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Student Affairs Newsletter March 2021
2 STUDENT AFFAIRS STUDENT AFFAIRS 3
Inside This Issue... VP for Student Affairs
Mr. Richard Hester
NEWSLETTER
PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY
Will Atkinson
Asst. to VP for Student Affairs
Station #56
(205) 652-3581
watkinson@uwa.edu
Admissions 4
DIRECTORS
Counseling & Career Services 5 ADMISSIONS
Mrs. Libba Baker
CAREER SERVICES &
COUNSELING
Ms. Tammy White
Student Life 6 FINANCIAL AID
Mr. Steve Smith
HOUSING
Mr. Luther Gremmels
Financial Aid 6 REGISTRAR What a way to start the first week of March...conference tournaments
Mrs. Susan Sparkman
STUDENT ACTIVITIES for women’s and men’s basketball, mid-week baseball, volleyball, and
Mr. Jason Gardner
Student Support Services 7 STUDENT ACTIVITIES soccer, along with a weekend packed with softball, tennis, and our first
Mr. Byron Thetford
STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES football game since 2019! It has been a strange and challenging year.
Ms. Andrea Farquhar
Upward Bound 7 UPWARD BOUND Now, there is light at the end of the semester and renewed hope that
Ms. Vickie Pullum
our everyday lives and events will exist again. I know you join me in
Housing 8 UPCOMING MEETINGS
wanting to make the most of this for the students on our campus, and
March 3, 2021
April 7, 2021 we will pull together to help form that into a reality this spring.
Registrar 10 DATES TO REMEMBER
Career Fair
March 3, 2021 Thank you!
Student Activities 12 Area 3 - Drive Thru Fair
April 5, 2021
Honors Day
April 14, 2021
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Admissions Career Services & Counseling Center
Mrs. Libba Baker Ms. Tammy White
By the Numbers Campus Tours (individual): Career Services • Currently there are 212 active job/internship
• August 15, 2020 - February 26, 2021: 146 stu- Individual Student Contacts: 188 postings on Purple Briefcase and 269
• Fall 2021 vs Fall 2020
dents • Resume advice/critiques: 61 internships listed in the University Internship
• Applications:1,369 (-968) • Mock Interviews: 34
• 94.08% check-in rate Database.
• Transfer: 97 (-41) • Other: 93
• Freshman: 1,272 (-927) • Group Tours: 15 Presentations/Meetings/Other Counseling Services
• Admits: 939 (-302) • Virtual meetings: 16 • Presentations: Individual Student Contacts: 29
• August 15, 2019 - February 26, 2020: 145 stu- • Professional Development (in Business) Class • Counseling - 28
• Transfer: 35 (-27)
dents – Career Services, Events & Resources • Intakes - 1
• Freshman: 904 (-275) Referrals: 7
• 85.71% check-in rate • Technical Communications Class – Resume
• Summer 2021 vs Summer 2020 Preparation • West Alabama Mental Health Center – 3
• Group Tours - 346 students
• Applications: 30 (-7) • TIGERCareer Professional Development • Private Physician – 2
• Transfer: 15 (+4) Orientation: Webinar Series including: • Rush Clinic - 2
• Resume writing Presentations/Meetings/Other
• Freshman: 15 (-11) • Fall 2021 Registrations: 28 • Virtual meeting Etiquette and Networking • Meetings with...
• Admits: 12 (-5) • LinkedIn - Tips on Building a Professional
• Freshmen - 27 • West Alabama Mental Health Center
• Transfer: 4 (-1) Profile regarding Alabama APART Grant
• Freshman: 8 (-4) • Transfer - 1 • Career Fair Plus App Tutorial that • Dr. Jane Coleman met with the Executive
• Fall 2020 Registrations: 1 included tips for students on how to Director of the Alabama Counseling
• Fall 2021 vs Fall 2020 (Freshmen)
register and how to participate in the Association regarding her new role as the
• Scholarships Reviewed: 636 • Freshmen - 1 virtual career fair. President-Elect of the Alabama Counseling
• Awarded: 619 (+299)
• Transfer - 0 • Attended... Association.
• Accepted: 74 (+25) • Presentations:
Staff Notes • CPI meetings and webinars
• Fall 2021 vs Fall 2020 (Transfers) • Retain Alabama meetings • Growth Mindset for Student Support Services
• Scholarships Reviewed: 29 • February 11 - Mrs. Sonia Shaw participated • NACE: HBCU Summit and NACE: Using staff – 6 attended
• Awarded: 26 (-4) in a College 2 Career virtual for Blount High Design Thinking During COVID-19 • Attended...
