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Posted: Monday, March 8, 2021Elevating Student Success in Our Current Environment Conversation Series: 'Shoot for the Moon and Reach for the Stars: Encouraging Students to Strive for More' - March 9
Please join us for the next speaker in our Elevating Student Success in Our Current Environment Conversation Series, "Shoot for the Moon and Reach for the Stars: Encouraging Students to Strive for More," presented Katherine "Katie" La Vecchio, complex director in the Residence Life Office, on Tuesday, March 9, from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. via Zoom.
What does student success mean at Buffalo State College? What are the individual ways that we cultivate student success at the college, and how can we as individuals apply these practices to our own work to support the students we serve? Join us as we learn from our colleagues their definition of student success and the specific practices we as staff or faculty members can apply to better support the intellectual, personal, and professional growth of our students. Each conversation will involve a 10-to-15-minute presentation from a staff or faculty member focused on his or her definition of student success and effective practices that others can apply to their work with students. These conversations will then be followed by a 45-to-50-minute facilitated conversation by a member of the Title III Task Force about how we can apply these practices to our individual work with students. We will also discuss similar practices colleagues found to be effective and build off of the ideas presented to elevate these practices across campus.
About Katie La Vecchio
Katie La Vecchio, complex director in Residence Life at Buffalo State College, was previously the assistant director of alumni relations at Adelphi University. She is dual alumna of Buffalo State, obtaining a B.S. in childhood education and reading in 2012 and an M.S. in higher education and student affairs administration in 2014. Since returning to student affairs in 2018, Ms. La Vecchio has been involved with CSPA-NYS (College Student Personnel Association of New York State) in various roles, currently serving as vice president of membership-elect. Her personal interests include bargain shopping (she loves a good deal!); watching sports, including soccer, rugby, and football; and visiting various beverage trails around New York with her husband, Mike.
