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The Continuum Issue # 5, February 2011 C The Continuum MLK Day of Service A recap of CLS Day of Service Elections News All about the race for SAGA President including the candidates and dates for the elections of all officers Ask Nashira This month Nashira Williams gets put in the hot seat and gets ask about some private matters It’s A Whole New World Second Year Graduates Embark on the Search for Their “Dream” Job By Roderick Wilson Every spring semester, second year graduates prepare to enter the job market in hopes in finding their dream job. It is supposed to be easy right? Search for the perfect position at your ideal university or college, submit your resume, get the interview, and a week after graduation you are on your way to start your dream job. In a prefect world, this might be the outcome, however graduates in any higher education program will tell you this is not the case. Here is what Margaret Di Gennaro, second year and Graduate Assistant for the Women Center has to say about her experience thus far. "Preparing for my national job search was like taking another graduate course in terms of reading and research, but it was also became part of my daily activities like watching the news. Waking up early, anxious and excited about what jobs were posted on the TPE website became a ritual. I signed myself for up for many mock interviews and had several mentors review my resume. I did this early on because I knew that I only had the fall semester to prepare I think the hardest thing for me is believing that the ball is in my court. I have the education and the dedication to be a great professional, but the job search can be overwhelming. Setting deadlines for myself and creating a nonnegotiable list for job searching is helpful. My ideal university would have a diverse student population, large student enrollment and urban setting. Knowing what you want will help you to narrow your search. Understanding what your professional goals are important. I am starting to look at the professional development opportunities at the university, the tuition exchange and with staff members backgrounds. Florida International University has given me so much exposure in Higher Education Administration and Student Affairs. It is my challenge to find a university that can capture my attention such as FIU. I am grateful to be a part of Student Affairs Graduate Association and the Division of Student Affairs at FIU, we are truly a family of dedicated individuals."
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The  Continuum               Issue  #  5,  February  2011    

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MLK  Day  of  Service  A  recap  of  CLS  Day  of  Service  

Elections  News  All  about  the  race  for  SAGA  President  including  the  candidates  and  dates  for  the  elections  of  all  officers  

Ask  Nashira  This  month  Nashira  Williams  gets  put  in  the  hot  seat  and  gets  ask  about  some  private  matters  

It’s  A  Whole  New  World  Second  Year  Graduates  Embark  on  the  Search  for  Their  “Dream”  Job  By    Roderick  Wilson  

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Every  spring  semester,  second  year  graduates  prepare  to  enter  the  job  market  in  hopes  in  finding  their  dream  job.  It  is  supposed  to  be  easy  right?  Search  for  the  perfect  position  at  your  ideal  university  or  college,  submit  your  resume,  get  the  interview,  and  a  week  after  graduation  you  are  on  your  way  to  start  your  dream  job.    

In  a  prefect  world,  this  might  be  the  outcome,  however  graduates  in  any  higher  education  program  will  tell  you  this  is  not  the  case.  Here  is  what  Margaret  Di  Gennaro,  second  year  and  Graduate  Assistant  for  the  Women  Center  has  to  

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say  about  her  experience  thus  far.  

"Preparing  for  my  national  job  search  was  like  taking  another  graduate  course  in  terms  of  reading  and  research,  but  it  was  also  became  part  of  my  daily  activities  like  watching  the  news.  Waking  up  early,  anxious  and  excited  about  what  jobs  were  posted  on  the  TPE  website  became  a  ritual.    I  signed  myself  for  up  for  many  mock  interviews  and  had  several  mentors  review  my  resume.  I  did  this  early  on  because  I  knew  that  I  only  had  the  fall  semester  to  prepare  I  think  the  hardest  thing  for  me  is  believing  that  the  ball  is  in  my  court.  I  have  the  education  and  the  dedication  to  be  a  great  professional,  but  

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the  job  search  can  be  overwhelming.    Setting  deadlines  for  myself  and  creating  a  non-­‐negotiable  list  for  job  searching  is  helpful.  My  ideal  university  would  have  a  diverse  student  population,  large  student enrollment  and  urban  setting.      Knowing  what  you  want  will  help  you  to  narrow  your  search.  Understanding  what  your  professional  goals  are  important.  I  am  starting  to  look  at  the  professional  development  opportunities  at  the  university,  the  tuition  exchange  and  with  staff  members  backgrounds.    Florida  International  University  has  given  me  so  much  exposure  in  Higher  Education  Administration  and  Student  Affairs.  It  is  my  challenge  to  find  a  university  that  can  capture  my  attention  such  as  FIU.  I  am  grateful  to  be  a  part  of  Student  Affairs  Graduate  Association  and  the  Division  of  Student  Affairs  at  FIU,  we  are  truly  a  family  of  dedicated  individuals."    

