DSA Team, we want to celebrate your success!
Honors and Awards

Alexandra Cintron Jimenez
Alexandra Cintron Jimenez received a conference travel grant to NAFSA: Association of International Educators to attend the 2025 Region VII Conference in Mississippi in November and was recognized with the 2025 New Professional Award.

Brittney Pieper
Brittney Pieper (Career Center) led a roundtable discussion “Resumes that Win” that offered career readiness strategies for student athletes entering the job market at the 2028 FloridaACE Annual Conference in May. It was selected as “Best of Roundtables”, and Pieper was asked to hold a second presentation at the FloridaACE Digital Summit in October.
Bylines and Publications

Jake Bucher, MS
Jake Bucher (Career Center, Grad Assistant) published an article "Between Empowerment and Realism: Ethics in Supporting Career Mobility" in the National Career Development Association Quarterly Magazine, Career Developments section.
Presentations and Conferences

Amy Hecht Ed.D.
Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs
Amy Hecht, Ed.D. (Vice President for Student Affairs) served as a panelist at the Student Success US 2025 conference, organized by Times Higher Education and Inside Higher Ed. The session was titled, “Anxiety to Agency: Helping Students Take Control of Their Worry.”

Felicia Williams
Felicia Williams (Student Engagement) presented "Ubuntu in Action: Cultivating Collective Leadership for a Resilient Future" at the 27th Global International Leadership Association conference in Prague, Czechia in October. Williams also served as a judge for the Undergraduate Poster Presentation.

