I have been with Spelman College since August 2007. I began my journey as the Program Coordinator in the Office of Student Life (formerly Student Activities), and now serve students in a very rewarding position as the Director of Student Life and Engagement.Responsibilities of the Director include providing leadership for the department; reviewing and implementing policies and procedures; administering the budget and supervising the Program Coordinator and Senior Administrative Assistant. The Director is responsible for developing programs that complement the academic curriculum, respond to the needs of students and are consistent with the mission of the College. Reviews best practices regarding campus activities, college unions, multicultural programs, Greek life and student leadership programs. Makes recommendations to the Dean of Students and Vice President concerning the scope of programs and activities sponsored by the Office of Student Activities.  Develops, coordinates and actively implements student life programs, ensuring that they promote the educational mission of the College and reflect institutional goals and priorities.  Maximizes the impact of the student life program by addressing community, national and global needs.  Initiates conversations with faculty members to assess opportunities for curricular and co-curricular collaboration. Serves as advisor to the Spelman Student Government Association and student programming board, ensuring that student initiatives incorporate educational programming and diversity, equity and social justice approaches. Implements leadership development program for student leaders and organizations. Assists students in gaining varied leadership experience by emphasizing and supporting a broad range of leadership styles (e.g., governance, activism, service, organizational), techniques and models.  Recruits, trains and supports all advisors to student organizations.

Assisted Residence Life Coordinator in student leadership, staff development, and departmental initiativesAssisted in training, supervision, and evaluation of A-team members (Residential Tutors)Advised 7 Residence Hall Association executive board members along with co-advisors, in addition to planning, tracking, and monitoring their programmingSelected, trained, supervised, and evaluated Front Desk AssistantsParticipated in the rotating on-call management coverage; responsible for 3000 residentsDeveloped a retreat for 51 hall council members, not limited to training activities and team builders

Served as the primary advisor for the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC), three sororities and four fraternities, to guarantee successful events and cohesiveness.

Relayed the educational goals and objectives of the institution by leading admissions presentations and Admissions information sessions as well as visited high schools and attended college fairs in SC, GA, VA, TN, and NC. I was commended for beginning the Minority Student Welcome Program in efforts to retain accepted minority students.