Entering the program

I formally entered the program in Fall of 2006 at the bottom of this page you'll find a link to my statement of interests I wrote shortly after entering the program. I started by maintaining focus on the three areas that had already attracted my attention: further practice writing, study of higher education organizations, and theories on teaching and learning.

It was exciting after spending so much time considering my goals and interests to be united with people that would broaden and extend those horizons even farther. Since we mix with Student Affairs, Ed-Tech, and K-12 masters students in many of our classes, it is good to start out with a core group that is focused on higher education administration beyond student affairs. Our group quickly developed a rapport and I'm proud to be a member of the HALE community of scholars.

Dr. Steven Wieland gave a great talk about writing at the graduate level and I was partially familiar with his distinct style of online teaching from a presentation I had attended the previous year. I'm an avid reader and Dr. Wieland's passion for good literature and contrasting theorists was right up my alley. I talked this over with my advisor, Dr. James Minor and decided to take EAD991B the HALE Proseminar with Dr. Marylee Davis and EAD860 with Dr. Steve Wieland.