACPA). The hard copy will be used to ensure all information received electronically is correct. After editing the

submission, a web page will be placed on-line for the submitting institution to view and make corrections or suggestions before the page is linked to the on-line directory for public viewing.

Questions or concerns about this procedure should be directed to Michael Coomes at the above e-mail address, or by calling 419-372-7157.

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   Kristin Renn has moved from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale to Michigan State University where she is an assistant professor in the Higher, Adult, & Lifelong Education program.

   Patrick Dilley has moved to SIU Carbondale to serve as assistant professor in higher education and qualitative research. He is also the director of the college student personnel program.

   James Wallace, former director of CSP at SIUC is now at Eastern Illinois University.

   Bowling Green State University has had a hiring bonanza. Michael Dannells moved from Kansas State University to become director of the Higher Education Administration Program. Ellen Broido left Portland State University and Maureen Wilson left Mississippi State University to become assistant professors in College Student Personnel and Higher Education Administration.

   Merrily Dunn has moved from Mississippi State University to her new post as Assistant Professor in Student Affairs Administration at University of Georgia.

   Mary Howard Hamilton has joined the Higher Education and Student Affairs program at Indiana University. She had been at University of Florida.

   Dea Forney, Professor in the College Student Personnel Program at Western Illinois University, is on sabbatical this semester, studying qualitative research methodology and its applications to student affairs and student development theory. She values the opportunity for a concentrated learning experience that her first sabbatical is providing. Dea thanks her colleagues who shared materials and provided suggestions to aid her, especially Marcia Baxter Magolda, her consultant.

   Bob Reason, who is currently a temporary instructor in CSP at Western Illinois University, successfully defended his dissertation ("The use of merit-index measures to predict between-year retention of undergraduate college students") at Iowa State University on September 14, 2001. Bob is also serving as the ACPA Presidential Intern this year.

   Joe Murray has been promoted to Associate Professor of Education with tenure at Bucknell University.

  Melora Sundt, the faculty coordinator for the PASA program (the master’s in student affairs) at the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California, has been promoted to Associate Dean for Research. She continues with a half time teaching load, fulfilled by her work with the master’s program.

  Elizabeth J. Allan is an Assistant Professor of Higher Education Leadership at University of Maine.

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Last revised: 10/25/01