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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA

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1 . Article:

Dr. Jennifer Keup Edits New Directions for Higher Ed & Coauthors Chapters with HESA Alums

Date Entered:
5/2/2012

Expiration Date:
8/1/2012

Jennifer R. Keup, director of the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition and an affiliated faculty member in the Department of educational Leadership and Policies, edited a Spring 2012 New Directions for Higher Education edition that is titled Peer Leadership in Higher Education. Dr. Keup also co-authored a chapter with May 2012 HESA graduate, Jaime Shook, titled “The Benefits of Peer Leader Programs: An Overview.” In addition, two alums of the HESA program, Stephanie Ganser and Tricia Kennedy, contributed a chapter titled, “Where It All Began: Peer Education and Leadership in Student Services.” Congratulations to all!

2 . Article:

HESA Graduates Receive Outstanding Awards

Date Entered:
4/2/2012

Expiration Date:
7/2/2012

Two of our recent Higher Education master graduates won Outstanding New Professional Awards. They are:

Tricia Kennedy, Johnson and Wales (Denver), from ACPA’s Commission for Admissions, Orientation, and FYE

Michelle Ashcraft, U of Kentucky, from the College Personnel Association of Kentucky

3 . Article:

Cindy Kilgo, Masters student in Higher Education, Wins Award

Date Entered:
3/29/2012

Expiration Date:
6/29/2012

Cindy Kilgo, a masters student in Higher Education, won second place in the Poster 6 – Humanities Category at the Graduate Student Awards Day 2012. Her presentation was entitled “The Estimated Effects of Service Learning and Undergraduate Research on Students’ Intercultural Effectiveness.”

With over 170 student participants in the 21 categories, the day was filled with cutting-edge research presentations. The faculty judges were quite impressed with the caliber of work from the students. Judges selected students to receive first place, second place and honorable mention. First place winners received a cash prize of $500 and second place winners received $250.

Congratulations, Cindy.

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