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Issue 1 Pre-Convention

By Jonathan Ross

Letourneau for their support and guidance. Gavin and I explained that we were concerned for the ACPA members in the states that don’t currently have a regional professional home, only a national one, and that we would like to begin a conversation about what a regional home might look like. Of course we wanted all state associations to keep their individual identify, but we wanted to see if there was a way to be as regionally inclusive as we are at the state level. The main goal of what would be a New England ACPA consortium would be to create ways to increase the professional development and networking opportunities to all ACPA members in New England while still maintaining individual state identities. Dawn Eades and Katherine Letourneau were both on board and both brought it to their state boards who voted in favor of continuing the conversation. What the four of us decided is that the first logical step for connecting every-

one was to develop a quarterly newsletter to share professional development opportunities in each state, as well as information from the region, provide networking opportunities, and give professionals an opportunity to publish an article on an area of expertise, research or best practice. We reached out to professionals who would be willing to represent each state and started an editorial board. This board is charged with the task of deciding on newsletter topics, and articles each month, as well as identifying authors, and soliciting updates from state asso-ciations and other state events. The following professionals agreed to represent their states: VT- Jonathan Ross, NH- Dan Smith, MA- John Mayo, ME- Hannah Gladstone, CT- Joliana Yee, and RI- remains Open. We would be happy to expand our editorial board and include as many professionals as are interested. From all of us on the New England

Newsletter team I would like to welcome any professional from our region to join us in the process of making this quarterly publication a reality. If you would like to join the editorial board staff please contact any current staff member whose contact information can be found in their profiles. We would also like to encourage you to write about any professional development that may be happening in your state or at your institution. The call for sub-missions will be ongoing. We would encour-age you to share any research, best practices, personal stories from the field, perspective pieces, and many more. We would also invite you to join us at an informal ACPA NE Social on Monday, March 31st at 8pm at the Hyatt Regency Indianapolis Level One Lounge. If you are unable to attend but would still like to become involved in this venture please contact me at jonathan_ross2008@yahoo.com.

In June of 2013 a conversation start-ed about how to best serve the ACPA members of New England. Gavin Henning of NH and I, Jonathan Ross of VT, started to reach out to leadership in the other New England states. We wrote to the state directors from Massachusetts, and Maine, Dawn Eades and Katherine

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John Mayo is the interim Housing Coordinator and Area Coordinator at Newbury College in Brookline, MA. John has spent his career focusing on residence life, housing, and stu-dent leadership. A 2006 graduate of Bridgewater State College (MA), John holds a Master’s in Student Affairs in Higher Education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership from Gonzaga University. John has always enjoyed being involved and meeting new people. He first got involved in grad school with PCPA (PA) holding several board positions positions, including Annual Conference Chair. His current professional involvement is with MCPA (MA) serving as the Newsletter Editor, 50th Anniversary Committee Chair, and Administrative Professionals Conference Co-Chair. When John is not changing lives in Residence Life, he enjoys spending time with his wife, and his dog (a Toto dog named Kodi). John also enjoys traveling to amazing places and has even been camping in the Sahara Desert. John is also on Twitter, you should follow him: @jmayojr”

The Massachusetts College Personnel Association (MCPA) is excited to lend support to the development of the ACPA New England Regional Newsletter. For almost 40 years MCPA has promoted professional development opportunities to members across Massachusetts. We are excited to continue this support for ACPA members from around New England as part of the New England ACPA Consortium. MCPA currently serves as the professional home for professionals from around New England, not just Massachusetts. As an organization we strive

SOCIAL @ ACPAMonday, March 31st at 8pm Hyatt Regency Indianapolis Level One LoungeJoin us for drinks and mingle with fellow New England Higher Ed Professionals...

Upcoming MCPA Events:•April 17, Spring Dinner and Discussion – Topic:

“Campus SaVE Act” – 6:00 PM at The Chateau, 404 Providence Highway,

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to include any professional who is searching for an organization in which to be involved. In addition to Massachusetts, Rhode Island is also represented in the MCPA membership ranks. We are eager to continue to provide sev-eral professional development events throughout the year and invite ACPA members throughout New England to participate. More information can be found online at the MCPA website www.mymcpa.net. Please do not forget to follow us on Twitter: @MCPATweets or “Like” us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/mymcpa.

