NextGen: Building a Career in Student Affairs

Episode Description Dr. Heather Shea engages with a panel of NextGen Institute faculty and student affairs educators about the many ways undergraduates and prospective graduate students can consider, plan for, and engage in professional preparation for a career in student affairs. This webinar will provide a broad introduction to ACPA’s NextGen Institute, a multi-part interactive conference series offered online this spring for those considering careers in student affairs. This episode was recorded in partnership with ACPA–College Student Educators International. Suggested APA Episode Citation Shea, H. (Host). (2020, Oct. 28). NextGen: Building a career in student affairs (No. 9) [Audio podcast episode]. In Student Affairs NOW. https://studentaffairsnow.com/ACPAnextgen Episode Transcript HEATHER SHEA: Welcome to Student Affairs NOW. Today’s episode, recorded earlier in the week is brought to you as a partnership between Student Affairs NOW and ACPA - College Student Educators International. I’m grateful for the opportunity to showcase the NextGen Institute and bring to the podcast this conversation about how prospective graduate students go about building a career in student affairs.  For those of you who are watching or listening who are current administrators in a division of student affairs, who work with students who may be considering going into the filed, this podcast is for them! Please forward the YouTube video or iTunes link to students on your campus who you think could benefit from engaging with the NextGen Institute. Find out more about NextGen at myacpa.org. HEATHER SHEA: My name is Heather Shea, my pronouns are she her and hers, and I'm the host for tonight's episode. Together with Richie Stevens I also serve as one of the cochairs of the ACPA NextGen institute.  I am broadcasting tonight from East Lansing, MI near the campus of Michigan State University. MSU occupies the ancestral homelands of the Anishinaabeg – Three Fires Confederacy of Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi Peoples.  For those of you tuning in from campuses all over the United States, I urge you to take a moment to investigate the land on which you currently reside. I want to turn it over to Angela Hoffman-Cooper who is going to tell us about ACPA land acknowledgment as well. ANGELA HOFFMAN-COOPER: Hi everyone it's great to be here with you today. My name is Angela Hoffman-Cooper and my pronouns she/her and I'm the director of professional development with ACPA, College Student Educators International. I'm really glad you could be here with us. We would like to begin with our ACPA Land Acknowledgement. ACPA – College Student Educators International is the leading comprehensive student affairs association that advances higher education and engages students for a lifetime of learning and discovery. Although serving an international audience, our membership is primarily from the United States and our offices are headquartered in Washington, D.C. at the National Center for Higher Education. Related to our mission of supporting and fostering learning through the generation and sharing of knowledge,