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My name: Jay Strickland
Where I work:
Tuttle Middle
School, Crawfordsville, IN
What I do: I
am a social studies teacher and football coach (Middle School), Freshman Boy's Basketball Coach (High School)
Indulgence:
I am an avid fan of Major League Baseball, college basketball, college football, and professional football
Favorite movie: Tombstone
Inspiration: I
am inspired by my friends and family. I am also motivated to provide my students with the highest quality of
education.
Professional goal:
I hope to become a middle school
Principal/Assistant Principal.
What I would like for you to know about my program: It has been great preparation for my future as a secondary school administrator and a
great way for me to network with other future administrators. The instructors are very approachable and
accessible to help you along in your education.
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Ed.S. Student in K-12 School Administration
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My name:
Ryan M.
Pitcock
Where I work : Crown
Point High School
What I do: Principal
Indulgence: To be a
good father to my three- and one-year- old sons as well as a
good husband to my wife Wendy
Favorite movie: The
Lord of the Rings trilogy
Inspiration: My
mentors, Bill Cope (Hobart H.S.), Bill Duke (Carmel H.S.), Bill McColley (Lawrence North H.S.), and Dusty Rhode (Portage
H.S.). Someday, it would be great to be regarded in the same light as these gentlemen and is something that
drives me to improve the educational environment for the students of Crown Point High School as they did for their
respective schools.
Professional goal: To
continue to improve my high school and down the road to
become a superintendent and lead a school corporation to
improve the K-12 learning environment.
What I would like for you to know
about my program:
The Ed.S. program is rigorous focusing on both the
practical and theoretical components of school
administration. The professors are personable and possess a
true willingness to work with you as an individual. I have
found the program is not only preparing me for my future
aspirations, but is making me a better educator today.
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Doctoral Students in K-12 School Administration
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My name:
Nicole V. Law
Where I work: Garden City Elementary
School, Indy
What I do: Principal
Indulgence: None
Favorite movie:
The Notebook
Inspiration: My
mother and
Christian principles
Professional goal: Assistant
superintendent of an urban school district then Superintendent.
What I would like for you to know about my program: I love the high level of collaboration
and professional dialogue.
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My name: Tyler
Brown
Where I work:
Mount Vernon City
Schools, District 80
What I do: Assistant
Superintendent
Indulgence: Contemporary Christian
music, golfing, and water activities
Favorite movie: The
Great Outdoors
Inspiration: My
next door neighbor who was my elementary principal and music
director in the church I attended as a kid.
Professional goal: Continue to serve Mount
Vernon City Schools as the Assistant
Superintendent and possibly be the next District Superintendent.
What I would like for you to know about my program: The Wednesday Residency
Program is a great option for practicing administrators. The
quality program is made up of quality professors who genuinely care
about your scholarship and professional
success.
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My name: Bonnie Stephens
Where I
work: East Porter County
School Corporation, Valparaiso, IN
What I do: Curriculum
Coordinator
Indulgence: Television
Favorite movie: Walk
the Line
Inspiration: My
family
Professional goal: To be challenged and
excited by my work every day.
What I would like for you to know about
my program: The content and schedule
are rigorous, but the structure of the program
provides genuine support. The faculty is top notch. They are as
excited about my growth as I am, and they make themselves
available to me whenever I need them. Likewise, the cohort provides
an outstanding learning
community.
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My name: Todd Cummings
Where I work
: The Orchard School
What I do: I
teach sixth grade social studies and writing
Indulgence: Warm chocolate chip
cookies, movies, and the Sunday New
York Times
Favorite movie:
Casino
Inspiration: My
family
Professional
goal: To administrate a progressive,
independent private school and make connections with local public
schools; working together to educate all
students.
What
I would like for you to know about my program: The Ph.D. at
Indiana State has been the best academic work that I have ever
completed. The program is flexible enough to compliment my
independent, private school background, with
professors who have pushed me to think creatively and colleagues who
have helped me hone the articulation
of my thoughts.
