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Archived Online Programs

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Sustainability Issues in the College Union and Student Activities

Green Your Roof Webinar

Core Competencies: Facilities Management, Management, Planning

Originally presented on Dec. 11, 2008

Learn the benefits of installing a green roof on a college union through a case study presented by Donna Minnich Spuhler, director of the campus center and student activities at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

Greening Campus Operations: Barriers and Solutions

Core Competencies: Facilities Management, Fiscal Management, Planning

Originally presented on Dec. 11, 2008

This session presents eight common barriers that institutions face when investing in energy efficiency and green construction, as well as potential solutions, based on research done at the Rocky Mountain Institute by Sally DeLeon.

Sustainability 101: What You Need to Know to Be a Change Agent

Core Competencies: Leadership, Planning

Originally presented on Dec. 11, 2008

Educational Consultant, Jeanne S. Steffes provides an introduction to the triple bottom line of sustainability: healthy planet, healthy economy, and healthy social systems.

Using the Sustainability, Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS)

Core Competencies: Facilities Management, Management, Planning

Originally presented on Dec. 11, 2008

Learn how college unions professionals can contribute to and benefit from this framework for gauging relative progress toward sustainability for colleges and universities, presented by Laura Matson from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.

Engaging Students in Sustainable Initiatives

Core Competencies: Management, Student Learning

Originally presented on Dec. 12, 2008

Praween Dayananda of the National Wildlife Federation's Campus Ecology Program shares good practices for administrators to encourage student involvement around sustainability initiativies, while sharing some 2009 opportunities for students to get involved.

Implications of the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment

Core Competencies: Leadership, Management, Planning

Originally presented on Dec. 12, 2008

SecondNature president Tony Cortese discusses the role college union and activities professionals can play in the terms of the commitment for universities to make sustainability top priority.

Major Funding for Sustainability: Getting the Green to Make Your Campus Green

Core Competencies: Fiscal Management, Management, Planning

Originally presented on Dec. 12, 2008

Environmental leader and founder of Campus InPower Rachel Barge, who travels the U.S. to help institutions establish large sustainability funds, provides a guide on seven potential mechanisms that can be used generate the money needed to implement sustainbility initiatives on campus.

Sustainability Issues - Key Points, Resources, and Next Steps

Core Competencies: Management, Planning

Originally presented on Dec. 12, 2008

Debra Rowe is a nationally recognized leader in sustainability education who closed the online learning program exploring all of the positive possibilities and what you need to know to take your ideas and put them into action.

A Multi-Year Plan for Changing the Culture of Sustainability on Campus

Core Competencies: Leadership, Management, Planning

Originally presented on Feb. 1, 2011

Attending this program will help you learn perspectives on the key roles different constituents play in coming to agreements on making positive changes toward sustainability based on six years of examples at the University of Rochester, as well as ideas for initiatives of all sizes that can unite and bring visibility to sustainability on campus.

Civic Activity on Campus Series

Preparing Campus to Host Political Events

Core Competencies: Communications, Management, Planning

Originally presented on Oct. 1, 2008

This webinar is presented by Dr. Andy Mullins and delves into the planning, process, logistical elements, and execution of hosting the 2008 presidential debate at the University of Mississippi-Oxford.

The Influence of Modern Media and Technology

Core Competencies: Communications, Marketing, Technology

Originally presented on Oct. 30, 2008

This webinar is presented by Robert Hacket and delves into the how new social media tools can recruit, manage, train, and connect students on topics related to service.

Trends in Student Political Participation

Core Competencies: Communications, Management, Student Learning

Originally presented on Nov. 14, 2008

This webinar is presented by Abby Kiesa and provides participants with updates on trends in students’ attitudes and behaviors related to their participation with political and social issues on campus and in their communities.

Collaboration and Partnerships

Master Calendar Planning

Core Competencies: Communications, Planning

Originally presented on Oct. 22, 2008

To help participants bring people together on campus to develop major programs, problem solve, and enhance collaboration, Jason A. Levy and Lucian Wilhelm present on the advanced planning of event reservations and facility use.

Partnerships with Academic Affairs

Core Competencies: Communications, Leadership, Management, Student Learning

Originally presented on Nov. 6, 2008

This webinar on cross campus collaboration is presented by William M. McDonald. It explores best practices for building meaningful and successful partnerships between academic affairs and student affairs.

Successful Collaboration Between Student Affairs and Auxiliaries

Core Competencies: Facilities Management, Leadership, Management

Originally presented on Dec. 4, 2008

Gary Ratcliff is presenting this webinar as part of the series on cross-campus collaboration, exploring the topic of how to create effective partnerships between student affairs and auxiliary departments.

