Sam Vega, M.A. Email & Phone Number

Casselberry, Fl, Us

• Oversee large-scale campus traditions and programming including Convocation, Family Weekend, Fox Day, National Hazing Prevention Week, MLK Celebration Week, and Commencement • Develop and implement monthly cultural and heritage month celebrations and events• Support Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) financially and organizationally• Create curriculum and facilitate EMBARK: a four-year program designed to assist students or historically disenfranchised and underrepresented populations transition to college • Serve as the staff director of the Lucy Cross Center for Women, Gender, & Sexuality, coordinating and facilitating programming for gender identity and equity, Title IX, and bystander intervention• Facilitate Safe Zone, Diversity, and Anti-Racism trainings across campus • Supervise 2 graduate students, 2 professional staff members, and 9 work study students • Administer and manage operational and personnel budgets of $900,000 for the department • Advise 14 identity-based organizations and provide guidance for campus-wide cultural programming • Assist Fraternity and Sorority Life with expansion of culturally based organizations, National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC)• Administer weekly marketing material in the form of email and digital media • Manage Get Involved, an online risk management platform for events • Lead and serve on campus commissions, including Bias Incident Response Team, Care Team for students• Design assessment tools and evaluate learning outcomes to guide the direction and structure for department and campus initiatives • Work collaboratively with various departments and office campus community partners

• Assist the Director in identifying campus needs regarding diversity and inclusion opportunities for growth and developing strategies to address these needs, including results from a Campus Climate Survey.• Directly oversee the Lucy Cross Center for Women, Gender, and Sexuality work study staff and programming • Provide input for Anti-racism curriculum • Provide student support through leadership programs, developmental activities, and other services, including EMBARK, culture and heritage month programming, MLK Week, etc.• Plan, implement, and report assessment initiatives for the office, including serving on the Student Affairs Assessment Task Force• Create curriculum for EMBARK cohorts • Supervise student coordinators in planning and implementing campus programs and activities, including cultural organizations• Establish and maintain connections with key stakeholders to advance the mission and goals of the Center for Inclusion & Campus Involvement. • Provide primary professional presence and support at student events, programs and functions as needed.• Manage GetInvolved, the student organization database powered by CampusLabs• Review performance agreements and contracts for high-level risk events • Supervise one graduate assistants responsible for social justice initiatives• Provide professional development opportunities to the professional and student staff• Collaborate with various departments on event management policies and procedures• Ensure effective external communication including program and event marketing, social media activity, and department website.• Represent CICI on campus committees and at campus and community functions• Assume supervisory responsibility in the absence of the Director of the Center for Inclusion & Campus Involvement.

Miami, Fl

• Publicize and promote recruiting programs to students and alumni throughelectronic and traditional media, edit content for OCR promotional materials• Create, update, and enforce OCR policies regarding student no-shows and employercancellations• Manage and train staff and students on proper use of updating and maintaining OCRdates in Toppel Career Center calendar• Train student staff on the process of coordinating OCR hosting responsibilities, whichincludes staff scheduling on a daily basis during recruiting season• Lead campus recruiting efforts to provide organizations with qualified candidates; thisincludes the management of information sessions, career conversations and in-personand virtual interviews at Toppel• Brainstorm creative campus activities with employers, based on assessment data andrecruiting trends• Assist with management of HireACane online system (powered by Handshake); routinelyupdate employer data and professional contacts• Plan, market, and implement the Employer Practice Interview and Critique(EPIC)program• Organize Accounting Mock Interview Day to ensure employer and studentparticipation• Utilize social media platforms to market recruiting events and programs, as well asmaintain daily contact with employers• Build marketing campaigns to promote University of Miami students and notifyemployers of recruitment opportunities• Serve as liaison and advisor to specific academic area; this includes advising studentson career planning, networking, job/internship applications, practice interviews, salarynegotiations, and resume critiques• Support Associate Director, Assessment & Communication, through compilation ofplacement data for students and alumni• Plan and implement job search programs to educate students, faculty and staff aboutonline resources, networking and negotiating job offers• Assist with the development and coordination of all University of Miami career fairs andaffiliated programs

