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As we move through the year we are
in the constant planning phase with
our host for ANTSHE 2008 at Middle
Tennessee State. Our Conference
Officer Ms. Shanda Smith ( coming
off her successful execution of the
OSU conference) will be working
closely with Dr. Bailey to bring us
another excellent learning and col-
laborative weekend next march. We
look forward to coming to Middle
Tennessee State. All conference infor-
mation will be posted to the ANT-
SHE website and the conference
pages on Middle Tennessee OWLS
pages. Check them often as informa-
tion will be posted on a regular basis.
Your ANTSHE Board has been busy
since we left OSU. With a list of ob-
jectives for the year, each member
has been busy devel-
by Jeffrey Bunnell, ANTSHE President
~ Quarterly Publication by ANTSHE ~
Coming off of one our most successful
conferences the ANTSHE Board of Di-
rectors has their hands full of great
ideas and projects. Through some
great collaboration and idea sharing
with conference attendees we are
working on your behalf to develop new
programs of support, streamline ad-
ministrative actions of the board, and
reorganize the structure of ANTSHE to
better serve our membership. There
is truly and atmosphere of endless pos-
sibilities for ANTSHE!
This year’s conference at Oklahoma
State was a great success. That suc-
cess was directly to the hard work and
dedication of the OSU Planning com-
mittee. Our after conference survey’s
were filled with great comments on the
conference as a whole. We appreciate
the hard work of Marie, Shanda, and
the entire OSU Planning Committee
and thank them for being perfect host.
Volume 1, Issue 10
Presidents Message
June 2007
Check out these
websites of interest to
all Nontrads!
www.antshe.org
ANTSHE 2008
www.learningtimes.org
Board Profiles 2
Scholarship Winners 3
ANTSHE Resource Book
& CD’s
2
2008 Conference 3
Board goes ONLINE 6
News U Can Use 8
Contact Us 6
Inside this issue:
Associat ion for NonAssociat ion for NonAssociat ion for Non---Tradit ional Students in Higher EducationTradit ional Students in Higher EducationTradit ional Students in Higher Education
By Sandra Raab, Membership Officer
MEMBER HIGHLIGHTS!
If you have a story to tell and want to share, now’s your chance. We will highlight mem-bers submission in a new section of this newsletter under “Members Highlights”
This section will be used for personal stories of achievement or academic success, but can also highlight a Nontrad supporter (staff or faculty) on your campus or a special pro-gram your organization or school provides for
Non-Trads and bring a national aware-ness to your Nontrad programs.
Simply submit your writings in an MSWord .doc to our Communications Of-ficer at [email protected].
“TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE
A DIFFERENCE”
~Cont. on Pg.7
ANTSHE Members!
315 Grand View Park Dr. Grand Junction, CO 81503 Ph: 253.251.0901 Fax: 866.887.9940 [email protected]
Non-trad journal
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Each edition of our newsletter will feature profiles of current board members, committee volunteers,
and highlight people we think you would like to know! These dedicated volunteers work on your behalf
developing programs and continue to make ANTHSHE the premier advocate for Non-Traditional stu-
dents across the country!
Vice President – Donna Minkley
My name is Donna Minkley and I live in a small former vacation village surrounding a lake in rolling southeast Wisconsin. I’ve been married for 25 years to my best friend Craig. We have four kids 3 girls and 1 boy (21, 18, 16, &14). I started college at 35 and finished in five years with a bachelor’s degree in Geography.
Currently I work for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources this is within my degree field, although, right now I’m still “gaining experience” in the customer service bureau. The experiences I had in college working with non-trads and leading the university non-trad group to several ANTSHE conferences lead me to my affiliation with ANTSHE.
My dream career would be to do anything professional with students. I would love to be an advisor, student ac-tivities professional, or a program assistant. So, I volun-teer with ANTSHE because its fun and it keeps me con-nected to the college community and gives me a chance to give back.
If you live in the Midwest and want to network with me in regards to ANTSHE or about how you can make a differ-ence at your institution don’t hesitate to contact me via email through the list serve or at www.antshe.org. I’ll be glad to dish out information and free advice.
Donna
Communications Officer – Marie Basler
My name is Marie Basler and I am the Coordinator of Non-Traditional Student Services at Oklahoma State University. I have worked with non-traditional students professionally for nearly 30 years. I have been involved with ANTSHE for the last 10 years as a member and most recently as the Conference Officer. I am looking forward to this year serving as Communications Officer and I hope that all of you will send me your comments and suggestions on how ANTSHE can best communi-cate with you as members.
