John A. Mueller, SAHE professor emeritus, will receive ACPA’s 2025 Esther Lloyd-Jones Professional Service Award at the association’s annual convention in February 2025.
Mattie Updyke, a second-year Student Affairs in Higher Education student, received the 2024 Nancy Newkerk Scholarship for outstanding contributions to student advocacy, especially supporting LGBTQIA students. The award was presented during the annual SAHE Thanksgiving celebration, recognizing Mattie’s commitment to student growth, inclusion, and collaboration in higher education
Dana Winters delivered the closing keynotes at NACADA's annual conference in Pittsburgh. Her speech, "Look for the Helpers," drew inspiration from Mister Rogers, emphasizing the importance of advisors as supportive figures in students' lives. The conference theme celebrated advisors' roles.
Kevin W. Bailey '90 was recognized as IUP’s recipient of the Keeper of the Flame Award at the 2024 PASSHE Summit.
Abigail Hancox, a first-year student in the Student Affairs in Higher Education program, has been appointed to the PASSHE Chancellor Search Committee. She also serves on the Board of Governors and studies public affairs at the master's level.
Mimi Benjamin, professor of Student Affairs in Higher Education, served as a keynote speaker for the Association of College and University Housing Officers – International/Residential College Society’s joint conference in Portland, Oregon, on October 8, 2024.
Mimi Benjamin, professor in the Student Affairs in Higher Education program, has been appointed to the NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education 2026 National Conference Leadership Committee.
Mimi Benjamin was a guest on this week’s episode of the "Student Affairs NOW" podcast. She and her co-authors discussed their new book, "Living-Learning Communities in Practice."
The Department of Student Affairs in Higher Education is pleased to announce Amy L. Cotner as the 2024 recipient of the Ronald Lunardini Distinguished Alumni Award. A 1997 graduate of the SAHE Program, Amy is Associate Vice President for Student Life/Dean of Students/Title IX Coordinator in the Office of Student Life at Keuka College in Keuka Park, New York, where she has worked since 2021.
At the May 9 University Faculty Achievement Awards Dinner, Mimi Benjamin received the University Senate’s Distinguished Faculty Service Award, which recognizes significant contributions to the university community or to the recipient’s professional community at large. Benjamin joined the faculty in 2013.
The Department of Student Affairs in Higher Education honored graduating students and recognized two graduates for exceptional accomplishments and contributions as part of the department's annual banquet on Wednesday, May 8, 2024.
The spring 2024 issue of "Developments" is now available.
Mimi Benjamin, professor in the Department of Student Affairs in Higher Education, co-authored "Living-Learning Communities in Practice: A Guide for Creating, Maintaining, and Sustaining Effective Programs in Higher Education," with Karen Kurotsuchi Inkelas and Jody Jessup-Anger.
On Friday, April 19, the College of Education and Communications recognized Carrie Egnosak ’05 as the recipient of the 2024 Impact Award for the Department of Student Affairs in Higher Education. Carrie is accomplished in the field of academic advising.
Mimi Benjamin, professor in the Student Affairs in Higher Education Department, presented at the ACPA convention on the findings of an international research project on peer mentoring, focusing on establishing belonging through peer support programs for underrepresented students.
John Wesley Lowery authored a chapter on student conduct administration in Rentz's "Student Affairs Practice in Higher Education" (6th edition).
John Wesley Lowery, professor and department chair of Student Affairs in Higher Education, delivered the 2024 Saddlemire Lecture at Bowling Green State University on Tuesday, April 2.
John Wesley Lowery presented at the 2024 NASPA Conference in Seattle last week on law and policy issues and the history of student affairs profession.
On Saturday, February 3, 2024, John Wesley Lowery, professor and department chair of Student Affairs in Higher Education, presented at ASCA conference held at Portland, Oregon.
John Wesley Lowery, department chair of Student Affairs in Higher Education, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, has been recognized by the NASPA Faculty Council as the 2024 recipient of the Faculty Service Award.
Mimi Benjamin, Student Affairs in Higher Education professor, co-authored “Why Living in a Sport Management Learning Community Matters,” recently published in the Sports Innovation Journal.
Emilie (Campbell) Dye ‘12 received the Shelley Sutherland Outstanding Volunteer Award from the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors.
John Wesley Lowery, professor in the Student Affairs in Higher Education Department, co-authored a chapter on legal and ethical issues in academic advising administration with Susan M. Taffe Reed of Dartmouth.
Lindsay Aurand is the recipient of the Nancy Newkerk scholarship for 2023.