April 4, 2017  |  Edition 306

           INFORMATION & UPDATES

Interfaith Day of Service

Assessment & Impact Conference at University of Cincinnati

MUSAGA Spring Practicum Fair

The Spring 2017 Interfaith Day of Service will take place on April 7th. Register now!

April 4th and 7th

Please join the Office of Residence Life for the on-campus interviews for this fall's Resident Directors.  As part of the interview process candidates will offer a presentation related to one of the components of our Residential Curriculum: Academic Success, Effective Community Engagement, Personal Development, and Intercultural Awareness.

We would like to invite anyone who has 45 minutes and would like to hear what these candidates have to say and how they say it.  The interview dates are April 4th and 7th, almost every hour (this includes their travel and set up time) in the Bystrom Reid Room in Shriver.  If you would like to attend, please email Rosemarie Volk at volkre@miamioh.edu for the presentation times.  

Armstrong Student Center - Advance Reservations for 2017-2018

Advance reservations for 2017-2018 events in Armstrong Student Center start on April 1st for student organizations and April 15 for university departments.  Our Event and Meeting Planning webpage is available as a resource in your planning.

• The limitations on Advance Scheduling for 2017-2018 can be found here.

• For more information on new spaces available in the East Wing, you can check out pictures and room diagrams here.

• Pricing for East Wing spaces

• Instructions on how to make space reservation requests are available through the "Schedule a Space" link on our homepage (miamioh.edu/asc).

  Please contact Katie Wilson, Adam Leftin or Pam Goodwin if you have any questions about scheduling.

  
  

  
  

Mental Health First Aid Training - Youth

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

The Youth Mental Health First Aid Training (MHFA) program is an 8-hour community mental health education program that is informative and highly interactive. The program equips non-mental health professionals with knowledge and skills to recognize emerging mental health problems or crises and link people to appropriate care. Please be prepared to engage with the instructors and other course participants. 

Wednesday, May 17, 2017 8am-5pm

Location: Staff Development Center, 424 Wells Mill Drive  

Instructor: Ashley Wilson, PsyD

Cost: Free (sponsored by Student Counseling Service) 

The course will start promptly at 8:00 am. Please arrive a few minutes early to sign in.  We will break around noon for lunch (on your own).   

For certification purposes the full eight hours of the training course must be attended. 

Faculty, staff & students that complete this course are eligible to be designated as "Mental Health Allies" by Student Counseling Service.

Contact Dr. Ashley Wilson at wilso227@miamioh.edu to register.

Limited to only 20 participants

 Armstrong Student Center Board

 Please consider encouraging students to apply for openings on the Armstrong Student Center Board.  The deadline is April 10, 2017.  Applicants must be able to serve a 2 year term and be Oxford campus undergraduate or graduate students in good academic standing.  Questions can be directed to Katie Wilson or Alex Kendall (kendalal@miamioh.edu), chair of the student center board.

 

Beyond the Numbers:  Using Assessment to Tell Your Story

 

Thursday, May 18, 2017

Tangeman University Center

8:30am – 4:00pm

 

Keynote:  Dr. Jillian Kinzie

Associate Director, Center for Postsecondary Research and the National Survey of Student Engagement Institute

Indiana University

 

To register, please complete the registration form:  https://orgsync.com/136426/events/1801789/occurrences/4232176

Registration closes April 28, 2017, or when capacity is reached.

 

To submit a proposal, please complete the proposal submission form by March 24, 2017.  For more information on submission guidelines and presentation format, please consult the Call for Proposals website:

http://www.uc.edu/sa/staffrsrcs/assessment/conference/cfp.html

Armstrong Student Center is now hiring for summer and the 2017-2018 school year.  We are looking for Building Managers, Ambassadors, Event Production Team members and game room staff for the new Red Zone.  Please forward information about these positions to students who you think would be interested!  Priority consideration given to those who apply by April 7th. However, applications will remain open until filled.

MUSAGA Spring Practicum Fair

The Miami University Student Affairs Graduate Association (MUSAGA) is putting together the Spring Practicum Fair which will be offered to students electronically. If you have any potential practicum opportunities in your office for the fall, please share the information you want students to have access to. This can include a position description and/or contact information. Our preferred date to have all information is April 24th; however, materials can be submitted whenever they are available.

If you have any questions please contact musaga@miamioh.edu. Thank you in advance for any opportunities you are able to provide to our students!

The off-campus housing service is now LIVE! Please direct students, faculty and staff who are looking for off-campus housing in Oxford to this service, where they can: 

• Search off-campus housing listings
• Post and search for subleases, furniture, rideshare and more!
• Create and view roommate profiles (coming soon!)
• View helpful resources about moving to and living in Oxford

If you'd like some literature about the service (for your office, residence hall, bulletin boards, etc.) please let Jen O'Brien know at obrienjc@MiamiOH.edu. 

Tech Tip of the Week

From Tim Kresse

TIP: Check out a virtual machine

WHY: Ever wish you had another computer to play with or you could run a PC program on a Mac? Have you longed to learned Linux? If so, then use a virtual machine.

HOW: A virtual machine (VM) is software that lets multiple different operating systems (OSes) run on one physical computer. Miami uses VMs in its data center to run server software for its many ‘back end’ applications and you can use a VM on your personal machine as well. If you use a Mac, you may know about Fusion or Parallels for running Windows software ‘inside’ OS X.

If you want to experiment with your own, try VirtualBox. It is a free virtual machine software that runs on and can host many different OSes.

Tech Tip Archives

Does your department or program have assessment data to share? Please submit through the Assessment Soundbite Template. 

Help Spread the News - 2018 Winter Term Social Justice in FIJI Study Abroad Experience

Dear Student Affairs colleagues, please help SAHE PhD Student, Kyle Ashlee, spread the word about the 2018 Winter Term Social Justice in FIJI study abroad experience. Information sessions will be held in the next 2 weeks. Interested students can contact ashleekc@miamioh.edu for more information!