I have a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology from Southeast Missouri State University, where I also received my BA in Psychology many years ago. I love to cook and bake bread. I live with my two shelties – Al and Missy. My goal in life is to retire before I am too old to enjoy the time. Al and I are studying for him to be a therapy dog so we can fill all that free time visiting schools, hospitals and nursing homes.
If you are ever in the area, let me know and I will be happy to show you around our campus. Like Donna, I am always available to speak with any of you should you want or need information about ANTSHE, non-traditional students or working with your student organization.
You may contact me at [email protected] or [email protected].
Marie
Secretary – Kay Mitchell
My name is Karen Mitchell, Kay to most of everyone. I am the secretary for ANTSHE. I am in the Master’s program for Educational Psychology at Oklahoma State University. I also have an 8 year old little girl. I love to write stories and I even have published some poems.
Recently I co-presented a workshop at the conference on "Surviving as a Single Parent" discovered that being a single parent by choice brought on new sets of challenges when facing school, work and family life that were uniquely mine but not uncommon to other single parents and that brought to me an inspiration to help other single parents and their everyday challenges.
Since becoming a non-traditional student and getting involved with ANTSHE, I have discovered an area that I think needs to be addressed within the organization and I am working on developing a survey about non-trads, the difficulties and challenges we face on a daily basis and how ANTSHE can help support its students and members. I would love to hear your thoughts on this as members. If you have comments or suggestions, please contact me at [email protected]. Kay
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Scholarship Winners!
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Don’t forget to visit the ANTSHE Store for great gifts, including T-shirts, coffee mugs, and much
much more. All profits from your purchase go to the
ANTSHE Scholarship fund!
Shop Now!
Did you know ANTSHE awards up
to 3 scholarships every year to their
members? One, is for graduate stu-
dents and has a special emphasis on
students seeking careers in educa-
tion. Another, is awarded to any
member who is working on their
bachelor's degree. The third, is re-
served for students of two year insti-
tutions seeking their associates de-
gree.
For more information read page 5
and check out
http://www.antshe.org/scholarships
Kazimour Undergraduate Scholarship
Vinessa Waltimire is studying to be a
certified drug and alcohol abuse
counselor and obtaining her bache-
lor’s degree. She attends Friends
University in Wichita, Kansas where
she lives with her husband. Vinessa
volunteers as an assistant to handi-
capped students and at the Kansas
Children’s Services League mentor-
ing teens.
Congratulations Vinessa!
Best Wishes for continued success
from ANTSHE.
De Gabriel Graduate Scholarship
Beth Richards lives with her hus-
band and 2 school age children and
one adult child in Kansas. She is a
graduate student at the University of
Kansas in Lawrence studying in the
department of curriculum and in-
struction. Beth volunteers at The
Wilderness Science Center where
she loves connecting children to
their environments. She plans to
obtain her masters degree and teach
science.
Congratulations Beth!
ANTSHE wishes you continued suc-
cess in pursuit of your goals.
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Where the heck is Middle Tennes-
see State anyway? We’re glad you
asked!
You might have guessed from the
name of the university it might be
centrally located in Tennessee—
and you would be right!
MTSU is just a short drive from
Nashville, and a few hours north of
Chattanooga. Easily accessible via
major interstates!
(Click on the map for a closer look!)
The 2008 ANTSHE Conference will
open on February 29, 2008 -- Leap
Year Day -- and continue through noon
on Sunday, March 2, 2008. Middle
Tennessee State University will host
the national conference and the confer-
ence hotel will be at the DoubleTree
Hotel in Murfreesboro, TN. Since
Murfreesboro is located just 25 miles
south of the airport in Nashville,
TN, travelers may want to plan to take
in some of the Nashville sites on Fri-
day afternoon or Sunday afternoon.
The theme for the 2008 ANTSHE Con-
ference will be Choosing to Thrive, No
Matter What! Dr. Cara Di Marco, li-
censed psychologist with Lane Com-
munity College's Transitions to Suc-
cess program, will serve as the keynote
speaker. Di Marco is the author of Life
Transitions: Finding your way over,
around, and through life's challenges
(1995) and Inconvenient
Women: Choosing to Thrive No Mat-
ter What (to be published in 2008),
will talk about going beyond surviving
life's challenges that come our way
and making the conscious decision to
thrive through those challenges.
