Meeting with Administrators

Hello all!

Here is a complete list of my meetings with administrators at CMU:

1.Date: September 2nd, 2010
Administrator(s):
Bruce Roscoe, Dean of Students
Michelle Howard,Assistant Dean and Director of Academic Assistance and Academic Advising
Cindy Rubingh, Director of Student Account Services and University Billing
Meeting Details:
During this meeting, I gave a brief introduction to the AYCW program that covered all 6 modules of the curriculum. All three administrators showed enthusiasm about my program, so they gave me contact information to people they'd like to see me connect with. Some of these people included Jason Bentley, director of First Year Experience (FYE), along with some specific FYE instructors. They also offered to be my mentor throughout the program, and said if I ever need anything to just ask.

2. Date: Wednesday, September 8th
Administrator(s): Jason Bentley, Director of First Year Experience
Details of meeting:
Jason and I discussed the module video that he talked to Jenna about over the phone this past week. The video will be a tutorial-style video that will be split into 6 parts, which matched the model of the AYCW? curriculum. Jason offered to pay for all of the production costs and offered to do basically everything except for present the material, which I would do. He also set me up to present in front of a group of teacher assistants and faculty members who could potentially be interested in having me present my program to them. The presentation took place yesterday, September 16th.

3. Date: Wednesday, September 15th
Administrator(s): Brooke Adams, President of PR Central, a student run PR firm
Details of meeting:
Brooke and I discussed my interest in working with the Dean to make AYCW? a required course at student orientation (or watching my module video). She also offered a spot in one of her clients newsletters, which is a newsletter for the FYE classes. The newsletter goes out to students, faculty, mentors and parents involved in FYE. My column will appear in every issue this semester. The newsletter is monthly, so hopefully I will appear 3-4 times in it.

I have another meeting with Tom Idema, the Assistant Director of Student Life on Monday, September 20th. We will discuss partnership opportunities with student groups on campus.


That is a summary of all of the meetings I have attended thus far.