Event details
Pre-Con Session #2
What barriers to success exist for students from underserved and underrepresented populations? How do we cultivate a campus culture that makes all students feel like they belong? This workshop will cover the foundations of many key aspects of identity – gender identity and expression, race and ethnicity, ability, sexuality – and explore how student services practitioners can respond to and support underserved student populations. Attendees will also be given the opportunity to explore their own identities and the impact of identity on a college campus. The presenters will explore and provide suggestions to address common barriers to academic, personal, and/or social development. Attendees will leave with a strengthened understanding of identity and best practices on how to assist students in a variety of situations, such as navigating field visits, overnight hotel stays, and/or life transitions.
Lawrence Richardson is a two-time graduate of Oklahoma State University with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree in mental health counseling. Shortly after graduation, he specialized in career counseling in higher education at the University of Central Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University. In 2019, he transitioned to provide clinical counseling at GRAND Mental Health (formerly known as Grand Lake Mental Health Center), serving adults with mental health, substance use, and trauma concerns. In 2021, he transitioned to human resources as a recruitment and experience coordinator, where he focused his efforts to hire people with a heart for service and a passion for social justice. In late 2022, he was promoted to a learning coordinator, where he now facilitates new employee onboarding and professional development workshops for all employees. He is honored to assist you in braving the professional world as your authentic self.
Irissa Baxter-Luper comes to the conversation of student support from years of both lived and educational experience focused on supporting and uplifting underserved campus communities. She currently works at Take Control Initiative supporting reproductive health in Tulsa's post-secondary spaces. Prior to Take Control, Irissa served for six years as the Coordinator of Women's and LGBTQ Affairs as well as Victim Advocate for Oklahoma State University, where she earned the Stillwater Leaders Under 40 for her work in local historically marginalized communities.
Cost: $150
(Lunch on your own)
For more information/questions, contact:
John Thao
Conference Chair
johntrioeoctcc@gmail.com
539-664-7098
For information/questions on payment, contact: Kristinia Hicks Kfischer@se.edu
580-376-5228
Email us at odsa@gmail.com.
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