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Robyn Beahm

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Advisor
Student Support Services University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

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Robyn Beahm Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Advisor

Student Support Services

Specialty area(s)

Providing holistic advising for first-generation students, students with disabilities, and income eligible students. Secondary focus in Career advising and Career readiness, Eagle Advantage, and financial literacy.

Brief biography

Originally from Apple Valley, MN, Robyn spent her undergraduate career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison receiving a degree in Communicative Disorders. During her time at Madison, Robyn was involved with SOAR (Student Orientation, Advising, and Registration).  She also was heavily involved in Wisconsin Public Television with their education programming. In the fall of 2020 she began her Master's of Science in Education (M.S.Ed) in Student Affairs Administration at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Robyn was a graduate assistant in FYRE (First-Year Research Education) where she assisted first-generation students and students of color underrepresented in STEM fields.  She did programming for career development, orientation, and supervised Peer Mentors with her time at FYRE.  Robyn is thrilled to now be a part of the SSS Advising team at UWL and hopes to continue her advocacy for all students.

Education

M.S.Ed - University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, Student Affairs Administration

B.S - University of Wisconsin - Madison. Communicative Disorders

NCDA Credentialed as a Certified Career Services Provider

Career

Research and publishing

Third Author of “First-Generation College Students’ Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic”, NASPA Journal of First-generation Student Success. Expected publication August 2022.

Kudos

published

Robyn Beahm, Student Support Services, co-authored the book "Fostering Sustained Student-Faculty Engagement in Undergraduate Education," which was accepted for publication by Routledge, Taylor & Francis group. During her graduate studies in student affairs at UWL, Beahm had the chance to co-author chapter 5, "Faculty mentorship: promising opportunities to promote student's sense of belonging in higher education" with Dr. Krista Soria and other SAA graduate students.

Submitted on: Dec. 14, 2023

 

presented

Robyn Beahm, Student Support Services, presented "Universal Design for Student-Centered Staff " at WCPA Fall Conference on Thursday, Oct. 5 online. She presented to participants to explore ways to incorporate the concepts of Universal Design for Learning in their practices in student-centered positions to best meet the needs of students with disabilities without requiring disclosure or requesting specific accommodations. The presentation was through the lens of Advising with a section on Plain Language.

Submitted on: Oct. 5, 2023

 

presented

Andrew Ives, ACCESS Center and Robyn Beahm, Student Support Services, presented "Universal Design in Advising " at the UWL conference on Holistic and Proactive Advising Tuesday, May 23. They shared their expertise in advising students with disabilities and making accommodations universally applicable for students. They discussed universal design in conjunction with space, communication and advising.

Submitted on: May 23, 2023

 

elected

Robyn Beahm, Student Support Services, was elected board member of the Wisconsin College Personnel Association. In this role, Robyn serves as the conference co-chair and brings high quality professional development and advocacy for college personnel across the state of Wisconsin.

Submitted on: May 1, 2023

 

published

Robyn Beahm, Student Support Services, co-authored the article "First-Generation College Student's Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic" in Journal of First-generation Student Success, published on Aug. 9 by Taylor & Francis. Congratulations to Robyn Beahm on her first co-authored publication! Student Support Services and the Division of Diversity & Inclusion are so proud of you!

Submitted on: Aug. 22, 2022