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Anne Thurmer

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Lecturer
Student Affairs Administration
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

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Anne Thurmer Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Lecturer

Student Affairs Administration

Specialty area(s)

  • Low-income, First-Generation College Student Success
  • Student Affairs in Community Colleges
  • Graduate Student Research and Writing
  • Equity and Justice in Strategic Enrollment Management

Current courses at UWL

SAA 700 Foundations of Ethical and Professional Practice in Student Affairs

SAA 775 Practicum in Student Affairs

SAA 780 Capstone Research & Proposal

Education

Ed. D. Student Affairs Administration and Leadership, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, 2020

MA English--TESOL, Winona State University, 2007

BA History, Winona State University, 1999

Career

Teaching history

Graduate SAA 705

College-level English Composition and TESOL, in-person and online, 12 years 

Professional history

Minnesota State Community and Technical College

Dean of Liberal Arts and Humanities, May 2020-August 2022

Associate Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences, September 2019-May 2020

Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, Winona, MN

Associate Dean of General Education for Student Engagement, June 2019-September 2019

Interim Dean of Student Success, October 2018-June 2019

Director of Academic Initiatives, February 2018-October 2018

Student Success Specialist, Student Transitions, May 2016-February 2018

University of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ

Full-Time Faculty, October 2014-August 2016

Adjunct Faculty, May 2008-August 2017

American Public University, Charles Town, WV

Adjunct Faculty, July 2010-October 2014

Winona State University, Winona, MN

Fixed-Term Faculty, Department of English, August 2007-August 2011

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of English, August 2005-May 2007

Research and publishing

PUBLICATION

Creating connection: Driving transformation through critical analysis (2021). In S. Henderson & K. A. Pollock. Strategic Enrollment Management as a Connector. AACRO.

SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS

What is an Educated Person? Making the Case for Liberal Arts Learning, AACRAO 31st Annual SEM Conference, Miami, Florida.

What's Next? Tools to Write the History of Post-Pandemic Higher Education, AACRAO 31st Annual SEM Conference, Miami, Florida.

What Our Websites Say: A Critical Analysis of Class on College, AACRAO 30th Annual SEM Conference, Washington, D.C (Virtual) October 29, 2020.

When “Real Life” is Not Your Life: The Impact of HIPs. NASPA Conferences on Student Success in Higher Education, Baltimore, MD (Virtual) June 29–July 1, 2020.

Just-in-Time Teaching, Faculty Brown Bag Seminar, University of Phoenix, March 2016

Culture in the Online Classroom: A Framework for Leaning, 21st Annual Online Learning Consortium International Conference, Orlando, Florida, October 2015.

Inventing the Online University: Transitions to Academic Discourse Online, University of Phoenix Full-Time Faculty Conference, Tempe, Arizona, June 2015.

Dissolving Boundaries and Building Bridges between Classroom and Life Experience, Realizing Student Potential/ITeach Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, Minneapolis, Minnesota, February 2010.

Kudos

named

Anne Thurmer, Student Affairs Administration, was named to the Conference Advisory Committee of the 2023 NASPA Conferences on Student Success in Higher Education (SSHE) on Nov. 1.

Submitted on: Dec. 12, 2022

 

presented

Anne Thurmer, Student Affairs Administration, presented "When 'Real Life' is Not Your Life: The Impact of HIPs on First-Gen Students" at Wisconsin College Personnel Association on Oct. 6 online.

Submitted on: Oct. 12, 2022