Programmers & Facilities Effectively Working Together

Core Competencies: Communications, Leadership, Management, Planning

Originally presented on March 18, 2009

Topics covered during the program include best practices for holding professionals on both spectrums accountable, ways to integrate staff efficiently, and models for maintaining a long standing relationship between facilities, operations, and programmers in the college union.

Fund Development Series

Core Competencies: Fiscal Management, Management, Planning

Originally presented on Sept. 17, 2008

This webinar is presented by Rick Gardner and Ryan Willerton and delves into the the basics of budgeting, budget terms, and the actual mechanics of the budgeting process.

Core Competencies: Communications, Fiscal Management, Marketing

Originally presented on Oct. 7, 2008

This webinar is presented by Steve Wolter and delves into the basics of grant writing including suggestions on identifying and developing grant proposals.

Capital Planning

Core Competencies: Facilities Management, Fiscal Management, Leadership, Marketing, Planning

Originally presented on Nov. 20, 2008

This webinar is presented by Carolyn Farley and delves into the basics of capital planning and explains the disadvantages and advantages of moving ahead with renovation and construction projects in this challenging economic time.

Celebrating College Union Milestones

Core Competencies: Communications, Marketing, Planning

Originally presented on Dec. 18, 2008

This webinar is presented by Whit Hollis and delves into the basics of organizing, planning, and executing a large program to celebrate an important anniversary of a college union.

Student Leadership Development

Assessing Student Leadership

Core Competencies: Leadership, Management, Student Learning

Originally presented on June 16, 2009

Learn considerations for assessing leaders of student organizations through and exploration of aggregate data from a United States assessment tool presented by Darlena Jones of Educational Benchmarking Inc. (EBI).

Multi-Institutional Study of Leadership Development

Core Competencies: Leadership, Student Learning

Originally presented on June 16, 2009

Discover ideas for structuring leadership learning opportunities based on the findings of this international research program that examins the influences of college on students' development of leadership skills, presented by John Dugan, assistant professor at Loyola University–Chicago.

College Student Leadership Programs Trends and Resources

Core Competencies: Leadership, Student Learning

Originally presented on June 17, 2009

Craig Slack and Kristan Cilente from the National Clearinghouse for Leadership Programs present an historical overview of leadership, share leadership resources within the higher education context, and describe the current state of leadership programs.

Matching Your Leadership Program with Student Needs

Core Competencies: Management, Student Learning

Originally presented on June 17, 2009

Learn about some simple strategies that can be applied to make student leader training programs more intentional, organized, and effective from Heidi Lang, social education program coordinator at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

The Social Change Model

Core Competencies: Communications, Leadership, Student Learning

Originally presented on Oct. 20, 2009

Learn best practices for utilizing the Social Change Model for Leadership Development to help develop students' leadership skills, presented by Kristan Cilente of the National Clearinghouse for Leadership Programs.

Starting a Student Leadership Program

Core Competencies: Leadership, Student Learning

Originally presented on Nov. 17, 2009

Discover new tools for planning and implementing a leadership program from scratch from presenter Kristan Cilente of the National Clearinghouse for Leadership Programs.

Taking Your Student Leadership Program to the Next Level

Core Competencies: Leadership, Student Learning

Originally presented on Nov. 19, 2009

This programs is for experiences leadership educators who are looking for ways to further develop and increase the effectiveness of existing student leadership programs, presented by Kristan Cilente of the National Clearinghouse for Leadership Programs.

Assessing Leadership Programs

Core Competencies: Leadership, Student Learning

Originally presented on Dec. 9, 2010

This online learning programs about assessing leadership programs was presented in partnership between ACUI and the National Clearinghouse for Leadership Programs.

Utilizing High-Impact Practices in Leadership Development Programs

Core Competencies: Student Learning

Originally presented on April 5, 2011

View the archived version of this ACUI and National Clearinghouse for Leadership Programs (NCLP) co-sponsored program and learn innovative high-impact practices in leadership development programs that are emerging in the classrooms and on campuses from Joshua Hiscock.

Current Trends in Leadership Programs

Core Competencies: Leadership, Student Learning

Originally presented on Feb. 9, 2012

The field of leadership education involves many stakeholders that set the agenda for the direction of leadership education in the next few years. This session addresses current and possible future trends in both curricular and cocurricular leadership development programs for college students.

Best Practices in Cocurricular Leadership Programs

Core Competencies: Human Resource Development, Leadership, Planning, Student Learning

Originally presented on Aug. 9, 2012

The Association of College Unions International and the National Clearinghouse for Leadership Programs partnered for this online learning experience showcasing practices in cocurricular leadership education at colleges and universities. Overall, the program includes a 30-minute overview of some best practices leadership development programs, and five brief showcase videos of campus leadership programs, submitted and presented by ACUI and NCLP members.

