Today's Student Leaders are Tomorrow's Student Affairs Educators: Leveraging Experiential Education to Sustain Our Profession
This session is a presentation on the Division of Student Affairs (DoSA) Undergraduate Fellowship Program at Stony Brook University. This program is a unique credit-bearing paid internship experience for students interested in graduate study and careers in student affairs/higher education who identify as members of underrepresented and marginalized groups. Participants interested in establishing similar internship experiences at their institutions will learn about the program planning and implementation process and create action plans.
Learning Outcomes
1. Distinguish the components of an effective experiential learning program in student affairs
2. Describe how to plan an experiential learning experience in student affairs as a DEIB initiative
3. Establish a community of support with other student affairs professionals interested in experiential education
Cheryl Chambers
Associate Dean of Student Affairs
Stony Brook University
Dr. Cheryl Chambers has over 25 years of experience working in Student Affairs, with emphasis in diversity, equity, inclusion, and sense of belonging (DEIB) for professionals and students, cultural competency building, student leadership development, student activities and campus programming, college unions management and cultural centers, and budgeting and human resource management. She is the Course Instructor for the Division of Student Affairs Undergraduate Fellowship Program at Stony Brook University, a pathway program established in 2022 to introduce students from historically underrepresented and marginalized identities to careers in Student Affairs and Higher Education. As the Course Instructor, Dr. Chambers is responsible for all phases of the fellowship program, including curriculum design, implementation, program evaluation, and participant recruitment. She seeks to establish a community of higher education colleagues interested in providing experiential education opportunities in Student Affairs. Dr. Chambers has a Doctoral Degree in Educational Administration and Supervision from St. John’s University, a Master of Science degree in Human Resource Management from Stony Brook University, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Syracuse University. She enjoys reading, music, and travel.
Continuing Education Credits
This session counts for 1.0 CSAEd-CORE credit
NASPA has been approved by the Higher Education Consortium for Student Affairs Certification to provide CE credit for Certified Student Affairs Educators (CSAEd). NASPA is solely responsible for all aspects of this program.
Guidelines for earning CE credit:
No partial credit will be rewarded.
Participants must also complete the feedback survey in the Online Learning Community.
1 Credit is available for attending the live session or viewing the on-demand recording.
To receive CSAEd credit, attendees must complete the feedback survey that offers the certification in each session. Once you have attended all the live sessions or watched the on-demand sessions for which you would like to request credit, visit the Continuing Education (CE) website to fill out the Student Affairs Education Certification Request Form for all the sessions. All certificants must fill out one for the live session and a separate one for the on-demand sessions. Visit the Continued Education (CE) website to learn more regarding deadlines and receive your certificate of completion for the Virtual Conference.