• Accepted: 3 (-7) School. training webinar
• Alabama Counseling Association Chapter III
• February 25 - Mrs. Sonia Shaw and Mr. • West Alabama Works Quarterly
meeting
• Fall 2021 vs Fall 2020 (EFCs) Workforce Summit
Shaw Cornelius hosted The ACT, What is it? • West Alabama School Counselors’ Conference
• Total - 86 (+13) • Sumter Renaissance/Chamber Sumter
The goal of this webinar was to assist students • Observed Virtual Stakeholder Interviews with
County teachers webinar presentation
• Freshmen: 78 (+21) DHR for the QA Committee.
in gaining a basic understanding of how/when • Miscellaneous:
• Transfer: 8 (-10) • Submitted Retain Alabama Initiative survey • Maxient training
to register for the ACT, test structure, and why
to 1,326 Sophomores – Seniors. Currently the • Alabama Counseling Association Executive
• Summer 2021 vs Summer 2020 (EFCs) it is important.
13.20% response rate is the second highest Committee meeting
• Total - 4 (-2) • February 22-26 - The Admissions Office par- among universities in the state. ADA Services
• Freshmen: 4 (-1) ticipated in Alabama’s second College Applica- • Completed the C2C Accomplishments and • Participated in various meetings with current
• Transfer: 0 (-1) tion Week Challenges document and submitted to the and potential students to discuss ADA
UNCF CPI Team. accommodations.
• Mrs. Sonia Shaw attended a total of ten drive- Upcoming
• Promoted recruitment webinar for the
thru and traditional fairs in the month of Feb- Environmental Protection Agency. • UWA Suicide Prevention Grant Implementation
ruary. • Promoted Huntsville A SMARTPLACE • Workshop for Student Support Services
recruitment webinar. • Preparing ADA accommodations letters for
• Phone meeting with DCH about internship Spring 2 classes.
opportunities.
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Student Life Student Support Services
Mr. Byron Thetford Ms. Andrea Farquhar
Greek Life Student Support Services
• March 2 - NPHC Convocation for potential new members with 69 • By the numbers
students in attendance. • 50 individual student meetings conducted
• Homer Packet has been distributed and all organizations are pre- • 15 tutors, working with 48 tutees, in 83 individual sessions each
week, 68% attendance rate
paring their annual reports for this year.
• Progress report results documented for 155 students.
Student Involvement
• Ms. Andrea Farquhar, Ms. Jessica Lotz, and Ms. Tanzie Brown
• March 12-13 - SGA Elections for executive council positions attended (virtually) the SAEOPP Annual Conference.
• Applications for senator positions are currently available.
Workshops
• SGA sponsored a bottle filling station for the top of the SUB.
• Tax Talk – presented by Zack Collins
• Higher Ed Day moved to a virtual platform and over 300 student • Pay Your Bills the Smart Way – presented by Ms. Jessica Lotz
from across the state logged in to support. UWA students partici- • Study Strategies 3.0 – presented by Ms. Tanzie Brown
pated and were recognized for their custom Zoom backgrounds.
• Life Coaching – presented by Ms. Tanzie Brown
• Collaborated with Human Resources to offer the Title IX represen- • Growth Mindset – presented by Dr. Jane Coleman
tatives training for the new 2020 standards.
• SSS Alumni Roundtable – presented by Ms. Andrea Farquhar
Fitness Center Fli Society
• The Fitness Center continues to do well with community numbers • Collaborating with Sumter County DHR to donate Easter Baskets to
holding steady when compared to previous years. local children.
• The pool will be open up after Spring Break and the swimming les- • Food drive on-going for a pre-spring break donation to UWA Food
Pantry.
son schedule will be posted in the coming days.
Upward Bound
Financial Aid Ms. Vickie Pullum
Mr. Steve Smith
• February 20 - Conducted the after school tutoring through
2021-2022 Financial Aid Processing: second Saturday Session April 22, 2021.
• UB Applications are still being • Received additional applica-
• As of February 25, 2021...
received. tions from potential 9th grad-
• Downloaded 2,296 applications
• Planning underway for the ers, and interviews have been
• Packaged 1,481 awards
2021 Virtual UB Summer scheduled.
• 255 selected for verification
Scholar Program and UB Saturday Sessions
• 0 verifications completed
Bridge Program. • March 20, 2021
• Continuing to offer virtual • April 24, 2021
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Residence Life • Gilbert staff hosted Girl Talk 101, which
Housing • The Housing Office celebrated National RA Ap- included an open-ended discussion about
Mr. Luther Gremmels preciation Day through our RA Appreciation being a modern-day woman. Residents
Week (February 15-19). RAs received notes and received a kit that included feminine hy-
other appreciation items throughout the week giene products, scrunchies, loofahs, and
Housing Operations • Staffing from hall directors and professional staff. more.
