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A Message From Valerie Glassman

Dr. Valerie Glassman (she/her) is the Senior Director for Student Affairs at the UNC School of Medicine in Chapel Hill, where she oversees the full suite of student services including registration, financial aid, safety and compliance, wellness, and event coordination. She is a scholar-practitioner whose fields of research and practice include inclusive excellence and appreciative inquiry in response to student conflict, the impacts of judicialization and workplace trauma on student conduct administrators, and the intersections of student behavior and religious, spiritual, and secular identities. Dr. Glassman is currently developing a manuscript with a team of women scholars that emphasizes the inclusion of the voices and history of women and people of color as central to the development of student affairs as a profession. Dr. Glassman has been a member of ACPA since 2001. In that time, she served for over 8 years on the Commission for Student Conduct and Legal Issues and was recognized with CSCLI's Award for Student Impact (2017) and its Outstanding Research in Student Conduct Award (2020). She is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Salem State University and is a former student conduct administrator with over thirteen years of experience in investigations and adjudication.
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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.