President's Message Tina Moyer, President

Volume VII, Issue 3

June 2015 Messenger

I have written several Presidents’ Messages over the last two years and I can honestly say that it is extremely difficult not to repeat myself. That being said, as I was thinking about what to write, I was reminded of the lessons that we learn from geese. When a new person joins my career development team, I share these lessons with them. I would like to take a moment to share some of them with you and how they apply to this organization.

Lesson 1: As each goose flaps its wings it creates “uplift” for the birds that follow. By flying in a “V” formation, the whole flock adds 71% greater flying range than if each bird flew alone.

Outcome: People who share a common direction and sense of community can get where they are going quicker and easier because they are traveling on the trust of one another. As our mission states, “PennACE is a collaborative organization that provides professional growth and networking opportunities.”

Lesson 2: When a goose falls out of formation, it suddenly feels the drag and resistance of flying alone. It quickly moves back into formation to take advantage of the lifting power of the bird immediately in front of it.

Outcome: If we have as much sense as the geese, we will stay in formation with those headed where we want to go. We must be willing to accept their help and give our help to others. As with geese, our members are interdependent on each other's skills, capabilities, unique talents and resources. PennACE depends on members to volunteer on various committees to keep the organization moving forward.

Lesson 3: When the lead goose tires, it rotates back into the formation and another goose flies to the point position.

Outcome: It pays to take turns doing the hard tasks and sharing leadership. I am looking forward to my new role as Past-President and encourage other members to get involved with the Executive Board. We are always in search of new leaders.

Lesson 4: The geese migration routes never vary. They use the same route year after year. Even when the flock members change, the young travel the route they learned from their parents. In the spring they will go back to the spot where they were born.

Outcome: We must remember to stay true to our core values and purpose. Strategies, tactics, and products may change in order for an organization to remain agile, but great organizations always stick to their core purpose and values, and preserve them with vigor. The Executive Board will continue to update the strategic plan while staying true to the organization’s mission and vision.

Lesson 5: The geese flying in formation honk to encourage those up front to keep up their speed.

Outcome: We need to make sure honking is encouraging. In groups where there is encouragement the production is much greater. We need to show our support of one-another to maintain the momentum of the organization.

To summarize, it is our members that keep PennACE strong and relevant. Continued growth is dependent upon our willingness to become involved. Please consider joining a committee or running for an Executive Board position next year. We have many opportunities. We need to support our new leadership and trust that they will guide the organization by learning from our history and staying true to the mission. Let us all “Honk” for each other!

Adapted from http://teambuildersplus.com/articles/team-building-lessons-we-can-learn-from-geese and http://www.aikentdc.org/Lessons_From_The_Geese.pdf

The original version of Lessons from Geese was written by Dr. Robert McNeish in 1972. Before becoming involved in school administration, Dr. McNeish was a science teacher who was intrigued by his observations of geese.

Inside this issue:

Networking Challenge List

3

Conference Photos 4-5

Professional Dev.

Employer Relations

Update

6

Grant Information 7-8

E. Board 15-16

Membership Update

9

Government

Relations

10

Twitter Photos

PR Update

11

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June 2015 2015 PennACE Conference Heather Balas, President Elect & Conference Chair

Thank you to everyone who joined us, helped out with and presented

at the 2015 PennACE Conference. I had a great time in the Happy

Valley and I hope you did too! This year’s conference provided us

with a lot to think about and implement in our own professional

lives. Among those are the resources identified through our

networking game. Below you will find all of the resources that were

listed on the networking game sheets. I’m sure it isn’t a surprise that

Prezi.com and LinkedIn were identified the most times by our

colleagues. There are a few resources on this list that I plan to get

more acquainted with over the next few weeks! I hope you have a

wonderful and I look forward to seeing you at our next PennACE

Professional Development Event!

