DSA Team, we want to celebrate your success!
Honors and Awards
Division of Student Affairs Marketing and Communications Office
DSA Marketing and Communications Office
Alice Maxwell, Alycia Malicz, Emma Massaglia, Cassidy Shaw, Chlo Keicher, Suzan Kurdak, Jessie Colegrove, Evan Eisenstark, Olivia Linton, Bala Kuthyaru, Ilaria Georgi, Amanda Fronczak and Shakir Choudhury (DSA Marketing and Communications) won the 2024 Best of District III (Southeast) Student Engagement Award from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) for their student success campaign, Hello FSU!
Ashton DeMarse
Student Conduct and Community Standards
Awarded the Hardee Fellowship for the 2024-25 academic year, which recognizes students committed to personal and professional development.
Amy Haggard
Student Conduct and Community Standards
Awarded the Hardee Fellowship for the 2024-25 academic year for her commitment to personal and professional development.
Erin Sylvester Philpot and the Service Scholars Program
Center for Leadership and Service
The FSU Service Scholar Program was recognized as a NASPA-Florida 2024 Program of Distinction in the category of Careers, Academic Support, Service-Learning, Community Service and related programs.
Jeff Bates and the SCCS team
Student Conduct & Community Standards
Conflict Resolution: Restorative Resolution was recognized as a NASPA-Florida 2024 Program of Distinction in the category of Housing, Residence Life, Contracted Services, Student Conduct and related programs.
Bridgid Shannon
Center for Leadership & Service, PeaceJam
October 2024: joined Global Team members and youth fellows in accepting the 2024 Karen Armstrong Humanitarian Award, on behalf of the PeaceJam Foundation at the Charter for Compassion Gala, during the 19th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Monterrey, Mexico.
Caitlin Reichert
Center for Global Engagement, Global Exchanges
October 2024: awarded a Conference Travel Grant from NAFSA: Association of International Educators to attend the 2024 Region VII Conference in Jacksonville, Florida this November.
Presentations and Conferences
Alice Maxwell, Alyica Malicz and Emma Massaglia
DSA Marketing and Communications
Presented "Say "Hello" to Campus-wide Student Engagement Marketing" in November at the American Marketing Association's Higher Education Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Sean Wilkinson
Presented "Florida Man Changes the Outdoor Industry with Regional Collaborations" at the Association of Outdoor Recreation & Education Conference held in New Orleans in November. He was joined by three colleagues and seven students from FSU Outdoor Recreation.
Shelley Ducatt, Ph.D.
Department of Student Support & Transitions
Made three presentations during the National Association of ADA Coordinators Annual Conference in November: “ADA Basics, Role of the ADA Coordinator & What OCR Expects,” “The Intersection Between Title IX and Disability” and “Student Misconduct: When You Find Yourself at the Crossroads of Mental Health, Threat Assessment, and Threat to Self.”
Scott Bleiweis
Center for Global Engagement, New International Student Services
Served on the Leadership Team for the NAFSA Region VII Annual Conference in Jacksonville, FL, in November. He also hosted a newcomer's session, presented on peer collaboration activities for international students and facilitated a panel discussion with representatives from the U.S. Department of State.
Michael Stewart-Meza
University Health Services, Medical Response Unit (MRU)
Presented “Crossroads of Ethics and Medicine: Ethical Considerations in the Out-of-Hospital Care of the Dying” at the HCA Florida Capital EMS Symposium held in November in Daytona Beach, FL.
DeOnte Brown, Ph.D.
Center for Academic retention & Enhancement
DeOnte Brown, Ph.D. (Center for Academic Retention & Advancement) and Shae Roberts (Undergraduate Studies) co-led “Perspectives, Experiences, and Lessons Learned from Black Administrators” at the October 2024 NACADA Annual Conference in Pittsburgh, PA.
Robyn Brock and David Peters
New Student and Family Programs and Campus recreation
Robyn Brock (New Student & Family Programs), David Peters (Campus Recreation), and Allison Peters (Undergraduate Studies) presented “Cutting Through the Noise: Collaboration for Student Communication and Retention” at the National Orientation Directors Association national conference in November in Portland, OR.
Kimberly Guyer, Ed.D.
Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs
Was a panel presenter for “The role of the Assistant/Associate Vice President and Dean in Leading Student Success on College Campuses" at the NASPA Region IV-West Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico on October 21-23.
Service
Abby Cloud Langdon
New Student and Family Programs
Appointed as a co-chair on the Marketing and Communications Committee for the 2025 NODA Region VI Regional Conference.
Trinity Davis
New Student and Family Programs
Appointed as a SROWtern on the Traditions & Spirit Committee and will work with the Song, Skit, Step & Dance activities for the 2025 NODA Region VI Regional Conference.
Ben Wicker
Served on the ACUHO-I's 2024 STARS College faculty, presented “Moving from Leadership to Supervision” and mentored seven students across the nation.
Bylines and Publications
Asia Henry
Wrote "A Review of “Holland’s RIASEC Hexagon: A Paradigm for Life and Work Decisions." The article was published on Career Convergence, the National Career Development Association's Web Magazine.
Accomplishments
Taylor Sheplak, MSW
October 2024: Taylor is an IMH-E® Early Intervention Specialist who recently obtained her endorsement to advance to the level of Infant Family Specialist.
