The changing landscape of higher education will continue to impact the role student affairs professionals have in cultivating the hearts and minds of college students. How are we responding to students as they grapple with mental health and wellbeing? What are we doing to promote equity and inclusion and foster social justice? How will we continue to stay competitive as more institutions compete for fewer students? And ultimately, what is our role in student affairs? This is an opportunity for our communities to come together to engage in civil discourse, critical inquiry, and ethical reflection to promote the development of the minds and hearts of all of our students in a complex and changing world.
Dr. Lauretta Frederking, President of Brescia University College, Canada. This is Canada's only all-women university (Ursuline Sisters founding).
Learn more about Dr. Frederking’s thoughts on leading at her institution.
Dr. Larry Roper, retired professor and VPSA at OSU.
Larry is Emeritus Professor of Language, Culture and Society and formerly Coordinator of the College Student Services Administration program and the undergraduate Social Justice Minor at Oregon State University. Previously, he served Oregon State University as Vice Provost for Student Affairs from 1995-2014, as Interim Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and later as Interim Director of the School of Language, Culture and Society. Larry currently serves as a Commissioner with the State of Oregon’s Higher Education Coordinating Commission and on the Governor’s Education Recovery Committee.
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