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June 2015 2015 PennACE Conference Networking Challenge List Heather Balas, President Elect & Conference Chair

Favorite FREE Resources O*Net Google Drive My Next Move Jooner

Favorite Social Media Resources LinkedIn Instagram Twitter

Favorite Internship Resources Intern Match

Favorite Networking Resources

Brazen Careerist Alumni Search LinkedIn

Favorite Recruiting Resources Chamber Events PA Career Link website

Favorite Resources for Exploration Strong Candid Career Focus 2 Do What You Are by Tieger & Barron Tieger

Favorite Offices for Collaboration Women’s Center Student Life Campus Ministry Office of International Education

Favorite Print Resources GI Jobs The Job Search Handbook

Favorite Newsletter NCDA’s newsletter

Favorite Textbook for Career Course AAEE Handbook Navigating Your Senior Year by Heather Balas

Favorite Career Development Book Do What You Are by Tieger & Barron Tieger You Majored in What?> by Katherine Brooks

Favorite Organizational Tools To Do List Trello.com

Favorite Management Resources NACE

Favorite Events to Reach Students Alumni Shadow Program (Muhlenberg University) Senior Transitions Conference (Mansfield University)

Favorite Resources for the Price smore.com (newsletter) Table Globe

Most Used Resources Mail Chimp MBTI BLS.gov Focus 2 buzzfile.com NACE Journal 16personalities.com What to do with this major

Favorite Presentation Resources prezi.com

Favorite Employee Development Resources

WestPACS PennACE

Favorite Office/Event Management Resources

1st Get Connected Penn State Career (Penn State University)

Professional Development Update

Nicole Feldhues, Member-at-large/Professional Development

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Employers Relations Update

Jessica Kirkwood, Member-at-Large/Employer Relations

What’s news!? Share your professional or personal successes with us! E-mail Zac Saeva at zachary.saeva@iup.edu to have your information included in the October edition of the PennACE Messenger!

PennACE Would like to welcome the following new employers to our organization!

Chance Branam Bert Smith Sharon Scheirer

Remember to share information

about PennACE to employers at

your job fairs and networking

events in Fall 2015.

The PennACE conference provided a great opportunity for social and professional development for PennACE members. On Tuesday, May 19 pre-conference activities began with an "Art and Vine" tour of the Happy Valley. Twenty-eight members boarded a charter bus and headed to the Palmer Museum of Art on the Penn State campus for a docent-led "Highlights of the collection" tour. From Baroque to Modern, members learned and laughed together through the one-hour experience.

The next stop brought us to the Happy Valley Winery. Participants enjoyed a behind the scenes view of the wine-making process. It began in the vineyard where a beautiful blue sky provided the backdrop to learning about the grape-growing region of central PA. Next we moved indoors to see first-hand how the grapes become wine. Members had many questions and we all went away with new knowledge. Finally, we gathered in the tasting room and enjoyed samples of 5 wines of our choosing. Whether one preferred white or red, dry or sweet, there was something for everyone.

So from Art to the Vine, PennACE members enjoyed an

afternoon of fun and learning with their colleagues.

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June 2015 New Grants Deadline Change Laura Garland, Member-at-Large Grants

The PennACE Grants Committee is accepting grant applications earlier this year. Grants will be accepted starting on July 1st rather than September 1st. This will help better plan for fall projects. PennACE is looking for programs that are a collaborative effort with at least two organizational members and support PennACE’s mission. Grants will be awarded for up to $1,000 for an innovative new project or $500 for a twist to a previous project. Please see the full guidelines on the PennACE website at http://www.pennace.info/grant-proposal or email Laura Garland, Member-at-Large/Grants, at lgarland@muhlenberg.edu.