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My name:
Rhonda Lawrence
Where I work
: Clay Community Schools
in Brazil, Indiana
What I do: Director
of Special Services
Indulgence: Peanut M & M's
Favorite movie: Robin
Williams in "Awakenings"
Inspiration: My
husband, Jim, and my sons, Derek and Dustin.
Professional goal: I would like to be
involved in training future teachers at the university level to become highly effective special education
teachers and leaders.
What I would like for you to know about
my program: I have enjoyed collaborating
with highly motivated people from
across the two-state area in issues regarding educational
leadership. This program has been one of the highlights of my
educational career.
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M.S. Students in Student Affairs and Higher Education
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My name:
Jasmine P. Clay
My Assistantship:
Office of Residential
Life (Burford Hall)
What I do: Assistant
Hall Director
Indulgence: Coldstone's Cake Batter
Ice cream
Favorite movie: Hitch
Inspiration: My
parents
Professional goal: To earn my doctoral
degree.
What
I would like for you to know about my program:
Three practicum give you the unique
opportunity to experience
multiple areas within Student Affairs, and helped me map out
my future career.
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My name: Clint
Whitson
My
Assistantship: Office of Residential
Life (Cromwell Hall)
What I do: Assistant
Hall Director
Indulgence: Milk chocolate, a good
base ball game
Favorite movie: Shawshank Redemption and Gladiator
Inspiration: My
parents are a
great inspiration for me. They work hard and have sacrificed
much for me to achieve my goals in life.
Professional goal: I wish to become a Dean
of Students at a small college with a very
collegial feel. The kind of place where everyone knows your name
and ivy grows on the buildings.
What I would like for you to know about my program: I
feel like that my program is unique because, with the professional experience I
have had in my assistantship and three practicum opportunities, my
resume is
loaded down with professional experience. The program faculty also
do well in helping us tie in student development theory to
these practical experiences.
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My
name:
Melissa Gumlaw
My Assistantship: Residential Life:
Assistant Hall Director- Cromwell Hall/First
Year Initiative Area
What I do: I
supervise the Academic Peer Advocates who offer academic support and
guidance to the first year students, I oversee all the
academic programming within the First Year Initiative Area and I
work closely with faculty, specifically those connected with
our themed housing program majors.
Indulgence: Going out to dinner
Favorite movie: The
Notebook
Inspiration: My
mom for her compassion, and the students I work with because they inspire
me to work as hard as I can
both with them and for them.
Professional goal: My long term goal is to
become a dean of students at a small liberal arts college. My short
term goal
is to find a job and a school that are a good fit for me and that
allow me to grow and develop into a better
student affairs professional.
What I would like for you to know about my program: The Student Affairs and
Higher Education program at
ISU is designed to allow you to have the opportunity for a hands-on,
experiential learning experience. Through an assistantship and
three practicum opportunities, as well as working with amazing
faculty members, the education you
will receive from this program will completely and comprehensively
prepare you to become an outstanding
student affairs professional.
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Doctoral
Students in Higher Education Leadership
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My name: Cynthia
Pinchback-Hines
Where I
work: Northern
Kentucky University
What I do: Associate
Dean, African American Student Affairs & Ethnic Services
Indulgence: Chocolate, chocolate,
and more chocolate
Favorite movie: Imitation
of Life
Inspiration: My
mother
Professional goal:
To become a researcher
and lecturer on diversity-related issues
in higher education; Vice President of Student Affairs
What
I would like for you to know about my program: The program is ideal for busy,
hardworking individuals, and it expands one’s professional
networking base.
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My name:
Taiwo
Ande
Where I
work: Indiana State
University
What I do: IT
Evaluation and Research Support Specialist
Indulgence: Seafood
Favorite movie: None
Inspiration: My
Parents
Professional goal: To become a
President/Vice President of Research in a top
research University
What I would like for you to know about
my program: The greatest assets of the program
are the quality of the faculty and the curriculum. What you
get out of it is a function of how much you put into the
readings, and your relationship with your faculty and cohort. The
professional
opportunities after the program are amazing.