Civically Engaged Leadership for a Better World

Core Competencies: Leadership, Planning, Student Learning

Originally presented on Oct. 31, 2012

Civically engaged leadership is about preparing students to use their leadership skills as active citizens in our democracy. This online learning program includes examples of how to help students understand the levers of social change, to become problem solvers rather than only problem identifiers, to gain confidence in themselves to act in the political arena, and to develop their identities as civically engaged citizens and leaders.

Examining the Design and Delivery of Collegiate Student Leadership Development Programs: Ten Key Findings

Core Competencies: Management, Planning, Student Learning

Originally presented on Dec. 5, 2012

Learn ten practical recommendations for how the CAS Student Leadership Programs standards and self-assessment processes can be applied to programs and services that contribute to the development of student leadership learning and development, based on the results of the Multi-Institutional Study of Leadership–Institutional Survey.

Revisiting the Relational Leadership Model: Perspectives from the Third Edition of Exploring Leadership

Core Competencies: Human Resource Development, Leadership, Student Learning

Originally presented on April 18, 2013

Presented in partnership with the National Clearinghouse for Leadership Programs, this online learning program provides an overview of the third edition of Exploring Leadership, which infuses perspectives from positive psychology including strengths, thriving, and appreciative inquiry. It includes insights on using this text in student leadership development initiatives on campus.

Assessment

National Data Trends from ACUI-EBI College Union Assessments

Core Competencies: Management, Planning

Originally presented on Aug. 5, 2009

Darlena Jones from Educational Benchmarking (EBI) shares the common challenges and areas for improvement observed from the aggregate data collected by institutions across the association using the ACUI/EBI College Union Assessment.

The Road Map of Student Learning: Developing Outcomes For Assessment

Core Competencies: Management, Planning, Student Learning

Originally presented on Sept. 29, 2009

Presented by Gaving Henning of Dartmouth College, learn how to articulate what an outcome is, understand why outcomes are so valuable to a program or service, and start working on a set of assessable outcomes to use on campus.

Be Intentional: Assessment Planning and Design

Core Competencies: Management, Planning, Student Learning

Originally presented on Oct. 13, 2009

Learn about the assessment and planning are integrated, cyclical processes from Gavin Henning of Dartmouth College so that your assessment projects become more than an afterthought, but rather an intentional component developed within all of your programs.

Get Inside Your Students’ Heads: Common-Sense Assessment Techniques

Core Competencies: Management, Technology

Originally presented on Oct. 27, 2009

Explore more about actually developing the tools that will collect the meaningful data you need understand your students' learning and needs with presenter Kevin Whorton of Whorton Marketing & Research.

Student Employment

Hiring and Training Student Employees

Core Competencies: Communications, Human Resource Development, Leadership, Management

Originally presented on March 30, 2009

This 60-minute archived online learning event centers on hiring and training student employees. Learn from the authors of the ACUI publication, "Enhancing Student Learning through College Employment."

Getting the Greatest Bang for Your Buck: Maximizing Your Student Employment Program

Core Competencies: Communications, Human Resource Development, Leadership, Management, Student Learning

Originally presented on April 29, 2009

This 60-minute online learning event centers on maximizing your student employment program. Learn from the authors of the upcoming ACUI publication, "Enhancing Student Learning through College Employment."

Renovation and Construction

Renovation and Construction Webinar

Core Competencies: Facilities Management, Fiscal Management, Marketing, Planning

Originally presented on Dec. 3–4, 2009

Even in this time of economic uncertainty, colleges and universities are still building new facilities and renovating existing structures. Join fellow ACUI members and. Program offerings are currently being developed that will be beneficial to attendees who are in different aspects of the renovation and construction process. More information will be available soon!

2010 Online Learning Programs

Correcting Common Mistakes in Campus Speech Policies

Core Competencies: Communications, Management, Planning

Originally presented on April 6, 2010

This one-hour online learning event addresses the common issues that have been observed in campus speech policies, based on years of experience by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, in an effort to help campus administrators identify and correct these common mistakes before speech controversies start on campus.

90 Hot Ideas for College Unions and Student Activities

Core Competencies: Facilities Management, Fiscal Management, Intercultural Proficiency, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Planning, Student Learning, Technology

Originally presented on Aug. 3, 2010

This program reviewed a snapshot of 90 hot ideas (yes, 90!) from the field of unions and activities. Presenters reached out to nearly every ACUI member institution, and researched numerous professional publications to gather hundreds of ideas, trends, and concepts. This program features the top 90 best union operations, marketing, student training, events, auxiliary services, programming, and student activities ideas.