Slippery Rock and Enterprise Team up on a Sophomore

Branding Retreat

The Slippery Rock University Offices of Career Education and

Development and Residence Education, along with Enterprise

Rent-A-Car presented a sophomore branding retreat the

weekend of March 27th and 28th. The program, which was

partially funded by a PennACE grant of $1000 welcomes

members of Slippery Rock’s Sophomore Living Learning

Community to engage in an off-campus, reflective branding

program. SRU director of career education and development,

Dr. John Rindy commented on the program; “We rush to the

finish in higher education. There is a rush to the midterms and

then a rush to the finals and then it is off to the next course.

You never hear of faculty asking students to reflect on what they

have become or why they are better for having taken a certain course. This program got them

away from all of that for a few days.”

The retreat, which was held at the McKeever Environmental Center near Stoneboro, PA,

welcomed, Enterprise-Rent-A-Car senior recruiter, Ms. Jamie Timms, who was also a co-

sponsor on the PennACE grant, and other presenters including alumni from Slippery Rock.

Student participants learned about the world of work from Ms. Timms and other program

presenters and completed a variety of inventories designed to allow them to identify their

skills, abilities, tendencies and personalities on a deeper level. Program participants completed

unique inventories on their attitudes, interests, resilience to change, confidence levels, their

entrepreneurial fit, work values and other personal aspects. The program culminated with

each student composing a personal brand statement and then delivering an elevator pitch that

had been crafted from their reflections from the weekend. Rindy added, “I was amazed. I

have heard classroom-assigned elevator pitches from business students in the past and none

of them were as clear, deliberate and well-thought out as the ones we heard at the retreat.

And these students were from all different majors from safety management to exercise science

and social work. It just shows how desperately students need time away from college to reflect

upon the value they bring to the workforce.”

Grant Winners 2014-2015 John Rindy EdD, Slippery Rock University

Jamie Timms of Enterprise Holdings, a partner in the sophomore retreat talks to students about professionalism, encouraging them to list characteristics from her presentation that they see in themselves, as well as ones they still need to work on.

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June 2015 Grant Winners 2014-2015 Melissa M. Burgess, MSEd Cabrini College

It is my pleasure to thank the PennACE Grants Committee for helping Cabrini College bring to life an idea that was born

several years ago. After a year’s worth of planning and coordinating between sixteen different offices, Cabrini and the

Southeastern Pennsylvania Consortium on Higher Education (SEPCHE) Career Development and Alumni Affairs departments

hosted an Alumni Summit this past April.

The event was marketed toward our “young alums” – our alumni pool who have graduated

within the last 10 years – and we wanted to provide them an opportunity to network with

one another while providing them an opportunity to learn. The Summit theme was

leadership: we invited Deb Diamond, CEO of Campus Philly, to share her inspirational

story as a key note. We brought back alumni to facilitate leadership-oriented table topics

like branding and marketing yourself, networking successfully, and career transitioning. In

addition to networking with their fellow SEPCHE alumni, the young alums were also able

to interact with select student upperclassmen who held various leadership roles from each

of the SEPCHE schools.

Our evening event was held at the prestigious Pyramid Club, a private business club

strategically placed 52 floors

high above Center City in

Philadelphia. A collaborating

institution belongs to the

Club and we were able to use

the upscale facilities for our

event. The event opened with

heavy appetizers and our guests were offered one drink coupon

while they networked with their peers. From the reception, we

transitioned into the keynote speaker who offered motivational

remarks and then we encouraged our alumni to engage with each

other on topics they wanted to discuss more in depth. A bell rang

approximately every fifteen minutes indicating time to switch

tables. The event ran from six o’clock to eight o’clock and at 9pm

we were still trying to artfully usher alumni home!

“Even the first person I met made the event outstanding,” was

one of our most valued pieces of feedback from the event.

Overwhelmingly, the assessments were very positive: the

SEPCHE alumni enjoyed the opportunity to connect with each

other and meet somewhere special (and centrally located). Many

of our alums made mention of how they will be “putting

themselves out there,” or “leaning in,” or daring themselves to

try something new that might make them slightly

uncomfortable.

