Students are encouraged to initiate their own research and to present these findings at the Students in the Higher Education Administration Program (SHEAP) Higher Education Research Seminar (HERS), which is co-sponsored each spring with the Office of Student Life, Division of Student Affairs and the Institute for Higher Education Research and Service.
As an example of SHEAP activities, in the past academic year, SHEAP sponsored a speaker series. Meeting the second Thursday of each month, SHEAP hosted a brown-bag lunch with administrators from around campus. Speakers included Dr. Kathleen Randall, the Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs/Director of Student Life, Kevin Almond, Director of the Intercollegiate Student Atheltic Support Center, Dr. Ken Wright, Chair of the Athletic Training Program, and Dr. Michael Miller from the HEA program who spoke on the state of Higher Education as a field of study.
Additionally, the registered student organization, SHEAP, encourages students to participate in various grant-funded research opportunities with faculty, and encourages students to present research projects to the Coordinating Council of Presidents, a representative branch of the student government, for funding.
The SHEAP also produces an annual on-line journal, Kudzu: Journal of Higher Education Management (see Volumne 1 - 1998; see Volumne 2 - 1999). The journal is edited by a member of SHEAP, and is open to all students. Peer reviewers for the journal are nominated from the SHEAP membership. The 1998 co-editors were Bai Kang and Jane Bartee, and the 1999 co-editors were Pat Nort and Beverly Dyer.
SHEAP Seminar Research Week Schedule.
The officers for 1999-2000, The Millineum Crew, are:
President: Hunter Christian
Vice President: April Wallace
Secretary/Treasurer: Susan Herndon
Kudzu Editor: Michael Krings
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