1. Friday, January 10, 2014
DIVISION OF
STUDENT AFFAIRS
DIVISIONAL MEETING
WELCOME

2. Agenda
8:30am – 9:00am
9:00am – 9:15am
9:15am – 10:00am
Refreshments and Mingling
Welcome/Purpose (Introducing VIP Guest)
Student Government Greeting
Kyle Pendergast
Departmental Updates – Prize Drawing **
Office of the Dean of Students
Jim Hintz
Development
David Lasater**
University Bands
Jay Gephart (Mo Trout)
Center for Career Opportunities
Tim Luzader
SA Business Office
John Globoker**
Air Force ROTC
Colonel Seth Bretscher (Maj Mike Miller)
10:00am – 10:15am
Break
Departmental Updates – Prize Drawing**
Convocations
Purdue Musical Organizations
Division of Rec Sports
Navy ROTC
Student Health Center
Todd Wetzel (Abby Eddy) **
Bill Griffel
Howard Taylor**
CDR Troy Mong (CDR Craig Remaly)
Gail Walenga**
11:00am – 11:15am
Professional Development Reports Susan Bush
11:15am – 11:30am
11:30am – 11:40am
11:40am – 12:00pm
Professional Development Reports** (2 staff members)
Break
State of the Division
Dale Whittaker

3. ODOS-DRC
Student Success
1. Assist students with disabilities in
facilitating accommodations
2. Serve as an advocate for students
with disabilities
3. Provide testing center for students
with disabilities
What’s Next
1. Seeking more accessible Office
location
2. Partnering with Wright State University
to apply for a NSF REAL (Research on
Education and Learning) Grant with
Wright State University.
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4. ODOS-Horizons
New Staff
1. Nicole Wilson, Academic Coordinator
2. Cecilia (Sam) Walters, Administrative
Assistant
Student Success
1. Serves 488 students: 100% are lowincome and 66% are both lowincome and first-generation
2. Student Success Services include
academic advising, career advising,
tutoring, supplemental instruction,
faculty mentoring, peer mentoring,
freshman seminars, service learning,
subsidized study abroad opportunity
3. Department of Education success
measures 2008-2013
– Persistence 90%
– Good Academic Standing 91%
– 6 year Bachelor’s Degree
Attainment 44%
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What’s Next
1. 2015 federal grant competition to
continue services from 2015 through
2020
2. Restructuring of academic support
program to focus on increasing
bachelor’s degree attainment
3. 2014 Study Abroad Course on Global
Leadership in Valencia, Spain

5. ODOS-OSRR
New Staff
What’s Next
1. Robert Kirchubel, Graduate
Assistant Professional
2. Leslie Charters, Student Legal
Services Director
1. Student Legal Services is expanding to
serve graduate and professional
students
2. CAS self-assessment this Spring
3. Evaluation of Community Standards
Board for Student Organizations
Student Success
1. 171 students from Sept 3 - Dec 31,
2013. Average on survey
(satisfaction rating) is 96.3% (agree
and strongly agree).
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6. ODOS-SAC
New Staff
What’s Next
1. Lauren Hussong, Receptionist
2. Deb Winger, Secretary
3. Greg Douglas, Testing Center,
Clerk/Testing Proctor
4. Caylen Redden, Testing Center,
Clerk/Testing Proctor
1. Education campus community on
scope and services
Student Success
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Crisis Response / OOT
Advocacy
Emergency Loans
Adult/Non-Traditional Student
Support
2. QRP Program-Suicide Prevention
Training
3. Crisis Hotline Support

7. ODOS-SAO
New Staff
1. Jennifer Sula, Assistant Director
Fraternity, Sorority & Cooperative
Life Risk Management
2. Chris DeEulis, Assistant Director
Fraternity, Sorority & Cooperative
3. Roger Stewart, Student Affairs
Specialist
4. Kelley Stier, Coordinator CoCurricular Experience
Student Success
1. SAO furthers students’ intellectual,
personal, and professional
development through co-curricular
programs, services, and events that
are intentionally designed to provide
purposeful, challenging, experiential,
and reflective learning opportunities.
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What’s Next
1. Strategic Planning Implementation
2. Co-Curricular Transcript Campaign
3. History of International Students Exhibit
(April 7-18 Hicks Library)
4. MLK Day of Service (January 20)
5. Hosting Elect Her at Purdue (February
22)

