2009-2010 IUSPA Executive Board Announced

Hello IUSPA Members,

Please join me in congratulating the 2009 IUSPA Executive Board:

President: Jessica Fougere

Vice President: Joliana Yee

Treasurer: Ashley Calkins

Secretary: Christina King

Director of Membership Relations: Janet Ikpa

Director of Programming: Ilsa May

Directors of Outreach: Anna Ament and Megan Watt

Director of Professional Development: Adam Callahan

GPSO Representative: Aaron Trump

Journal Co-Editor: Mark Houlemarde

Thank you to everyone who ran and best of luck to the new board.

Best,

Kim Kushner

IUSPA Vice President

IUSPA Elections Announced

Howdy all!

Election season for IUSPA Executive Board positions is upon us, which gives all of you first-year students a chance to seek opportunities for involvement in IUSPA! Please take a look at our timeline below to learn about the election/application process. To learn more about IUSPA positions themselves, please visit http://www.indiana.edu/~iuspa/about/officers.html. Best of luck!!

IUSPA Elections 2009: Timeline

Thursday, September 17th: IUSPA General Assembly; election schedule/positions announced.
Tuesday, October 6th: Position preferences due to Kim Kushner (kimkushn@indiana.edu).

• Send Kim an email with the TOP THREE positions that you prefer.
• Please only apply for the positions that you are interested in. We want to make sure that we have a full slate of candidates!

Friday, October 9th: Candidate platforms due to Kim by 9:00pm.

• Send Kim a platform email with 250 words or less about why you are interested in your position.
• Outreach Candidates: send Kim a platform email with 400 words or less between your pair.

Monday, October 12th: Candidate platforms posted online.
Monday, October 19th, 12:00pm–Wednesday, October 21st, 5:00pm: Voting occurs online.
Thursday, October 22nd: IUSPA 2009-2010 Executive Board announced.

*NOTE: The IUSPA Journal Co-Editor and Webmaster application processes differ from the general IUSPA position election process.

• IUSPA Journal Co-Editor: Please email Autumn Harrell (atharrel@indiana.edu) for more information about the IUSPA Journal Co-Editor application process.
• IUSPA Webmaster: Please email Patrick Hale (patjhale@indiana.edu) for more information about the IUSPA Webmaster application process.

IU School of Education New Graduate Student Orientation

When:
Monday, August 24, 2009
9:00 a.m., School of Education
201 N. Rose Ave., Bloomington, IN 47405

All new students in the Higher Education and Student Affairs (HESA) master's program are officially students in the IU School of Education. This orientation may be beneficial to any of the enrolled HESA students. You may find a pamphlet that explains the various sessions of the orientation by clicking here.

If you require special accommodations to attend the orienation, please contact the Office of Graduate Studies at (812) 856-8733 or email gerbers@indiana.edu to make arrangements.

Hope you can attend!

Attend the HESA Potluck!

We hope you will be able to join us for good food and fun! All HESA students, faculty, assistantship providers, and practicum providers are invited. Significant others and children are also welcome. This will be a great opportunity to meet a variety of people who help make the HESA program what it is! This is a relaxed event so please come comfortable and ready to have a great time. ☺

Date, Time & Location
Monday, August 24, 2009
5:30pm to 7:30pm
Danielle De Sawal and Martha Blood's House
4005 Gran Haven Drive (Directions & Map Below)

The HESA program will provide vegetarian lasagna, Bar-B-Q Beef sandwiches, and bottled water. Please bring your favorite side dish, dessert, and/or beverage of choice to round out our offerings. If you need ideas, please refer to the categories below which are based on your last name.

• A-I     Salads: Potato salad, macaroni salad, broccoli salad, etc.
• J-R     Snacks: Popcorn, Chips and Salsa/Dip, Party Mix
• S-Z     Desserts: Cookies, Pie, Cake, etc.
  

Directions to Danielle and Martha's (from the School of Education):

• Turn left onto E. 3rd Street.
• Turn right onto College Mall Rd.
• Follow College Mall Rd. for approximately 3 miles (the road changes to Sare Rd.).
• Sare Rd will end at the intersection with Rhorer Rd.
• Turn left onto Rhorer Rd. and go approximately one mile.
• Turn right onto Gran Haven Dr. (The entrance to the development has two stone markers labeled "Gran Haven Estates").
• Danielle & Martha's home is the second house on the left.
  

Parking: Please park along one side of the road to ensure that traffic can still go through the development.

NOTE: We plan to be outside for the majority of the party. However, Martha and Danielle have cats and dogs so if you are allergic you may want to take some allergy medicine prior to the potluck.

Map of Directions to Danielle & Martha's House


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IUSPA Website Gets a Makeover!

The IUSPA website has a new and improved look! Take a look through the website and explore what's new, and send all of your comments to IUSPA webmaster Patrick Hale at patjhale@indiana.edu with any points of feedback that you would like to offer.