Join us on Friday, October 14, 2022 at 3 p.m. for our LICSPA General Meeting held at Five Towns College!
Our meeting will begin with a presentation and discussion led by Christine Fishlinger, Financial Aid Counselor; Deseree Wiltshire, Director of Student Access; and Michael Cavalli, Assistant Dean for Campus Life, all from Five Towns College.
Topic: Seeing the Whole Student: Addressing Needs from Humanist Perspective
In the world of art, there are images known as mosaics: photographs made up of many smaller individual photos. Often, when presented with issues or challenges, we try to sum them up with one root cause or solution, rather than recognizing the many smaller issues or challenges at the root of the problem.
As our campuses have responded to the ongoing ebb and flow of the pandemic and social inequity, our students have experienced unprecedented struggles regarding their mental health, housing/financial stability, relationship dynamics, professional trajectories, and each dynamic of their well-being. Higher education professionals stand at the forefront of responding to these challenges faced by the emerging adults that comprise our student communities. Within fully remote, hybrid, and even traditional in-person modalities, practitioners have adapted new approaches to supporting students through these challenges. There are key strategies that can be considered and applied towards better addressing students’ needs.