 

 

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Day  of  Service  with  SAGA  

On  January  17,  the  country  remembers  the  life  of  Dr.  Martin  Luther  King  Jr.  and  his  dream  of  one  nation.    The  Center  for  Leadership  and  Service  lends  a  helping  hand  to  a  local  arts  studio  and  SAGA  joins  in  on  the  cause.      

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The  Race  is  ON.  

By    Roderick  Wilson  

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The  Student  Affairs  Graduate  Association  is  gearing  up  to  hold  its  annual  election  for  their  executive  board.  This  year  the  bar  is  raised  high  after  such  a  productive  semesters.  Candidates  will  submit  letters  of  intent  and  preparing  speeches  for  promise  to  be  a  very  interesting  election.    

The  executive  board  is  comprised  of  the  President,  Vice  President  of  Programming,  Vice  President  of  Development  (the  Vice  President  position  was  split  into  two  in  the  Fall  to  ease  the  work  load),  Secretary,  Treasurer,  and  Historian.    In  the  race  for  President  this  year  is  Carmen  Ellis  and  Roderick  Wilson.    

Both  are  experience  first  year  graduates  with  two  different  experiences.  Carmen,  a  graduate  from  Kansas  State  University,  is  the  Assistant  Residential  Life  Coordinator  for  Lakeview  North  and  

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is  currently  working  on  her  practicum  in  Career  Services.  Roderick  is  a  native  of  Louisiana  and  went  to  Northwestern  State  University  He  currently  holds  a  graduate  assistantship  in  the  Vice  President  of  Student  Affairs  Office  as  the  Graduate  Program  Assistant  to  Dr.  Helen  Ellison.    

Each  candidate  has  his  or  her  own  stance  on  where  the  future  of  this  program  is  heading.  “I  believe  we  (the  program)  are  young,  like  FIU.  We  are  building  on  our  foundation  and  tradition.  But  we  have  the  potential  to  become  great.  We  need  to  focus  on  building  positive  relationships  with  everyone  and  maintain  our  foundation,”  said  Wilson.  Ellis  approach  is  “to  advance,  enhance,  and  educate  the  future  leaders  of  tomorrow.”  

The  other  candidates  and  positions  are  going  to  be  interesting  to  watch.  There  are  many  hopes  in  the  race  to  become  VP  of  Programming  and  VP  of  Development.  Elections  will  be  held  on  Wednesday.  February  23.    No  matter  the  outcome  SAGA  is  heading  for  a  change.    

Elections:  February  23  RM  316  

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Nashira Williams  

The  Month  of  Love  and  Black  History:  February  If  you  somehow  missed  the  oversized  stuff  bears,  parade  of  candy  hearts,  and  couples  being  extra  extra  in  love,  then  you  must  have  been  living  under  a  rock.    It  is  that  time  of  the  year  again.  Hallmark  makes  it  revenue  for  the  entire  year  in  two  weeks,  and  we  celebrate  a  baby  with  a  bow  and  arrow  (gives  a  whole  new  meaning  to  the  concealed  weapon  law).  So  if  you  are  the  kind  of  guy  (or  girl)  who  needs  a  reminder  than  Valentine’s  Day  is  February  14.  Yeah  you  missed  it.  Maybe,  if  you  fake    a  momentary  state  of  Altimeter’s  and  buy  one  of  those  big  stuff  dogs  with  the  puppy  eyes,  that  special  someone  will  forgive  you.  Fingers  crossed.    

February  is  also  the  month  this  nation  reflects  on  the  struggles  and  rich  history  of  African  Americans.  We  all  know  the  stories  of  Martin  Luther  King,  Jr.,  Malcolm  X,  and  Rosa  Parks.  I  challenge  you  all  to  pick  this  book  Black  Boy  by  Richard  Wright  and  explore  The  Bluest  Eyes  by  Toni  Morrison.    

“What is the single most important advice you have

received during your two years in the

program?” “Bronwen  in  her  infinite  wisdom  has  provided  me  with  so  much  advice  over  the  past  two  years,  and  she  is  truly  someone  that  supports  the  mess  out  of  me.  I  believe  that  the  best  advice  I've  received  is  modeled  by  her  every  day:  pursue  your  interests  relentlessly,  aspire  for  more  constantly,  remember  all  those  that  have  helped  you  get  to  where  you  are,  remain  humble,  and  understand  that  you  can  grow  no  matter  your  stage  in  life.”

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