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Student Affairs is an essential role to every higher education institution. It provides services to students as they progress through higher education and their career. Student Affairs is the service that ensures that higher education is producing a student that is skilled for a future career and ready to serve the community. In most cases student affairs extends before and after the student enters and graduates from the institution. This profession has an emphasis on and a commitment to the development of the whole student. I view the university as a place where a person can go to earn greater opportunities for their life. I value lifelong learning as a necessity because society is ever changing and think that it is important to develop knowledge, a global perspective, and new experiences because it helps to create avenues and better opportunities in career choices and quality of life. I feel that as a Student Affairs professional, I have a commitment to students. The practice of Student Affairs has the potential to enrich student’s academic and personal lives.
 * //"...my role is to assist students with their transition to the institution..."// ||

As a Student Affairs practitioner, I feel that my role is to assist students with their transition to the institution and to help them to gain and practice successful skills that will enhance their quality of life. I feel that I am responsible for exposing students to new paradigms, services, and resources that will help them to achieve their goals. I am also in charge of integrating students into the institution’s community in order to help them thrive in a global society. Connections with peers, faculty, and the institution’s community can help clarify personal values and interests. These connections promote interdependence, which is a valued skill in the workforce and in life. These links also help students learn more about themselves and develop communication and leadership skills.

The American Higher Education System was founded on the principles of student learning and character building. The profession of Student Affairs has given service to higher education and to the community by cultivating these principles. As a Student Affairs professional, I feel ready to teach students and help them to build character. It is important to nurture the student by aiding with intellectual capacity and achievement, emotional intelligence, physical well being, social relationships, vocational aptitudes and skill sets, moral values, and economic resources. I feel that I have learned these skills throughout my graduate degree and experiences and will utilize what I have learned in theory and practice.
 * // "The demographics of the student population will continue to change and it is my responsibility to learn new skills that will adapt to every population of student." // ||

I feel that my role as a Student Affairs professional is to be a learning coach, a connecting link, a leader and role model, and an advocate. I feel that my work is that of an educator. I agree with the philosophy of servant leadership because I am focused on student learning. I feel that students learn best by actively engaging and by being coached. Students can succeed if we are there to connect them to the necessary tools. I think it is important to lead by example and support students as they grow. In serving as an advocate, I can give a voice to the students.

The demographics of the student population will continue to change and it is my responsibility to learn new skills that will adapt to every population of student. Special populations and non-traditional students are on the rise and University Administrators and Student Affairs staff can benefit from trying to anticipate how to respond to future populations that are even more diverse that those enrolled today. It is my responsibility to be aware of all student differences and needs, knowledgeable about all populations of students, and skillful in serving various populations.

Overall, I feel that I am responsible for assisting with the personal and professional growth and development of all students at my institution. I will serve the students that I come in contact with by assisting, exposing, and integrating them to the institution. I will act as a learning coach, a connecting link, a leader and role model, and as an advocate. = =
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