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My name: Laurie F. Peters
Where I
work: Ivy Tech Community
College of Indiana
What I do: Chair,
School of Health Sciences, Professor of Nursing
Indulgence: Scuba diving,
chocolate, old movies
Favorite movie: North
by Northwest
Inspiration: My
family
Professional goal: To obtain a position as
an academic administrator in higher education. I am especially interested in the academic area and an
academic dean position.
What I would like for you to know about
my program: The program is a wonderful and
enriching experience! The faculty are knowledgeable in their fields
providing a strong foundation through a
wide range of experiences to enhance our understanding of higher
education and leadership. I would highly
recommend this program to anyone interested in obtaining a Ph.D. in
higher education!
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My name:
Ronald M. Oler
Where I
work: Ivy Tech Community
College-Richmond
What I do: Associate
Professor/Department Chair of Office Administration and Paralegal
Studies
Indulgence: Dove dark chocolates,
which are best nibbled during the program's weekend
seminars
Favorite movie: Clark
W. Griswold, Non-nutritive Cereal Varnish Engineer-Christmas Vacation
Inspiration: Every
one of my students who persevere and develop confidence
along with skills
Professional goal: To continue advancing
through higher levels of leadership within
the Academy
What
I would like for you to know about my program: It is very enlightening
if higher education is your second career and it is doable.
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My name:
Lori Handy
Where I
work: Ivy Tech Community
College-Bloomington Campus
What I do: Director
of Enrollment Services (includes admissions, financial aid, and
testing)
Indulgence: Spending time with my
young girls (7 & 5), watching movies, playing outside,
reading, and camping. Kicking back on the front or back porch
with a glass of wine with my husband!
Favorite movie: Nacho
Libre -great quotes and very wholesome. Ron Oler in my cohort and
I exchange quotes from this movie all the time "Mucho take it
easy!" Have to love Jack Black!
Inspiration: None
Professional goal: Short term to be a Dean
of Student Affairs or Enrollment Services either at Ivy Tech or
another college
What I would like for you to know about my program: My internships were
wonderful. My second internship led to my current job. I've come
to realize I can complete my dissertation- I can do this! It is
trying at times and sacrifices are made, but it
is possible with determination to juggle work, school, and family.
Two years of course work goes by really
fast!
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My name: Henry Villegas
Where I
work: Student Academic
Services Center, Indiana State University
What I do: Coordinate
Academic Support Program for Inter-Collegiate Athletics
Indulgence: Authentic Mexican Food
Favorite movie: The
Godfather
Inspiration: I
am inspired by individuals who are able to accomplish the impossible by true
grit, determination and hard work
Professional goal: I aspire to be a higher
education administrator or
perhaps a faculty member in higher education leadership
What I would like for you to know about
my program:
The program has been
enlightening with a nice mix of theory as well as practical
and experiential learning. The faculty is top of the line and works
well with classes made up of working higher
education professionals. The cohort experience makes it all possible
as a sense of community is developed where
those in the cohort support one another.
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My name: Dionne L. Jones-Malone
Where I
work: Calumet College of St.
Joseph
What I do: Director,
Student Support Services
Indulgence: Vanilla Latte from
Starbucks
Favorite movie: The
Godfather
Inspiration: My
mother
Professional goal: To become a chancellor
or president of a 2 or 4-year institution
What I would like for you to know about
my program: The cohort model provides an
enriching learning experience and an opportunity for
professional networking.
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My name: Dean Branson
Where I
work: Anderson University
What I do: Director
of Student Programs
Indulgence: Chocolate Pop-tarts
Favorite movie: Lord
of the Rings
Inspiration: Belief
in God and the admonition to live a life of service to all
Professional goal: Vice President for
Student Life or Faculty Member in a Higher Education
program
What I would like for you to know about
my program: I feel fully supported by the
members of my cohort and the faculty. They are helping to shape this
learning experience into a life changing opportunity.
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