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Posted: Thursday, November 12, 2009Buffalo State Sponsors 14th Annual Student Affairs Professional Conference
The 14th annual Student Affairs Professional Development Conference, “Using Insight to Focus Our Passion,” will be held on Friday, November 13, at 1:00 p.m. in the Burchfield Penney Art Center at Buffalo State College. This powerful half-day symposium of workshop sessions and networking opportunities is designed for students, faculty, and new and experienced professionals in higher education.
Marilee J. Bresciani, Ph.D., professor of postsecondary education leadership at San Diego State University, will provide the keynote address. Bresciani coordinates the master’s in student affairs/services in community colleges and higher education; the certificate in institutional research, planning, and assessment; and the master’s and doctorate in community college leadership programs at San Diego State. Her research focuses on the evaluation of student learning and development.
Bresciani has held faculty and higher education administration positions for over 20 years. As assistant vice president for institutional assessment at Texas A&M University and as director of assessment at North Carolina State University, Bresciani led university-wide initiatives to embed faculty-driven outcomes-based assessment in the curriculum. She has led reforms in outcomes-based assessment program review, assessment of general education, quality enhancement, and assessment of the co-curricular.
Bresciani has presented and published her findings and is a leading author of five books on assessing student learning and outcomes-based assessment program review. She has developed and delivered several courses on assessment of student learning, and serves on the editorial board of the NASPA Journal.
She is a reviewer for the Australian Quality Assurance Agency and is also a managing partner in an international assessment and enrollment management consulting firm. She holds a Ph.D. in administration, curriculum, and instruction from the University of Nebraska and a master of arts in teaching from Hastings College.
To register for the Student Affairs Professional Development Conference or for more details, please visit the conference Web site or contact Lynn Lyons, 878-3789