• Maintain and manage a budget of $600,000 • Implement Green Dot Strategy (GDS) and meet all the GDS grant requirements • Manage Department of Health grant requirements• Assessment of GDS implementation • Conduct assessment on behalf of the Center for Disease Control • Supervise one professional staff member and three graduate assistants • Responsible for tabulating all data received in association with GDS• Provide information and assistance to other groups on campus interested in GDS• Keep social media and marketing strategies up to date• Develop an annual event that highlights GDS• Create the curriculum for the Green Dot program at the University of Central Florida • Manage a committee of 25 professional staff from across campus • Develop and maintain cross campus relationships with campus partners • Facilitate faculty/ staff and student certification trainings for UCF community• Serve as a liaison between campus and community partners as they relate to GDS • Provide prevention awareness education programming designated to increase knowledge and awareness about victimization• Mentor University of South Florida in the development of their bystander intervention program• Created a proclamation for Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Denim Day, signed by President Hitt• Participate in Campus Sexual Violence working group, nationally OTHER TASKS• Advisor for Alpha Xi chapter of Chi Upsilon Sigma National Latin Sorority, Incorporated• Standards of Excellence (SOE) judge for Greek Life Community at UCF• Assisted in the launching of a campus-wide initiative • Facilitator for Greek Leadership Challenge at UCF• Manage the production of The Vagina Monologues

Office Of Fraternity And Sorority Life

Fraternity and Sorority Life is committed to establishing and maintaining positive relationships and partnerships with the administration, faculty, local community, alumni, and between the various local and (inter) national Greek organizations. Students are encouraged to hold themselves and others accountable for the choices they make, and place equal emphasis on the philanthropic, educational, personal development, and social aspects of membership in a values-based Greek organization.Responsibilities:- Develop risk management awareness programming consisting of sexual assault and alcohol education- Provide chapters with guidance with the development of conduct cases - Advise National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC), National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) and Diversified Greek Council (DGC)- Create weekly safety messages to Fraternity and Sorority Life (FSL) community and partners- Provide news and information current and relative programs happening in the fraternal community - Knowledgeable of campus resources and proper event planning procedures- Revamp and present New Member Education, a presentation for potential new members - Conducted formal and informal recruitment for NPC- Review and approve organizational programs through university sanctioned database - Coordinate Greek Leadership Challenge involving 125 student leaders - Conducted 1:1 with chapter presidents and executive board members to ensure proper operation - Co-advise Greek Council, the governing body over the entire Greek community - Develop the governing documents, policies and procedures, for FSL

Social Justice And Advocacy

- Develop the framework for a revised social justice educational program, I-Connect- Compile research from other institutions about social justice programs - Finalized curriculum for I-Connect with committee members - Coordinate the Alternative Break Program to Selma, Alabama

De Land, Fl

Student Development and Campus Vibrancy cultivates transformative experiential opportunities through a purposeful approach to student leadership development, intrapersonal exploration, and community building. Areas of focus include vibrancy, student organizations, fraternities/sororities, and leadership education. Under the guidance of the Assistant Director of Vibrancy and Traditions, I am responsible for advising, managing and implementing Hatter Productions, student programming board, projects. Responsibilities:- Create a unified, energized and creative team of students- Organizing a Fall and Spring retreat to brainstorm monthly event themes- Plan and run effective weekly staff meetings- Conduct individual meetings with the “point persons” for each event- Attend and serve as the Supervisor for each event- Maintain and update the digital mediums such as the Hatter Productions web-page, Facebook group,OrgSync page, and Wiki- Develop and coordinate all marketing materials for the events and for Hatter Productions overall - Knowledgeable of campus resources and proper event planning procedures- Maintain and oversee a budget of $150,000- Be a conflict-manager and crisis manager at events should the need arise- Event registration oversight- Coordinating and overseeing contracting requirements-Make payments on behalf of the university Other Experience:-Conduct focus groups-Create assessments and analyze data received -Served on the recruitment team for admissions

Athens, Georgia Area

Master'S Degree, Higher Education/Higher Education Administration

Bachelor'S Degree, English Language And Literature, General

Activities and Societies: The Runway, Veterans and Students United, Latin American Woman Society and Latin American Student Organization