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A Message From Symphony Oxendine

Symphony Oxendine, Ph.D., is Cherokee/Choctaw from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Dr. Oxendine is an Assistant Professor in Higher Education at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and also the coordinator for the Ed.D. in Educational Leadership specialization in Higher Education. She spent six years as a student affairs practitioner before pursuing her doctorate and becoming faculty in a student affairs/higher education graduate preparation program. As an Indigenous quantitative scholar, Dr. Oxendine’s research is centered on the social and institutional issues that affect the educational performance and institutional support of Indigenous peoples and other underrepresented groups within post-secondary education institutions, graduate preparation programs, Historically Native American Fraternities and Sororities, student involvement and its impact on retention, leadership development, and appreciative inquiry. Dr. Oxendine’s practitioner experience along with her teaching and research, offer a diverse perspective to student experiences, programs/services in higher education, and campus environments. She seeks to help shape the direction and transformation of higher education and student affairs by contributing to the understanding of various institutional, psychosocial, and political processes as a means to develop the capacity for change.
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In Support of ACPA Foundation

Founded in 1994 during the presidency of Charles Schroeder, the purpose of the ACPA Educational Leadership Foundation (501c3 non-profit organization) is “to enhance the student affairs profession and to generate and disseminate knowledge of college students at all levels within higher education” (Article Three of the Articles of Incorporation). The organization is now known as the ACPA Foundation to more concisely communicate its role as the fundraising arm of ACPA College Student Educators International.

The Mission - The ACPA Foundation exists to support the priorities and activities of ACPA by raising funds and developing resources that help the Association fulfill its mission. 

The Vision - The ACPA Foundation will develop sufficient assets to effectively and sustainably fund ACPA’s efforts to provide excellent professional development opportunities to members, advance knowledge in the field, and support the transformative effect of education in the lives of college students.

In order to fulfill its purpose and mission, the Foundation invites members and non-members alike to provide philanthropic support for ACPA's vital initiatives involving research, scholarship, professional development and leadership program.