2023 CCPA Institute Schedule

CCPA Fall Institute 2023 Schedule - Final.pdf

Session Descriptions

Session 1

Help Your Students RISE: Health, Wellness & Resilience Coaching

Presenters: Sergio Gallardo Palma | Stacey Lee Gobir
Location: Los Angeles Room B
Time: 10:30 am - 11: 20 am
Description: Presenters from Pepperdine University’s Resilience Informed Skills Education (RISE) program will share about their research-based coaching initiative. The RISE coaching initiative equips staff, faculty, and student coaches to support both undergraduate and graduate students to work on their holistic well-being by helping them identify and achieve their resilience-related goals in 6 dimensions: physical, social, cognitive, spiritual, service & life skills.

"Filipino Enough": Racism & Filipino American Student Leadership

Presenters: Janrey Javier
Location: San Gabriel Room
Time: 10:30 am - 11: 20 am
Description: This study explores the gaps of my undergraduate honors thesis as my research questions ask “How do Filipino American student leaders perceive themselves?”, “What structures in higher education impact Filipino American student leaders?”, and “What perceptions of themselves do Filipino American student leaders sense when interacting with others?”. The experiences of Filipino Americans in history, Filipino American college students, and Asian American student leaders constructed the literature review while phenomenology was utilized in the data collection of four student leaders across the US: Northern California, Southern California, and the New England region. The literature review and findings were analyzed using Critical Race Theory and Asian Critical Theory and discovered a dual layer of racialization as an evident theme across all four student leaders as Filipinx Americans within the Asian American community and Asian Americans across other communities of color. The students felt “not Filipino enough” and struggled with barriers of insecurity, confusion, and skepticism within themselves and from their peers, reflecting the ambiguous, racial categorization Filipino Americans have historically faced in the US (Melendy, 1976; San Juan, 1998) and affirming previous experiences of Asian American student leaders when confronting racialization among their peers (Chung, 2014; Kodama & Park, 2021). This session aims to reconnect higher education practitioners with the importance of inclusion in their work when working with Fil Am student leaders, rediscover tools and approaches to disaggregate Asian American data to include southeast Asian American students, and remind Fil Am students and practitioners that they are “Filipino enough”.

Empowering AANAPISI Student Success

Presenters: Samantha Bautista | Lisa Xiong
Location: Alhambra Room
Time: 10:30 am - 11: 20 am
Description: The AANAPISI Initiative Program Coordinators, Samantha Bautista and Lisa Xiong will share about the background and purpose of the AANAPISI Initiative program at California State University, Fresno. This AANAPISI program supports underrepresented AANAPI students majoring in Criminology (options in Law Enforcement, Corrections, and Victim Services), and Forensic Behavioral Sciences. Although Criminology and Forensics Behavioral Sciences are one of the largest majors on campus, there is a low representation of AANAPI. The presentation connects with the theme of the institute in the following ways:

1. Reconnect: The presentation aims to reconnect professionals with the importance of AANAPISI (Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions) programs in higher education. It highlights the significance of these programs and their impact on underrepresented AANAPI students. By sharing the background and purpose of the AANAPISI Initiative program at Fresno State, the presenters are fostering a connection between attendees and the programs that support AANAPI students.

2. Rediscover: The presentation offers a chance to rediscover the tools, strategies, and practices that can promote inclusivity in higher education. By showcasing the outreach, mentorship, and engagement opportunities that Fresno State has implemented, attendees can gain new insights and ideas for enhancing their own practices. The effort to increase representation of AANAPI students in specific majors also encourages professionals to intentionally support underrepresented students within their institutions.

3. Remember:The presentation emphasizes the importance of advocating for AANAPI students and supporting programs like AANAPISI. The presenters remind participants of their responsibility to promote diversity and inclusion within higher education. The purpose is to become advocates for AANAPI student communities, which aligns with the institute’s goal of reflecting on student affairs processional's practices.

Session 2

Fostering Queer-Affirming Housing: A Collaborative Forum with Cal Poly

Presenters: Cat Placencia | Randi Ludwick | Taryn Ruiz | Agustin Garcia Badillo
Location: Los Angeles Room B
Time: 11:30 am - 12:20 pm
Description: By shifting Housing language from 'gender-inclusive rooms' to 'Queer-affirming rooms,' we vocalized our commitment to meeting the needs of Queer students requiring safe and affirming places to live. We’ll discuss our collaborative approach that centered the Queer community and Pride Center. Join us in learning about the process; we invite participants to share their own wisdom and experience as it relates to LGBTQIA+ residential life processes. Through engaging with students and incorporating their valuable feedback while creatively navigating housing software StarRez, we fostered high interest, generating a positive impact on our housing practice, one that we’ll continue to hone.

