| OCTOBER, 2007
The Division of Student Affairs was awarded a grant from the Department
of Justice that will fund programs to Prevent Violence Against Women. A
position will be created at UCO to fill the duties and responsibilities
of the program and the training involved.
March, 2008
UCO has been granted two AmeriCorps VISTA positions as part of a state-widegrant;
the two positions will be working to map poverty and build the
capacity of UCO to address community needs. These two positions are
government-funded and will last for three years. Our first VISTA has
been
hired and will start Monday, March 3rd. |
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July, 2007
Dr. Bruce Lochner, Director of the Student Counseling Center and Assistant
VP for Student Affairs, was a guest lecturer at the University of
Hawaii-Monoa and Argosy University in Hawaii in July.
July, 2007
Dr. Kathryn Gage, Vice President for Student Affairs, presented at the
National Consortium for Continuous Improvement on "Converging on
Transformational Learning."
July, 2007
Kim Fields, Assistant Director of Disability Support Services, presented at
the National AHEAD conference in North Carolina on "Leadership and Advising
Your Student Organization."
November, 2007
Dr. Dennis Dunham, Director of International Student Services, presented on
"Partnering with the Community in the Quest for Global Competency" at the
Governor's Global Education Conference at Rose State College.
February, 2008
Dr. Dennis Dunham, Director of International Services, presented at the Creative Oklahoma Conference at UCO. He spoke to the subject of how we are
using collaborative improvisation in the development of the Centre for Global Competency.
March, 2008
April Perry, Development & Public Relations Coordinator for Student Affairs, presented Facebook 101: Communicating with the Millennial Generation at the Oklahoma Association for Community Colleges Annual Conference.
April, 2008
Dr. Dennis Dunham, Director of International Student Services, presented at the Governor's Global Education Conference.
April, 2008
Dr. Bruce Lochner, Director of the Student Counseling Center, presented A Retrospective Look at on-campus Psychiatric Services and Depression Rates of Students at the Addictions, Infectious Disease and Public Health for the Dissemination of Student Research Conference.
April, 2008
Dr. Kathryn Gage, VP for Student Affairs, and Dr. Bruce Lochner, Assistant VP for Student Affairs presented at the National Campus Security Summit over The Prevention-Oriented Campus
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SEPTEMBER, 2007
Dr. Bruce Lochner, Director of the UCO Student Counseling Center and
Assistant VP for Student Affairs, is partnering with the Oklahoma Department
of Mental Health and Substance Abuse to bring the "Prevention Oriented
Campus" program to UCO. This program will make us a model institution for
teaching students, staff and faculty how to identify students in
psychological distress, as a campus violence preventative measure.
SEPTEMBER, 2007
Dr. Bruce Lochner, Director of the UCO Student Counseling Center and
Assistant VP for Student Affairs, has been appointed from the Chancellor of
Higher Education to serve on a Campus Life Safety and Security committee
that is tasked with reviewing college counseling recourses and making
recommendations to the Regional University Systems of Oklahoma.
March, 2008
The UCO Volunteer and Service Learning Center is happy to announce that the
University of Central Oklahoma has been included on the President’s Higher
Education Community Service Honor Roll for exemplary community service
during the 2006-2007 academic year. Launched in 2006, the Honor Roll
recognizes institutions of higher education that support innovative,
effective and exemplary community service and service learning programs.
March, 2008
A site visitor from the International Association of Counseling Services (IACS) came to review the Student Counseling Center as a step in achieving National Accreditation. |
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