Nontraditional students and the pro-
fessionals who work with them across
the nation are encouraged to begin
fund raising right now in order to send
a group to the national conference
next February. Those of you with pro-
grams and experiences that would
contribute to the theme of thriving, no
matter what, are also encouraged to
submit proposals for presentation ses-
sions during the conference.
If you have questions you may contact
the 2008 ANTSHE Conference direc-
tor, Dr. Carol Ann Baily at
[email protected] or to go to the
website at Middle Tennessee State
Conference Page
ANTS HE / OSU Co nfere nce Up dates
ANTSHE 11th ANNUAL CONFERENCE @
Middle Tennessee State University , 29 Feb—2 March 2008
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2008 Conference News You Can Use!!
“Striving to Survive, No M
atter What!”
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Scholarship Information!
Did you know ANTSHE awards up to 3
scholarships every year to their mem-
bers? One, is for graduate students and has
a special emphasis on students seeking ca-
reers in education. Another, is awarded to
any member who is working on their bache-
lor's degree. The third, is reserved for stu-
dents of two year institutions seeking their
associates degree.
Unfortunately, in some years we do not re-
ceive any applicants for certain catego-
ries. It may be that you think you won't
qualify because in the past your GPA was
low or maybe you don't think you have the
time to prepare the application. Well think
again!
Each year we accept applications un-
til January 31st but the great news is we be-
gin accepting them again on February
1st. That means you can submit
your application at any time of the year that
is convenient for you. This gives you 12
months to get that application to-
gether. We've made it easy with Word
documents you can type into and print; an
application page, a personal statement page,
and reference forms you can send to your
colleagues and professors. There are com-
plete instructions that walk you through it
step by step.
You should visit our web page at
www.antshe.org and click on scholarships to
see the forms. Be good to yourself, you de-
serve to get recognized for your hard work
and everyone could use some extra money
for school.
Have time to volunteer?
ANTSHE is forming several committees to develop pro-
grams, reorganize and restructure ANTSHE, and bring
greater recognition to our organization. If you have time and
an interest in helping up please contact President Bunnell or
any member of the Board of Directors. Here are a few of the
committees’ being formed to begin work soon:
National Recognition Week – working to gain national
recognition from the U.S. Senate for Non-Trad week.
Constitutional Review Committee – to recommend mak-
ing much needed changes and amendments to our governing
documents and present those changes at the annual business
meeting in March 2008.
National Marketing and Media Campaign – Working
with other committee members to develop a new marketing
strategy and launch a campaign to promote ANTSHE to a
wider audience.
Conference Selection Committee – develop a new stan-
dard for hosting an ANTSHE conference and proactively
seek out host for future conferences
These are just a few of the things we are working on. Come
on in and help us out! It is rewarding work and can really
make a difference in the many lives that ANTSHE touches.
If you want to get involved simply contact Mrs. Donna
Minkley (ANTSHE Vice President) at
[email protected] and she will put you in touch with
the appropriate committee chairperson!
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2007-08 Board of Directors Committee Update!
The Executive Board of
ANTSHE will be seeking vol-
unteers to serve on several
worth while committees in the
coming months. All members
are encouraged to participate!
“Together we can make a Dif-
ference”
Constitutional Review
Marketing Committee
Survey Committee
Scholarship Committee
Jeffrey Bunnell President
Donna Minkley Vice President
Marie Basler Communications Officer
Gerald Morgan Student Coordinator
Betty Mixon Finance Officer
Kay Mitchell Secretary
Shanda Smith Conference Officer
shanda@[email protected]
Sandra Raab Membership Officer
Jame Cornett Student Member
Lori Themme Student Member
RESEARCH ON
NON-TRADS
Looking for statistics
on Non Traditional
students? The Na-
tional Center for Edu-
cational Statistics of-
fers the latest statis-
tics on nontrads. Visit
their website at http://
nces.ed.gov/
office allows the board to collabo-
rate on documents, host commit-
tee document libraries, and pro-
vides for real time document re-
view. This meeting place is be-
coming an invaluable tool for the
geographically challenge board!
So, if you are ever in need of any
of the services provided by our
host, please consider those busi-
ness who support us!
space provided to us by our
friends at LEARNING-
TIMES.org. This virtual meet-
ing place allows the board to
meet without travel cost or conference
telephone expense. This is a huge sav-
ings from previous years
when our conference calls
could average $40-$60 per
meeting.