By Dawn EadesMCPA President

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Born and raised in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Joliana Yee came to the USA in 2006 as an international student to pursue her undergraduate degree at Miami University (Ohio). It was at Miami that she became involved with Residential Life as a Resident Assistant and was first introduced to the field of Student Affairs. After graduating with a B.A. in Economics and Political Science, Joliana made the decision to attend the Higher Education and Student Affairs Master’s program at Indiana University (Bloomington). Her experiences as an Asian international student and now professional at PWIs continues to informs her practice as a social justice educator as she strives to advocate for inclusive environments that are built on practices

NEACPA Newsletter Editorial Board- CT Representative

that are more ethno-relative as opposed to ethno-centric. Her academic interests are international education, Asian identity development, access and retention of underrepresented students. Currently in her third year as a Residence Hall Director at the University of Connecticut, Joliana is humbled and excited to serve on the editorial board for the inau-gural edition of the New England ACPA Newsletter because she sees this initiative as an invaluable opportunity to facilitate a community amongst her ACPA colleagues in the region to enhance and cel-ebrate and the work that we do. More importantly, she hopes this newsletter will act as a catalyst for the formation of a stronger network of support amongst student affairs professionals of color in the New England region. Feel free to contact me at joli-ana.yee@uconn.edu or twitter handle @JolianaY

Hello New England ACPAers, I am very excited to be writing to you all in our first edition of the New England ACPA Newsletter. More than that, I am excited for the chance to connect more closely with you all through this great endeavor. When I was first approached about this idea I was immediately excited by the prospect for binging together the 6 New England states to collaborate and share with each other. One of the things I have been looking for in NH was a way to be more involved in the local area with colleagues who are nearby (although nothing is nearby in NH). This is my third year working at Dartmouth, but I have spent a life time in NH. It has been exciting to work in my home state and connect with folks on a whole new level through the higher education community. It has also been fun to see how both small and large the field is by connecting with grad school colleagues who are now working in NH alongside me. In the past I have hosted networking events here at Dartmouth reaching out the NH, VT, and ME with some good success. I believe that through this newsletter we can bring a new sense of collaboration and con-nectedness to the Higher Ed community in New England. As the NH Representative to the Editorial board I will be reaching out to folks across the state looking for submissions and updates about what’s new in your neck of the woods. If you have ideas or updates please feel free to contact me directly at daniel.c.smith@dartmouth.edu

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Editorial Board

Dan Smith Jonathan Ross

Hannah Gladstone

Dan Smith & Gavin Henning

Joliana Yee

Jonathan Ross Hannah Gladstone

John Mayo

Currently Open Jonathan.Ross@lyndonstate.edu

NEACPA Newsletter Editorial Board- NH Representative

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Jonathan Ross is a Residence Hall Director/ Programming and Community Service Coordinator, Assistant Men’s Lacrosse Coach, and Adjunct Faculty member at Lyndon State College. He had previously been involved in Residential Life as a Graduate Hall Director for New England College where he received his Masters in Higher Education Administration. Jonathan was a student staff member for three and a half years in Residential Life at Plymouth State University where he received his Interdisciplinary Music Business Bachelor of Science. His responsibil-ities at Lyndon consist of all residential programming on campus consisting of approximately 400 programs per year, overseeing the Service Learning Program by making and maintaining connections with organiza-tions to benefit both the local and college communities and coordinate service trips providing 1,000+ hours of service opportunities for LSC students annually, as well as being directly responsible for four co-ed build-ings housing on campus students as well as a project

Hannah Gladstone is currently serving as the Assistant Dean of Students at Thomas College in Waterville, ME where she has been since 2003. She began work-ing at Thomas as the Director of Residential Life and Housing, then moved to the Director of Student Life position and now currently in her role as Assistant Dean. She is also currently servicing as the Parent and Family KC Rep for NASPA Region 1. Prior to working at Thomas, she began her career in Student Affairs through Residential Life and Housing as a Coordinator at the University of New England in Portland, ME, a Resident Director at Notre Dame College in Manchester, NH and an RA/Grad Assistant at Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) in Manchester, NH. Hannah received her Bachelor’s degree in Marketing from SNHU (at the time, it was known as New Hampshire College) and her Master’s in

NEACPA Newsletter Editorial Board- ME Representative

Education and Marketing also from SNHU. She is currently ABD in her Doctoral Program in Higher Education Leadership. Fresh from her Master’s program, Hannah began teaching High School at the same time she was working as a Resident Director at Notre Dame College. After six years teaching at the High School level and working as a Resident Director, she made the professional decision to move into Higher Education full time – a decision that has led to a very fulfilling career. Hannah is excited and honored to repre-sent Maine through this important communication medium and is looking forward to bringing together a strong network of professionals from the region.

coordinator for the NCAA Choices Grant. Jonathan is a member of both the National Association Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) and the ACPA College Student Educators International. It is exciting to have the opportunity to bridge state lines in order to bring all ACPA members from our region together. Being from a small state it has been difficult to collaborate with other ACPA members and I know that this newsletter is a step in the right direc-tion towards helping all professionals in our unique geographical location. I would welcome anyone who is interested in being involved in this effort from VT or any other state to reach out to me at Jonathan.Ross@lyndonstate.edu.