Question: What is In the Loop?
Answer: Our new monthly newsletter!
In the Loop is designed to connect current masters and doctoral students, alumni, faculty, prospective students, internship site supervisors, and other friends of the program. In each issue we will highlight the impressive work of our students and faculty, share important program news, promote upcoming events, and place a spotlight on our alumni community.
This is a place to share your stories and triumphs, find professional inspiration, and engage in the kind of supportive community we strive to create as educators. Put shortly, it's a way to stay In the Loop!
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 Welcoming Stella M. Flores, Associate Professor of Higher Education
Much of Flores' nationally-renowned work stands at the intersection of opportunity and policy in higher education. With critical issues of affirmative action and college completion making new headlines in industry publications, her expertise is timely and highly sought-after. In addition to her professorship, she will also hold the position of Director of Access and Equity within the Steinhardt Institute for Higher Education Policy. Flores brings research expertise and an important, timely policy focus to our programs.
Read more about her accomplishments here.
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 In Memoriam: Blaise Baldonado
After graduating this past May 2015, Blaise returned home to Hawaii where he accepted a position as the Director of the Office of Student Activities & Leadership at Chaminade University of Honolulu. He passed away just months later in August. Blaise worked in NYU's Residential Life as a Resident Life Assistant and served as Recruitment and Orientation Co-Chair for NYU's Association of Student Affairs Professionals (ASAP). He will be remembered for his positivity, his bright smile, and his moves on the dance floor. To all his work he brought a thoughtfulness and deep understanding that faculty continue to remember. The Higher Education and Student Affairs Program along with ASAP held a celebration of his life on Friday, October 23.
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 Congratulations Teboho Moja!
Clinical Professor of Higher Education Teboho Moja was inducted into the University of South Africa's hall of fame this summer in recognition of her extraordinary work to transform South Africa's higher education landscape.
Each summer she introduces graduate students to the country through her Steinhardt graduate study abroad course International Perspectives: Education and Social Reform in South Africa. Moja teaches our courses in International Perspectives on Higher Education Reform and Internationalization and Study Abroad. She also co-teaches with Ann Marcus our study abroad courses in India and Turkey
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Global Perspectives in Higher Education: Turkey
Professors Ann Marcus and Teboho Moja lead a spring break intensive course to Istanbul, Ankara, and Izmir- March 12-20, 2016. This course examines Turkey's system of higher education in the context of the social, cultural and political needs of their society. More information on the program can be found here. The last deadline to apply is November 10.
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 Fulbright Visiting Scholar from Vietnam
This year we are pleased to host Dr. Phuong Nguyen as she gathers information for her research titled Capacity Improvement for Leaders of Higher Education in Vietnam, Lessons Learned from America. Dr. Nguyen is the Vice-Director of the Research Institute of Education Management in Hanoi. She will be with us through May 2016 and we hope to engage in an ongoing conversation on comparative higher education utilizing her expertise. Look for an invitation to her presentation on the higher education system of Vietnam in early December.
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 #Winning: Will Simpkins Gets NASPA Foundation Channing Briggs Small Research Grant
Third-year EdD student and Director of Career Services at CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Will Simpkins will receive this $5,000 grant from the NASPA Foundation to fund his project: Welfare Recipients at a Four-Year College: Reaching for a Bachelor's Degree in the "Work-First" Era of Public Policy. The Higher Education faculty is proud of Simpkins' work on this challenging topic and are thrilled at this recognition of his important research.
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Five Generations of Higher Ed at School of American Ballet
The School of American Ballet (SAB) at Lincoln Center, one of the premier dance academies in the United States, has a history of working closely with NYU Steinhardt’s Higher Education programs. The student and residence life staff of the school includes Kelly Novitski (MA ’03) Dean of Student & Alumni Affairs; Sion Harrington (MA ’07) Director of Student & Residential Life,; Meg Nieslanik (MA ’15) Residence Hall Coordinator; and Assistant Resident Hall Directors-- Ariel Bloomer (MA ’16), Hillary Engleman (MA ’17) William Jones (MA ’17). Sion sees the gap between theory and practice close as grads work with each other to create developmental programming: “When they can bring their coursework into our halls, they begin to better understand the value and power of their work on both micro and macro levels. As a site supervisor who is also an NYU Higher Ed graduate, I find that our shared understanding of their academic experience heightens these connections and enhances the guidance I am able to provide during their time at NYU.”
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Postcards from Abroad
Many of the current Higher Education students took advantage of NYU Steinhardt's global programs this summer. These photos represent just a few of the students in Global Perspectives classes in South Africa (left) and Cuba (right).
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Share with us!
Have a recent accomplishment (publication, presentation, professional, etc) that you'd like us to spotlight? Have a suggestion for students or alumni to feature? Know of any upcoming professional development opportunities in the NYC area? Send any leads or information to the newsletter editor, Ariel Bloomer, via acb604@nyu.edu. Newsletter advisor, Prof. Ann Marcus. |
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