Student Leadership Programs

Student Leadership Programs

The mission of the SLPKC is to serve as a resource for higher education professionals who have a professional interest in leadership training, education, and development. The Community will share best practices, provide critical evaluation of the field, examine standards for leadership programs, support national and regional efforts to develop student leadership programs, make contributions to the literature, recognize exemplary programs, and cultivate a forum for the presentation of new ideas. 

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Message from the Co-Chairs

On behalf of the Knowledge Community for Student Leadership Programs, thank you for stopping by our website. You'll find leadership resources, previous webinars, and our social media venues. If you are hoping to become involved, please fill out check out our available positions on volunteer central. We are always looking for people to join our leadership team. For more information or questions, please contact us. 

Co-Chairs, Shekeitha Jeffries & Rouel Velasco

Rouel Velasco

Rouel Velasco

Co-Chair, SLPKC

Director of Student Life
University of Hawai'i - West Oʻahu

rouel@hawaii.edu

Shekeitha L. Jeffries

Co-Chair, SLPKC

Assistant Director of Student Life
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

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The mission of the Student Leadership Programs Knowledge Community is to serve as a resource for higher education professionals who have a professional interest in college student leadership training, education, and development. The Community will share best practices, provide critical evaluation of the field, examine standards for leadership programs, support national and regional efforts to develop student leadership programs, make contributions to the literature, recognize exemplary programs, and cultivate a forum for the presentation of new ideas.

SLP-KC Strategic Goals 2022-2024

Recruit, maintain, and support a diverse & inclusive SLPKC leadership team

Increase accessibility and connectedness for regional reps

Encouraging different forms of involvement for members; recognizing the changing availability and workload of our members

 

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Roster

Knowledge Community leaders are NASPA volunteers who have generously devoted their time to their Knowledge Community. Chairs are elected by the Knowledge Community members while Regional representatives are selected from within the Region. Additional roles are selected by the Knowledge Community.

Vincent Evola

Conference Special Events


University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Shekeitha Jeffries

Co-chair

Assistant Director of Student Life
Johns Hopkins University

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Derrick Pacheco

SLPKC Communications Team Lead

Graduate Assistant
Florida State University

Rebekah Short

SLPKC Newsletter Lead

Graduate Program Coordinator
Lehigh University

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Rouel Velasco

Co-chair

Director of Student Life
University of Hawaii-West Oahu

Awards & Grants

2023 SLPKC Annual Award Winners! [left to right]

  • Susan G. Komives Leadership Award: Stacey Malaret, University of Central Florida
  • Outstanding Emerging Professional Award: Brittany Devies, Florida State University
  • Outstanding Service to the SLP KC Award: Derrick Pacheco, Florida State University
  • Outstanding Contribution to Student Leadership Programs: Yashwant Prakash Vyas, University of New Hampshire-Main Campus
  • Outstanding Leadership Spotlight Program of the Year Award: Fall Leadership Conference, The College of New Jersey

 

Click Here to Apply for the 2025 Student Leadership Programs Knowledge Community Awards

Get Involved

Looking for ways to get involved in NASPA? Join the Student Leadership Programs KC Leadership Team!

Serving on the SLPKC Leadership Team is a rewarding experience that helps its members grow professionally and gives you the opportunity to contribute to the field of leadership education. The KC is currently seeking applications for its leadership team. Positions are either a one or two-year appointments and are usually co-coordinator positions. The leadership terms are staggered so that you serve under an experienced coordinator who was in the role for a year, and, in the second year, you may mentor another professional and share responsibilities.

Open SLPKC Leadership Team positions: 

Applications for SLPKC Leadership positions are open! We invite you to apply or share with a friend and join this amazing team.

Additional information about each open position is available on NASPA’s Volunteer Central (https://www.naspa.org/about/get-involved/volunteer).  If you have any questions, please feel free to email the current SLPKC Co-Chairs at slpchairs@gmail.com.

Signature Initiatives

 

Check out our NASPA Podcast! 

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The NASPA Leadership Podcast

We are thrilled to share the Podcast has now been listened to over 20,000 times! Please join us for the most recent episodes.

We would love for you to be a part of this podcast. Please consider sharing your leadership story. Click at this link to learn more.

 
SLP-KC Graduate Student Mentoring Program – NASPA Annual Conference

The NASPA Student Leadership Programs Knowledge Community (SLPKC) Graduate

Student Mentor Program is designed to connect graduate students who are interested in student leadership with current professionals in the field. Each graduate student (mentee) will be matched with a professional (mentor) during the national conference and will be encouraged to network during the course of the conference. There is an expectation that the mentor and mentee attend SLPKC and Conference social events together. It will be up to the discretion of both the mentor and mentee if they wish to continue to communicate after the conference. The purpose of the program is to connect the mentee to the SLPKC and NASPA, provide the mentee with networking opportunities during the conference, and allow the mentee to learn more about working with student leadership programs.

Mentor Requirements:

  • Currently working in an area of student leadership at an institution of higher education
  • Minimum of 2 years professional experience
  • Commitment to attend conference events with mentee
Mentee Requirements:
  • Currently enrolled in a graduate program
  • Commitment to attend conference events with mentor
 Questions

Please contact the SLPKC Mentorship Program Coordinators slpchairs@gmail.com

 

Events

One of the best resources available to you is the wide range of professional development opportunities. This list contains both our “Hosted Events,” workshops and webinars that we plan and manage, and some “Related Events,” hosted by the NASPA Central Office or other NASPA Constituent Groups.

To see a full listing of NASPA events, please see the Events page.

 

Resources

NASPA Leadership Podcast

NASPA RESOURCES

Professional Competency Areas for Student Affairs Educators

NASPA Publications

OTHER LEADERSHIP PUBLICATIONS

 

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN LEADERSHIP

RESOURCES FROM THE NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE FOR LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS (NCLP)

Do you have a resource you'd like to contribute? Something you'd like to see added here? Email slpchairs@gmail and let us know.

SLPKC 2016 Summer Reading List

COLLABORATIVE PRIORITIES AND CRITICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR LEADERSHIP EDUCATION

Concepts & Connection: A Publication for Leadership Educators

 

Newsletter

Student Leadership Programs KC Newsletter

The SLP KC regularly releases a newsletter for NASPA members. We focus on issues most important to our members, the latest SLP news, and the latest KC news. To view the latest newsletter and an archive of past newsletters, click here.