Non-Discrimination Policies and Student Organizations

Core Competencies: Leadership, Management, Student Learning

Originally presented on Oct. 6, 2010

This online learning programs presents an update of legal issues related to registering, administering, and advising student organizations on campus after recent court cases is presented by Jonathan Alger, senior vice president and general counsel at Rutgers University.

Student Organization Advising

Best Practices for Volunteer Student Organization Advisor Training

Core Competencies: Communications, Human Resource Development, Leadership, Management

Originally presented on May 18, 2011

In this online learning program, campus practices for training volunteer student organization advisors are be presented from two different institutions, and participants discuss particular issues from individual campuses.

Setting the Standard for Student Organizations

Core Competencies: Human Resource Development, Leadership, Student Learning

Originally presented on Aug. 7, 2012

Coordinated by the Student Organization Advisors Community of Practice, this online learning program provides a look at a training and rewards program that helps student organizations achieve certain outcomes and rewards those groups that really try to improve.

Technology

Cloud Computing in the Student Union and Student Activities

Core Competencies: Communications, Technology

Originally presented on June 2, 2011

Cloud computing is a hot topic in technology, from Google Documents to Zoho to Cloud Storage on Amazon and new cloud services coming soon from Apple and Google. Learn more about its application in the profession in this 30-minute flash session presented by the Technology Community of Practice.

An App Can Do That?

Core Competencies: Management, Technology

Originally presented on July 13, 2011

There are many mobile and web applications that can improve your productivity at work. Learn about apps that could assist you with taking notes in a meetings, keeping track of tasks, saving and accessing documents, and managing websites in this 30-minute flash session presented by the Technology Community of Practice.

Google Plus and the Student Union

Core Competencies: Technology

Originally presented on Sept. 9, 2011

As Google Plus launched this summer, it was met with more excitement than any new social network has in the past. Check out this online learning program presented by the Technology Community of Practice to learn more about how it can be used to help increase efficiency, provide quality customer service, and build online communities.

Student-Run Video Marketing

Core Competencies: Marketing, Technology

Originally presented on Oct. 18, 2011

Check out this 30-minute technology flash webinar to learn about how the University of Arizona Student Union media team produces promotional video material for student affairs departments and runs its own web video series. Topics covered include the strategy, technology, budget, and distribution, as well as the advantages of having a student-run team in developing engaging video material for an undergraduate population.

Twitter and the Student Union

Core Competencies: Communications, Marketing, Technology

Originally presented on Dec. 13, 2011

Twitter has become a marketing tool for organizations big and small. So how does your union use technology and more specifically Twitter to engage with students? Access this 30-minute flash session for an introduction, overview, and examples of Twitter, highlighting its benefits for professionals and students alike.

Groundswell: Student Affairs in a World of Social Technologies

Core Competencies: Communications, Student Learning, Technology

Originally presented on Feb. 22, 2012

This webinar will review the book Groundswell, in which several stages of social technology involvement are identified, from inactive to creators. The information can then be used to steer how students are engaged through various involvement stages on campus.

2011 Online Learning Programs

The RFP: Managing the Process

Core Competencies: Fiscal Management, Management, Planning

Originally presented on Nov. 2, 2011

To best serve campus needs, many times college unions choose to lease space to a private operator with an expertise, experience, or service that might otherwise be difficult to deliver. Access this archived online program to learn about the request for proposal (RFP) process that should be followed to obtain these new campus services.

Developing Advanced Facilitation and Training Skills

Core Competencies: Communications, Human Resource Development, Leadership, Student Learning

Originally presented on Dec. 6, 2011

In higher education, we are often called upon to offer presentations to groups of students or colleagues. Access this online learning program to learn more about developing advanced skills as a facilitator and college student education that will help you be prepared for training and presenting sessions.

Social Media

Measuring Social Media ROI

Core Competencies: Human Resource Development, Management, Planning, Technology

Originally presented on June 14, 2011

This program addresses metrics by which to evaluate return on investment in social media. These tools may include calculators, analytics, tracking mechanisms, and coupon codes. Additionally, the topics of resource allocation planning and simple goal-based evaluation techniques will be covered. Campuses, corporations, and nonprofit arenas are used as examples.

Social Media and You

Core Competencies: Communications, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Planning, Technology

Originally presented on June 14, 2011

Admitting that you need help with understanding social media basics is the first step. This program gives you the basics of the two most prolific platforms your audiences are using (Facebook and Twitter) and provides examples from auxiliary services and college union professionals.

Social Media Practice and Policy

Core Competencies: Communications, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Planning, Technology

Originally presented on June 14, 2011

Are you openly ignoring the fact that your departments, staff, students, and campus colleagues are using social media platforms to share information or promote products? If you don’t have an effective social media policy then you are doing just that. Take the lead in developing the appropriate policy for your department on campus before it is too late.

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