UA Student Life Represents at Conferences Across the Nation

a map of where SL staff have presented

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)