Thank you, PennACE, for your support in helping us provide

this opportunity to our graduates, and also to Lu Ann Cahn, for

helping us see that the SEPCHE organizers dared ourselves to

try something new for the alumni and students whom we serve!

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PennACE Executive Board 2015-2016 Tammy Manko, Past President

President: Heather Balas, Hiram College

Vice President/President Elect: Nicole Feldhues, Duquesne University

Treasurer: Nick Praedin, Lehigh University

Secretary: Jenelle Henry, Cedar Crest College

Membership: Steve Hassinger, Central Penn College

Communications: Krissie Doppelheuer, California University of Pennsylvania

Marketing & Public Relations: Zachary Saeva, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Member-at-Large/Grants: Laura Garland, Muhlenberg College

Member-at-Large/Professional Development: Katy Rush, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Member-at-Large/Student of the Year: Melissa Burgess, Cabrini College

Member-at-Large/Government Relations: Sue Chappell, Penn State University

Member-at-Large/Employer Relations: Accepting nominations

Past-President: Tina Moyer, Lehigh Carbon Community College

Zachary Saeva was honored

with the Key Stone Award

during the13th annual

conference at the Penn Stater

HOW CAN I HELP YOU?

In the past, I have included a lot of numbers in my articles and reports. As the membership chair, my job demands staying on top of membership numbers and helping to recruit new members. However, I have a feeling you may be tired of reading a bunch of numbers that probably do not have much meaning for you personally.

Instead, I want to extend an invitation for you to reach out to me. What questions do you have about your membership? Can I do anything to make the renewal process easier for you or your institution? Do you have ideas that we could implement to increase/enhance membership?

I would also LOVE to hear one thing that you have found most valuable personally or professionally about being a PennACE member. Gathering that type of feedback will be invaluable as we market the organization in an attempt to increase membership. Notice how I asked for that information without using the term “outcomes assessment”?

Please contact me directly at 717-728-2262 or stevehassinger@centralpenn.edu. I look forward to hearing from you! By the way, the total membership is currently 166. Old habits die hard.

Membership Update Steve Hassinger, Membership Chair

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Governor Wolf ’s Proposed Educational Budget Sarah Bollinger, Member-At-Large/Government Relations

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Famous Tweets from #PennACEinfo Zachary Saeva, Marketing & PR Chair

PennACE PR Update Zachary Saeva, Marketing & PR Chair

It is hard to believe the conference has come and gone! But you can still stay involved

with PennACE year around online. Follow us on twitter @PennACEinfo and share

your favorite moments from the conference. Have you started implementing ideas you

gained from colleagues at the conference? We want to hear about it! Tweet it out and

let the world know.

This year PennACE

made it a point to get

more graduate

students involved.

We were lucky to

have four students

share their knowledge

through poster

presentations. Below

are a few testimonials

from our graduate attendees. Keep PennACE in mind when you have the opportunity

to talk to graduate students who might be interested in our profession.

At first when I volunteered to present at PennACE, I was nervous because it was my first time presenting (and even just attending!) a professional conference. Once I started presenting, the professionals at the conference were attentive, interested, and thankful for my presentation. I am so happy that I was able to present because it allowed me to gain experience and it is something I can talk about when interviewing in the Spring.

-Melissa Gaskill

I had an amazing experience with presenting at the poster session and the PennACE conference overall. As a graduate student, I felt like I was treated with respect as a professional staff member. Attendees were engaging and made my information feel relevant and important. I would strongly recommend attending PennACE to any graduate student, as well as presenting to an attentive and engaging audience.

-Sara Gould

I loved sharing my research on adult learners with colleagues in the form of a poster presentation. It was so rewarding to have the chance to engage in conversations with all the attendees at the session and to learn from them as well, for many of them had their own experiences with this student population. PennACE is such a wonderful community of professionals in Pennsylvania and offers an affordable, comprehensive professional organization experience to professionals at all levels, including graduate students.

-Lauren Watson