8. Development
Student Success
1. Completion of the Al G Wright
Chair in Bands and Orchestra
2. Parents Committee Big Give
What’s Next
1. Bailey Hall Building Dedication
2. CSEL Building Dedication
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9. Purdue Bands and Orchestras
Faculty and Student
Success
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Over 750 students participated in Purdue
bands and orchestras during the fall
semester!
Matt Conaway: Assistant Professor
Recieved music commissions from SW
Indiana Festival of Bands & Zeeland (MI)
JH Bands
Guest Conducted the SW Indiana Festival
of Bands and the IBA All-District Honor
Band (Bloomington, IN)
Ishbah Cox: Assistant Professor
Judged the Circle City Classic Battle of the
Bands (Indianapolis, IN)
Adjudicated the Lowndes High School
Marching Festival (Valdosta, GA)
Guest Conducted the Northern Illinois
University Wind Ensemble
Andy King: Associate Professor
Guest Conducted Texas District Honor
Orchestra
What’s Next
1.
The 24th Annual Purdue Jazz Festival will
take place Saturday, January 18th, featuring
Purdue jazz bands, under the directon of Dr.
Mo Trout, and guest artists Snarky Puppy,
Steve Allee and Donny McCaslin.
2.
The annual Percussion Theater concert,
under the direction of Dr. Pam Nave, will
take place April 13th in Loeb Playhouse.
3.
The 2014 Band/Orchestra Showcase
Weekend is April 25-27, featuring all concert
bands and orchestras and internationally
famous composer Julie Giroux.
4.
The Purdue All-American Marching Band will
celebrate its 94th performance at the Indy
500 in May!
5.
PR/Marketing Director Susan Xioufaridou
has created a new marketing plan for Purdue
Bands with implementation in 2014.

10. Center for Career Opportunities
New Staff
What’s Next
1.
1. Emerging Employers Career Fair - New
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3.
Tamara Clarkson
Career Services Consultant
Allison (Ali) Mears
Career Services Consultant
Iyad Uakoub
Career Services Systems Associate
Student Success
1. Communicating career and job
search resources
2. Conducting outreach programming
3. Providing individual assistance
4. Hosting employers on campus
5. Tracking graduates’ first destination
success
6. Measuring student satisfaction and
learning outcomes
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2. Mandarin-Speaking Internship/Career
Fair - New
3. New CCO web site rollout
4. Linked-in Boot Camp
5. Speed Interviewing with Employers
6. Career Clothes Closet Campaign - New
7. Summer Camp Job Fair
8. Teacher Recruitment Day
9. Just-in-Time Job Fair
10. Career Coaching/Motivating the
Reluctant Candidate - New

11. BUSINESS OPERATIONS
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New Systems
Concur – Travel System
 Major win – implementation of Visa Travel Card
 Need assistance – resources & help are available
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Ariba – Procurement System
 Opportunity – transition more product purchases to online
procurement system and reduce Pcard usage
 Reduces time and effort spent on reconciliation and audit of
Pcard purchases
 Provides more spend data for Strategic Sourcing
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Kronos – Online Timekeeping System
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Rec Sports rolled out in November and things are going
well
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Supervisors – time investment upfront to build schedules
Rest of Student Affairs will roll out in 2014
Major win – elimination of paper time cards

12. AIR FORCE ROTC
New Staff
What’s Next
1. SSgt Bernie Reyes
1. 21 programmed to graduate in
May
Replaces TSgt Robert Sawtell who
is now stationed in Korea.
2. Spring Break Trip in March
3. Drill Team Competition and USAFA
April
Student Success
1. Four Cadets Commissioned
in Dec
Two in Nursing
One Chemistry
One Law and Society
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13. Break Time

14. ARMY ROTC
New Staff
What’s Next
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Mark Swenson, Chief of Operations
Ronnie Baxter, Training Manager
Ralph Merrill, Assistant Professor, MSL II
1.
Staff Ride: Event includes a visit to
Washington D.C., the Pentagon, and
Arlington National Cemetery (30 Students)
4.
New Department Head:
LTC Carl Poppe – July 2014
2.
JROTC Drill Competition: 20 secondary
schools from IN, IL, KY, MI, WI
3.
Combined FTX: An event with 8 other
schools regionally that includes Rappel
Training, Obstacle Courses, and computeraided tactical training exercises
Student Success
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Five students commissioned into fulltime junior management positions in the
U.S. Army, one student commissioned
into Indiana Army National Guard
Three new 100% STEM scholarships

15. CONVOCATIONS
Student Success
What’s Next
1.
Black Cultural Center
1. Development of Theme-Year
programming for Purdue (in
cooperation with SATS)
2.
Native American Educational & Cultural
Center
2. Presidential Lecture Series soon-to-beannounced
3.
Indian Classical Music Association of
Purdue
3. Booking the 2014-15 season now.
4.
TEDxPurdueU
1. Collaborations this year with student
impact:
2. Service to P-12 and Collegiate segments
for the Fall semester include 14 events
reaching over 3,700 students.
3. Pre-professional Interns for 13-14:
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Matthew Parr, production
3.
Alex Bolten, PR/group sales
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Aaron Whiteman, production
Cory Wonderly, design/video
4. Yo-Yo Ma/Kathryn Stott rescheduled!
(Oct 15, 2014)

