Program Description:

What does student success mean at Buffalo State College, what are the individual ways that we cultivate student success at the college, and how can we as individuals apply these practices to our own work to support the students we serve? Join us as we learn from our colleagues their definition of student success and the specific practices you as a staff or faculty can apply to better support the intellectual, personal, and professional growth of our students. Each conversation will involve a 10 – 15 minute presentation from a staff or faculty member focused on their definition of student success and effective practices that others can apply to their work with students. These conversations will then be followed by a 45 – 50 minute facilitated conversation by a member of the Title III Taskforce about how we can apply these practices to our individual work with students, colleagues sharing similar practices found to be effective, and building off of the ideas presented to elevate these practices across campus.

Speaker Bio:

Katie La Vecchio is currently a Complex Director in Residence Life at SUNY Buffalo State College. Katie has worked previously as the Assistant Director of Alumni Relations at Adelphi University. She is dual alumna of SUNY Buffalo State College obtaining a B.S. in Childhood Education and Reading in 2012 and a M.S. in Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration in 2014.  Since returning to student affairs in 2018, Katie has been involved with CSPA-NYS (College Student Personnel Association Of New York State) holding various roles. Currently she is serving as the Vice President of Membership- Elect. Her personal interests include bargain shopping (She loves a good deal!), watching sports including soccer, rugby and football and visiting the various beverage trails around New York with her husband, Mike.

Presenter: Katie La Vecchio