Meet Eva: Higher education and student affairs

I did my undergraduate degree here at WMU and throughout my time at Western I was involved in a multitude of student organizations and in that I found out about the HESA program. I was then able to connect with faculty from the program during my undergrad to figure out how to apply and what the program was about and how it will prepare me for the future. 

have shot through the office of student engagement in which visa was able to connect with that opportunity and in that I work with attorney sorority life students and I worked at Rocco match and in that I work with very sorry like students and I was able to work at Bronco bash this past fall and working with the office of student engagement connecting with students talking about what our office does and he's so definitely connected me to that opportunity and those experiences that I get outside of the classroom great so what's is there another aspect that he said that I think you had something in your head if we haven't already gone over that umm something like about he said that you think prospective students would want to know take your time one of the most impactful things about the user program is the people the faculty care about each and every student within the program their success in and outside of the classroom and also preparing them for their futures in the field as well as faculty I've also connected with my cohort members who are fellow students also taking the same classes as me and it's nice because when we get together we can connect about our different grad assistantships jobs and other undergraduate experiences that's perfect I'm so happy you mentioned cohort because I didn't even know that 

In one of my classes last semester we did a cross-border collaboration with some students at the University of Toronto. So, we worked on case studies virtually and connected on several occasions to find out about each other 's institutions. Through this I was contacted to do a international conference and talk about my experience as a student in the cross-border collaboration. It was perfect and I loved the experience. 

The HESA program has prepared me a lot for my career post graduation. I'm excited to enter the field I feel like I know a lot about it we've been talking in our classes and with those that are in different functional areas with their experiences are the faculty does a great job of inviting different guests into the classroom such as the vice president of student affairs and other folks from the university we've also taken trips to other campuses and the Western Michigan area to expand our horizons and look through different institutional types in this I feel prepared to enter the field having a wider variety of knowledge than I would have just at WVU an opportunity that I had through the Easter program was to do a summer internship at this internship I did my field experience at Georgia college and State University which is a a public liberal arts institution and I was able to just completely immerse myself in the experience learn about a new institution meet new faculty members connect with different types of students 

all student affairs professionals follow the professional competencies let me think about the maintenance Austin affairs professionals work to understand the 10 professional competencies and and this adhesive program at western has classes specifically designed in each competency area such as a diversity equity and inclusion course such as a diversity equity and inclusion course in which we get to learn more about the topics of diversity equity inclusio

diversity equity and inclusion course is that is one of the professional competency areas and this each piece of student at WSU works to create an E portfolio throughout their time in the program that way they can show it to future employers and also showcase the learning and opportunities that they have throughout the program in this we get to highlight all competency areas and pull from our course material 

career post graduation and the theory to practice that we do in the classroom the role plays with students the opportunities to work with different student populations throughout the time in the program I feel more prepared to enter into the professional field of higher education and student affairs in a few years I see myself working in student engagement as is where I have my graduate assistantship during my graduate degree