Another great collaborative tool is the
ANTSHE Board Virtual Office provided
to us free of charge by our friends at
724Hosting.com. This virtual online
Join the New OSU ANTSHE
Discussion Thread!
is aware on how to navigate the list. Now that it is established
we will begin to post topical information and membership in-
formation for all on a regular basis. We hope it will be used by
everyone to distribute information and host collaborative dia-
logue with other s around the country.
“TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE”
Executive Board works to
reduce administrative cost!
As most of you know ANTSHE has established a new
listserv at OSU. Thanks to the OSU IT Department,
they have allowed us to host our list serve on their cam-
pus as no cost. ANTSHE has connections to many
LISTSERV to include LearningTimes, KSU Listserv,
and others. However, the list at OSU is operated by
ANTSHE and administrated by board members.
We realize we had some challenges in setting up this
valuable tool but have since worked to insure everyone
Your Board of Directors is always
looking to reduce administrative
cost. In doing so, we have been
developing through technology
many effective means of collabora-
tion and communication at no cost
to the organization.
The Board of Directors in one form
or another, meets once a month via
a virtual collaborative meeting
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oping plans to complete individual projects. A few of these
projects include a new national marketing plan for ANT-
SHE (including a media campaign), national recognition
for “Non-Traditional Student Recognition Week” at the fed-
eral level, and several other projects that you will hear
about in the future.
With all the work going on this year ANTSHE is in need of
volunteers more than ever. If you have an idea for us, per-
haps have some time to volunteer your time and talents, we
would love to hear from you. There are many ways in
which you can be involved. Feel free to contact any board
member who will give you information on how to become
more involved.
As the incoming President of ANTSHE, I am humbled to be
able to guide this great organization. It is not alone I take
on this task, as you are admirably represented by your col-
leagues on the Board of Directors. This great body of vol-
unteers makes my job as President a pleasure, as I have
never met a more dedicated group of volunteers working on
your behalf.
Thank you,
Jeffrey Bunnell
Jeffrey Bunnell
ANTSHE President
ANTSHE Board of Directors Meeting Space
donated by 724 Hosting. Please support those
businesses who support us!
Share your thoughts and ideas with
other nontraditional students around
the country! There are many blogs,
discussion boards and RSS available
to us for sharing information without
boundaries!
Oklahoma State ANTSHE
Listserv
Nontraditional Students blog
of WKU
Nontraditional Students in
College
Nontraditional Students Ya-
hoo Group
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Share information by subscribing to a
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Nontrad News Online:
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Non-Traditional Student Success Act—introduced by Sen. Clinton
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News U Can Use Updates to keep you current!
MEMBERSHIP VERIFICATION
Don’t be left out! If your contact information
has changed since joining ANTSHE please go to
our website at www.antshe.org click on mem-
bership updates. We would like to have all cur-
rent members verify and update their member-
ship information as we are in the process of is-
suing new member numbers and cards to our
members. If you have joined and not received a
membership card please contact our
Membership Officer Ms. Sandra Raab
For more information about ANTSHE or if you
have any questions about the content of this
newsletter please write to:
President Jeffrey Bunnell
or
Marie Basler, ANTSHE Communications
Officer
(communications @antshe.org)
Any reference obtained from this publication to a specific commercial product, process, or service offered by 3rd party does not constitute or imply an endorsement by ANTSHE
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We’re on the web at http://www.antshe.org
ANTSHE CONFERENCES
ANTHSE Board of Directors is now accepting
proposals to host the 2009, 2010 conference.
We are particularly looking for host which
posses some of the following qualities: close
proximity of conference site to hotel and ease
of transportation, number/proximity of sur-
rounding institutions of higher learning,
quality and availability of facilities /resources
at host institution, visible support from the
host institutions administration, enthusiasm;
commitment of the local student group, pro-
fessional presented comprehensive bid with a
proposed budget, surrounding site.
If you are interested or would like more in-
formation please contact President Jeffrey
Bunnell at [email protected] or Gabe
DeGabriele at [email protected]
ANTSHE is an international partnership of students, academic professionals, institu-
tions, and organizations whose mission is to encourage and coordinate support, educa-
tion, and advocacy for the adult learner.
ANTSHE ANTSHE ANTSHE
Gabe DeGabriele 315 Grandview Park Dr.
Grand Junction, CO 81503
Ph:(970) 210-3159 Fax: 1.866.887.9940
www.antshe.org
