Student Affairs Professional
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LGBTQ+ Resource Center Director
In my experience as an LGBTQ+ Resource Center Director I have:
- Led policy initiatives that have adopted best practices for supporting queer and trans students on campus including safety policies, restrooms, and facilities
- Led a strategic planning committee to incorporate consistent gender-inclusive facilities across campus
- Developed and introduced an enhanced Safe Space training program
- Prioritized supervision of FTEs and their professional development to center promising praxis for diversity workers in higher education
- Worked with the office of advancement and alumni relations to implement a fee-structured program to subsidize student programming
- Implemented assessment strategies to improve queer and trans resources, event, and programming on campus
- Advised two student organizations for queer and trans life on campus
- Developed department and division-specific training programs that gave those entities more practical tools and considerations to support queer and trans students in their work (i.e., financial aid, advising, orientation, housing, admissions, and the division of student affairs)
- Facilitated the development of campus-community partnerships to advance the mission to advance the status of queer and trans people on campus and in the community
Other Experiences
My other experiences working in student affairs include serving as a(n):
- Orientation and first-year programs
- Academic advisor for high achieving first-year students
- Practicum intern in Financial Aid and Student Services
- Staff-leader on an international trip to South Africa
- Committee member on several campus advisory committees
- Queer and trans student organization advisor