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WIU-CSP Summer Institute June 21-22
May 14, 2007
MACOMB, IL - Western Illinois University will host the Inaugural College Student Personnel (CSP) Summer Institute for Western's CSP alumni Thursday-Friday, June 21-22 on the WIU-Macomb campus.
The institute is designed to serve the interests of Western Illinois' CSP alumni working in higher education and student development, according to Vice President for Student Services Garry Johnson. This inaugural institute will focus on identity development, millennial student characteristics, managing entry-level staff and expectations and trends within student services, he added.
Western alumnus and Texas Tech Vice President for Student Services Michael Shonrock will be the keynote speaker.
Shonrock earned his bachelor's (geography, 1979) and master's (CSP, 1981) degrees at Western. He served as director of student life at Pittsburg State University (KS), where he earned his Specialist in Education (Ed.S.) in Community College Administration; and he received his Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration from the University of Kansas.
He has been at Texas Tech since his initial appointment as dean of students in 1990. He served as assistant vice president and dean of students; and in February 2000, he was appointed the interim vice president for student affairs. Shonrock was promoted to vice president in January 2001. He has also taught classes in educational psychology and leadership and higher education programs since 1991.
Shonrock, a former member of Western Illinois' Alumni Council, has served as a faculty member of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Mid-Managers Institute and New Professionals Institute as well as the Delta Tau Delta Leadership Academy. He attended, by invitation, the NASPA Senior Student Affairs Institute in Spain and the Institute for Education Management Harvard Graduate School of Education in Summer 2005.
The institute will begin with an 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m. June 21 golf outing and lunch at Western's Harry Mussato Golf Course followed by a 6-8 p.m. welcome reception hosted by Vice President for Student Services Garry Johnson.
The tentative schedule for June 22 includes an 8:30-9:25 a.m. breakfast; morning breakout sessions from 9:30-10:45 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.-noon; a luncheon and keynote address by Shonrock from noon-1:15 p.m.; afternoon roundtable sessions from 1:30-2:30 p.m. and 2:40-3:40 p.m.; and a 5-6:30 p.m. reception and dinner at Magnolia's Restaurant in Macomb.
Institute registration is $25 and includes meals, workshops and shuttle service. The golf outing is $22, including cart, lunch and drinks; and the dinner reception at Magolia's is $25.
Complete institute information, including a link to online registration, is available at www.student.services.wiu.edu/vpss/summerinstitute. Registration deadline is Friday, June 1.
For more information, contact e-mail Kelly Roberts at KM-Roberts2@wiu.edu or call 309/298-1814.
Posted By: University Communications (U-Communications@wiu.edu)
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