• By the numbers (housing applications) • The RA Interview Team, consisting of cur- • Programming Highlights: • Gilbert residents placed sticky notes of
• 39 new freshmen (+1 from this time last rent hall directors, hall directors for next • In addition to virtual events, the Housing staff their accomplishments on the Proud RA
year and -4 from 2019). year, and Ms. Angela Ward, conducted RA provided a number of in-person activities in Fridge in the Gilbert lobby.
• 3 transfer students (-11 from this time last interviews via Zoom. Interviews were re- February, including:
• 50+ residents at Gilbert Hall celebrated
year and -7 from 2019). corded and reviewed by the RA Selection • Stickney RAs helped residents create DIY National Carnival Day with Tiger Toss, a
Team, to inform the selection process. air fresheners using mason jars, baking ring toss game in which residents com-
• 93 current students. (-56 from this time last
• RA offers were made on March 1. soda, and essential oils. peted for prizes.
year and -153 from 2019).
• Stickney and Gilbert staff members each
• TOTALS: 135 housing applications for • Mr. Luther Gremmels, Ms. Angela Ward, Mrs. • Selden Hall residents participated in Art
hosted a Black History trivia program.
Fall 2021 (-66 from this time last year Shelly Fast, and Ms. Kaitlyn Strachan attend- at the Start, learning decoupage, and
and -164 from 2019). • Reed Hall RAs formed an intramu- creating key hangers for their rooms. (pic-
ed the SEAHO Conference virtually this month.
ral volleyball team. tured page 8)
• COVID-19 Quarantine Updates Sessions covered an array of topics including,
the impact on staff and students during COV- • Patterson residents participated in Learn
• In February, 52 students were placed in • Hoover RAs hosted a Valentine’s Bingo
Your Love Languages, a program to help
quarantine, with 26 quarantining on cam- ID, COVID response in housing, master plan- Night.
them develop better relationships with
pus (including 3 off-campus students) and ning, anti-racism and diversity, equity, and significant others, roommates, etc.
26 returning home for quarantine. inclusion initiatives and supervision, virtual
engagement, and engaging student athlete
• The Housing staff delivered more than 100
meals to students quarantining on-campus populations in residential programming.
in February.
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Registrar
Mrs. Susan Sparkman
• February 25 - University Academic Council (UAC) met and the re-
quested changes are being entered in degree audit and the catalogue.
• March 4 - 2021 Spring One Online Session ends. Grades are due
March 5.
• March 8 - Last day to register for the 2021 Spring Two Term. Dereg-
istration will be run on Thursday, March 11 at 5:00 p.m.
• March 15 - Spring Two Online Session will begin
• Mrs. Emily McInnis has been processing applications for degree for
the 2021 Spring Commencement. The 2021 Spring One degrees will be
posted by March 11.
• Continuing the 2021 Campus Summer and Fall class schedules and
have begun imputing those in the system. Currently entering the online
class schedules for the 2021-22 academic year.
• Pre-registration for all Summer and Fall campus and online terms will
open on April 29, 2021.
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Student Activities
Mr. Jason Gardner
Campus Activities Board Band
• Hosted a Black History Trivia Night (virtual) • Pep Band performed at 8 basketball games.
with 44 students participating.
• The band program received a large donation of
• Scheduled Springfest for April 15. sheet music from an alumnus.
• Attended the virtual National Association for • Auditions have been set for the auxiliary units
Campus Activities (NACA) annual conference. and scholarships.
Sessions included how to make an event safe
with COVID-19 requirement, marketing and • Promotional posters went out to Alabama high
many others. UWA student attendees were schools, Mississippi community colleges, and
also a part of three (3) showcasing acts perfor- select Mississippi high schools.
mances and Mr. Jason Gardner was a part of • Visited three (3) Mississippi community col-
the Dear World closing keynote. leges as part of the continued recruiting efforts
Intramurals for the band and auxiliaries.
• Two (2) new intramural supervisors have been Cheer
hired.
• Continuing to preform at home basketball
• Mr. Troy Maddox received RCRSP (Registered games including the upcoming GSC Tourna-
Collegiate Recreational Sports Professional)
ment game. COVID-19 protocols for Pruitt
certification.
Hall have limited the squad size to four (4) per
• Mr. Troy Maddox and Mr. Jason Gardner at- game.
tended the virtual NIRSA annual conference.
Mr. Troy Maddox was recognized as being the • Cheering at the home football game schedule
Alabama State Director. for March 6 at 1:00pm as the Tigers host Lime-
stone College.
By the Numbers
• Completed travel itinerary for the trip to Mo-
• 16 volleyball (6 co-rec, 6 men’s, 4 women’s) 130
participants bile, AL where the football team will play Sa-
vannah State University. The game is sched-
• 10 volleyball officials trained
uled for March 13 at 4:00pm in Ladd-Peebles
• NBA 2k21 Tournament (2 participants) Stadium.
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