Talking Stick - March/April 2016 - 20

YOUR ACUHO-I

Home Office Welcomes New Staff
Grant Walters, Research and Education Program
Manager
Grant Walters comes
to ACUHO-I with 15
years of experience
as a student affairs
practitioner in
residence life programs
throughout the U.S.
and Canada. Grant
Grant Walters
will work as part of
the association's education and events team
and will be responsible for creating and
implementing resources and experiences that
support and develop residence life and housing
professionals, including online coursework,
institutes and conferences, volunteer
engagement, and research and assessment
projects.
Grant is a past president of the Great
Lakes Association of College and University
Housing Officers (GLACUHO) and has served
in leadership roles within the Northwest
Association of College and University Housing
Officers (NWACUHO), the Central Atlantic
Affiliate of College and University Residence
Halls (CAACURH), the American College
Personnel Association (ACPA), and the Ohio
College Personnel Association (OCPA). He is
also a 1998 alumnus of ACUHO-I's Housing
Internship Program.

Holly Asimou, Research Initiatives Manager
Holly Asimou serves as
ACUHO-I's research
initiatives manager.
Holly is responsible
for managing the
association's research
agenda and facilitating
the widespread
Holly Asimou
dissemination of
research findings and pertinent data.
Before joining the association, Holly worked
in residence life at St. Lawrence University in
Canton, New York, and as an academic advisor
in the College of Education & Human Ecology
at The Ohio State University in Columbus.
As a graduate student, Holly held student life
positions in university wellness at the University
of Dayton in Ohio and student leadership at
Bowling Green State University in Ohio. As
a doctoral student at Bowling Green, Holly
also served as research assistant in the higher
education and student affairs department.
Holly earned her doctoral degree in higher
education administration from Bowling Green,
her Master of Science in education in college
student personnel from the University of
Dayton, and her Bachelor of Arts in political
science from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio.

Internship Program
Flourishes
The ACUHO-I Housing Internship Program
provides students with invaluable real-world
work experience that can be applied to their
current coursework and gives those individuals
an important first step toward a career in the
profession. Each year, ACUHO-I member
organizations from around the world post
positions spanning a variety of roles within
student affairs. In total, this year's program
included 992 candidates, 916 openings, 430
positions, and 266 host sites. Thank you to all
who participated.

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Help the ACUHO-I Foundation celebrate 25
years of NHTI by making a contribution to help
support educational programs for current and
future housing professionals. Southwest Contract/
The Thompson Family will match donations up
to a total of $50,000. Learn more and make your
donation at foundation.acuho-i.org/nhti25.
http://foundation.acuho-i.org/nhti25
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