Author Archives: dorresp

That’s right, I successfully completed my public presentation and defended my portfolio for my Ed.M. in College Student Services Administration (CSSA) through the College of Education’s Adult Education and Higher Education Leadership program. The paperwork indicating completion of my program … Continue reading →

Hello, I am pleased to say that the blog is now in a final draft state. I have added a new color to the legend on the right. Green text indicates my response to a committee member comment on sections … Continue reading →

Melissa has finished her review of my portfolio.  Her comments are openly available to view at the bottom of each competency page.  I will add some additional content to the competencies in response to her comments very soon.  Look here … Continue reading →

That’s right, the first draft is completed and ready to be submitted to my advisor.  Feel free to have a look through the pages to see the huge amount of content that has been added. I added a text color … Continue reading →

The content is coming – full steam ahead! I am adding as much as I can this week. Next week I am off work for spring break to focus my attention on portfolio completion. Now that all of my CSSA … Continue reading →

Now when you look at each of the pages you will see RED and BLUE text. RED = My notes, thinking process, questions – INCOMPLETE BLUE = My final reflections – COMPLETED PRODUCT Thanks

It’s official. I will defend on Wednesday, April 23rd in ED Hall 107. The public presentation is from 1:00-1:30pm. Then I will have tea and crumpets privately with my committee from 1:30-3:00pm (sorry, private party). If you are here to … Continue reading →

Have a look at the pages for competencies 5, 6, 7, and 8. You will see that I have started to fill in the sections with text about what I have learned. I have stopped writing for the time being … Continue reading →

This week I added just about every assignment that I have done in the CSSA program to the competency pages. The main projects and assignments are indicated as “Document:” or “Link:” – additional materials that I scanned are indicated by … Continue reading →