16. Purdue Musical Organization
New Staff
What’s Next
1.
1. Bailey Hall
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Jermaine Hill (Assistant Director of the
Purdue Varsity Glee Club, Director of
Heart and Soul)
Sarah May (Assistant Director of
Purduettes, University Choir, Director of All
Campus and Community Chorale and the
PMO Kids Choir)
Rhonda Blacklock (Director of Purdue
Bells)
Student Success
1. Fall Performances
2. 80th Anniversary Purdue Christmas
Show
3. Scholarships
4. We are Growing
5. Academic Success
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We are thrilled with the progress of our
new home, Ralph and Bettye Bailey
Hall! The construction continues to
progress quickly. We hope to be
moving in sometime early this summer!
Let the packing begin!
2. Performances
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We are thrilled with the progress of our
new home, Ralph and Bettye Bailey
Hall! The construction continues to
progress quickly. We hope to be
moving in sometime early this summer!
Let the packing begin!

17. RECREATIONAL SPORTS
New Staff
1. Matt Clark – Club Sports Intern,
(September)
What’s Next
1. Lighted Tennis Courts West of TREC
2. Pickett Park Improvements
Student Success
1. Student Employee Academic Success
2. Student Employee Learning
 Assessing learning is a priority with all
of our 600+ student employees.
 Learning Domains Include:
Leadership, Customer Service,
Communication, Critical Thinking
3. Participant Learning
 Programs designed to intentionally
contribute to learning.
 Learning Domains Include: SelfEfficacy, Communication, Time
Management, Knowledge Acquisition
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VPSA - Student Success Story

18. NAVY ROTC
New Staff
What’s Next
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1. Mariner’s Skills Simulator integrated
into navigation class
CDR Craig Remaly
LT Joshua Maciejewski
LT Megan Redlawsk
LT Adam Sheppard
2. Expect to commission 6 Ensigns (2
Nurse Corps) and 3 Second
Lieutenants in May
3. Naval Leadership Conference @ Notre
Dame
Student Success
1. MIDN Hernandez named 2013
Hispanic Engineer National
Achievement Award Corporation
(HENAAC) Cadet Role Model
2. Commissioned 6 Ensigns and 2
Second Lieutenants in Dec
3. Produced 3 Nuclear Power Officers
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19. PUSH
New Staff
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Becky Conkright, RN, Medical clinic
Kathleen Biggs, Business Office
James Allington, CAPS Psychology
Resident
Jason Schwenker, CAPS Psychology
Resident
Jennifer Walsh, CAPS Psychology
Resident
Guyanne Lillpop – SWO Sect.
Caitlin McPherson, GA Risk
Reduction and Prevention Partners
Student Success
 Trained two nurses to provide Sexual
Assault Nurse Exam (SANE) Services
at PUSH
 Collaborated with Environmental Health
and Public Safety to implement 24 hour
Crisis Line (495.4357) in Jan. 2014.
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 Initiated weekly nurse consultation
services at LGBTQ Center.
 Grew Online medical appointments
from 6% to 39% of all appointments
made.
 Collaborating with the LGBTQ Services
and Aspire Indiana to provide free HIV
testing for students
 SWO has distributed approximately 500
cold/flu kits and is promoting influenza
vaccinations through electronic media.
 Received a Parents Grant to provide
financial assistance for medical
expenses to students who have been
assaulted.
 CAPS increased number of clients seen
by 17% over Fall 2012.

20. PUSH
Student Success
 On call appointments increased
by 55% over Fall, 2012.
What’s Next
 PUSH Medical Services is
developing a collaboration with
School of Nursing, Pharmacy
School, The Masters of Public
Health Program, and ISD/TCDH
to provide a shorter treatment
option to students with Latent
Tuberculosis Infections (to
prevent them from becoming
infectious to others)
 The Healthy Campus Coalition initiated
by the Student Wellness Office
continues its mobilization and
assessment of campus health and
wellness issues.

21. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANT AWARDEES
SPRING 2014
Karen Barnard
Lance Connolly
Norma Douglas
Trevor Foley
Marty Jacoba
Terry Knight
Beth Kozik
Travis Pashak
Lygia Vernon
Michelle Whipple
Michelle Blackburn
Deb Denno
Patrick Edwards
Tyler Ford
Nicole Jasinski
Katy Kopp-Miller
Stacey Lee
Elsa Schirmer
Rosa Villarreal
Susan Xioufaridou

22. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANT AWARDEES
Terry Knight
Vice President for Student Affairs
Office – Business Office
Account Assistant
Attended:
Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach
Seminar
Tammy Loew
PUSH-SWO
Health Advocacy Coordinator
Attended:
2013 International Town
Gown Association University
– City Relation Conference

23. Break Time

24. STATE OF THE DIVISION
A. Dale Whittaker, Ph.D.
Acting Vice President for Student Affairs