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HUMAN RESOURCES
identities. Tiffany Gonzales, assistant
director in the office of residential
services at Northwestern University
in Evanston, Illinois, understands the
importance of continually checking
on staff needs. "Residence halls up
for renovation could be the perfect
opportunity to engage staff and boost
awareness of staff needs. Housing
leaders and designers could work
together to consider second bedrooms
for expanding families, ADA
accessibility, and private entrances."
These considerations require
planning, but their positive impact on
inclusive practices is well worth the
effort.
Cory Shapiro, assistant director of
university housing and new student
and family programs at Arizona
State University (ASU) in Glendale,
notes three steps for creating and
implementing sustainable inclusive
practices for live-in/on staff. The first

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is to have multiple stakeholders from
inside and outside the department
at the table to provide feedback
and support at the individual and
organizational levels. This step
allowed ASU to develop a live-on staff
apartment agreement to demonstrate
their commitment to professionals
and their way of life and to make these
agreements sufficiently flexible. "If
there is someone who is important to
our staff members we want to make
sure they have the opportunity to
live together whether it's a domestic
partnership, marriage, family, or
non-family." The second step is to
create time and space annually to

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renew the dialogue. Talking to live-in/
on professionals about the agreement
allows the department enough time to
make changes or clarify interpretations
and thus to stay on track with the
needs of their staff. The third step is
to write the policy so that it can be
shared throughout the department.
Jarvis Purnell, director of residence
life at West Virginia State University
in Institute, recognizes the importance
of such efforts: "I think a focus on
the live-in/on experience represents
an investment in our professionals."
He notes that their ongoing campus
partnerships, such as the one with
their dining office, help to keep their
inclusion efforts sustainable "and
keeps the conversation open for
dialogue and change."

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Renee Dowdy, assistant director
of student staffing and training at
Marquette University in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, believes that creating

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Talking Stick - March/April 2016
Contents
Vision
Just In
Calendar
Your ACUHO-I
Transitions
Facilities
Human Resources
Fiscal Resources
Managing Full Circle
Making It Count
Conversations
First Takes
Around Student Affairs
New Members
Snapshot
Talking Stick - March/April 2016 - Intro
Talking Stick - March/April 2016 - BB1
Talking Stick - March/April 2016 - BB2
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Talking Stick - March/April 2016 - Cover2
Talking Stick - March/April 2016 - 1
Talking Stick - March/April 2016 - 2
Talking Stick - March/April 2016 - Contents
Talking Stick - March/April 2016 - 4
Talking Stick - March/April 2016 - 5
Talking Stick - March/April 2016 - 6
Talking Stick - March/April 2016 - 7
Talking Stick - March/April 2016 - Vision
Talking Stick - March/April 2016 - 9
Talking Stick - March/April 2016 - Just In
Talking Stick - March/April 2016 - 11
Talking Stick - March/April 2016 - 12
Talking Stick - March/April 2016 - BI1
Talking Stick - March/April 2016 - BI2
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Talking Stick - March/April 2016 - Calendar
Talking Stick - March/April 2016 - 19
Talking Stick - March/April 2016 - Your ACUHO-I
Talking Stick - March/April 2016 - 21
Talking Stick - March/April 2016 - Transitions
Talking Stick - March/April 2016 - 23
Talking Stick - March/April 2016 - Facilities
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Talking Stick - March/April 2016 - Human Resources
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Talking Stick - March/April 2016 - Fiscal Resources
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Talking Stick - March/April 2016 - Managing Full Circle
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Talking Stick - March/April 2016 - First Takes
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Talking Stick - March/April 2016 - Around Student Affairs
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Talking Stick - March/April 2016 - New Members
Talking Stick - March/April 2016 - Snapshot
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