Hmong males’ community cultural wealth and college aspirations

Presenters: Soua Xiong
Location: San Gabriel Room
Time: 11:30 am - 12:20 pm
Description: In this session, I will share findings from a qualitative study that explored the lived experiences of Hmong male students navigating their ways to higher education to better understand their aspirations to attend college. I analyzed trajectory analysis statements from 59 Hmong male students who are pursuing or have completed higher education in the United States to identify how their cultural resources cultivated their college aspirations. Guided by a community cultural wealth framework, this study highlights the aspirational, linguistic, familial, social, navigational, and resistant capital Hmong males utilize to navigate their ways to college. Specifically, findings from this study reveal the cultural resources emerging from their families (parents and siblings) and communities (educators and college and career preparation programs). Participants also discussed how the cultural resources within themselves also cultivated their college aspirations. I will offer recommendations on how student affairs educators can support the college aspirations and enrollment of Hmong males by leveraging the various capitals of their community cultural wealth. This presentation will conclude with a large-group discussion on how some of these culturally sensitive, relevant, and responsive ways to cultivate Hmong males’ college aspirations could be implemented on their respective campuses. This session will provide student affairs educators with knowledge, skills, and awareness of the experiences of Hmong males navigating their ways to college. This session will also provide an opportunity for student affairs educators who work closely with Hmong males to learn and understand equitable and inclusive practices to support this population. The findings from this study have specific implications for student affairs educators in TRIO and college preparation programs, prospective student advising, family orientation programs, and implications for student affairs educators broadly on the importance of understanding the cultural wealth of Hmong males.

Say My Name, Say My Name (Correctly)

Presenters: Gaonoucci Belle Vang
Location: Alhambra Room
Time: 11:30 am - 12:20 pm
Description: In this session, participants will learn about the significance of names–including pronunciation and lived names–and how it both positively and negatively shapes lived experiences of students, staff, faculty, and general community members. By building awareness and emphasizing the importance of inclusivity, this workshop hopes to reconnect the isolated world of higher education with the reality of everyday people and their experiences, particularly focused on the sense of belonging on campus, self-identity, and the assimilation of cultural values as a result of names. The participants will leave the session inspired and equipped with the necessary skills to articulate personal engagement and rediscover the significance of belonging, specifically designed to bring awareness towards first-generation and minority students who are statistically more likely to drop out. This demographic includes students of color, LGBTQ+ students, and more. Lastly, this session encourages and challenges the participants to remember the relevance of individual values and how intersectional identities shape our experiences–names being one of the most representative forms of identity. The session will include a brief lecture, workshop, and space for Q+A focused on the magnitude of names and how intentional efforts or lack thereof influences individuals and affects cultural identities and competency on campuses.

Session 3

Guided Networking Session

Presenters: CCPA Leadership Board
Location: San Gabriel Room
Time: 1:30 pm - 2:20 pm
Description: Join the CCPA Leadership team to learn more about the organization, meet board members, and meet other professionals from across the great state of California.

Cal State LA Campus Highlights

Presenters: New Student and Family Engagement
Location: Los Angeles Room B
Time: 1:30 pm - 2:20 pm
Description: Join us to learn more about Cal State LA

Understanding and Developing Staff Sense of Belonging

Presenters: Dr. Frangelo Ayran and Dr. Isis Stansberry
Location: Alhambra Room
Time: 1:30 pm - 2:20 pm
Description: TBD

Session 4

UC System: Student Initiated vs. Student Led?

Presenters: Joey Leon
Location: Los Angeles Room B
Time: 2:30 pm - 3:15 pm
Description: My 45-Minute Roundtable Discussion (Remember) will focus upon the University of California - Office of the President (UCOP) that supports the Student Academic Preparation and Educational Programs (SAPEP). Specifically, I want to highlight Student Initiated Programs (SIP) which focus their efforts on outreach and retention for historically marginalized communities. I want to share the brief history of all the UC campuses, highlight the impact this makes within enrollment across the UC system, and share some examples that emphasize the differences between saying “student led vs. student initiated”. Our discussion will explore how different functional areas in higher education utilize student voices and help them become change agents in making our spaces more inclusive. As student affairs professionals, we should continue to center student experiences and voices within our decision making and campus communities. This presentation connects to remember by evaluating our practices with engaging students from historically underrepresented communities to help with our leadership with outreach and retention efforts across higher education. My discussion will specifically focus on the UC system and how we’ve made efforts to continue bringing our students to the conversation and develop an impact on the enrollment process for the UC system. Oftentimes our work doesn’t get as much attention due to being student initiated, but it holds great value as we begin to see our student communities changing over time.

Planning a Campus-Wide Professional Development Conference: Lessons Learned

Presenters: Conor McLaughlin
Location: San Gabriel Room
Time: 2:30 pm - 3:15 pm
Description: In this roundtable session I hope to share my experiences planning and implementing a campus-wide conference focused on staff professional development. This conference was aimed to meet the needs of any and all staff at my campus and aimed to address a variety of learning outcomes related to the theme of "Reconnecting: to ourselves, to our colleges, to our work". The aim of this session would be to offer those interested in building one of these conferences on their campus to connect with other experienced colleagues and/or discover opportunities these events can offer for building community and a culture of professional development on a campus. In addition to discussing my own experiences I hope to engage those at the table in exploring the possibilities for their own campuses, brainstorming possibilities for all of our campuses, and explore opportunities for collaborating across campuses within California. I believe this will help to establish new connections or to strengthen existing connections within folks' professional networks.

Forever Changed: The Lasting Impacts of COVID-19 on Latinx College Students & Higher Education

Presenters: Ashley Gutierrez
Location: Alhambra Room
Time: 2:30 pm - 3:15 pm
Description: As we are currently in the post-pandemic phase of COVID-19, it is crucial to analyze and discuss the ways in which COVID-19 has altered traditional experiences of higher education. In this session, current student affairs professionals and emerging leaders will learn how COVID-19 has impacted their institutions (e.g., low enrollment), while also rediscovering how the pandemic has impacted their own roles and programs as well. By looking at current research, this session will discuss the importance of reconnecting with their students as they share their own truths as to how COVID-19 has impacted their confidence and motivation for pursuing college degrees.

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