Student Central News Good morning TCC Faculty and Staff,
All student support services in the Student Union will be temporarily suspended tomorrow June 1st from 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. for professional development. Student Affairs is hosting Dr. Jenny Bloom (bio below) who will be training on Appreciative Inquiry and Advising. All Student Affairs staff, as well as Financial Aid and Cashier’s Office, will be in attendance over in the WD Ballroom. We also will have representation from the CPE, SLS faculty, and Workforce Development.
(If anyone else has interest and the time to attend, please feel free to let me know you would like to attend so we can ensure enough seating.)
We have posted signs in the Student Union several weeks ago, social media has gone out, and all students will be emailed today that we will resume normal operations at 1:00 p.m. tomorrow.
Thank you for your support, and have a great day!
Sheri
Bio for Jennifer L. Bloom, Ed.D.
Jenny Bloom joined the Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology at Florida Atlantic University in August 2015 as an Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Higher Education Leadership Master’s Degree Program. She previously served as a Clinical Professor and Director of the Master’s degree program in the Higher Education & Student Affairs Program housed in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policies at the University of South Carolina (USC) from August 2007 to August 2015. Prior to USC, she served as the Associate Dean for Student Affairs & the Medical Scholars Program at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign. She earned her doctorate in Higher Education Administration from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1995.
Dr. Bloom is a co-founder of the Appreciative Advising and Appreciative Education movements. She established the annual Appreciative Advising Summer Institute, the Appreciative Education Conference, an on-line Appreciative Advising course, the process for Certifying Appreciative Advisers, and other exciting initiatives related to Appreciative Advising and Appreciative Education.
Dr. Bloom served as the 2007-08 President of the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA). She was named the 2015 FAU Graduate Academic Advisor of the Year by the FAU Graduate and Professional Student Association (GPSA) and the 2016 Advisor of the Year by FAU’s Chi Sigma Alpha Honor Society Chapter. She received the NACADA Outstanding Advising Administrator Award in 2005 and University of Illinois’ Campus Academic Professional Excellence Award in 2007. In 2008, she received the University of South Carolina’s Black Graduate Student Association’s Faculty Mentor Award. In 2011, she was named the Faculty Partner of the Year by the Division of Student Affairs and Academic Support at the University of South Carolina.
Dr. Bloom has co-authored 6 books, 4 book chapters, and 26 articles. She co-founded and serves as a section editor for the Journal of Appreciative Education (JAE). Dr. Bloom has delivered 30 webinars and 350+ presentations on her work at institutions and conferences across the globe.