From coast to coast, our staff are sharing their knowledge and contributing to the field of Student Affairs through conference presentations. Representing a variety of functional areas, they’re helping move important conversations forward, highlighting effective practices and showing their continued commitment to student success.
Here’s how our team is engaging with professionals on a national level:
Alabama Board of Examiners in Counseling – Montgomery, Alabama
- Grief and Suicide (Doris Vaughans, Counseling Center)
American Society for Engineering Education Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration – Henderson, Nevada
- Data Driven Insights (Appie Millsaps, Career Center)
Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors (AFA) Annual Meeting – Indianapolis, Indiana
- Implementing 3P2E & Creating an Online Toolkit for Student Event Safety & Success (Tut Wilson and Kathleen Duffy, Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life co-presenting with Dr. Lori Hart)
- Chapter Advising as a Full-Time Job: Phi Kappa Psi’s Model at UA (Kathleen Duffy and James Spry, Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life co-presenting with Marc Robins)
Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education – New Orleans, Louisianna
- Overcoming Imposter Syndrome (Zach Cox, University Recreation)
Association of Recovery in Higher Education (ARHE) – San Diego, California
- Creating a Heathy Therapeutic Community: Rebuild, Revitalize, Retain (Kelly Miller and Savannah Kiesel, Collegiate Recovery and Intervention Services)
GolbalMindED Conference – Denver, Colorado
- A Minoritized Majority: Overcoming Barriers for Female Student Leaders (Dr. Elle Shaaban-Magaña and Dr. Jackie Northrup, Camellia Center co-presented with student assistant and ambassador Paige Huckabee)
Handshake Access 2025 – Virtual
- Beyond FDS: Unlocking Broader Outcomes Data (Nathan Hunsaker, Career Center)
IPV Peer Education Conference – Virtual
- We’re Here, Now What? (Dr. Elle Shaaban-Magaña and Rylie Voyles, Camellia Center)
NASPA Annual Conference – New Orleans, Louisiana
- Replacing Your Foundations (Dr. Elle Shaaban-Magaña and Dr. Jackie Northrup, Camellia Center co-presented with Dr. Ruperto Perez, Associate Vice President for Health and Well-Being)
- Enhancing Campus Well-Being: Essential Insights for Evaluating an Institutional Wellness Model (Shae Robinson and Li Kang, Strategic Planning and Assessment co-presented with Dr. Ruperto Perez, Associate Vice President for Health and Well-Being)
NASPÅ Strategies Conference – Boston, Massachusetts
- Collaborative student presentation on new well-being initiatives (Dr. Ruperto Perez, Associate Vice President for Health and Well-Being co-presented with students from SGA and Advisory Council on Wellness)
- Counseling Center Director Group Facilitator (Dr. Greg Vander Wal, Counseling Center and Collegiate Recovery and Intervention Services)
NIRSA (Leaders in College Recreation) – Nashville, Tennessee
- Don’t Trust the Process, Improve it! Process Improvement for Campus Recreation (Andrew Deere and Dakota Johnson, University Recreation)
Southeastern Greek Leadership Association – Atlanta, Georgia
- How to Lead Well Imperfectly (Brittany Jordan, Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life)
- Secure the Grades Then Run the Yard (Brittany Jordan, Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life co-presented with Dominic Summerhill)
Southern States Communication Conference – Norfolk, Virginia
- The Diffusion of Innovation (Tonya Jenkins, Career Center)