Sidney Gardner Email & Phone Number

Dallas, Texas, United States

-Provides leadership to the Office of Student Advocacy and Support, including two full-time staff members and a graduate assistant, and oversee interventions, referrals, and policy development and updates.-Provides day-to-day triage and case management support to the highest acuity student of concern cases, collaborating with students, families, faculty, and staff to foster student success. Maintains appropriate records and case notes. Serves as a member of the after-hours on-call team for the Office of the Dean of Students.-Serves as the vice chair of the Caring Community Connections (CCC) team and as chair in the Dean of Students' absence. Assists in agenda development, meeting facilitation, and team training. Develops and update student support procedures and protocols. Develops and updates record maintenance and tracking processes. Develops annual assessment plan for CCC program.-Oversees administrative processes, including (but not limited to) Student Emergency Fund award process and the Medical Withdrawal and Return processes.-Provides consultation, training, and education to faculty and staff related to students of concern and how best to support their success.-Serves as the back-up to the Dean of Students, as requested, and completes other duties as assigned.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Primary Responsibilities:-Serve as an advocate for students on issues related to gender, gender identity, and sexual orientation.-Provides leadership in implementing programming and education for the entire university community-Advises four student organizations and assists with problem solving and conflict mediation-Manages departmental and program budgets-Supervise student and para-professional staff in the office-Plans, executes, and assess departmental educational programs, initiatives, and services including but not limited to: Allies Program, Women Symposium, LGBT Equality Forum, campus training activities, and assist in the facilitation of learning experiences such as HRTS 1101, first-year student courses and seminars, Athletics Diversity Council Class, among others-Works with students, faculty, and staff on women’s, gender, and, LGBT awareness issues, as well as issues affecting a diverse student population-Creates partnerships with other offices on campus and in the local community-Provides administrative oversight for the Women & LGBT Center including: budget management, website maintenance, assessment of program and learning outcomes, and daily operational functions-Directs public relations efforts related to the Women and LGBT Center including information fairs and campus outreach-Represents the Women & LGBT Center on the Student Development Leadership team, as well as university committees-Works with students, staff, faculty, and community members to provide networking and program collaborations

Montclair, Nj

Primary Responsibilities:-Plans and directs activities for the Office of Equity and Diversity; evaluates and assesses department efforts; sets goals, plans and implements programs and develops policies and procedures.-Develops, administers, and monitors program planning and budget development/management for the Office of Equity and Diversity which is comprised of the Women’s Center, the LGBTQ Center, the Center for Faith and Spirituality, the Multicultural Center. Serves as co-chair for the Bias Education Response Taskforce (BERT).-Serves as Director of the Women’s Center.-Serves as the Director of the Center for Faith and Spirituality.-Supervises Assistant Director for Equity and Diversity, Co-Chairs of the Center for Faith and Spirituality, Program Assistant, graduate students, undergraduate student workers and volunteers for the various units within the Office of Equity and Diversity.-Leads efforts on campus to promote social justice initiatives that mobilize the campus community for social change through training and other activities;-Evaluates and monitors campus diversity programming for theme weeks/months -Serves as a member of the Crisis, Assessment, Response and Education (CARE) Team and assists the Office of the Dean of Students with advocacy, and referral services to students in crisis-Additionally, advises Office of the Dean of Students on issues of gender, culture, faith, sexual orientation, gender identity, equity, and inclusion.Title IX-Served as the Interim Deputy Title XI Coordinator from January 2017-October 2017-Served as Chief Title IX Investigator for reported incidents involving students from January 2016-October 2017BERT:-Served as chair of BERT from January 2016-October 2017, Currently serve as co-chair-Developed new structure for BERT, including the addition of “education” to the title and mission.-Developed new online reporting form for BERT

