You Haven’t G raduated Y et?

1. You Haven’t Graduated Yet? The Jon Lozano Story

2. The Outcomes • Foundations of Student Affairs • Student Development & Outcomes • Professional Competencies • Inter/Intrapersonal Skills • Commitment to & Understanding of Issues Related to Social Justice • Research & Assessment

3. Foundations of Student Affairs • Where I Began • Some understanding of broader university issues • No knowledge of student affairs specific issues • No real understanding of the underpinnings of the profession • Some concept of what role Student Affairs played at a university

4. Foundations of Student Affairs • Influences in the Past Four Years • Graduate Student Association Work • International Student Issues • Adult Learner Concerns • Online Student Matters • Internships • Vice President for Student Affairs • Summer Leadership Conference (Will touch upon more later)

5. Foundations of Student Affairs • Influences Continued • Coursework • Intro to Student Affairs • Independent Study Work • Individuals • Advisers/Mentors • My family

6. Foundations of Student Affairs • Where I am Now • History of Student Affairs • From Managing Students to Educating Them • Place in Worldwide Higher Education • Current Student Affairs Issues • Establishing Measurable Educational Outcomes • Solidifying the Place of Student Affairs in Higher Education • Maintaining a Standard for Students • Often a Balancing Act

7. Foundations of Student Affairs • Where I am Now Continued • Role of Student Affairs • Role as a Cooperative Partner at a University • Role as a Advocate for Students

8. Research & Assessment • Where I Began • Realized a need for surveying students • Did not realize the effectiveness of targeted surveys • Did not recognize the difference between the two

9. Research & Assessment • Influences in the Last Four Years • Internship work • Summer Leadership Conference • Office of Student Activities • Graduate Student Association Work • Student Surveys • Coursework • R&A Class • Other Coursework

10. Research & Assessment • Where I am Now • Survey Structure • Qualitative/Quantitative Difference • Benefits of Both • Analysis Methods • Role of Assessment in Higher Education • Assessment in an Advocacy Sense • Assessment for Improvement • Assessment in Student Affairs

11. On the Other Outcomes • Interconnection of outcomes • Hard to separate them out • So many offices influenced my understanding • Office of the President • Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs • Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs • Office of the Senior Vice President for Finance & Business • Office of the Senior Vice President for Development & Alumni Relations • Office of the Vice President for Administration • Office of the Board of Trustees • Office of the Provost & Executive Vice President • Office of the Vice President of Research & Dean of the Graduate School • Penn State Alumni Association • Office of the Vice President for Outreach • Student Affairs Research & Assessment • Office of Commonwealth Student Activities • Office of Student Activities • Career Services • Housing & Food Services • Union & Student Activities • Office of the Physical Plant • University Faculty Senate • Penn State Altoona Office of Student Life • Office of Transportation Services • Office of the Vice Provost of Information Technology • Penn State Berks Office of Student Affairs • Student Legal Services • University Health Services • University Libraries • Intercollegiate Athletics

12. Recognition • Gigantic List of People to Thank • Will Not Be Going Through it All • Chance to See So Many Facets of a Major Research Institution

13. So…About that Diploma • Questions/Comments?