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Union Programs Staff

Susan Hoffman
Assistant Director, Union Programs

Job Description

  • Provide advising support to Student Union Activities (SUA) student programming board by overseeing the planning and implementation of student initiated events while fostering leadership opportunities for student programmers
  • Oversee the fiscal management of SUA accounts.
  • Pursue campus co sponsorship and help SUA develop a collaborative programming model, which focuses on calendar development and cross-campus marketing strategies.
  • Supervise SUA's Student Development Advisor and two graphic artists
  • Represent the KU Memorial Unions and the Programs Department on several University wide committees.
Education
  • Bachelors of Science; Recreation
    Wayne State College, 1987
Employment History
  • KU Memorial Unions
    Assistant Director of Union Programs
    June 1, 2005-present
  • Baker University
    Director of Student Activities, 1997-2005
    Office Manager/Administrative Assistant to Vice President of Enrollment Management, 1996-97
  • KU Memorial Unions
    SUA Programs Advisor, 1989-1996
  • Doane College
    Student Life Staff, 1987-1989
Community Involvement Awards
  • Baldwin City Relay for Life, American Cancer Society Annual Fund Raiser: Co-Chair 4 years, committee 6 years
  • Maple Leaf Festival, Annual Baldwin City Fall Arts & Crafts Festival: committee member 4 years
  • Recipient of 2004 Outstanding Advisor of the Year, NACA Central Regional Conference.
  • Selected by Baker University's Student Senate as Outstanding Staff Person of Year, May 2004.
  • Recipient of 1997 Outstanding Advisor of the Year, NACA Heart of America Regional Conference. Hobbies/Personal
  • Married to Todd Hoffman
  • Two incredible kids, son, Joshua (age 12) and daughter, Jordan (age 8)
  • Attending my kids sporting events
  • Sports enthusiast
Quote
The Bigger Picture: "Fifty years from now it will not matter what kind of car you drove, what kind of house you lived in, how much you had in your bank account, or what your clothes looked like. But the world may be a little brighter because you were important in the life of a child."
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