Primary Responsibilities:-Serves as an advocate for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender students across campus through individual student support, committee representation, etc. -Provides outreach, collaboration and communication with stakeholders and campus partners including: staff, administrators and community resources regarding GLBT programs and issues. -Provides coordination, direction and supervision of the GLBT Resource Center including long range strategic planning, program evaluation and assessment, and facility (Resource Center) oversight. -Provides individual student advising, advocacy and support -Designs and implements programming, including but not limited to Coming Out Week, GLBT Awareness Week, Day of Silence, and other educational programs and trainings. -Developed and implemented professional mentorship program for LGBTQ students.-Selects, trains, supervise and evaluate graduate assistant(s) and multiple student assistants. -Oversees the preparation of GLBT Resource Center publications and marketing materials. -Oversees the GLBT endowment.-Developed, implemented, and lead the GLBT Resource Center Advisory BoardTrainer/Visiting Lecturer: -Aggie Allies Trainer for Allies Advance Workshop-Conduct workshops for Sexual Assault Resource Center of Brazos County (SARC) on working with LGBTQ survivors -Conduct workshops for TAMU Residence Life staff trainings and retreats-Visiting Lecturer on LGBTQ issues throughout campus, including the TAMU Medical School, the College of Liberal Arts and various departments within the Division of Student AffairsOther Experience:Diversity Operations Committee for the office of the Vice President and Associate Provost for Diversity-One of two representatives for the Division of Student AffairsStudent Conduct panelist and Investigator-Trained to serve as panelist and Investigator for student conduct cases including Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment (SASH) cases

-Independently responsible for the effective administrative operation of the GLBT services office and Women’s Services including the development, planning, implementation, evaluation and expansion of programs and services reflective of an increasingly diverse student population. -Develops and presents educational workshops and programs for the campus community and serves as a resource for both Academic and Student Affairs departments on issues related to sexual orientation and gender. -Initiates outreach to appropriate campus units in efforts to cooperatively bring to the campus speakers and programs that address the needs and concerns of the LGBT community and women on campus. -Provides information, consultation, and training to other units and University officers regarding issues of particular concerns related to sexual and gender orientation.-Practices sound fiscal management of the annual operating budget and develops and administers budget for special events including securing funds from other departments and external sources. -Responsible for supervision of student worker and volunteer staff. -Advisor to the LGBTQA student group-Assists with other programs, committees, and/or task forces such as the Gender Studies Advisory Council, the campus Women's Commission and the Diversity Learning Taskforce

St. Paul, Minnesota

Adjunct Faculty, Gender Studies Department-Served on Gender Studies Advisory Committee-Developed and taught courses in Gender Studies -Served as advisor to students on their Capstone projects (senior culminating projects)-Served as faculty for students completing independent study course work

St. Paul, Minnesota

-Served for seven months as interim supervisor for Gateway Student Services (our one stop shop for student services) -lead project manager for the Gateway Redesign Project--Lead Center through complete redesign of space, redesign of services, hiring of 5 new employees and one Director -Lead various workgroups focused on improving student services and enrollment management on our campus-Managed the call center that was staffed by four full time employees and five student workers

Academic Advisor, School of Undergraduate Studies and School of Human Services-Advised diverse population of adult Undergraduate students in the School of Business and Master level students in the School of Human Services-Managed a case load of 500 students per quarter-Actively built coaching relationship with students through proactively reaching out to students to help them strive to achieve their educational goals-Received training in life coach skills for Academic Advisors-Created Degree Completion Plans for assigned learners -Served on project committees such as “Project Onion,” which researched and developed ways in which to bring student organizations and networking groups to the Capella online learning environment

-One stop shop model and first point of contact for learners-Position required mostly inbound and some outbound E-mail & phone contact with learners, faculty and internal staff-Member of several specialized teams within University Services: Finance Options Team, Y-Cording Team, and Mentor to new employees-Developed first training manual for University Services

Mankato, Mn

-Primary resource at MSU, M for students, staff, and faculty on issues related the gender and sexuality-Coordinated, supervised and trained volunteers and service learning students-Organized 15-20 classroom panels a semester-Generated quarterly reports and wrote grants to obtain funds for programming. -Developed and implemented training and materials-Organized major programming, national speakers, and additional educational opportunities including films and workshops -Maintained resource library-Advisor to the student group, SAGE

A.A.

M.S., Women'S Studies

Doctor Of Education (Ed.D.), Higher Education/Higher Education Administration

B.A., English