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In This Issue:
Annual Meeting Deadlines
The AFA Annual Meeting Planning Team is dedicated to providing an outstanding experience for our members at the 2008 Annual Meeting. Be sure to mark your calendar for the upcoming Annual Meeting deadlines.
October 31:
Register for the Annual Meeting
Sign up for THE AFA CONNECTION
Sign up for Fireside Chats
November 7:
Return your Silent Auction Donation Form
November 10:
Reserve your Hotel Room
Retiring AFA Members
Each year at the AFA Annual Meeting we honor members who have retired or are retiring from their professional careers during the current academic year. If you or any of your colleagues are retiring from your/their positions, please contact Shelly Brown Dobek, Vice President for Administration and Finance, by October 31. We will acknowledge retirees at the Business Meeting in Denver.
National Hazing Symposium
In 2008, the fraternal movement was sent into shock when two university administrators were indicted on charges of aggravated hazing. While the charges were dropped, it marked the first time that university personnel were named in a criminal case. This year's National Hazing Symposium answers the question of what it may look like for fraternity and sorority professionals to stand trial for hazing incidents.
In partnership with HazingPrevention.org, this year's Symposium will take place on Wednesday, December 3, 2008 in conjunction with the Annual Meeting. Registration for the Annual Meeting is not required to participate in the Symposium. For more information and to register, click here.
National Hazing Prevention Week Photo Contest
Did your institution/organization host an amazing National Hazing Prevention Week (NHPW) event in 2007 or 2008? If so, submit a photo and a short story to the NHPW Photo Contest for an opportunity to win a cash prize and be published in HazingPrevention.org's fall newsletter. For full details, read the contest guidelines.
OUT & GREEK Leadership Conference
November 14-16 | Chicago, IL
AFA is proud to be a sponsor of The Lambda 10 Project's 2008 OUT & GREEK Leadership Conference, specifically the Advisors Professional Track. The conference will take place November 14-16 at DePaul University in Chicago, IL and is intended to provide training specifically around issues of sexual orientation and gender identity and expression in fraternities and sororities. A sample of some of the topics to be covered are GLBTQA identity and overlapping identities as members of fraternities/sororities, race, legal ramifications, spirituality, discrimination, and leadership development. Registration fees are $165 for students and $195 for advisors and are due by November 1. Much more information is provided on the conference site, www.lambda10.org/outandgreek.
The Lambda 10 Project will also be hosting a special reception with The Matthew Shepard Foundation on Wednesday, December 3, in Denver, CO. All AFA members who will be in Denver for the Annual Meeting are invited to attend. The event will feature live entertainment and occur off-site at Hamburger Mary's located at 700 E 17th Ave in Denver, CO. Bus transportation will be provided from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. from the conference hotel and is a short ride. The reception honors the 10 year observance remembering the Legacy of Matthew Shepard who was murdered in a tragic hate crime in October of 1998. For more details, please contact Shane Windmeyer, Executive Director of The Lambda 10 Project at 704-277-6710 or email info@lambda10.org.
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Planning for Building a Fraternity/Sorority Village
October 22 | 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. EDT
This seminar is designed to educate professionals on key issues associated with planning for building a fraternity/sorority village. First hand experience will be shared from the perspectives of a campus professional, a housing developer, and a theme housing consultant. Whether your campus is ready to begin the strategic planning process for building a fraternity/sorority village or is simply curious about the issues associated with the process this session is for you. Click here for more information and to register.
2008 Silent Auction Don't forget to make your donation to the AFA Foundation Silent Auction! This event will again be an exciting part of the Annual Meeting. All donations help the Foundation fund projects aimed at strengthening our profession, including research and professional development programs. The November 7 donation deadline is fast approaching - go here for more information about donating items to the Silent Auction or the AFA Foundation! ACPA Mid-Level Management Institute ScholarshipsThe Association of Fraternity Advisors Foundation will award up to three (3) registration scholarships for the 2009 Donna M. Bourassa Mid-Level Management Institute (MMI). The Institute, named for Donna Bourassa, Ed.D., former Associate Executive Director of ACPA, is an educational program for those desiring to strengthen their skills and understand changing campus dynamics in order to advance in the profession. The AFA Foundation will provide up to three AFA members the opportunity to participate in this prestigious program. This marks the sixth year we have proudly supported AFA members' attendance at MMI. More information and the application can be found on the Foundation website.
Perspectives Call for Articles
The Perspectives Editorial Board is seeking articles for the Winter 2009 issue. Submissions are due for the winter issue by November 15, 2008. Potential authors may want to consider topics such as values congruence, constructive judicial sanctioning, retention, collaborating with faculty, strategic planning, assessment, accreditation programs, commuter campuses, family involvement, ethical development, job search strategies, transitioning to a new job, building town-gown coalitions, developing technology skills, the change process, risk management standards, and partnering with alumni and inter/national organizations.
Submission guidelines and advertising information can be found on the AFA website. Please contact Kurtis Foriska, Perspectives Editor, with any questions.
College Panhellenics Conversations
The October issue of College Panhellenics Conversations, the e-newsletter from the NPC College Panhellenics Committee, is now available.
Associate Member Highlight
Educational Benchmarking, Inc.
The AFA/EBI Fraternity/Sorority Assessment provides campus based fraternity/sorority administrators with an understanding of the effectiveness of their programs and evidence to guide the continuous improvement of the fraternity/sorority experience for their students and their institutions. Evidence provided by the assessment will confirm progress, demonstrate value, build credibility, and provide the perspective of comparisons with other campuses. The assessment is a comprehensive and comparative review of the student fraternity/sorority experience that suggests how to best use time and money to improve your program. Last year, the assessment was updated to include questions designed to measure learning outcomes and directly links to CAS and NASPA/ACPA Learning and Leadership Reconsidered professional standards. For more information, please contact Melanie Monteleone, EBI Project Director, at MMonteleone@WebEBI.com or 417-429-0081.
AFA Welcomes New Associate Members
Toni Odom believes words have power. She uses them to make students think and be inspired to make a difference.
BECK & CO. is a full-service video/film production company exclusively for inter/national fraternities and sororities.
Referrals to Riches, Inc. represents Joe Hernandez and provides educational programming for students, administrators, and faculty.
Addiction University and its founder Loree Taylor Jordan seek to inspire students to live addiction free. Loree is the author of I Never Thought Addiction Could Happen to Me.
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