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Support Services as Supportive Services Hosted by Bryn Mawr College on October 31-November 1, 2002 Meeting Summary: Organized by
Bates and Washington and Lee representatives, the CHAS workshop for
Support Staff held at Bryn Mawr College on November 1, 2002 was very
successful. There were more attendees than originally anticipated.
Participants were from Barnard, Bates, Bryn Mawr, Dartmouth, Haverford,
Swarthmore, Trinity, and Washington & Lee Colleges. We began the
event with a very nice reception at Bryn Mawr College, which helped to
bring strangers together breaking the ice for the workshop for the next
day. The workshop consisted of a panel of two support staffers
from Bates College and Washington & Lee College who talked about how
they empowered themselves to be a leader and role models for their
peers. This panel generated many questions and much discussion
about how important it is to be empowered yourself so you can help
others. The participation from those present was outstanding. There was a
luncheon with a speaker who had been a staff person for a private school
and an Executive Assistant for a corporation before retiring. She
further promoted the idea of how important it is to be empowered so you
can assist others, and how her work with the students not only benefited
them but her as well. It was
important that the group heard success stories and ideas from people who
are sharing the same kinds of work experiences rather than
administrators and faculty. This really helped to motivate the
discussion. Everyone
expressed an interest in doing this again so that others from their
institutions can benefit from such a workshop. Dartmouth College
is planning to do such a workshop on their own campus. They also
shared their program for retaining Native American Indian students. All said, this was a very successful workshop and a wonderful day for all. Attached is an Action Plan developed by the group to be used at their institutions to help them towards meeting their College's commitment to diversity.
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