Alumni Meeting 02

Alumni Meeting 02 Minutes Date: October 19, 2017 Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Location: President's Dining Room

Hello, YDEV Alum Community.

In tonight's meeting, we spent a great deal of time

updating each other on our current jobs,

how they are going, where they are, and what

responsibilities we have or what our hours are like. 

Everyone had their own experiences to share, 

and it was amazing to see where our degrees have 

taken us and how similar some of our job

responsibilities were.

Some Topics That Were Discussed

in Tonight's Meeting:

♦ Behavior Management

♦ Undergrad/Alumni Mixers

♦ Volunteer Alumni Guest Speakers

for YDEV Senior Seminar

♦ Monthly Newsletters Coming Soon

♦ Strong Interest in Social Networking

♦ Update on Staff, Curriculum, and Other

Events in the YDEV B.A. program,

including a new folder for students who

officially declare YDEV as their major

♦ Eventually Needing a Master's Degree

♦ Social Networking

A big, big, thank you to all of the Alumni that came tonight!

It was incredible to hear how everyone is doing and what is going

on! It made me even more grateful to be a part of

this amazing YDEV community.

If any Alum have any questions regarding the topics discussed,

please contact Melissa DuBois for more info.

A Special Thank You To:

♦ Suzanna Alba

♦ Lesley Bogad 

♦ Rachael Clemons

This night would not have been possible without you!

Employment Opportunity

Attention YDEV Alumni!

Interested in a Career in 

Student Affairs?

The University of Rhode Island

invites YOU to:

The UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND'S COLLEGE STUDENT PERSONNEL GRADUATE PROGRAM OPEN HOUSE

Monday, October 30, 2017

7:30 PM to 8:30 PM

Memorial Union Atrium 1

Can't Make It? 

They Will Also Be at the:

Rhode Island College 

Graduate School Fair!

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

Student Union Ballroom

Link for Flyer: 

URI Grad School Open House

Alumni Meeting 01

Alumni Meeting 01 Minutes Date: September 21, 2017 Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Location: HBS Room 205

The first meeting is complete and was a success!

We started our night with, of course, a Moo-In.

For the Alum that don't know what a Moo-In is, it's a time

for individuals to introduce themselves and update

the group on how they are doing/what is going on!

It was a great way for the different Cohorts to come together.

There was at lease one person from each graduated

cohort that were present at this meeting!

Another YDEV ritual we are all familiar with is Ice-Breakers! Duh!

Lauren Kelley (Cohort IV) led the activity.

We each grabbed one to three pieces of candy.

The amount of candies we grabbed were the number of facts

we had to share about ourselves. This was an open opportunity

to define the idea that the YDEV Alumni Meetings are:

"a safe space in regards to comments or opinions that are open to discussion."

This was a great transition for the YDEV Alumni present

to discuss what we want out of these meetings.

The group took some time discuss their thoughts and ideas about

what they want to get out of these meetings, when we should have them,

where we should have them, etc.

Some Topics That Were Discussed:

♦ Monthly Meetings Throughout the Year.

♦ Possibly having meetings twice a month instead of once

or on days other than Thursday

♦ Keep the meeting set-up similar to a YDEV class

♦ Create guidelines, but Going with the 

Open Discussion Flow

♦ Different settings to host meetings.

Example: Meeting at the Library for Different/Additional

People to Join in on Discussions

♦ Setting a positive, more casual environment 

to bring in more people and build our community.

♦ Time for Networking within YDEV community for

future events, job opportunities, etc.

Note: If you are aware of any job openings, 

YDEV related events, etc.

Please forward info to Melissa DuBois.

♦ What do other Alumni Groups do that would work for us?

♦ Different Ways to Promote the YDEV Alumni Group

in public settings

♦ Reaching out to Alumni to get more people 

to come to meetings

A big, big, thank you to all of the Alumni that showed up to this first meeting!

You have helped YDEV in so many ways already and

I can't wait to see what is in store for this group!

If any Alum have any questions regarding the topics discussed,

please contact Melissa DuBois for more info.

A Special Thank You To:

♦ Suzanna Alba for the catering and Alumni

Goodie Bags!!

♦ Rachael Clemons for literally everything.

♦ Lauren Kelley for leading tonight's ice breaker

♦ Gustavo Rodriguez for typing the minutes

for our first YDEV Alumni Meeting!

♦ Ilana Tirocchi for taking over the discussion

and going over plus, minus, delta

This night would not have been possible without you!